EYA Jury

The EYA Jury is organized in numerous stage. The Online Jury took place from August 2-21 (first round) and August 26 to September 9 (second round). The second round to determine the Winners was in Sarajevo from September 19-21.

Some of the best, most outstanding and socially engaged experts coming from all over Europe evaluated the projects in terms of content, design, innovation, initiative, interactivity, impact and social value.

Read more about the jury criteria here.

 

Curtains up for the EYA Jury 2019 – get to know the experts here!

 


Michael Terler
Innovation Management Professor | FH CAMPUS 02
Austria

Viola Bianchetti
AEGEE-Europe | Projects Director
Belgium/Italy

Birgit Maier
Marketing Director | Goldbach Austria GmbH
Austria

Dušica Birovljević
Founder and Owner | Nomcentar
Serbia

Christina Pikl
Project and Communication Manager | Kreativwirtschaft Austria
Austria

Pavel Varbanov
EU Projects coordinator | ESI Center Eastern Europe
Bulgaria

Antoaneta Ivanova
Program Manager | Philanthropy for Green Ideas (PGI) Program of Balkan Green Foundation Supported by Rockefeller Brothers Fund
North Macedonia

Eva A. Jakob
Post-doctoral researcher | Paderborn University
Germany

Teresa Dieguez
Innovation, Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Management Professor | IPCA
Portugal

Sébastien Bourdu
Freelance web developer and UX designer for social justice
France

Darko Bozhinoski
Postdoctoral researcher | Cognitive Robotics, 3mE | Delft University of Technology
Netherlands

Elisabeth Pergler
Faculty member & Research scientist | FH CAMPUS 02
Austria

James Norwood
Senior Innovation Manager | LEGO Creative Play Lab
Denmark

Stephen Vickers
International Assessment Consultant
United Kingdom

Marco Righetto
Design and Innovation Specialist
Italy

Odeta Iseviciute
Owner | Adcanon
Lithuania

Gabriel Brezoiu
General Manager | GEYC - Group of the European Youth for Change
Romania

Monika Kosman
Head Of Marketing | TEDxOdense
Poland | Denmark

Dimitar Jovevski
Associate Professor | University of SS. Cyril and Methodius
North Macedonia

Willy Kempel
Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the State of Qatar
Austria

Afërdita Pustina
National Programme Officer | OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Kosovo

Hartwin Kostron
Marketing & Creative Director | Young Mountain Marketing GmbH
Austria

Pihla Rostedt
CEO | Stellarion
Finland

Bernhard Weber
Center of entrepreneurship and applied business studies, University of Graz
Austria

Timo Väliharju
Executive Director | Finnish Centre for Open Systems and Solutions (COSS)
Finland

Julianna Faludi
Assistant Professor | Corvinus University of Budapest
Hungary

Etienne Gonon-Pelletier
Project Manager | French National School of Administration (ENA)
France

Attila Horányi
Director (BA program Design Culture) | Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Hungary

Steffie Limère
Founder | Factory of Imagination and Unfolding Events
Denmark/Belgium

Gregor Cerinsek
Lead Project Manager | Institute for Innovation and Development of the University of Ljubljana
Slovenia

Christian Bauer
Owner | Bauer & Associates
Austria

Mathias Haas
CEO | SuperSocial
Austria

Jon Mark Walls
CEO of GovFaces
Switzerland/US

Irene Polycarpou
Professor of Technology and Innovation in Education | University of Central Lancashire
Cyprus

Arnau Gifreu Castells
Interactive coordinator | DocsBarcelona - Professor - ERAM | University of Girona
Spain

Arman Atoyan
Founder & CEO at X-TECH | Co-Founder & CEO at ARLOOPA
Armenia

Geert de Haan
Independent researcher, Lecturer | Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences
The Netherlands

Simone Rudigier
Online Communication Expert
Austria

Khaled Jemni
Modern Apps Consultant | Microsoft Tunisia
Ireland/Tunisia

Kremena Dervenkova
Executive Director | Association of the Bulgarian Leaders and Entrepreneurs (ABLE)
Bulgaria

Clément Reix
Public Policy | Dailymotion
France

Lisa Mahajan
Project Manager & Lecturer | FH JOANNEUM Graz
Austria

Samar El Sheikh
Unit Manager | ITIDA
Egypt

Ahmed El-Sobky
Vice CEO | Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA)
Egypt

Ana Alibegova
Director of Programme Development | Mladiinfo International
North Macedonia

Leila Hadžić
Co-founder | NGO “Laboratorium” Tuzla
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Emma Bakh
Founder | NanoWRLD
Denmark

Anne Sofie Hoffmann Schrøder
Independent Journalist
Denmark

Eva Rosenberg
Expert in Human Rights, EU Enlargement, Environmental Standards and Transparency
Austria / Portugal

Magdalena Kubów
Lecturer & Researcher | SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Poland

George Malekkos
Software Innovation Architect & CEO | Powersoft
Cyprus

Yasmine Yahyaoui
PhD candidate, Junior Lecturer, Marketing & PR Management | Paderborn University
Germany

Ekaterina Matveeva
Founder and CEO | Amolingua
Argentina/UK

Andrius R. Juknevičius
Engineer | JSC Vilimed
Lithuania

Sarah Klein
Editor-in-Chief | Tea after Twelve
Germany

Gunel Huseynova
Founder | Pitch-a-Pitch
Azerbaijan

Cecilia Chapiro
 Investment Adviser & Blockchain Portfolio Manager | UNICEF Innovation Fund
US/Argentina

Mario Vasile Cătălin
CEO, Android and IOS Software Developer | Studentist
Switzerland/Romania

Yahya Marzouk
Co-founder | MAD Path
Tunisia

Paolo Bovio
Social Media Specialist | MR & Associati Comunicazione
Italy

Martin Maška
Office and project manager | European Youth Press / European Dialogue
Czech Republic

Tudor Mihailescu
Founder | LoopPoll
Romania

Abdul Rahman AlAshraf
Founder | FreeCom
Germany/Syria

Anton Holovachenko
Founder & CEO | UniExo
Germany/Ukraine

Ana Maria Bujor
Operations Director and Conductor of Chaos | Risky Business Accelerator and Ventures
Romania

Cristina Birsan
Project Manager Volunteers for Events | United Nations Volunteers
Romania

Panayiotis Andreou
Assistant Professor in Data Analytics | University of Central Lancashire
Cyprus


Afërdita Pustina
National Programme Officer | OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Kosovo

Nela Sladojević
Project Advisor | International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Frank Lorenz
SVP Research & Development | SKIDATA AG
Austria

Attila Horányi
Director (BA program Design Culture) | Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Hungary

Pihla Rostedt
First Lady | Rostedt & Co
Finland

Aleksandra Izdebska
Director ICT | ABA
Austria

Katarina Živanović
Assistant to Coordinator of International Cooperation | OPENS Serbia
Serbia

Maida Agić
Communication and Marketing Expert | Orbico
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gregor Cerinsek
Lead Project Manager | Institute for Innovation and Development of the University of Ljubljana
Slovenia

Odeta Iseviciute
Co-Founder & CEO | Dealoyal
Lithuania

Irene Polycarpou
Professor of Technology and Innovation in Education | University of Central Lancashire
Cyprus

Connor Sattely
Business Acceleration Agent | HiiL Justice Accelerator
Netherlands

Michaela Altziebler
Head of Utility & Smart City Segment | MAVOCO AG
Austria

Yahya Marzouk
Co-founder | MAD Path
Tunisia

Ana Alibegova
Director of Programme Development | Mladiinfo International
North Macedonia

Timo Rostedt
Lead Designer | Gofore Oy
Finland

Rodica Mocan
Ph.D., Associate Professor | Babes Bolyai University
Romania

Sarah Klein
Editor-in-Chief | Tea after Twelve
Germany

Cristina Birsan
Project Manager Volunteers for Events | United Nations Volunteers
Romania

Dimitar Jovevski
Associate Professor | University of SS. Cyril and Methodius
North Macedonia

Meet the people who picked LiGENCE to be the EYA Young Digital Champion (Overall Winner) of 2019 at the EYA Festival “Watch Out: Europe On Fire”!


Daniel Fabry
Lecturer and Researcher | FH JOANNEUM
Austria

Mihály Kiácz
Business Developer | INPUT
Hungary

Timo Rostedt
Lead Designer | Gofore Oy
Finland

Anton Holovachenko
Founder & CEO | UniExo
Germany/Ukraine

Martin Maška
Office and project manager | European Youth Press / European Dialogue
Czech Republic

Attila Horányi
Director (BA program Design Culture) | Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Hungary

Irene Polycarpou
Professor of Technology and Innovation in Education | University of Central Lancashire
Cyprus

Anja Stegmaier
Economics Editor | Wiener Zeitung
Austria

Gica Trierweiler
Co-founder | Instituto Beaba
Brazil

Anita Höller
Managing Director | Acorros GmbH
Austria

Afërdita Pustina
National Programme Officer | OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Kosovo

Markus Leitner
Senior Product Manager – Strategic Partners | SKIDATA AG
Austria

Christian Bauer
Owner | Bauer & Associates
Austria

Stefanie Brunmayr
National Contact Point | Europe for Citizens Point Austria
Austria

George Malekkos
Software Innovation Architect & CEO | Powersoft
Cyprus

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
Managing Partner vendevio & Carployee
Austria/Iran