Management Team

 

Summit Advisory Board

 

Business Committee

 

Design Committee

 

The Summit Organizer

 

The Global Innovation Summit is an unprecedented gathering of thoughtful, iconoclastic doers.

Together, we seek to discover, share, and implement solutions to grow innovation ecosystems around the world, by leveraging science and technology to generate economic growth and improve the lives of billions of people. Our organizers and advisors represent the world’s innovation spectrum—policy makers, entrepreneurs, business executives, NGOs, government officials, and investors—from dozens of countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe.

 

Management Team

GIS Executive Chairman: Al Watkins former World Bank Coordinator for science, technology and innovation Organizer, World Bank STI Global Forums in 2009 & 2007

GIS Executive Director: Victor W. Hwang Managing Director, T2 Venture Capital former President, Larta Institute (leading commercialization agent for U.S. agencies)

Greg Horowitt Managing Director, T2 Venture Capital Co-founder & Executive Director, Global CONNECT (network of 47 innovation organizations in 25 countries)

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Global Innovation Summit Advisory Board

Abdulaziz Al-Hargan CEO, BADIR, King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdallah Al-Najjar CEO, Arab Science and Technology Foundation

Saad Andary Second Vice Governor, Central Bank of Lebanon.

Norman A. Bailey President, Institute for Global Economic Growth

Rich Bendis President & CEO of Innovation America CEO of BioHealth Innovation

Gary Bolles co-founder, eParachute; founding co-producer, Social Capital Markets conference

Al Chase Founder, White Rhino Partners

Rita Colwell Chairman, Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. and Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland College Park, and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

Carol Dahl Executive Director, The Lemelson Foundation

Marc Dangeard Sony Corporation of America

Alex Dehgan Science and Technology Adviser to the Administrator of USAID

Nina Fedoroff Past-President, American Association for the Advancement of Science and former Science Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State

Susana Garcia Robles Principal Specialist in Charge of the Early Stage Financing Group/Access to Finance, Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development Bank

David Gibson Director, IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

Phillip Griffiths Former Director, Institute for Advanced Study and Chair of the Board, Science Initiative Group

Mark Grobmyer Founder and Co-Chairman, Global Technology Deployment Initiative

Ossama Hassanein Founder, Newbury Ventures Director, TechWadi

Rebeca Hwang CEO, YouNoodle PhD candidate, Stanford

Randall Kempner Executive Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

Thane Kreiner Executive Director, Santa Clara University Center for Science, Technology & Society

Kiyoshi Kurokawa Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and former Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan

Burton Lee Lecturer, European Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Stanford School of Engineering Managing Director, Innovarium Ventures

Kiyoshi Kurokawa Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and former Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan

Alan Leshner CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ade Mabogunje Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University Center for Venture Design Research

Francisco Manrique Chairman, CONNECT Bogotá Région

Ramesh Mashelkar National Research Professor & President, Global Research Alliance

Damon Matteo Vice President Intellectual Capital Management, PARC

John May Managing Partner of the New Vantage Group and Chair-Emeritus of Angel Capital Association

Maryanne McCormick Executive Director, Blum Center for Developing Economies, University of California

Romain Murenzi former Minister of Science, Rwanda and Executive Director, Third World Academy of Sciences

Flora Painter Chief of the Science and Technology Division, Inter-American Development Bank

Dirk Pilat Head, Science and Technology Policy Division, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology & Industry

David Rolf Vice President Corporate Development, CA Technologies

Francisco Sagasti Senior Researcher, FORO Nacional Internacional, and Chairman of the Board, Program on Science and Technology, Office of the Prime Minister, Peru

AnnaLee Saxenian Dean of School of Information, Univ. of California at Berkeley

Rohit Shukla CEO, Larta Institute

Mike Sigal founder, Agile Credit; Executive Producer, Innotribe Startup Challenge for SWIFT

Peter Singer CEO, Grand Challenges Canada

Agnes Soucat Director of the Human Development Department, African Development Bank

Andrew Taylor Executive Vice President, Grand Challenges Canada

Ca Tran Ngoc Director of Secretariat, National Council for S&T Policy (Advisory body to the Prime Minister) and Assistant to the S&T Minister, and Deputy Director, National Institute for S&T Policy and Strategy Studies (NISTPASS)

Vivek Wadhwa Vice President of Academics and Innovation, Singularity University

Phil Wickham CEO, Society of Kauffman Fellows

 

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Global Innovation Summit Business Committee

John Forge Co-Founder and Senior Consultant at EuroPacifica Founder of CXP (acquired by Forrester Group)

Nola Masterson Co-Founder of Sequenom Chair Emeritus of BayBio Institute

Kate McKeown Co-Chair, NewYorkCity InnoSummit 2013 Former Associate of Management Expert W. Edwards Deming Founder, Gii...what if? Global Innovation Incubators

Mahendra Ramsinghani Managing Partner at First Step Fund Author of new book “The Business of Venture Capital”

Bill Reichert Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures

Soody Tronson Founder of STLGIP, an intellectual property firm

Larry Udell Founding Chair of Licensing Executives Society in Silicon Valley Executive Director of California Invention Center

 

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Global Innovation Summit Design Committee

Dylan Fiesel MBA student, Univ. California at Davis Startup entrepreneur

Bruce Jenett One of the leading life sciences lawyers in the United States, a partner in the global law firm of DLA Piper, and former Co-Chair of the DLA Piper Global Life Sciences Sector. He is a dramatic actor and playwright who has written and performed in numerous plays.

Eric Kutner Expert in relationship-building and coaching to create communities. Advisor to US Resilience Project, The Dreyfuss Initiative, Princeton Entrepreneurs Network.

Mark Newberg Former Senior Policy Advisor at the US Small Business Administration Former Advisor to the New Orleans City Council following Hurricane Katrina

Gad Shaanan 30-year veteran of the product design and innovation industry. He has designed products—from WD-40 cans to cell phones and coffeemakers—that have been used by tens of millions of people.

 

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The Summit Organizer

T2 Venture Capital is the world leader in building innovation ecosystems. Leveraging our deep networks, we grow startup companies, manage capital,and design innovation programs around the world. Our global network comes from our unique expertise at the intersection of private venture and public policy. We advise governments on venture capital formation and innovation policy. We develop entrepreneurial capital and programs to help emerging economies grow. We are real-world practitioners, investing capital and time in technology startups with the greatest promise and helping them succeed.

Visit our Website at www.t2vc.com

T2VC Team

Julie Alsing GIS Operations Management

Angelika Blendstrup GIS International Outreach International Exec. Communication Coach

Alistair Brett International Technology Commercialization Advisor

Susan Brooksbank Vice President, Operations for GIS Former Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Henry Doss Chief Operating Officer; former SVP, First Union Bank and PNC Bank

Scott Gillespie Commercialization Partner

Kevin Neuberger GIS Communications Manager Product manager Media/web development International journalist

Eliot Peper Business Development and Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Hayato Urabe GIS International Outreach Global Corporate Venture Associate at ICS

Takumi Watanabe Analyst

 

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