COLLABORATORS, EXPERTS & ADVISORS
Bring NEW levels of innovation to the way we do things!
IE LEADERSHIP
- Ikhlaq Sidhu, Dean School of Sci-Tech 
- Rafif Srour, Executive Undergraduate Vice-Dean School of Sci-Tech 
- Geffroy Gérard, Vice Dean Strategic Development and Partnerships, IE School of Science and Technology 
- David Gomez-Ullate, Head of Faculty IE Sci-Tech, Chief Scientist Energy & Climate Lab 
- Robert Polding, Academic Director, Health & Tech Lab 
- Dae-Jin Lee, Faculty, Chief Scientist Health & Tech Lab 
- Guillermo De Haro, Grad. Vice-Dean School of Sci-Tech 
- Luis Maldonado, Faculty, Academic Director Financial Systems 
- David Yeregui Marcos del Blanco, PhD., Entrepreneur In Residence 
- Isabel Sanchez E., Executive Director of the Impact Xcelerator 
CATALYST SPEAKERS & VENTURE PORTFOLIO
- Victoria Howell, Director & Instructor, Newton Berkeley Changemaker Series, UC Berkeley 
- Edo Segal, Touchcast, (Metaverse) via Elysium 
- Ed Albanese, Vectara (AI and Search) 
- Fabi Riesen, Loft Dynamics (Metaverse & Mixed Reality) 
- Adam Ahmad, Kea (AI & Voice) 
- Amine Anoun, Evisort (AI for Law) 
- Anada Lakra, BoldVoice (AI and Voice Accents) 
- Caleb Boyd, Molton Industries (Green Hydrogen, Synthetic Fuels) 
- Melanie Matheu, Prellisbio (Bio-convergence, tissue engineering for drug discovery) 
- Shwan Lamei, Emulate Energy (Clean Energy) 
CATALYST ACADEMIC NETWORK
- Aiman Erbad, HBKU, Associate Professor at the College of Science and Engineering 
- Alberto Garrido, UPM, Vicerrector for Quality and Efficiency 
- Alfred Tan, HKBU, IP Tech Transfer 
- Amine Bermak, HBKU, Professor, College of Science and Engineering 
- Amrik Sen, Plaksha, Professor 
- Anderson Shum, HKU, Professor Associate VP (Research and Innovation) 
- Anne Miller, Oxford, Teaching Staff 
- Asunción Gómez, UPM, Vicerrector for Research 
- Cathy Mulligan, Instituto Superior Técnico, ERA Chair (Blockchain), Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, CISA Fellow @WEF 
- Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University, Rector Helsingborg, Professor 
- Costas Spanos, UC Berkeley, Director CITRIS and Professor 
- David Bchiri, Acceleration, Head of Foundation 
- Dave Mawhinney, CMU, Director, Swartz Center 
- George Giaglis, UNIC 
- Glenn Muschert, Khalifa University, UAE, Professor 
- Guido Schuster, OST Switzerland, Director ICAI, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
- Hani Asfour, Dubai Institute Of Design and Innovation, Dean 
- Helmut Schönenberger, TUM, UnternehmerTUM GmbH, Professor, TUM, CEO UnternehmerTUM GmbH 
- Isabel Ortiz, UPM, Madrid, Professor 
- Jason Li-Ying, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Professor and Head of Research 
- Jes Broeng, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Director and Professor 
- Julio M. Ottino, University of Northwestern, Engineering Dean 
- Karin Baur, Berkeley, Berkeley and IX Global Engagement 
- Ken Singer, UC Berkeley, Director SCET 
- Khalil Ramadi, NYU, Professor 
- Lea Shanley, ICSI - UC Berkeley, Executive Director and President 
- Luis Salgado, UPM, Madrid, Professor 
- Mari Suoranta, Finland, JYU, Professor 
- Mauro Rebelo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 
- Michael Lepech, Stanford, Director, Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness, Professor 
- Michael Mohoney, ICSI - UC Berkeley, Director Big Data 
- Nadir Yildirim, HBKU, Innovation Director & Acting Executive Director of Strategic Planning & Partnerships 
- Ota Novotný, Prague University of Economics and Business, Vice-Rector, VSE, Prague 
- Ramiro Montealegre, University of Colorado & IE, Professor 
- Saumen Chakraborty, Elysium, Partner 
- Shankar Sastry, UC Berkeley, Thomas M. Siebel Professor in Computer Science Co-Director, C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Faculty Director, FHL Center for Enhanced Reality Professor of EECS, BioE, and MechE 
- Slav Hermanowicz, UC Berkeley, Professor 
- Sung Chul Bae, UNIST, Professor 
- Tarek Zohdi, UC Berkeley, Associate Dean of Research 
- Thas Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne, Director, Wireless Lab and Professor 
- Thomas J. Howard, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Professor and Chair 
- Tom Byers, Stanford, Director, STVP and Professor 
- Trond Peterson, UC Berkeley, Vice Dean, Letters and Sciences 
- Victoria Howell, UC Berkeley, Newton and ELPP Faculty 
- Vicente Potzsch, Virbela Company 
- Weon-Kyoung Jo, UNIST, Professor 
- Yama Temouri, Khalifa University, UAE, Professor 
- Yoo-Seong Song, University of Illinois, School of Information 
IE CENTERS AND LABS
IE CENTERS
- IE Center for Social Innovation 
- IE Center of Entrepreneurship 
- IE Center for Families in Business 
- IE Global Corporation Center 
- IE China Center 
- IE Center for C-Centricities 
- IE Africa Center 
- IE Center for the Governance of Change 
- IE Center for Social Innovation & Sustainability 
- IE Center for Diversity 
- IE Saudi-Spanish Center for Islamic Economic and Finance 
- IE Center for Transport Economics & Infrastructure Management 
- IE Center for Health Well-being and Happines 
IEU LABS
- Marketing & Consumer Insights Lab 
- Finance Lab 
- Policy Lab 
- D-Lab 
- Food Culture Lab 
- Communication Lab 
- Legal Clinic 
- Slow Fashion Lab 
- Tech Lab 
- Econ Datalab 
- Strategy Lab 
- Social Impact Lab 
- Entrepreneurship Lab 
IEU CLUBS
- Fintech Club 
- Robotics Club 
- Accenture 
- BMC Software SA 
- Electronic Arts 
- Gulf Research Center 
- ServiZurich 
- TEDAE 
MOU´S SIGNED
RISE EUROPE COMMUNITY 
AN ALLIANCE OF EUROPE´S LEADING ECOSYSTEM BUILDERS
To watch the Rise Europe 2024 Summit Highlights, click here.
- Agoranov 
- Aalto University 
- Beta-i 
- Campus Founders 
- DCU Invent 
- École Polytechnique 
- EnSpire Oxford 
- ETH AI Center 
- ETH Zürich I ETH transfer 
- HighTechXL 
- Imperial Enterprise Lab 
- INiTS 
- KTH Innovation & KTH Holding AB 
- TalTech 
- Sting 
- UnternehmerTUM 
- YES!Delft 
