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Speakers & Jury

Meet our speakers and jury!

Meet our speakers and jury!

A worldwide network does not form itself. In order to support the entrepreneurs of tomorrow and to make a contribution to the future and society, creative minds and experts are needed. People with in-depth knowledge, a passion for the creative sector, with experience, who know what it means to be successful but also have to deal with defeats.

Get to know these bright minded people and experts of Creative Business Network. These people have seen, evaluated and supported hundreds of startups. They contribute to what we are today and what we have achieved over the years.

Please get to know the speakers and jury members.

Members

Nils Fietje

Research Officer at WHO Regional Office for Europe

Olawale Anifowose

Programs Director, Enterprise Development Centre

Olayinka Oguntola

Pan-Atlantic University

Olivia Hervy

Labs Manager WeWork France

Onur Emul

Deputy Manager of Intellectual Property Institute Luxembourg (on behalf of the Creative FLIP project)

Otho Kerr

Partner Encourage Capital United States of America

Paolo Montemurro

Founder of Materahub

Pascal Hector

Ambassador, Embassy of Germany

Patrik Sandin

Director and Head of Practice Area Sustanability, Cordial AB

Peter Kreiner

CEO Noma Denmark

Peter Zdrinka Nannestad

SME Program Leader Deloitte Denmark

Peter Zrinka Nannestad

PwC Danmark

Phil Kirshman

Chief Impact Officer

Pia Allerslev

Advisor and Consultant ALLERSLEV Denmark

Piers Currie

Group Head of Brand Aberdeen Asset Management United Kingdom

Princess Sama Faissal Al Saud

Executive Partner NourNouf Saudi Arabia

Raitis Velps

Chief Marketing Officer, Corebook°

Reanne Leuning

Director Creative Industries ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Austria

Rebeca Hwang

Co-founder Rivet Ventures South Korea

Renata Brkić

Feelsgood Capital Partners Croatia

Rita Orlando

Project manager at Foundation Matera-Basilicata 2019

Rob Reid

Author Random House United States of America

Robert Borges

CEO of GAFFA

Roma Surviliene

Executive Director at Artists’ Association Foundation

Ron Bader

CEO, Heroic Sport

Rong Shang

Vice President of Communication and Corporate Affairs, Asia-Pacific R&D Group Microsoft China

Rufus Gifford

U.S. Ambassador to Denmark United States of America

Róisín Buckley

Director and Producer of PIQUANT

Safa Sharif

Co-Founder, WSI Consulting

Saku Koskinen

Foresight Expert, Director of Sales at Futures Platform Oy

Salman T Jaffrey

Chief Investment Officer Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures (Wa’ed Ventures) Saudi Arabia

Sarah E. Endline

Entrepreneur in Residence, Harvard Business School

Sarita Christensen

CEO and owner Copenhagen Bombay Denmark

Scott Blackwell

Academic Lead for Western Europe Microsoft United States of America

Scott Halford

President Complete Intelligence, LLC United States of America

Sharada Ramanathan

Film director India

Signe Jungersted

CEO of Group NAO

Silja Suntola

Development Manager at Xamk University of Applied Sciences

Silvia Salinas

Co-founder & Strategic Director of futuralab

Silvia Ursu

Associate Partner at Civitta