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        • Hello, I am Cristina

           

          My inner fire is fuelled by creativity and an insatiable interest in

          entrepreneurship, education, innovation and technology.

           

          Enthusiast by nature and lifelong learner by design,

          I belong to a growing global community of entrepreneurs supporting

          positive change in the world.

        • Cristina Riesen is a seasoned entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the fields of strategic communications, innovation, technology and education. A lifelong learner by design,

          she is an EMScom graduate, certified strategic foresight practitioner and

          design thinking professional.

           

          In recent years, Cristina was actively involved in the tech startup world,

          was General Manager EMEA at Evernote,

          managed the launch of the Swiss Edtech Collider at EPFL Lausanne,

          worked with the Strategic Development team at ETH Zurich 

          and founded Educreators Foundation,

          an impact network supporting systemic change in education.

           

          She is currently a Board Member of the European Innovation Council, a game-changing novelty of Horizon Europe and by far the most ambitious innovation initiative that Europe has taken.

          With a budget of €10 billion for the period 2021-2027, it supports startups, SMEs and research teams developing high-risk, high-impact breakthrough innovations.

           

          Cristina was named Digital Shaper by the leading Swiss economic

          magazine Bilanz in 2019 and 2020.

           

        • Current Projects

          Educreators Foundation

          Founder and CEO

          An impact network on a mission to support systemic change in education through participatory design, innovation and entrepreneurship. Informed by research and working closely with strategic partners, we create initiatives aiming to deeply help transform primary and secondary education in Switzerland and beyond.

          European Innovation Council (EIC)

          Board Member

          Under the Horizon Europe legislation, the Board has the role to guide the implementation of the EIC as Europe’s flagship innovation programme with a budget of EUR 10 billion, supporting game-changing innovations throughout the lifecycle from early stage research to the financing and scale up of start-ups and SMEs. In particular, the Board advises on the EIC strategy, work programme and thematic portfolios in order to maximise the impact of the EIC. It may also advise on broader innovation policy matters.

          DigiEduHack

          Steering Board Member

          DigiEduHack is an EIT initiative under the European Commission's Digital Education Action Plan, led by EIT Climate-KIC and coordinated by Aalto University. The last edition happened online and offline on November 9th and 10th, 2021. DigiEduHack is free, inclusive, sustainable, and open to anyone worldwide. Join us and co-create the future of education in the digital age!

          GET IN TOUCH
        • UPCOMING AND PAST EVENTS

           

           

          November 10, 2021 - PH Bern Schule braucht Persönlichkeit

          November 9, 2021 - ResetEdu Education Innovation through Hackathons

          November 9 - DigiEduHack Main Event Digital Education - Human by Design

          November 4, 2021 - ACA, swissuniversities and movetia Innovation through Internationalisation

          October 18, 2021 - DigiEduHack Podcast Social and Emotional Skills Online

          May 18, 2021 - Movetia Conference Acquérir aujourd’hui les compétences de demain

          March 31, 2021 - Ludovia Comment créer l'école du futur

          January 26, 2021 - Next Gen Enterprise How the Next Gen Enterprise Uses Adaptive Learning to Thrive

           

          November 8, 2020 - NexHack EdTech Swissnex India and Movetia

          October 13, 2020 - CAETS Seoul Education for Smart Society

          June 24, 2020 - BPW Zurich Designing Change

           

          November 28, 2019 - Didacta Digital Swiss Digital Transformation at School

          November 27, 2019 - We Shape Tech Role Models

          November 21, 2019 - WISE Summit Doha Computational Thinking Unplugged

          November 7, 2019 - Swiss Embassy, New Dehli Women in AI and Technology

          October 2, 2019 - Digi Edu Hack Helsinki Innovative Pedagogies and Learning Spaces

          September 19, 2019 - TEDx Lausanne Creating the School of the Future

          September 6, 2019 - Ada Lovelace Festival Switzerland Satellite Becoming a Change Maker

           

          July 1, 2019 - World Conference of Science Journalism Lausanne Jacobs Foundation pre-conference event Workshop on Storytelling in Science Journalism

          June 25, 2019 - Tamedia TX Transforming Everyday Spaces in Learning Opportunities

          June 12, 2019 - The Ark InnoVibes Making Space for Creativity in SMEs Workshop

          May 21, 2019 - Council of the European Union Developing Digital and Entrepreneurship Competences in Early Childhood Education

          April 3, 2019 - Intrinsic Lab Zurich The Future of Education

          March 29, 2019 - Elternlobby Bern Bildung Im Wandel

           

          June 20, 2018 - Gotham Lausanne The Future of Work

          May 25, 2018 - Cross- MBA Alumni Event The Future of Work

          May 8, 2018 - Swiss Tech Talks The Future of Edtech

          April 19, 2018 - Startup Grind Zurich Fireside Chat Entrepreneurship

          February 5, 2018 - MassChallenge Switzerland High Impact Entrepreneurship

           

          May 18, 2017 - Switzerland Global Enterprise Forum SME Business Models in a Digital Age

          May 9, 2017 - HEG Geneva The Power of Communities in the Digital Age

          April 28, 2017 - Plan International @ Google Zurich International Day Girls in ICT

          April 27, 2017 - Swiss EdTech Collider official opening at EPFL Lausanne

          March 10-11, 2017 - STRIDE Zurich Future and Emerging Technologies Compass

          February 2, 2017 - The Swiss Fintech Convention Geneva Social Impact in Fintech

           

          November 18-19, 2016 - STRIDE Lab Zurich Future and Emerging Technologies Lab

          November 11, 2016 - TEDx Zurich People First - Plea for a Daily Creative Act

          November 7, 2016 - Impact Hub Zurich How Future and Emerging Technologies Shape Our World

          October 28, 2016 - Keynote "Global Digital Trends" at Forum cinfo 2016 Bern A Journey in International Cooperation

           

           

        • TEDx Lausanne 2019

          Creating the School of the Future

          How Radical Collaboration is Shaping the Future of Schools

          At TEDxLausanne 2019 Cristina Riesen challenged you to open your hearts and minds to a revolution in education.

        • Watch the interview at CNN Money Switzerland here.

          Parents, educators and communities can accelerate positive change in education.

          Interview aired in April 2018 on CNN Money Switzerland.

          Transforming everyday places into learning opportunities.

          Tamedia TX 2019

        • More reads

          We Shape Tech Blog

          Read full interview here.

          Women in Business, June 2020

          Read full interview here.

        • Greater Zurich Area, December 18, 2018

          Full interview here

          Full interview here

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