La innovación en la economía vasca. Situación, alcance y perspectivas

Licenciado en sociología y máster en marketing. He desarrollado mi carrera profesional en el mundo de la estadística pública. He trabajado principalmente en las áreas de Difusión, con una incursión como responsable de Estadísticas Ambientales. Me inicié en el Ayuntamiento deVitoria-Gasteiz y de ahí pasé al área de Demografía de Eustat. Actualmente trabajo en Eustat como Subdirector de Coordinación Técnica y Difusión.

Mari Jose Aranguren is the general director at Orkestra and Professor in Economics at Deusto University. She has worked at Orkestra since its beginning in 2006. Mari Jose is a recognised expert in the area of competitiveness and territorial strategy, cluster and networks, and the analysis and evaluation of policies, having published several books and articles in specialised national and international journals of impact. She has vast experience in leading national and international projects in the research areas previously mentioned and has worked closely with different agents of the Basque Country. In December of 2016 Mari Jose received a special recognition from Harvard’s Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness for her career and contribution to territorial competitiveness. From 2014 to 2016 Mari Jose was a member of the Advisory Group for the European Commission as part of the Horizon 2020 programme, in the Societal Challenge 6 ‘Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, Innovative

CEO of Innobasque, a private-public association with 1,000 partners, where he is in charge of managing new innovative challenges in order to help position the Basque Country as a leading innovation region in Europe. Member of the councils of the Basque Center For Applied Mathematics BCAM and the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language. BCBL. Her professional career has been developed both in private industry where she has worked for companies such as Valpipe International, BEP International in Great Britain, I kusi-Angel Iglesias SA, and Ingeteam, as well as in Public Administration, as Director of Innovation at DZ Centro de Design, belonging to the Department of Innovation and Economic Promotion of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and Director of Technology of the Basque Government (X legislature), where she led the competitiveness and R&D&i policy and the policies of the European Union, managing programs of the PCTI and promoting actions linked to the creation and implementation of strategic technological and innovative infrastructures. Leire Bilbao is a Computer Engineer from the University of Deusto with training in Advanced Management from IE Business School and Senior Business Management from IESE Business School.

Degree in Chemical Sciences from the University of Zaragoza (1982). Doctor in Chemical Sciences from the UPV/EHU (1986). Professor of Organic Chemistry at the UPV/EHU. He has been Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry / Kimika Fakultatea (1999-2001) and Vice-rector for Research and International Relations at the UPV/EHU (2001-2003). Since 2009 he has been the Scientific Director of Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for the advancement of science. Author of 230 international publications, 11 international invention patents and 5 books). Most relevant awards and distinctions: Almirall Award from the Spanish Society of Therapeutic Chemistry (1987), Euskoiker Award (2005), Ignacio Rivas Medal from the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry (2011), Janssen-Cilag Spain Research Award from the Royal Society Spanish of Chemistry (2013). Corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical-Chemical and Natural Sciences of Zaragoza (2016). Awarded with a Synergy grant from the European Research Council (ERC) in 2020 and Euskadi Research Award 2020

Licenciada en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad del País Vasco. Master en Hacienda y Finanzas Públicas por la Universidad del País Vasco. Desde 1985 trabaja en Eustat en distintos puestos: en el campo de las estadísticas económicas, en la elaboración de las Estadísticas del Sector Público y de las Tablas Input-Output, como responsable de las Estadísticas Estructurales, como responsable de las Cuentas Económicas y las Estadísticas del Sector Público y en el Area de Metodología del Instituto. En la actualidad es Subdirectora de Producción y Análisis Estadístico de Eustat. Ha realizado diversos estudios sobre la economía vasca.

Doctor in Biology from the UPV/EHU. Master in Marketing and Commercial Management from ESIC Business and Marketing School. Management expert for Biotech companies. More than 25 years of experience in Research and Technology Transfer. From 2019 to 2020 Deputy Director of Technology with responsibility for the entire technological portfolio of TECNALIA, including raising competitive public financing, technological KPIs and transversal activity of TECNALIA. From 2014 to 2019 at the head of the Health Division of TECNALIA, with 80 researchers in the areas of Neuroengineering, Medical Robotics, Biomaterials and Food Ingredients, and with a portfolio of more than 30 patents. During this period he was responsible for the FIK initiative, a €24 million public-private investment company in the Basque Country for the development, transfer and marketing of medical devices, giving rise to companies such as Fesia or Textia. He is currently General Director of TECNALIA. Member of the boards of several companies, including Fesia Technologies and Neos Surgery. Member of the Management Committee of several organizations such as EARTO, FEDIT, BRTA and the Elcano Royal Institute.