Experience

IdeaSquare - the innovation space at CERN

• Switzerland
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisory Board

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Meyrin, Geneva, Switzerland



Industry Commons Foundation

• Sweden
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chair of the Board and Principal Investigator

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  Stockholm County, Sweden https://industrycommons.net/projects/ Thrilled that after 5 years of campaigning for an Industry Commons with the EU, we are finally kick-starting the building of this space for common understanding across industrial domains, with OntoCommons - an ontology ecosystem for industrial interoperability. The project scored 15/15 at evaluation and reads as who's who in materials research and industrial ontologies. It has gathered great momentum with 19 international partners (several of which… Show more https://industrycommons.net/projects/ Thrilled that after 5 years of campaigning for an Industry Commons with the EU, we are finally kick-starting the building of this space for common understanding across industrial domains, with OntoCommons - an ontology ecosystem for industrial interoperability. The project scored 15/15 at evaluation and reads as who's who in materials research and industrial ontologies. It has gathered great momentum with 19 international partners (several of which are actually clusters of prestigious partner organisations), in addition to 11 industrial demonstrators from the likes of Siemens, Airbus and Bosch, in-kind demonstrators from Japan, Korea, China, and Brazil, and high level US advisors. The Industry Commons Foundation is in charge of ensuring long-term legacy of the innovation breakthroughs and of galvanising further industrial domains. Watch out for upcoming Industry Commons initiatives. Show less



MTF Labs

• Sweden
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Creative Director

  • May 2012 - Present

  Stockholm, Frankfurt, London, Berlin, Paris, Boston, Wellington, Helsinki... In 2022 and 2021 we ran our 21st and 20th global week-long @mtflabs with 50 experts in person from 26 countries and 8 global satellites including universities and research groups in Toronto, Chicago, Mexico City, Rio, London, Chemnitz, Liepaja and Porto, in partnership with Aveiro Tech Week. In 2020 we derived best practice for running innovation labs during the pandemic. 50 experts from 22 countries joined in person to imagine "Another Green World" at MTF Labs Aveiro with global… Show more In 2022 and 2021 we ran our 21st and 20th global week-long @mtflabs with 50 experts in person from 26 countries and 8 global satellites including universities and research groups in Toronto, Chicago, Mexico City, Rio, London, Chemnitz, Liepaja and Porto, in partnership with Aveiro Tech Week. In 2020 we derived best practice for running innovation labs during the pandemic. 50 experts from 22 countries joined in person to imagine "Another Green World" at MTF Labs Aveiro with global satellites in Mexico, Norway, and as part of university curricula at the University of Porto, with inspirational speakers from all over the world joining online and global collaborations. In 2019 we ran 3 residences: at the department of AI and Robotics at Örebro University; at Infobip - one of the biggest global tech unicorns; and at the Frankfurt Fair. In 2018 we ran MTF Stockholm in partnership with KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the biggest AI project in Swedish history with over 800 hands-on participants. Later we were in residence at ZKM - Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe. In 2017 we rolled out the first of a series of #MTFLabs with a residence at the European Commission in Brussels and a lab at Slush in Helsinki. In 2016 we took over the legendary Funkhaus in Berlin with over 500 contributors, partners such as the MIT Media Lab and Ars Electronica Futurelab, and IP from a variety of industry sectors. In 2015 MTF expanded to include the #MusicBricks toolkit with incubators and accelerators for the best creative ideas, with MTF Scandinavia in Umeå and MTF Central in Ljubljana. In 2014 MTF ran 5 events: Wellington NZ at Mac's, Boston at Microsoft Research NERD Labs, London in partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican, Berlin at Factory, and Paris at the Centre Pompidou. https://mtflabs.net was launched in London in 2012, by pulling the entire music technology ecosystem under one roof, with more tech companies joining in 2013. Show less



European Commission

• Belgium
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advisor

  • Jun 2013 - Present

  Brussels and Luxembourg Member of President von der Leyen's High Level Roundtable for the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Member of the Expert Group on the Design of the EIC Marketplace and Tech-to-Market Activities (European Innovation Council) Advisory roles: - Innovators’ Strategic Advisory Board on People-Centred Innovation to G7 Leaders - European Commission Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group - European Commission Directorate General for Research & Innovation - European Commission… Show more Member of President von der Leyen's High Level Roundtable for the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Member of the Expert Group on the Design of the EIC Marketplace and Tech-to-Market Activities (European Innovation Council) Advisory roles: - Innovators’ Strategic Advisory Board on People-Centred Innovation to G7 Leaders - European Commission Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group - European Commission Directorate General for Research & Innovation - European Commission Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Specialisms include cross-domain collaboration systems for the Industry Commons, coordination of the Innovation recommendations, AI technology and economy, new IoT business models, Creative Industries, and support of Creative SMEs within Europe. 2013-2018: - Coordinator of Innovation Recommendations for the European Commission CONNECT Advisory Forum for the Digital Agenda for Europe - Founding Member and Co-Chair of Innovation Ecosystems, AIOTI - European Alliance of Internet of Things Innovation - Steering Board, New European Media: official European Technology Platform for Content, Media, and the Creative Industries (nem-initiative.org). - Founding Member and Administrative Board, Digital Leadership Institute International: promoting women and girls in technology within the H2020 European Programme vision. Show less



OntoCommons

• Italy
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Innovation and Sustainability Manager

  • Nov 2020 - Oct 2023

  During this three-year project we built an ontology ecosystem across industrial domains with industry partners including Airbus, Bosch, Siemens and IKEA. See the international @KGA-Knowledge Graph Alliance for ongoing followup work on standards for cross-domain interoperability, knowledge management and decision-making systems for industrial value networks.



stromatolite

• Design Services

• Founder and CEO

  • 2000 - Jan 2020

  London, United Kingdom Stromatolite is a design and technology innovation lab founded in Shoreditch, London, in 2000, by Michela Magas and Peter Russell-Clarke. Since its inception Stromatolite has developed concepts for a series of international clients including Apple, Nike and Nokia, as well as educational methodologies for the Royal College of Art Design Products, Goldsmiths MA Design Critical Practice, and a series of international creative workshops. While Peter is now part of the Apple Industrial Design Team… Show more Stromatolite is a design and technology innovation lab founded in Shoreditch, London, in 2000, by Michela Magas and Peter Russell-Clarke. Since its inception Stromatolite has developed concepts for a series of international clients including Apple, Nike and Nokia, as well as educational methodologies for the Royal College of Art Design Products, Goldsmiths MA Design Critical Practice, and a series of international creative workshops. While Peter is now part of the Apple Industrial Design Team, Michela has continued to build teams focusing on visual communication, music tech and Open Product concepts. Stromatolite has been awarded the UK Technology Strategy Board: Collaboration in Digital Industries; the EU FP7 award for MIReS: the future of music tech; the UK Technology Strategy Board award for Open Product Licenses; the EU FP7 award for ICT&ART; the 'art meets science' NEMart award for Songlines (Barcelona 2010) and Synaesthesia (Istanbul 2012); and the EU H2020 award for #MusicBricks. Stromatolite was selected for the “Make It in Great Britain” exhibition at the Science Museum, showcasing the best of British manufacturing and innovation during the London Olympics. In 2012 Stromatolite generated two spin-offs: Sonaris Systems Ltd - a music matching technology - and Music Tech Fest Ltd - the festival of music ideas. Show less



Sonaris Systems

• Software Development

• Founder

  • Oct 2012 - Apr 2019

  London, Barcelona Sonaris is patented music AI. It trains music content from global music collections regardless of the title or artist, alphabet or language, to make it discoverable for its musical qualities and easy to sync for productions. It meaningfully extends content for playlists which have the most creative and abstract titles and personal themes. It aids discovery of new artists regardless of their name or provenance. Sonaris was co-authored by Michela Magas and Cyril Laurier, aided by an award to… Show more Sonaris is patented music AI. It trains music content from global music collections regardless of the title or artist, alphabet or language, to make it discoverable for its musical qualities and easy to sync for productions. It meaningfully extends content for playlists which have the most creative and abstract titles and personal themes. It aids discovery of new artists regardless of their name or provenance. Sonaris was co-authored by Michela Magas and Cyril Laurier, aided by an award to Stromatolite from Innovate UK. It builds upon two sets of PhD research which became more than the sum of their parts. The first version of Sonaris enabled discovery of music from the AWAL - Artists Without A Label - an independent collection which includes artists like Moby and Thom Yorke. Sonaris technology was used to power the Songlines exhibit at the "Make It in Great Britain" exhibition at the Science Museum during the London Olympics using Peter Gabriel's Real World music catalogue. Sonaris supplied the technology for Peter Gabriel's Cue Songs PRO music licensing platform. Sonaris AI has developed original technology platforms for innovative artists such as Beardyman and Romain Tardy and works with a series of independent global music collections. Patent Number GB2523973 Show less



AIOTI (European Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation)

• Alt. Chair, Innovation Ecosystems, and Founding Member

  • Feb 2015 - Jan 2017

  EU http://aioti.eu The Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) is an important tool for supporting the policy and dialogue within the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem and with the European Commission. It builds on the work of the IoT Research Cluster (IERC) and expands activities towards innovation within and across industries. This also offers an opportunity to discuss legal obstacles to further IoT take up, and to forge consensus. The Alliance is to help the Commission… Show more http://aioti.eu The Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI) is an important tool for supporting the policy and dialogue within the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem and with the European Commission. It builds on the work of the IoT Research Cluster (IERC) and expands activities towards innovation within and across industries. This also offers an opportunity to discuss legal obstacles to further IoT take up, and to forge consensus. The Alliance is to help the Commission prepare future IoT research and innovation, standardisation and policy. The Alliance is also to be instrumental in the definition and design of IoT Large Scale Pilots to be funded under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. These pilots could include solutions in markets like smart living environment, farming, wearables, smart cities and mobility. The Alliance should help build the links and forge the cross-sectorial synergies required for this. Active Funding Board members include : - Bosch - Digital Catapult - ETSI - Gradiant - IERC/SINTEF - Phillips - Samsung - SIGFOX - Startupbootcamp - STMicroelectronics - Stromatolite - Telefonica - Vodafone Full list of members can be found here : http://www.aioti.eu/default.html#!/page_PARTNERS Show less



#MusicBricks

• Innovation Director

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2016

  In just 18 months the #MusicBricks pilot produced 11 new product prototypes, 5.5 million in social reach, one patent filed before the end of incubation, several awards, 7 scientific papers, 2 book chapters, and two sets of guidelines for innovation IP. Since the #MusicBricks pilot the methodologies have been scaled up to include all sectors of industry and all the evolved methodologies have been ported into the Industry Commons Foundation. The uptake by industry was notable already… Show more In just 18 months the #MusicBricks pilot produced 11 new product prototypes, 5.5 million in social reach, one patent filed before the end of incubation, several awards, 7 scientific papers, 2 book chapters, and two sets of guidelines for innovation IP. Since the #MusicBricks pilot the methodologies have been scaled up to include all sectors of industry and all the evolved methodologies have been ported into the Industry Commons Foundation. The uptake by industry was notable already during the pilot. By the time of the pilot's Market Testbed, 7 tools were added by industry partners, to a total of 15 tools. A transversal experiment was conducted between #MusicBricks and Philips Hue, combining sound and light for therapy, communication and generative performance. The patent registration had registered interest from heavy industry. As an ecosystem #MusicBricks was built around a specially-deveoped toolkit - a compendium of both physical and virtual interfaces and APIs, that allow creators, developers and digital content makers easy access to core building blocks of music. Developed by some of the world’s best music tech research centres, #MusicBricks have been made available exclusively to creative developers, researchers and artists attending select Music Tech Fest events. Show less



Cuesongs

• United Kingdom
• Musicians

• Creative Director

  • Apr 2011 - Feb 2014

  Cue Songs is a new quick way of finding and licensing music for use in digital media, backed by Peter Gabriel. It has gathered all of the big music publishers, including Sony, EMI, Warners and Universal in the quest of opening up large portions of their music libraries - mainly back catalogues and up-and-coming artists - for off-the-shelf music licensing. We built the brand, designed the system and implemented the supporting tech. Peter wrote: "The logo is brilliant - I love it and I'm really… Show more Cue Songs is a new quick way of finding and licensing music for use in digital media, backed by Peter Gabriel. It has gathered all of the big music publishers, including Sony, EMI, Warners and Universal in the quest of opening up large portions of their music libraries - mainly back catalogues and up-and-coming artists - for off-the-shelf music licensing. We built the brand, designed the system and implemented the supporting tech. Peter wrote: "The logo is brilliant - I love it and I'm really picky". "By introducing low prices and easy online access, Cuesongs is creating a new market for music, to satisfy a huge untapped demand that can begin to provide new income streams for artists,". (BBC, quoting Peter Gabriel, see bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16794798) The Huffington Post writes: "Nasa’s head of media has called to say the site has eased his licensing nightmare, and beta testing has yielded other whispers of support." (see tinyurl.com/77bo2mj) Show less



MIReS: the future of music tech, EU FP7

• Scientific Director

  • Oct 2011 - Mar 2013

  EU MIReS (Roadmap for the Future of Music Information ReSearch) was an EU FP7-funded 18-month project focusing on the future impact of music technology research on academia and industry. The team was assembled from some of the most prominent figures from this field: Xavier Serra and Sergi Jorda from the Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona; Gerhard Widmer and Arthur Flexer from OFAI, Austrian Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Vienna; Hugues Vinet and Geoffroy… Show more MIReS (Roadmap for the Future of Music Information ReSearch) was an EU FP7-funded 18-month project focusing on the future impact of music technology research on academia and industry. The team was assembled from some of the most prominent figures from this field: Xavier Serra and Sergi Jorda from the Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona; Gerhard Widmer and Arthur Flexer from OFAI, Austrian Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Vienna; Hugues Vinet and Geoffroy Peeters from IRCAM: Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique in Paris; Simon Dixon and Mark Sandler from the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London; Fabien Gouyon of INESC: Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores in Porto and Alex Loscos, CEO of BMAT: Barcelona Music and Audio Technologies. Advisors included Mark Levy, Team Lead, MIR at Last.fm; James Sopper, Technical Director at SoundOut; Rowena Goldman, Strategic Partnerships Executive at the BBC; Prof Geraint Wiggins, Director of the Intelligent Sound and Music Systems at Goldsmiths, University of London; Prof Atta Badii, Director of Intelligent Media Systems at the University of Reading; and Prof Bill Gaver, Director of the Interaction Research Studio at Goldsmiths, University of London. The project was directed by Dr Xavier Serra and administered by Alba Rosado of UPF-MTG, in conjunction with Scientific Director Michela Magas of Stromatolite. As part of the EU roadmap for the future of music technology we launched the Music Tech Fest, a festival of music ideas, which has since grown into a global event (MusicTechFest.org). Show less



Financial Times

• United Kingdom
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Art Editor, Creative Business

  • Jan 1995 - Dec 2000

  London, United Kingdom Six years with the Financial Times, including the launch of innovative new sections for the paper and new information architecture in the context of the paper's major global expansion, which took its circulation from 175,000 to 500,000.