JACQUES MAGEN

Jacques Magen is the founder and chairman of InterInnov, a company specialised in international innovation. He is responsible for leading the FIWARE Mundus initiative at international level.

Jacques has more than 25 years of experience in international R&D and innovation all over Europe and beyond, most specifically in the field of IT and telecommunications. He is currently involved in several R&D projects in Europe and  is also involved in cooperation with Canada, USA and Korea. In the past couple of years he has also become involved with entrepreneurship and start-­‐ups.

Jacques is a member of the Board of the 5G Infrastructure Association, a member of the Steering Board of the NetWorld2020 European Technology Platform, and a member of the Future Internet PPP Steering Board. He is also the Chairman of the Celtic-­‐Plus EUREKA European R&D programme in telecommunications.