The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Expert Group focuses on topics related to EU-US international economic collaboration in the context of digital economy. This Expert Group covers topics relevant to facilitate the creation of added value between both regions.

Chair

José Gonzalez

Jose is Chief Operating Officer at interinnov. Committed to cutting-edge Tech Innovation since 2010, for the last 6 years Jose has contributed to the success of Europe’s Research & Innovation, participating in a total number of 10 FP7/H2020 projects in different areas of Internet. He co-leads the global growth of the FIWARE open-source initiative, coordinates the synergies for collaboration between the Next Generation Internet communities in Europe and the US and contributes to the uptake of 5G in Europe.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship are the drivers to transform the technological excellence of the Internet into economic performance, competitiveness, growth and application to societal challenges and vertical domains.

The topics below are of special relevance to the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Expert Group:

Competitiveness
Digital Transformation Innovation Ecosystems Startup Acceleration
Access to finance Internationalisation
Mobility Schemes