Regional Innovation Policy
Ruslan Stefanov
Director Strategy & Innovation @ ARC Fund
Talk Topic20 years Innovation.bg: mapping Bulgaria's innovation landscape
About the speaker
Ruslan Stefanov is the Director for Strategy and Innovation at the Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund). He leads ARC Fund's research, project management and consulting work on smart specialization, regional innovation strategies, technology and innovation assessments, and innovation-driven enterprise support and scale-up in Southeast Europe and the Black Sea region. Ruslan is chair and editor of Innovation.bg, the most reputable annual assessment of the innovation performance of the Bulgarian economy over the past 20 years, and a member of the jury of the National Innovation Award. He is a member of the Global Trade and Innovation Policy Alliance and the MIT REAP Bulgaria team.