LISA LANG

Director Policy & EU Affairs, KIC Climate; - Chair, Creative Industries Task Force, United Nations

Lisa Lang  is the Director for EU Affairs & Policy Orchestrator for EIT Climate KIC and the Chair person for the Cultural & Creative Taskforce for UNFCCC United Nations Global Innovation Hub (UGIH). Climate-KIC is a knowledge and innovation community established and funded by the EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology in 2010.

She has gained international recognition on Forbes Europe’s Top 50 Women in Tech, Sustainable Thought Leader by Vogue Business and has been listed as one of the 50 most important women for innovation & startups in the EU.

She founded highly recognized companies like ElektroCouture, ThePowerHouse and FNDMT who are dedicated to push innovation within the creative and innovative industry eco systems. She is a direct adviser for creative industries, digitalisation and entrepreneurship for the European Commission on several high-level advisory boards, including Pact for Skills, Industrial Forum and the US/EU Trade & Technology Council.

She is on the advisory board to the Zurich University of Arts as well as a policy advisor for Fashion Innovation Centre Sweden. She has been given guest lectures at TEDx Athens, KryptoLabs Abu Dhabi and Oxford Saiid Entrepreneurship Forum.

 

 

Lisa Lang è Direttore degli Affari Europei e Policy Orchestrator per la Climate KIC dell’EIT e presidente della task force culturale e creativa per l’UNFCCC United Nations Global Innovation Hub (UGIH). Climate-KIC è una comunità di conoscenza e innovazione istituita e finanziata dall’EIT – Istituto Europeo di Innovazione e Tecnologia nel 2010.

È stata inserita a livello internazionale tra le Top 50 Women in Tech di Forbes Europe, Sustainable Thought Leader di Vogue Business e tra le 50 donne più importanti per l’innovazione e le startup nell’UE. Ha fondato aziende riconosciute come ElektroCouture, ThePowerHouse e FNDMT che si dedicano a spingere l’innovazione all’interno degli eco-sistemi dell’industria creativa e innovativa. È consulente diretto per le industrie creative, la digitalizzazione e l’imprenditorialità della Commissione Europea e fa parte di diversi comitati consultivi di alto livello, tra cui il Pact for Skills, l’Industrial Forum e il Trade & Technology Council USA/UE.

Fa parte del comitato consultivo dell’Università delle Arti di Zurigo ed è consulente politico del Fashion Innovation Centre Sweden. Ha tenuto conferenze a TEDx Atene, KryptoLabs Abu Dhabi e Oxford Saiid Entrepreneurship Forum.