The expert panel of the “Startup School 4” project by the “Enterprise Azerbaijan” portal has been announced
The trainers and mentors of the “Startup School 4: Five Continents – 500 Startups” global innovation program, implemented by the “Enterprise Azerbaijan” portal operated by the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication, have been announced.
Participants of the program will have the opportunity to engage directly with experts, investors, innovation leaders, academics, and entrepreneurs representing different regions of the world.
The mentor team includes specialists from Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Australia. Among them are Murat Baday, Professor at Stanford University; Nijat Mehdiyev from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); Gonca Kara from Deep Tech Foundry in Malta; Zhang Xiaogang from the Silk Road High Tech Park Association in China; and representatives of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade in Pakistan.
In addition, experts representing the Ethiopian Public Service University (Ethiopia), New Mansoura University (Egypt), Delphi Group (Madagascar), OSTIM Technical University, Cappadocia and Niğde Technoparks (Türkiye), The Brutally Honest Ecosystem (Finland), BeHumbo (Estonia), BuzzFactory (Russia), The Caucasus-Asia Center (India), and MH Inspires (Australia) have joined the program. This diversity will provide participants with the opportunity to learn about innovation models developed in different regions, establish international connections, and gain direct insights into opportunities for accessing global markets.
The online training sessions will cover the experiences of leading innovation ecosystems in Silicon Valley, Europe, China, Türkiye, and other regions, as well as topics such as innovation commercialization, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, investment attraction, and entrepreneurship.
