Parallel Session Speakers
Partner & Executive Chairman of the private and commercial Nordic investment & enterprise sales company Nordic Apiary. Kristoffer is a Swedish tech entrepreneur & investor. He has over 20 years of experience in starting & growing several companies globally across the IT industry. Expertise in enterprise software, sales & global growth management.
Before becoming an entrepreneur Kristoffer served as a professional Officer in the Swedish army for 10 years. Graduating from the Swedish Royal Military Academy and seeing service in several international conflict zones.
She is the Regional Director of the Department of Science and Technology-MIMAROPA Region (DOST-MIMAROPA) for over 15 years. Throughout her tenure, Dr. Abilay has fostered a responsive and results-driven office, delivering relevant and effective S&T solutions including access to water technologies, building disaster resilience, and acceleration of research, development, and innovation, among others, that made a dent in countryside development and brought recognition and honours from various institutions. As one of the luminaries in her field, Dr. Abilay received the University of the Philippines’ College of Economics and Management “2021 Distinguished Alumna Award for Public Sector Governance and MSME Development.", the Benita and Catalino Yap Foundation (BCYF) Innovation Award (BIA) for Government Service”, and named as one of the "Ten Outstanding Movers of the Philippines (TOMP) 2019 Champion of Life" and receiving the "Hero of the Environment Award" from the SAVE ME Movement.
She was also named a national finalist for the 2019 William D. Dar (WDD) Research Leadership Award conferred by the Philippine Association of Research Managers, Inc. (PHILARM). Under Dr. Abilay’s leadership, DOST-MIMAROPA attained the coveted Philippine Quality Award (Level 2), highest level of recognition in the country for exemplary organizational performance. Furthermore, DOST-MIMAROPA received the Science for the People Award in the Governance Innovation and was recognized as one of the finalists for 2017 BCYF Innovation Award for Government Service. Notably, Dr. Abilay was recently named as one of the finalists of the 2021 Presidential Gawad Career Executive Service or Gawad CES.
He obtained a BSc in Metallurgical Science and Engineering from the Yonsei University in 1987 and a MA and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1992, Korea. After, he worked for Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) as a senior researcher. After joining Hanbat National University in 2002, he has worked as a dean of the international Office between 2018 and 2020, and Director of Planning between 2019 and 2021 in the university. Currently, he is the president of HBNU and Co-representative of the University Development Council in Daejeon Metropolitan City.
Alexander Brem is an Endowed Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship in Technology and Digitalization, funded through the Mercedes-Benz Fund of the Stifterverband, and Institute Director at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. In addition, he is an Honorary Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern Denmark.
He is an IEEE Senior Member, and Editor of the IEEE Engineering Management Review journal, among other editorial engagements. The research of Alexander Brem is focused on technological innovation and entrepreneurship. His work is acknowledged as being listed as one of the most research-intensive business and management professors in German-speaking countries and beyond.