december, 2020

09dec13:3015:00Increasing the role and impact of Women inside Innovation Ecosystems13:30 - 15:00 Event Type:Conference Session in cooperation with EUTOP50 and Knowco Collabwith

Time

(Wednesday) 13:30 - 15:00

Location

Zoom Virtual Debate

Event Details

Description

Innovation ecosystems are the hub to connect startups, investors, and support services for innovation and entrepreneurship. Currently, innovation ecosystems are working in silos, not connecting between them, and only selected businesses and professionals are part of it. The majority are led by men and there is a lack of diversity and women in leadership positions or in decision-making positions. The type of events and the communication style is very masculine and women are not represented in them. If the majority of woman investors have invested in woman founders, we need to increase the number of women leadership and participation in innovation ecosystems to increase the number of funded and supported woman entrepreneurs. Women and diversity are bringing different perspectives and values to innovation with more sustainability and more positive impact.

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Organizer

Conference Session in cooperation with EUTOP50 and Knowco Collabwith

Host

Susana Solis, MEP, Member of the K4I Forum, Renew Europe, Spain

Maria Graça Carvalho, MEP, Chair of the K4I Forum, EPP, Portugal

Speakers for this event

  • Ana Suarez

    Ana Suarez

    Co-funder, WA4STEAM

    Co-funder of WA4STEAM. Member of the Executive Committee and treasurer of the Association. Degree in Business Administration, Master in Financial Markets from the University of Barcelona. PDD by IESE Business School. Expert in Finance, 20 years of banking experience in different executive positions. Currently Structured Finance Risk Director at Banco Sabadell. Involved in diversity, sustainability and inclusive finance policies. Especially engaged in promoting a more relevant role for women in finance and investment. Business Angel.

    Co-funder, WA4STEAM

  • Bram Wijlands

    Bram Wijlands

    Managing Director Company NameRWTH Innovation GmbH

    Managing Director Company NameRWTH Innovation GmbH

  • Helena Torras

    Helena Torras

    Managing Partner at PaoCapital

    Helena Torras, Managing Partner at PaoCapital, raising an impact investment fund with focus on Blue Economy, promotes the tech startup mindset to society, and ensures that women are no left behind (she has cofounded WERockCapital to invest on women entrepreneurs). Helena is a serial entrepreneur and investor, connecting the dots between the ecosystem, startup-corporate-investor. She belongs to the Governing Board of BarcelonaTechCity, to the Ambassadors Council of The Collider (TechTransf initiative from the Mobile World Capital) and she serves as independent board director on several Boards. Among others recognitions, se has been considered one of the 30 people to follow on twitter on the tech ecosystem and Top100 leaders in Spain.

    Managing Partner at PaoCapital

  • Laura Núñez

    Laura Núñez

    CEO, Plan Reforma & STIMAT

    I’m a technologist passionate architect and I’ve always thought that everything is possible. I’m curious, empathetic, tenacious and I try to learn of each situation. I’ve inherit from my first profession the capacity of catch problems, simplify them to find a solution and, most important, make solutions come true in the most efficient way. I always try to work with people and learn from them but also to offer all the knowledge I have

    CEO, Plan Reforma & STIMAT

  • Maria da Graça Carvalho

    Maria da Graça Carvalho

    MEP, EPP, Portugal

    Maria da Graça Carvalho is currently member of the European Parliament (2019-2024). In the European Parliament she is a full Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and a substitute Member on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and substitute member on Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM). She follows as well the parliamentary Delegations for relations with the United States, for relations with the countries of Central America and Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. As a MEP, she was appointed rapporteur of the Specific Programme Implementing HORIZON 2020 and of the report on Simplification of the Rules of Participation in the European Programs for Research and Innovation. In 2011, she was awarded the Prize for the best MEP in the area of Research and Innovation.

    MEP, EPP, Portugal

  • Martijn Leinweber

    Martijn Leinweber

    COO of Space Business Innovation Centre Noordwijk

    COO of Space Business Innovation Centre Noordwijk, where space based startups are supported in their entrepreneurial journey to become a sustainable business. In my 10+ years at SBIC Noordwijk, I have gained extensive experience in incubation management, designing and implementing development programs, (international) community management and organising events and competitions within the space industry and beyond. I have a passion for startups, hospitality and sports. Always looking for new opportunities for the community. Have a positive and problem-solving attitude with a focus on service and quality

    COO of Space Business Innovation Centre Noordwijk

  • Siwan Smith

    Siwan Smith

    Manager Knowledge Transfer Diversity & Inclusion at KTN, UK

    Siwan delivers the KTN’s Diversity and Inclusion programme, including providing business support for Innovate UK's Young Innovators and Women in Innovation programmes. She ensures that her communities get the support and funding they need and builds strong networks to connect people. Siwan is an experienced Member of The Chartered Institute of Marketing and has a wealth of knowledge across a wide range of sector areas, to deliver r eal growth.

    Manager Knowledge Transfer Diversity & Inclusion at KTN, UK

  • Susana Solís Pérez

    Susana Solís Pérez

    Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe, Spain

    Born in Avilés, Spain, 1971. Susana Solís is an Industrial Engineer from the University of Oviedo, Machine Engineer from the Fachhochschule de Osnabrück (Germany), and holds an MBA from the Business Institute and a Master's Degree in Marketing Management from the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid). She has over 18 years of professional experience in several multinationals in Germany (Mercedes Benz, Robert Bosch) and in Spain (Rexel, Essilor and Johnson & Johnson). In May 2015, she was elected Deputy in the Parliament of Madrid, being the spokeswoman for Ciudadanos in the Committee on Budgets, Economy, Finance and Employment. Since May 2019 she is MEP in the European Parliament in the Renew Europe Group and a member of the ITRE, REGI, ENVI, and FEMM Committees.

    Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe, Spain

  • Tina Kleingarn

    Tina Kleingarn

    Founder, Westend Corporate Finance

    Partner at Westend Corporate Finance (Frankfurt, Germany), an advisory boutique dedicated to exit readiness for IPOs and sell sides Studied business administration and Japanese studies at Mannheim University (Germany) and Hitotsubashi University (Japan) Master degree (Dipl.-Kauffrau) with the main focus on banking/finance, organizational management and Japanese studies 12 years track record in Investment banking working for Goldmans Sachs and Barclays NED (non-executive directorships) in publicly listed corporations

    Founder, Westend Corporate Finance

Speakers

Bram Wijlands, Managing Director, RWTH Innovation GmbH

Sonia Contera, Professor of Biological Physics, Oxford University

Lisa Liu, Investment Associate, UnternehmerTUM VC

Marion Fröster, serial entrepreneur, fashion innovation

Laura Núñez, CEO, Plan Reforma & STIMAT

Helena  Torras, Managing Partner at PaoCapital

Ana Suarez, Co-funder, WA4STEAM

Martijn Leinweber, COO of Space Business Innovation Centre Noordwijk

Tina Kleingarn, Founder, Westend Corporate Finance

Siwan Smith, Manager Knowledge Transfer Diversity & Inclusion at KTN, UK

 

Moderator

Jara Pascual, Founder and CEO, knowco by collabwith

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