Interview Of The Week: Jean-Claude Burgelman, Frontiers Planet Prize Director

Jean-Claude Burgelman is the director of the Frontiers Planet Prize, a global annual competition organized by the Frontiers Foundation, to bring actionable science to policy, industry and the public. He is also currently editor-in-chief of Frontiers Policy Lab. Before retiring in 2020 Burgelman was in charge of Open Science Policies at the European Commission. Until 2000 he was a full professor of communication technology policy at the Free University of Brussels and is now a professor emeritus. He is currently on the advisory boards of Open Knowledge Maps, an AI-based search engine for scientific knowledge, and is co-founding an AI startup platform in Brussels that will focus on AI for cities. Burgelman recently spoke to The Innovator about this year’s Frontiers Planet Prize and why it is important for business to get involved.