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1. Professor Dr. Nader Nada
Prof. Dr. Nader Nada is the founder of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program and
Design Thinking Lab at Fatıh Unıversıty, Istanbul, Turkey.
He received his PhD degree from George Mason University, VA, and his MS degree
from Minnesota State University, MN. In 1991 he received the Achievement Award from
the American Achievement Academy. He was NASA Fellow for three successive years.
He published seven books, two on Creativity and Innovation Management in SMEs and over
100 journal and conference papers in the areas of his interest.
Dr. Nada joined Fatih University in 2010 and is currently the founder and chair of the Innovation
and Entrepreneurship graduate program and the founder of the Design Thinking and Innovation
Lab in Istanbul for prototyping and developing innovative products, services, processes,
business models, frameworks and integrated solutions in cooperation with industrial and
government partners.
Dr. Nada has gained considerable experience in managing R&I projects and exploiting R&I
results through his participation in numerous projects in US with NASA, NSF, and in Europe
within the frameworks of FP7 and H2020 Programs. Over the last 15 years he has consulted
and trained a wide variety of public and private large, medium, small and startup companies and
organizations in the areas of Creativity, Design Thinking, Strategic Management, Innovation
Management, Entrepreneurship, Energy Efficiency, Clean Production, coaching in R&I and
entrepreneurial corporate and SMEs strategies formulation.
His current research interests include, Innovation Management, Open Innovation, Digital Media,
Networking Platforms, R&I Platforms, Open innovation applications, Design & Idea platforms,
Creative Design Co-Creation, Intermediary open innovation services, Product Ideas, Crowd
Sourcing, Branding, Design Thinking, Marketing, Crowed Funding, Cloud Computing SaaS, e-
Business systems and technologies, CleanTech. and Sustainability including Renewable
Energy, Clean Production, and Energy Efficiency.
