Michael Komarov is the founder of the Work Station coworking space, in Russia. Work Station, opened in august 2012, is based in the Gorkiy Park, in the center of Moscow. In 2013, Michael Komarov plans to open two new coworking spaces, one in Moscow and the second in the Yaroslavl city, 200 kilometres far from Moscow.
Ashley Proctor is the founder of Creative Blueprint, a company that provides studios, services and support for emerging artists and entrepreneurs. She also manages Foundery, a newly renovated downtown coworking and event space. Ashley is a founding member of the Coworking Toronto and Coworking Ontario collectives and has been named as a Finalist for the Toronto Business Development Centre’s Excellence in Perseverance Award.
Todd Heiser is design director at the architecture firm Gensler. He designed the 1871 Coworking Space, in Chicago, one of the most ambitious Coworking Space in the US. 1871 is the corner stone of a vivid new entrepreneurial ecosystem in downtown Chicago.
Cristina Martinez-Sandoval Riera is the founder and manager of Gracia Work Center (2007), one of the first coworking centers in Barcelona. Deeply involved in the coworking movement in Spain, Cristina teaches about coworking at Barcelona Activa. She currently works with VIDEOSEMPRESA.NET on a documentary entitled « From San Francisco to Barcelona, searching for the origin of coworking ».
Carsten is editor of Deskmag.com and co-founder of Deskwanted.com. With his academic background as social scientist, he is passionate about new trends in urban affairs and the creative labor market, two things which are perfectly combined in the concept of coworking. Instead of just analyzing it, he decided to be a part of it, by encouraging it and putting it on the map through Deskmag and Deskwanted.
Liz Elam opened Link Coworking in Austin (Texas), in september 2010. She is a recognized leader in the national coworking scene and produced the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC) 2012 the day before SXSW Interactive. Besides, Liz is founding member of the League of Extraordinary Coworking Spaces (LEXC) and is serving as the first President. LIZ ELAM,
Link Coworking, GCUC Coworking Conference, Austin (US)
Jean-Baptiste Roger is the CEO of the Paris Region Agency for Digital Development “La Fonderie”. Graduated in political science and former parliamentary attaché, Jean-Baptiste worked six years as a political adviser for the President of the Paris Region before becoming CEO of “La Fonderie” in November 2011. Jean-Baptiste is also a founding member of the first coworking place in Paris “La Cantine”.
Founder Global Enterprise and Coworking Europe Conference, Brussels (Belgium)
Jean-Yves Huwart is the founder of Global Enterprise and the founder of the Coworking Europe Conference.
Anis Bedda is a partner at Global Enterprise, co-organizing the Coworking Europe Conference and the Intrapreneurship Conference.
Julianne is the Programming Director of Social Media Week Berlin, Germany’s biggest free web conference. She is a filmmaker and communications specialist, originally from Saint Louis in the U.S. She moved to Berlin from Vietnam, where she worked as a film advisor and communications manager for WWF.
