Prof. Dr. Esin Bozyazi

is Professor of Entrepreneurship since 2013 and founder of the company COP Crossover Projects as well as co-founder & advisor of the Institute for Social Sustainability (www.ifsn.eu).

 With over 20 years of experience in management, consulting and higher education as well as further education she supports ideas and projects that bring added value for the economy and society. She also advances professional founding processes of start-up companies or to the successful conclusion of a project.

She is Keynote speaker, Author and Trainer in the field of innovation management in the TÜV SÜD Academy. Her mission and concern are to promote entrepreneurial mindset and creativity in business.

 Prof. Dr. Esin Bozyazi was born and raised in Istanbul. She studied Industrial Engineering at the Technical University of Istanbul (ITU) and, based on this, technically oriented business administration gained her master’s degree in business administration (t.o.). She also accomplished her Phd at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich in the field of economics.

Kerstin Schenk

is Marketing Manager (MSc.) culture anthropologist and co-author of the book Business Design Workshops.

Creative spirit with a sound education as marketing expert at the Steinbeis School of Management and Innovation in Berlin and study of market and advertising psychology at the Ludwigs-Maximilian-University Munich.

Design Thinker with over 10 years of professional experience, she has been responsible for entrepreneurial marketing for many Start-Up Companies. As a partner of COP she is on a special mission to provide professional and appropriate space and services as an incubator for business start-ups with game-changing good effects for the people, the society and our ecomomy. Kerstin Schenk worked with small medium-sized and big companies in innovative and changing environments and is a true Pioneer of Creative Work Cultures.