Team
Gonzalo Larenas
Director
gonzalo@patagoniacolab.org
Nicola Schiess
Founder
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Advisory Board
Pamela Valdivia
Executive Director of the Federal State of Bayern, Germany, for South America.
Expert in innovation projects thanks to the management of strategic networks between innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
Experience in public-private R&D projects, focused on digital transformation, open innovation and sustainability.
Pamela Villamar
Doctoral researcher in creative industries management and entrepreneurship mentor, focused on design, crafts, tourism and sustainability areas.
Partner and co-director of Espacio Autoras.
Assistant Professor at KEDGE Business School and Assistant Professor at the University of Edinburgh.
Juan Ramón Candia
Expert in sustainability and innovation, international consultant and entrepreneur.
He is currently pursuing his doctoral research and he is an assistant professor at the York University, School of Business and Society (UK).
His research line is “Digital Climate Solutions” and new business models.
He is also a consultant for the BHP-Australia Foundation and other international organizations.
Previously he was the Sustainability Manager at Fundación Chile and he worked in organizations such as Intec, Sernapesca, consultant for the United Nations as well as the founder of The Green Factory consulting firm and co-founder of several enterprises in the areas of tourism and mining services.
Carmen Gloria Ide
Carmen Gloria, with more than 12 years of experience in the development and leadership of corporate and territorial strategies for the generation of shared value, is a specialist in issues associated with Sustainable Development. Currently, she seeks to mobilize collaborative agreements for the design, co-construction and implementation of strategies in mitigation and adaptation to climate change; mainly throughout the supply chain by evaluating its socio-environmental impacts with a focus on life cycle and generation of social value. In addition, she is a teacher for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on topics related to sustainability. Due to her experience, she has been invited to multiple national and international conferences and actively participates in social organizations that promote female participation and the social welfare of vulnerable sectors both in Chile and abroad.