Katarzyna Wszola

Over 11 years of experience in innovation and R&D, working with corporations, SMEs, NGOs, startups and technological universities. Currently Director of Innovation at Veolia Energy Poland Group. Implementing innovative products and services, designing development programmes within the whole group, establishing innovative culture, incorporating business processes within innovation, team +20. Used to work for an Innovation Design Agency, incorporating gained interdisciplinary experience into practice in the field of innovation management and entrepreneurship. She was also responsible for mapping companies to joint technological projects, and helping startups and, often leading and international, corporations grow through innovation. Used to be Head of R&D Club building an innovation ecosystem with over 60 leading Large Corporation and SMEs in Poland; over 160 Directors, Managers working on Research & Development, as well as Innovation. Graduate of R&D Infrastructure Management and commercialization Programme at Fraunhofer Institute, Max Planck Gesellschaft, the Technical University of Dresden and IBM in New York; and the University of Lund in Sweden. Marathon runner, sports fan (currently preparing for Triathlon), camper lover and lifelong learning practitioner.