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Špela Stres

Institut "Jožef Stefan"
Dr. Špela Stres is the head of the Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation at the Jožef Stefan Institute and a visiting professor at the University of Ljubljana and the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School.

Špela Stres is the head of the Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation at the Jožef Stefan Institute and a visiting professor at the University of Ljubljana and the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Ljubljana, a Masters Degree of Law in the field of Intellectual Property of the University of Turin and World Intellectual Property Office (Geneva); an Executive MBA of Cotrugli Bussines School (Lichtenstein) and a Patent Attorney Exam. Since 2014, she has been a holder of the CLP certificate.

 

She began her career as a pedagogical and professional associate at the Jožef Stefan Institute and later continued in Hamburg at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron. She served as a Vice President of "European Association of Science and Technology Professionals". She was also a member of the Advisory Group on Future Emerging Technologies and a member of the SWAFS Advisory Group to the European Commission (DG Connect and DG R&I).

 

Špela is a member of the expert group that advises the EIC project group for the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation in Europe. She is also a representative of the CERN Knowledge Transfer Forum and the Medical Applications Forum.

 

Today, she is active in the field of business development and the creation of a financial support environment for innovation. She works in various fields of technology such as industrial robotics, nanomedicine, nanotechnology and smart cities. Over the past 10 years, she has played a key role in setting up 11 spin-off companies.

FOREIGN MARKET EXPERIENCE
Irska
Italija
Nemčija
Velika Britanija
KEY INDUSTRY
Izobraževanje in upravljanje znanja
Medicinske naprave in tehnologije
Proizvodni procesi
Raziskovanje in proizvodnja
Zaznavanje in avtomatizacija
MARKET TYPE EXPERIENCE
B2B
Poznavanje tehnologij
Industrijska robotika
Nanomedicina
Nanotehnologija
Pametna mesta
KEY COMPETENCIES
Intelektualna lastnina
Marketing in PR
Poslovna strategija
EXPERIENCE WITH COMPANIES IN DEVELOPMENT STAGES
Idejna faza
MENTOR IN PROGRAMMES
P2 2010 SPS
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