EIC Board member & Assistant Director, Jožef Stefan Institute

Špela Stres is a Board Member of the European Innovation Council, a member of the Expert group for the economic and social impact (ESIR) of DG R&I. She was a member of the 10-MG group of the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM, United Nations) and Vice-president and Board Member of the European Association of Science and Technology Professionals (ASTP). She created and headed the Center for Technology Transfer and Innovation for the Jožef Stefan Institut, where she currently holds the position of Assistant Director. She lectures at the University of Ljubljana. She helped found eleven companies and two proof-of-concept funds. 

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