Speakers
Professor Jerome S. Engel is an internationally recognized expert on innovation, entrepreneurship, and venture capital, lecturing and advising business and government leaders around the world. His research and publications explore innovation ecosystems, technology commercialization, venture capital, and lean innovation management practices in established and emerging enterprises. After a successful business career, Professor Engel joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley in 1991, where he is currently Adjunct Professor Emeritus at the Haas School of Business. Professor Engel’s publications, including two books, Clusters of Innovation: Entrepreneurial engines of economic growth around the world [2014] and Clusters of Innovation in the Age of Disruption [2022], focus on the nature of innovation processes in entrepreneurial ventures, major corporations, and venture capital in regional ecosystems and global networks. Learn more on Engel's website.
Natsai Audrey Chieza is founder and CEO at Faber Futures. She is a leading thinker on the transformative role design can play in the equitable development of consumer biotechnology. With over ten years of experience co-developing multi-sector innovation strategies and shaping policy with global institutions, she leads a dynamic team that translates value and transforms systems across education, design, life science and manufacturing industries. Over a decade of experimentation, Chieza established novel design-driven processes and for bacteria textile colouration, which have been exhibited internationally. A TED speaker, Chieza is a member of the current session of the World Economic Forum's Global Futures Council on Synthetic Biology, contributing to the industry's roadmap for a world changed by COVID-19. Follow here: @faberfutures @natsaiaudrey
Anita Patel Jusnes has almost 25 years of experience in biotechnology. With a background in pharmacy, she has held senior commercial roles in the Norwegian and international pharmaceutical industry, including at Glaxo Smithkline, Pronova Biopharma, Novartis, and Genetic Analysis. She is currently Patient Journey Chapter Lead at Roche, which is a member of The Life Science Cluster. Anita is passionate about the healthcare industry and patient journeys: “It’s all about finding sustainable solutions.”
Professor Jeanette Hammer Andersen is head of Marbio and Professor in Marine Bioprospecting at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø – the Arctic University of Norway. Hammer Andersen is a member of the Centre for Digital Life Norway’s Expert Task Force. She leads Marbio in focusing on screening terrestrial and marine organisms and has successfully identified several novel bioactive compounds. She received her PhD in Microbiology, working with inhibition of Herpesvirus infections using natural proteins/peptides. At Marbio, her work has focused on establishing an automated assay platform for antioxidant, antibacterial, diabetes, immunomodulating and anticancer screening. She will serve as moderator for the webinar. @hammerjeanet
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