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All confirmed speakers of Ecosystems 2030 Chapter 3 hosted at Palexco, A Coruña, Spain, on 4-5 May 2023.

Amparo Alonso Betanzos
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Amparo Alonso Betanzos

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Amparo Alonso BetanzosAssistant to the Rector for Artificial Intelligence at University of A Coruña

Amparo Alonso-Betanzos is Full Prof. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and Assistant to the Rector for Artificial Intelligence at the University of A Coruña where she leads the Laboratory for the Investigation and Development of Artificial Intelligence (LIDIA). Originally a chemical engineer, her research now focuses on artificial intelligence, specifically its medical applications.

Helen Yuanyuan Cao
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Helen Yuanyuan Cao

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Helen Yuanyuan CaoCOO & Chief Innovation Officer at INDICAL BIOSCIENCE

Helen Yuanyuan Cao has a background in neurobiology, business and international affairs and is an executive in the life sciences and healthcare industry with over 15+ of experience and a focus on innovation.

Most recently the COO and Chief Innovation Officer of Indical Bioscience, Helen has been the Member of the Management Team Europe, Middle East and Africa at Becton Dickinson/BD Biosciences. Previously Helen was the Head of Global Solution Marketing at Qiagen and in charge of the strategic integration of Qiagen business with bioinformatics. The focus of her work is in the medical diagnostics and life sciences tools industry.

Helen has been named “40 under 40” by the German magazines Capital and Wirtschaftswoche as well as “Manager of the Year” by GenerationCEO.
Born in China and growing up in Germany and with having lived extensively in the US and Switzerland, Helen is globally minded and feels connected to Asia, Europe and the United States.

Helen has served on multiple boards, in academia, non-profits as well as for profit ventures including currently on the advisory board of the Digital Business School of the Nuertingen-Geislingen University. Previously, Helen has been on the Board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Germany. Helen is the strategic advisor to Future Coop, a social enterprise in the field of sustainability where she was previously member of the executive board.

Helen lectures on the topics of innovation and leadership at universities and has been a mentor of several startup accelerator programs including Startupbootcamp, Indiebio and Vodafone F-LANE and is an angel investor.
Helen started her career at Bain & Company. She holds an M.A. in Neurobiology from Washington University in St. Louis, a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University and an MBA from European Business School.

 

Miguel Corgos López-Prado
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Miguel Corgos López-Prado

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Miguel Corgos López-PradoMinister of Finance and Public Administration of the Xunta de Galicia

Born in A Coruña in 1971, he has a degree in Economics from the University of A Coruña, specializing in financial economics. In addition, he has a Postgraduate Degree in Account Auditing and a Master’s Degree in Financial and Tax Administration from the same university.

Andrea Mills
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Andrea A. Mills

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Speaker Chapter 1
3-4 June 2021, Granada, Spain

Andrea MillsChief Advisor, External R&D and Emerging Technologies for PMI Science and Innovation Ecosystems, Philip Morris International

Andrea Mills is a serial innovator, intrapreneur, technology senior advisor to C-Suite executives, and an experienced corporate venture capitalist. He is currently the Chief Advisor for External R&D and Emerging Technologies for Science and Innovation at Philip Morris International, and the Chief Ecosystems Orchestrator of BlueX, a global open innovation ecosystem for accelerated technology scouting, and for forging industry-research collaborations with top universities and applied-research labs around the world.

He is an internationally-recognized thought leader and trusted knowledge source for senior executives across multiple industries on many key aspects of open innovation, technology scouting and acquisitions, IP licensing deals, orchestrating of external R&D ecosystems, and building multi-disciplinary product innovation capabilities in deep-tech knowledge domains.

Andrea Mills 25+ C-Suite advisory track record and experience with top multinational clients span across multiple industries including pharma, biotech, aerospace, telecom, oil & gas, FMCG, and fintech.

Bernd Weiss
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Bernd Weiss

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Bernd WeissManaging Director at Astromerge & Researcher Creaternity at Luleå University of Technology

Bernd is managing partner at Astromerge, where he is developing concepts to implement circular material flows in the space industry. In addition he is developing a fully reusable spacecraft platform.

Bernd is currently also pursuing a doctoral degree in engineering at Luleå University of Technology. He conducts research on accelerating industry-scale transformation and best practices to enable Sustainable-Design-by-Default. He is co-founder at Creaternity Labs, an accelerator to foster university-industry collaboration and innovation based on the circular economy principles.

Bernd passionately advocates for universal access to technology and knowledge, believing that it has the power to transform lives and driving positive change in the world.

Francisco Conde
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Francisco Conde

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Francisco CondeFirst Vice President and Regional Minister of Economy, Industry and Innovation of the Xunta de Galicia
Born in Monforte de Lemos (Lugo – Galicia) in 1968, Francisco Conde has a degree in Economics and Business Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid and a PhD in Economics and Business Sciences from the same university. He was a professor at the CEU San Pablo University between 1995 and 2009, where he held different responsibilities.
In 2009 he began a new phase of his career at Xunta de Galicia as advisor to the President and since 2012 he has held various positions in the Galician Government. In May 2022, he took the role of First Vice President and Minister of Economy, Industry and Innovation.

 

José Manuel Albares Bueno
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José Manuel Albares Bueno

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
José Manuel Albares BuenoMinister of Foreign Affairs, Spain
José Manuel Albares Bueno (1972) has been the Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain since 10 July 2021.
He has been the Spanish Ambassador to the French Republic and the Principality of Monaco and Secretary-General for International Affairs, European Union, G20 and Global Security at the Office of the President of the Government, acting as a sherpa to the President of the Government both before the European Union and the G20.
A career diplomat. He has been posted to Colombia, France and the Permanent Representation of Spain to the OECD. In his posting to the OECD, he was elected Vice-Chairman of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC).
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Deusto University, specialised in legal-economic matters with a Diploma in Business Science, a Diploma in National Defence from CESEDEN and a Diploma in Cultural Management Aboard from Carlos III University, in collaboration with the Diplomatic School. He founded and coordinated the Circle for International Reflection.
He has been awarded the Commander by Number of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services in Peru, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Pole Star of Sweden.
He has four children.
Marisol Menendez
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Marisol Menéndez

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Marisol MenendezCEO Bilakatu / #WomenInTechSpain

Marisol is an expert with more than 25 years of experience in the areas of open innovation, ecosystem orchestration, fintech and digital transformation. She is CEO of WITH (previously #WomenInTechSpain) the ecosystem of executive women in STEM, and CEO & Founder of Bilakatu dedicated to research and explore Open Innovation and Ecosystem Orchestration. Former Global head of Open Innovation at BBVA. Former Chief Open Innovation Officer at South Summit, Former Head of Open Innovation at NFI – Nordic Future Innovation She’s an author of the framework “3 dimensions of Open Innovation”, for Open Innovation maturity. She’s Strategic Investor Representative & Board Observer at Meniga, and advisor for startups and tech companies in the areas of strategy, growth, corporate relationship and tech future.

An Industrial Engineer with an MBA, Marisol is known for her inclusive leadership style, talent for creating high-performance teams, and ability to establish lasting connections.

Julián Cerviño Iglesia
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Julián Cerviño Iglesia

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Julián Cerviño IglesiaDirector, Agency for Technological Modernization of Galicia

Julián Cerviño Iglesia is the current Director of the Agency for Technological Modernization of Galicia (AMTEGA).

Between 1998 and 2022 he worked in the private sector, in the field of information systems consulting.

From 1998 to 2007, he held various positions at Soluziona (now Indra), initially as a systems analyst and later directing projects for the Galician Health Service as a senior consultant, where he participated in the design and implementation of the electronic medical record system (IANUS).

In 2007 he founded the company Queres, in which he held the positions of CTO and CFO, while participating in various projects for multiple public and private clients as a senior consultant. This professional stage ended with the sale of the company Queres to the consulting firm Izertis in 2020.

From 2020 to 2022 he was responsible for the Content Management Systems department at Izertis, at the same time as a senior consultant for the Infrastructure and Security Area of Amtega.

He was born in 1974 in Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña). He has a degree in Physical Sciences, specializing in Electronics (1997, USC).

Jeroen Tas
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Jeroen Tas

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4-5 May 2023, A Coruña, Spain
Jeroen TasAdvisor at IMPROVED, Former Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer at Royal Philips

Jeroen Tas is an innovation leader who applies his entrepreneurship, experience in large-scale digital transformation, and expertise in IT to transform and grow businesses. In Jeroen’s 10-year tenure at Koninklijke Philips N.V. (NYSE:PHG;AMS:PHIA), in the role of Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, he was instrumental in the transition of Philips to a customer-centric, digital health tech solutions company. Before joining Philips, Jeroen co-founded and served as President, COO, and Vice-Chairman of the Board for Mphasis, a technology solutions company focused on services for the financial industry, which was acquired by HP (EDS) in 2006. He is on the Boards of Quantiphi, Gaia-X, Zylorion, A3B Biomedical and Verder International.

He is the 2004 winner of the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award in IT for the New York region, the recipient of the 2013 Dutch CIO of the year award, NASSCOM 2014 Global CIO award, the World Innovation Congress 2014 CIO Leadership award, the CIONet 2014 European CIO award, the IT Executive 2014 award, and the Accenture 2015 Innovator of the Year award. Mr. Tas is a native of the Netherlands and holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Business Administration from the Vrije University, Amsterdam.