SEMICON Europa 2016

Speakers

Kari Hjelt

Kari Hjelt
Head of Innovation
Graphene Flagship / Chalmers University


Kari Hjelt, Head of Innovation, Graphene Flagship
PhD (Eng.), MBA

Kari Hjelt has extensive experience in ICT and over 15 years career in corporate venturing and research. At Nokia he established a number of ventures and two research laboratories. His last tenure at Nokia was Director, Research Innovations. Since then he has been a co-founder and advisor to several high-tech SMEs. He currently works in Graphene Flagship as the Head of Innovation and is a member of the Management Panel and the Executive Board.

He received his PhD in 1997 with “Photoluminescence and growth of compound semiconductors” from Helsinki University of Technology. He earned his Executive MBA from London Business School in 2010. Kari holds 7 patents and has published 40+ reviewed publications.


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