Speaker

Emma Crespo

Entrepreneurship and Business Development. Head of unit. UC3M Science Park

As a Head of the unit, I deal with different tasks from strategy to operations. I have been responsible for the Business Incubator’s design, setting up and consolidation since 2002. Present activity focus includes spinoff creation and technology based start-ups development and scaling up support services. Before joining the Science Park, I have worked as a consultant for both private and public sector in national and international entities. Relevant topics: Regional and National systems of innovation, international S&T cooperation, Technology Foresight and Technology Watch, and Innovation Policies. Education: PhD research on Evaluation of science and technology policies at PREST, Programme of Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, Manchester Institute for Innovation Research (MIoIR) – Manchester Business School (UK). MSc in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Management (UC3M, Spain). Degree in Economics at the Basque Country University (Bilbao, Spain). Doctoral research fellowship at CSI, Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, École Nacional Superieure Des Mines, Paris (France) y Zentralarchiv fuer Empirische Sozialforschung, Cologne, (Germany).