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Collaborators, Experts & Advisors

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)

IE Leadership

  • Ikhlaq Sidhu, Dean School of Sci-Tech

  • Rafif Srour, Undergrad Vice-Dean School of Sci-Tech

  • 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, Interim Grad. Vice-Dean School of Sci-Tech

  • Luis Maldonado, Faculty, Academic Director Financial Systems

  • David Yeregui Marcos del Blanco, Entrepreneur In Residence

  • Luis Galindo, Faculty Lead, Cybersecurity IX

  • Annamaria Conti, IE Business School, Associate Professor of Strategy

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Catalyst Academic Network

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  • David Bchiri, Acceleration, Head of Foundation

  • Karin Baur, Berkeley, Berkeley and IX Global Engagement

  • Dave Mawhinney, CMU, Director, Swartz Center

  • Hani Asfour, Dubai Institute Of Design and Innovation, Dean

  • Saumen Chakraborty, Elysium, Partner

  • Mari Suoranta, Finland, JYU, Professor

  • George , Giaglis, UNIC

  • Aiman Erbad, HBKU, Associate Professor at the College of Science and Engineering

  • Amine Bermak, HBKU, Professor, College of Science and Engineering

  • Nadir Yildirim, HBKU, Innovation Director & Acting Executive Director of Strategic Planning & Partnerships

  • Alfred Tan, HKBU, IP Tech Transfer

  • Anderson Shum, HKU, Professor Associate VP (Research and Innovation)

  • Cathy Mulligan, Instituto Superior Técnico, ERA Chair (Blockchain), Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, CISA Fellow @WEF

  • Glenn Muschert, Khalifa University, UAE, Professor

  • Yama Temouri, Khalifa University, UAE, Professor

  • Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University, Rector Helsingborg, Professor

  • Khalil Ramadi, NYU, Professor

  • Guido Schuster, OST Switzerland, Director ICAI, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Anne Miller, Oxford, Teaching Staff

  • Amrik Sen, Plaksha, Professor

  • Ota Novotný, Prague University of Economics and Business, Vice-Rector, VSE, Prague

  • Michael Lepech, Stanford, Director, Stanford Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness, Professor

  • Tom Byers, Stanford, Director, STVP and Professor

  • Jason Li-Ying , Technical University of Denmark (DTU),  Professor and Head of Research

  • Jes Broeng, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Director and Professor

  • Thomas J. Howard , Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Professor and Chair

  • Helmut Schönenberger, TUM, UnternehmerTUM GmbH, Professor, TUM, CEO UnternehmerTUM GmbH

  • Costas Spanos, UC Berkeley, Director CITRIS and Professor

  • Ken Singer, UC Berkeley, Director SCET

  • 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

  • Tarek Zohdi, UC Berkeley, Associate Dean of Research

  • Trond Peterson, UC Berkeley, Vice Dean, Letters and Sciences

  • Victoria Howell, UC Berkeley, Newton and ELPP Faculty

  • Lea Shanley, ICSI - UC Berkeley,, Executive Director and President 

  • Michael Mohoney, ICSI - UC Berkeley, Director Big Data 

  • Sung Chul Bae, UNIST, Professor

  • Weon-Kyoung Jo, UNIST, Professor

  • Mauro Rebelo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

  • Ramiro Montealegre, University of Colorado & IE, Professor

  • Yoo-Seong Song, University of Illinois, School of Information

  • Thas Nirmalathas, University of Melbourne, Director, Wireless Lab and Professor

  • Julio M. Ottino, University of Northwestern, Engineering Dean 

  • Alberto Garrido, UPM, Vicerrector for Quality and Efficiency 

  • Asunción Gómez, UPM, Vicerrector for Research

  • Luis Salgado, UPM, Madrid, Professor

  • Isabel Ortiz, UPM, Madrid, Professor

  • Vicente Potzsch, Virbela Company

IE Clubs

Fintech Club

Robotics Club

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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

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IE Affiliates

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