Maria Angélica, an agricultural engineer by training, PhD in Knowledge Management Engineering with post-doctorate in Human Factors and transdisciplinarity, and an expert in project management, co-production and innovation, is a certified Whole Brain instructor and believes in the fusion of creativity and science.
Innovation is about solving complex problems and bringing different disciplines together to unleash disruptive strategies and promote organisational change. Throughout her career, she was Director of Sustainable Economic Development (Florianópolis), Executive Director of Innovation Environments at CERTI Foundation and Innovation Manager at Itaipu Technology Park. She speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish.