Merete Daniel Nielsen
Cluster Excellence Denmark Director & President of TCI Network
Merete is an expert and leader in cluster and innovation projects at regional, national and international level. She is co-founder and director at Cluster Excellence Denmark and President of TCI Network. She is a frequent speaker at international conferences, has written on internationalisation, clusters and innovation and is appointed individual member of EU Cluster Expert Group for the EU Commission.
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Audrey Tang
Taiwan Digital Minister
A civic hacker and Taiwan’s Digital Minister in charge of Social Innovation, Audrey is known for revitalizing the computer languages Perl and Haskell. Audrey served on Taiwan national development council’s open data committee and K-12 curriculum committee; and led the country’s first e-Rulemaking project. Audrey was consultant with Apple on computational linguistics, with Oxford University Press on crowd lexicography, and with Socialtext on social interaction design.
Ulla Engelmann
DG Grow, EU Commission
Ulla Engelmann is a Head of Unit in DG GROW, the Directorate General being responsible for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, at the European Commission. Her portfolio covers Social Economy, European Cluster Policy, Skills for industry, as well as specific aspects of Advanced Technologies including Intelligent Cities Challenge.
Christian Ketels
HBS Visiting Executive, Chair of TCI Network Advisory Board
Christian Ketels chairs the TCI Network Board of Advisors; he was on TCI’s Board of Directors between 2007 and 2018, having been appointed Secretary in 2009 and President in 2011. Christian is a Visiting Executive at Harvard Business School, and serves as the Co-Chair on the Board of Directors of the Danish Innovation Fund. He was Chief Economist of The Boston Consulting Group at the BCG Henderson Institute in 2018 and 2019.
Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir
CEO, Iceland Tourism Cluster
Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir is CEO of the Iceland Tourism Cluster, promoting competitiveness and value creation within the Icelandic tourism and travel industry; with a focus on digital solutions and new businesses. Ásta has worked on business development and innovation for the Centre of East Iceland.
Adolfo Moreno
Director, Medellin Health City Cluster
Doctor, graduated from the Metropolitan University of Barranquilla Colombia, Master in Health Administration from the CES University, with specializations in Health Services Administration from the University of Antioquia and Hospital Management from the EAFIT University. He has held management positions, in the areas of health service provision, health insurance, health Cluster and development of new hospital services.
Fabio Russo
Senior Industrial Development Officer, UNIDO
Fabio RUSSO is a Senior Officer at the Quality Infrastructure and Smart Production Division of UNIDO, Vienna, Austria. Since taking up his duties in 1992, he has been managing various projects for private sector development worldwide. His main area of expertise is on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Cluster/Networks and value chains development.
César Jiménez
CEO, Ternium Mexico
César Jiménez is CEO of Ternium Mexico. After having left Ternium in 2009, Mr. Jiménez returned to Ternium in November 2010, as CEO of Tenigal, a Joint Venture between Ternium and Nippon Steel, and later was appointed Commercial Vice President in Ternium Mexico. He is member of the board of Tenigal, President of the Automotive Cluster of Nuevo León (CLAUT), and President of Monterrey Competitiveness Center (Caintra).
Stewart Cramer
Chief Manufacturing Officer, NGen Canada
Stewart Cramer is the Chief Manufacturing Officer of NGen Canada. He brings over 35 years of manufacturing, engineering and business leadership experience to this role having previously worked as a Senior Technical Specialist in the Structures Research organization of Northrop Grumman and as the Chief Executive Officer and President of LAI International and Vertex Precision Manufacturing.
Christian Rangen
Program director, Global Cluster Leadership Program
Christian Rangen is Global innovation cluster expert, author of Building Innovation Superclusters. He is advisor to 50+ cluster initiatives and advisor to governments and ecosystems globally. Christian is a developer of 30+ Supercluster strategy tools.
Sandy Baruah
CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber
The Honorable Sandy K. Baruah is president and CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber, the third largest chamber of commerce in the nation. The Chamber represents the business interests of a region comprising 5.4 million residents and 11 Fortune 500 companies. The Chamber also executes the statewide automotive and mobility cluster association, MICHauto, and hosts the nationally recognized Mackinac Policy Conference.
Rasmus Beck
Business Metropole Ruhr
Rasmus C. Beck is CEO of the Business Metropole Ruhr, the economic development agency for the Ruhr region, responsible for the economic interests of the 53 towns and cities in a high-performing and innovative region. Rasmus also worked developing cluster strategies for Hannoverimpuls and Dortmund Economic Development Agency and he is author and speaker on future-oriented regional economic development.
Bianca Dragomir
CEO, AVAESEN
Bianca was awarded “European Cluster Manager of the Year 2016/18” by the European Commission for her work as CEO of the Valencian Cleantech Cluster AVAESEN in Spain, which she currently leads. She has been a direct advisor to the European Commission’s High-Level Industrial Roundtable ‘Industry 2030’ on developing a smart, innovative and sustainable industrial strategy for the future of Europe and is currently a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on Clusters.
Mirjana Prica
Managing Director, Food Innovation Australia
Currently, Mirjana is leading FIAL, a national and industry-led organisation, established by the Commonwealth to drive innovation and market initiatives for the Australian food and agribusiness sector. Mirjana sits on boards and advisory groups for cooperative research centres, universities, research and industry organisations, where she leverages her 20+ years of research and commercial experience in materials, minerals, food and agribusiness.
Arantxa Tapia
Basque Minister Ec. Development, Sustainability and Environment
Arantxa Tapia Otaegi is the Basque Minister of the Economic Development, Sustainability and Environment. She holds a PhD Cum Laude from the University of Navarre, and has been lecturer at Massachusetts MIT for three years. Spokesperson for the Economy&Competitiveness, Development, Defence, Education & Sport, and Agriculture, Food & the Environment commissions of the Spanish Parliament.
