About The Speaker
Linn Kretzschmar
CERN Venture Connect
Linn joined the Knowledge Transfer team at CERN in 2022 as a knowledge transfer officer, responsible for transferring CERN technologies into Industry with focus on environmental applications. Since May 2024, Linn has been responsible for CERN’s entrepreneurship activities and is coordinating the CERN Venture Connect program. Before joining CERN, Linn was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie researcher and lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where she coordinated technology valorisation projects in collaboration with CERN, other research institutes and industrial partners. Among others, she was responsible for carrying out valorisation assessments for CERN technologies for the Future Circular Collider study. Linn's career includes roles as an innovation consultant and in business development, where she developed her expertise in technology and innovation management alongside entrepreneurship. She holds a Master of Science in international management from Copenhagen Business School.