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Minister of Economy and Sustainable development
Tomislav Ćorić was born in 1979 in Ploče. After finishing primary school and high school in his hometown of Ploče, he studied at the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, where he continued his scientific training in the field of finance.
He completed the postgraduate study "Finance and Banking", and earned his PhD in 2011 by defending his doctoral dissertation on "ERM 2 exchange rate mechanism in the process of joining the European Economic and Monetary Union".
Since 2003, he has been working at the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Economics - Zagreb, first as an assistant, then as a senior assistant and assistant professor.
As part of his scientific and teaching work, he is the author of dozens of scientific and professional papers, and a participant in numerous scientific conferences, professional conferences and round tables. Areas of scientific interest are monetary policy and its transmission mechanism, financial institutions and markets.
President of the Thematic Innovation Council for Health and Quality of Life
Prof. Dragan Primorac is a pediatrician, forensic expert, and geneticist. Professor Primorac is the first recipient of the title “Global Penn State University Ambassador”. Currently, he serves as the Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and as professor at Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University and Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, in the United States and as professor at Medical Schools in Split, Rijeka and Osijek as well as at Department of Biotechnology, University of Rijeka, in Croatia. In October of 2016. he was appointed as a visiting professor at the College of Medicine and Forensics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, People’s Republic of China.
He authored two hundred and fifty scientific papers and abstracts. He also authored chapters in 20 books. Prof. Primorac was invited speaker at 120 conferences all around the world. His work was published in most cited journals, including Science and Nature, and his papers have been cited 5100 times (Google Scholar) while h-index is 31. He was mentoring 11 Ph.D. students and two students during their master’s degree process.
Currently, he is a pioneering application of the personalized medicine paradigm in clinical practice. His interests are in the field of personalized medicine, genetics, metabolic bone and cartilage disorders, regenerative medicine, population genetics, etc. He led many scientific projects, including the EU FP7 project entitled “Multi-dimensional OMICS approach to stratification of patients with low back pain,” worth 7.6 million euros (a team leader of the Croatian partner in the international consortium). Besides, he was one of the pioneers in DNA identification of skeletal human remains found in mass graves.
Prof. Primorac is co-founder and the President of The International Society of Applied Biological Sciences. Also, he co-founded the Department of Forensic Sciences at the University of Split, Croatia, and he was instrumental in establishing Regiomed Medical School in Bavaria, Germany. He is the Executive Committee member of the International Consortium for Personalized Medicine (IC PerMEd) established by The European Commission; the president of State competitiveness cluster in personalized medicine, The Croatian Society for Human Genetics and The Croatian Society for (Precision) Personalized medicine and of the Croatian Thematic Innovative Council for Health and Life Quality. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St Catherine Specialty Hospital and Deputy Head of the Department of Forensic Sciences at the University of Split, as well as the Head of the Department for Safety and National Security of the Department of Forensic Sciences at the University of Split. In 2019. he was appointed as a member of the Philips High-Level Advisory Board.
Earlier in his career, he gained his knowledge and experience working at The University of Connecticut, Health Center, Department of Pediatrics, Farmington, Connecticut; The University Hospital St. Christopher’s, Allegheny University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Rockville, Maryland; The Analytical Genetic Testing Center, Inc., Denver, Colorado; Roche Molecular Systems, Alameda, California and Connecticut State Police Forensic Science Laboratory, Meriden, Connecticut, all in the United States.
State Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable development
Education:
2012. – sveučilišna specijalistica ekonomike Europske unije, Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
2000. – magistra suvremenih europskih studija, Sussex European Institute, Sveučilište u Brightonu, Velika Britanija
1998. – profesorica engleskog i njemačkog jezika, Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Work experience:
Studeni 2016. - državna tajnica u Ministarstvu gospodarstva, poduzetništva i obrta
Travanj-studeni 2016. - zamjenica ravnatelja Središnje agencije za financiranje i ugovaranje programa i projekata Europske unije
2012.-2016. - ravnateljica Središnje agencije za financiranje i ugovaranje programa i projekata Europske unije
2006.–2011. - zamjenica državne tajnice Središnjeg državnog ureda za razvojnu strategiju i koordinaciju programa Europske unije
Travanj-studeni 2005. - Business development manager, Britanski savjet za kulturne veze, Zagreb
2000.-2005. - stručna suradnica, zatim načelnica odjela u Ministarstvu europskih integracija (od 2005. Ministarstvo za vanjske poslove i europske integracije)
1997.-1999. - rad na projektima financiranim iz sredstava Europske unije i Svjetske banke, BCEOM – Societe Francaise d’Ingenierie
1994.-1996. – prevoditeljica i tumač, Hrvatski tim za podršku Promatračkoj misiji Europske zajednice, Zagreb
Other achievements:
2007.-2009. - članica Savjetodavne skupine UN-a za financiranje mirovnih operacija Ujedinjenih naroda
2010.-2011. - predstavnica Republike Hrvatske u Stručnoj skupini Europske komisije za kohezijsku politiku 2014.-2020.
2008.-2011. - voditeljica radne skupine za poglavlje 22 u okviru pregovora za članstvo u Europskoj uniji – Regionalna politika i koordinacija strukturnih instrumenata
Predavač na poslijediplomskom specijalističkom studiju „Priprema i provedba EU projekata“
Završen državni stručni ispit
President of the Thematic Innovation Council for Energy and Sustainable Environment
Ernest Vlačić, Ph.D., MBA, assistant professor, Head of ALGEBRA e-Leadership MBA study programme. In his research and academic career, he's been focused on organizational Strategic and Innovation Management and Innovation and Industrial Policies as well. His career started as a developing IT / HW engineer in PRVOMAJSKA corporation, after which he worked as a development engineer, corporative manager and branch director in DANIELI SpA, with whom he later on founded and led the technology spinout DANIELI SYSTEC. Ernest’s career continued in the role of Commercial Financial Director and Change Manager on National Scientific Science and Technology Project at the polytechnic Brodarski Institute, with whom he initiates a joint research and development organization NOVAMINA Center of Innovative Technologies. On a regular basis, he participates as invited lecturer on numerous scientific and professional conferences and acts as the professor on domestic and foreign higher education institutions, including the responsibilities of conducting managerial functions on higher education institutions. With NOVAMINA he is leading the practical implementation of a larger number of technological development research projects, which are amongst others financed through a successful application on EU and national funding instruments, such as FP7, Horizon2020, Razum BICRO and IRI. Concurrently, besides acting as an organizational manager and leader, he also as certified project manager guides and directs a number of complex projects and their portfolios in both, the technological development research innovation field and complex international multidisciplinary industrial projects.
Foresight & strategy consultant, SAD
Expert in strategy- and innovation-oriented international program and project management; extensive experience in future-oriented projects in uncertain and complex market landscapes and business environments; expertise in market and technology evaluation, assessment, and profile development.
EDUCATION
FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER UNIVERSITY ERLANGEN-NUREMBERG, MBA (Diplom-Kaufmann)
Research assistant; quantitative, empirical-research thesis on marketing-test systems with research company GfK.
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, MSBA (Marketing)
Teaching assistant; quantitative, empirical-research thesis on product use and preferences.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Program Management Project Management
- International Collaboration
- Foresighting Scenario Planning Strategy
- Consulting
- Business Intelligence Trend Identification
- Scouting
- Narrative Development
- Storytelling
- Market Analysis & Assessment
Co-founder and CEO at Wire Swiss GmbH
Specialties: IP communications & Security - Real Time Communications (VoIP, Rich Media Communications) - Concept Design, Business Models, Deployment, Operations, Operational Design and Architecture
University of Zagreb
- Electrotechnical Engineering
Vice President of the Croatian Chamber of Economy
He is coming to the position of Vice President from the position of Assistant Minister of the Economy of the Republic of Croatia, where he also held the position of head of the working group for drafting the Industrial Strategy of the Republic of Croatia 2014-2020, of which he is the main author. Until 2014, he worked in the real sector as the founder and CEO of the company Strategic Plan, which dealt with renewable energy sources and consulting services in the field of strategic management and finance. Prior to that, he held the position of President of the Management Board of AutoZubak.
He graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, where he also received his doctorate with the topic The connection between strategy and business success of Croatian companies.
President of the Thematic Innovation Council for Security
Gordan Pesic gained extensive business development and program management experience conducting operational research and analysis in advising crisis management organizations on the use of robotic systems that could play significant role in enhancing/facilitating crisis management capability development. Being involved in developing business strategies and business plans as well as the execution of such business plans and strategies geared towards maximum involvement of robotic systems in crisis management, his activities include the following:
CEO, EIT Digital
Prof. Willem Jonker (1962) has a broad background in ICT, both in industry as well as in academia. He studied mathematics and computer science at Groningen University, worked at Delft University of Technology, received his PhD from the University of Utrecht, and is a part- time full professor in computer science at Twente University.
Willem Jonker's industrial experience covers telecommunications (KPN), IT (European Computer industry Research Centre, Munich) and consumer electronics (Philips). He held several positions as researcher, international project leader, department head, sector head, and account manager. In 2006 he was appointed Vice President Philips Research. Prof. Dr. Jonker has served European ICT research in various ways amongst others as project leader, reviewer and advisor.
Director general of the Ruđer Bošković Institute
David Matthew Smith (Dubbo, NSW, Australija, 1973.)
Obrazovanje
- Ekonomski fakultet, Australsko nacionalno sveučilište, studij ekonomije i statistike, Canberra, Australija, 1994;
- studij kemije i matematike, Prirodoslovni fakultet, Australsko nacionalno sveučilište, Canberra, 1995;
- doktorat iz kemije, Australsko nacionalno sveučilište, Canberra, 2000.
Znanstveno područje
- fizička kemija, teorijska fizička kemija
Ustanova sadašnjeg ili posljednjeg zaposlenja
- Institut Ruđer Bošković
- Humboldtova stipendija
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, 2001-2003 (Prof. Hendrik Zipse); Institut Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb, 2004-2005
President of the Thematic Innovation Council for Food and Bioeconomy
Jasmina Ranilović has more than 26 years of work experience in the field of quality control, regulatory affairs, research and development, in operational and managerial positions in the food industry. By profession, a food engineer, in 2008 she received a doctorate in the field of nutrition. Since 2009, she has been an external associate at the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, in the study of Nutrition, where in 2016 she was elected a research associate.
Since 2012, she has been working as the Director of the Research and Development Sector of Podravka. Her interests are focused on research and innovation in the field of application of new technologies in food production, sustainable development and consumer behavior. She continuously publishes scientific and professional papers in this field.
DG Joint Research centre, European Commission
Portfolio:
- Multi-disciplinary expert, engaged in innovation management and technology commercialization.
- Cohesion, enlargement and international cooperation policies – expertise in supporting the development of innovation ecosystems with focus on financial instruments for innovation and technology transfer.
- Conceptualization of Proof of Concept schemes and technology transfer funds.
- Part of the Programme Advisory Group of the Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility for the Western Balkans.
Experience: Elena worked as a consultant at Oxford University Innovation building capacities in technology transfer in over 40 economies worldwide. She also worked as capital markets analyst for Lehman Brothers in London.
Educational background: MBA from Said Business School in Oxford
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