Resume

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Selected Talks and Keynotes

• 2020: Berlin Film Festival/EFM Horizon, Berlin
• 2018: Nuuk Entrepreneurship Summit, Nuuk
• 2016: Global Entrepreneurship Community, Kuala Lumpur
• 2015: TriBeCa Film Festival, NYC
• 2014: Future of Storytelling Summit, NYC
• 2014, 2015, 2016: Blouin Creative Leadership Summit, NYC
• 2014: UBS Global Philanthropy Forum, St. Moritz
• 2014: World Economic Forum, Davos
• 2013: The Economist’ The World in 2013, NYC
• 2012: G8 Summit, Washington, DC
• 1999: UNESCO 30th General Conference, Paris

Honors

• 2022: Winner Makers & Shakers Award: Production Tech Innovation of the Year
• 2022: San Sebastian Film Festival: Finalist Zinemaldia Startup Challenge
• 2021: Board member, Danish Film Academy, Copenhagen
• 2021: American Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
• 2020: Featured Startup/Founder, Berlin Film Festival/EFM
• 2019: Steering Committee, From #MeToo to #WeDo, Copenhagen
• 2018: Fellow at Royal Society of Arts, London
• 2016: Resource-in-Residence at YNG+, Young President’s Organization, NYC
• 2015: President Obama’s Council of Experts for Entrepreneurship, Washington, DC
• 2014: UBS Advisory Council on Philanthropy, NYC
• 2013: Founding Committee, Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, NYC
• 2013: Denmark’s New Creative Elite (by Mandag Morgen), Copenhagen
• 2006-2011: Board member, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Copenhagen
• 2007: Copenhagen – The Thinking City, Copenhagen
• 2000-2003: Member of the MFA Council on European Policies, Copenhagen
• 1999-2004: Danish Representative to UNESCO, Paris/Copenhagen
• 1999-2003: Member, National Board of Education, Copenhagen
• 1999: Special Medal by the French Assemblée Nationale, Paris

Professional Work

• 2015-2021: Co-founder and CEO, Copenhagen Industries, Copenhagen
• 2013-2014: Head of Global Affairs, Sandbox, NYC
• 2011-2013: Head of Ideas Lab, The Economist Group, NYC
• 2010-2012: Co-founder and Creator, Nexus Global Youth Summit on Innovative Philanthropy, DC
• 2008-2009: Director of International Expansion, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, NYC
• 2008-2009: Co-creator, Natur-Energi, Copenhagen
• 2007-2008: Development and Production Consultant, F-Film
• 2005-2008: Producer and Creator, The Ministry of Innovative Storytelling, Copenhagen
• 2002-2005: Script and Story Development Consultant, Zentropa, Copenhagen
• 2001-2002: Co-creator, CBB Mobile / Club Blah Blah, Copenhagen

Organized Learning

• 2022: (r)Evolutionary , Design Science Studio/Buckminster Fuller Institute
• 2019: Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD), Fontainebleau
• 2005: Niels Brock – Copenhagen Business College, Copenhagen
• 2004: RMIT University, Melbourne
• 2002: The Media Academy, Lyngby

Selected Guest Lectures

• Managing Creativity: We do UX, Copenhagen
• Community Design: Pratt School of Design, NYC
• Designing for Social Impact: NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NYC
• Tools of Art Direction: Danish School of Design, Copenhagen
• Democratic Leadership: Kaospilots, Aarhus

Charity, Pro-Bono and Volunteer Service

• Founder of Copenhagen Hardware Alliance, Copenhagen
• Founder of Hollywood 2.0 Alliance, Copenhagen
• Founder of Lab Rats, NYC
• Infrastructure Section, Roskilde Festival
• Figment Project, NYC
• Danish Film Academy
• Sandbox, NYC
• Judge at Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Startup Competition
• Judge at Fonden for Entreprenørskab (FFE) Pitch Konkurrence

Citations and Patents

• WIPO: WO2018234428A1: Gear cassette for firearms
• USPTO: US20200141673A1: Gear cassette for firearms
• The Power of Trust: Learnings from Six Years of Building Global Community (MIT Press)