november, 2017
Time
(Thursday) 18:30 - 21:00
Location
European Parliament | JAN 3 Expo
Organizer
Knowledge4Innovation Forum in cooperation with Innovators Magazine
Host
Lambert van Nistelrooij, MEP and Chair of the K4I Forum Governing Board
Alyn Smith, MEP
Speakers for this event
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Robbert Fisher
Robbert Fisher
President, Knowledge4Innovation
Robbert Fisher specializes in strategy and policy in the fields of R&D, technology transfer and innovation in general. His key focus is on ICT policy. Since 1st January 2020 he is principal associate investigator at the University de las Campinas in Sao Paolo Brazil, where he focuses on the further development of Big Data and AI for policy analysis, development and monitoring. Robbert is on the board of several start up companies, a trusted expert for the European Commission in the field of big data and AI, and since 2017 the president of K4I. From 2011 to 2019 Robbert was the managing director of the Joint Institute for Innovation Policy, a Brussels based think tank of four renowned RTO’s (TNO, VTT, Tecanalia and Joanneum Research). Prior to that he has founded two companies, from 1989 until 2000 he was a senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers. From 1991-1995 Robbert was seconded as an expert to the European Commission DG XIII (now DG CONNECT) in Luxembourg. Robbert received a Master’s degree Law, Leiden University, the Netherlands with special subjects Intellectual property, Information Systems and Business economics. He holds degrees in marketing and public relations. In addition, he is an alumnus of the PwC International Management Development Programme, and has followed executive courses at Darden Business School and Oxford Said Business School.
President, Knowledge4Innovation
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Roland Strauss
Managing Director, Knowledge4Innovation
Speakers
Susan Robertson,
Co-founder/Strategic partnerships, Innovators Magazine
Robbert FIsher,
President, Knowledge4Innovation
Roland Strauss,
Managing Director, Knowledge4Innovation