ESOF 2016 Science to Business Committee
The Science to Business Committee includes some of Europe’s leading experts in business and innovation who will enrich the ESOF 2016 Programme by increasing business participation. This business participation will add a pragmatic and commercial view to debates in the scientific programme and inspire dialogue and interaction between research and industry at ESOF 2016.
This Committee will review all submissions to the Science to Business Programme before they are presented to the Programme Committee for final confirmation.

Richard Hudson
Science Business Publishing Ltd
Richard Hudson is CEO and Editor of Science Business Publishing Ltd. and Chair of the Science to Business Committee.

John Conti Ramsden
Knowledge Centre Materials Chemistry
John Conti-Ramsden is the Head of Materials Chemistry and the Director of the Knowledge Centre Materials Chemistry (KCMC) at KTN.

Robert Sorrell
BP
Robert Sorrell is BP’s Vice President for Public Partnerships and the Associate Director for the BP International Centre for Advanced Materials.

Barbara Haering
Council of Foundation
Barbara Haering chairs the Board of Directors of econ-cept Inc. and a member of the European Research and Innovation Board (RISE).

Marina Granovskaya
F.Hoffman-La Roche
Dr. Marina Granovskaya is the Head of Research Collaboration at the Representation of F.Hoffmann-La Roche in Moscow, Russia.

Josep Samitier
Institute Of Bioengineering of Catalonia
Josep Samitier is a Director of the Institute of Bioengineering in Spain and Professor of Electronics at the University of Barcelona.

Seema Kumar
Johnson & Johnson
Seema Kumar is a member of the Communications Leadership Council at Johnson & Johnson and Vice President for Enterprise Innovation & Global Health.

Joan Bigorra
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Dr. Joan Bigorra is Director of Innovation at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and Associate Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Candace Johnson
EBAN
Candace Johnson is the EBAN President and co-initiator of SES/ASTRA and SES Global, the world’s pre-eminent satellite group.

Linnar Viik
Estonian It College
Linnar Viik is on the board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the Advisory Board of Nordic Investment Bank and the Research & Development Council of Estonia.

Muriel Attané
Europeam Association of Research & Technology Organisations
Muriel Attané has been EARTO Secretary General since July 2013. Before joining EARTO, she was Secretary General of EARPA.

Ian Risk
AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS
Ian Risk is Head of EADS Innovation Works UK - the corporate research facility at EADS, a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services.

Carl Johan Sundberg
Karolinska Institutet
Carl Johan Sundberg is Professor of Molecular & Applied Exercise Physiology at the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology in the Karolinska Institutet.

Peter Tindemans
EuroScience, France
Peter Tindemans is Secretary General of EuroScience and co-chair of the ESOF2016 Steering Committee.

Luke Georghiou
the University of Manchester
Luke Georghiou is Vice-President for Research & Innovation at the University of Manchester and Professor of Science, Technology Policy & Management at Manchester Business School.