Daria Tataj

Dr. Daria Tataj, Founder of Tataj Innovation, is a renowned innovation strategist. Her approach to innovation throughNetworkThinkingTM helps develop growth strategies for companies, cities and entire countries. A trusted government advisor, Dr. Tataj is the Chairwoman of High-level Advisors toEuropean Commissioner for Science & Innovation, and in this role she leads the policy reflection on €100 billion Horizon Europe budget. Dr. Tataj playedan instrumental role in re-defining European innovation ecosystem as the foundingBoard member of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. The EIT through Knowledge and Innovation Communities created hundreds of start-ups andthousands of jobs. Author and speaker, she is often invited to give keynotes around the world. During herpost-doc at the University of Michigan she started working on a book'Innovation and Entrepreneurship. A Growth Model for Europe Beyond the Crisis',later endorsed by Prof. Manuel Castells, as 'the fundamental, innovative book that will reshape the way we think about innovation.' Daria currently works in Warsaw and Barcelona, where she opened Tataj Innovation Studio as a lab to develop NetworkThinkingTM - a leadership talent development program to help organisations learn how to work in networks.