Emprendimiento innovador sostenible: retos y oportunidades

Doctora en Economía y Empresa por la Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU). Acreditada para Prof. Pleno Presidenta del Observatorio Vasco de Emprendimiento EEB-OVE IP y Directora Ejecutiva de GEM Euskadi, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor miembro investigador fundador desde el año 2004. Comité de Dirección de GEM España Directora del Máster de Emprendimiento y Dirección de Empresas, MBAe3, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU. Investigadora Principal (IP) del Grupo ECISE: Economía Circular, Innovación, Sostenibilidad Y Emprendimiento. Investigadora en los Proyectos ERASMUS + Reinventing Mentoring in Arts Management , ERASMUS + VI-TRAIN-Crafts y ERASMUS+ E4TLI, EDUCATION FOR TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AND INCLUSION. Mentora de emprendedores/as en YBS/Laboral Kutxa Comité técnico de Startinnova Perfil destacado universidad-empresa por Spanning Boundaries (UIIN) Evaluadora de acreditaciones ACEEU (Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities) Directora de Relaciones Externas Campus de Bizkaia, UPV/EHU (2007-2014). Directora y fundadora del programa de creación de Spin offs, ZITEK. Profesora de emprendimiento y trasferencia en 7 másteres.

General Manager of NEIKER. She is a member of the governing boards of the Elhuyar Foundation and the Elika Foundation, of the board of the European Forest Institute (EFI) and of the board of directors of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA). In 2021, he joined the Basque Council for Science, Technology and Innovation.

Bachelor Degree in Economics and Master Degree in Spatial Planning and Environment from the London School of Economics. European Commission expert on Environmental and Economical Competitiveness. He was Director of Environment and Climate Change in the Basque Government. He worked for more than 20 years in Ihobe, the Government's public environmental management company, as the person responsible for environmental planning. Currently he is the General Manager of Ihobe. In his academic facet, he has lectured in postgraduate courses in different Universities on subjects such as: Agenda 2030, Environmental Innovation, Circular Economy and Climate Change.

Industrial Engineer specialized in Mechanical engineering (1995) by the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao. He works at the Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects since 1998. He was recognized as Full Professor since 2019. Head of the Department of Graphic Design and Engineering Projects since 2016. Chair of the board of studies of the Master's Degree 'Circular Economy: Business Application' of the University of the Basque Country. He joined Laval University in Québec in 2005 as a visiting scientist. He works in the Product Design Laboratory since its creation in 2005, and in the Life Cycle Thinking Group. His current research focuses on Product Life Cycle Assessment, Ecodesign and Circular Economy.

Noemí Peña-Miguel is a professor and researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Business. She holds a PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the UPV/EHU. Director of Entrepreneurship and Transfer of the Bizkaia Campus of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) since January 2018 and responsible for the Zitek program for the promotion of entrepreneurial culture and the creation of innovative and technology-based companies. She has worked as Deputy to Management, and to the Financial and Human Resources management in Grupo Urgatzi, a group of companies in the socio-health sector from 2000 to 2011.

Founding Partner of the Ri3 Biomimicry Network. PhD in Economics and Business Sciences from the UPV/EHU. Vice-Dean of Euskera, students and employability of the Faculty of CC. Economics and Business Studies of the UPV/EHU. Researcher in Ecological Marketing (Numerous articles on Waste Management, ecological purchasing behavior, environmental management strategies, ...). Actively involved in sustainability tasks (Member of the Environmental Management Committee of the Faculty, active participation in talks on sustainability of the university curriculum, ...). Lecturer in the Master of Sustainable Development and SDGs of the Unesco Chair and the Master in Circular Economy of the UPV/EHU, among others. Coordinator of the Thematic Study on Ecoinnovation in a collaboration project between UPV/EHU and Innobasque. Member of the Jury of the Invisible Film Festival. Member of the Scientific Committee of the AIMPN International Congress. Used to the use of active learning methodologies.