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As part of the Universal Women’s Leadership Forum 2024 in Strasbourg, France, the President of the European System, Gabriel MVOGO SAINT, invited Martina Le Gall Maláková to take an active part in the work of this high-level forum.
The entire European Cooperation System team was delighted with Ms Cindy Gamassa’s positive response.
So who is Ms Martina Le Gall Maláková?
Mrs Martina Le Gall Maláková has extensive international experience in the creation and implementation of both national and international innovation policies. In her career, Martina Le Gall Maláková has supported the innovation ecosystem through the transfer of knowledge from research, development, and innovation into practice which supports Slovak talents and innovators. She is the co-founder of the Industrial Innovation Cluster, which supports joint international projects involving research in universities, companies, policy makers and the public. In 2021, together with MIRRI, IIC established the Gaia–X Hub Slovakia, which is part of the Gaia–X initiative, supported by the European Commision. Gaia – X increases the benefits of the European data economy for society based on openness, trust and security. Gaia – X Hub Slovakia is a member of the Working Group for International Cooperation, Research Infrastructures and EOSC, the Council for European Science Policy at the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Slovak Republic.
In « Business at OECD » (BIAC), Martina Le Gall Maláková participates in three committees: Committee for Digital Policies in the Economy (CDEP), for SMEs as a Vicechair of the Committee (BIAC at OECD), and Education committee. She represents BUSINESS EUROPE (BE) in the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group (SCCG) established by EC and ENISA to prepare certification schemes for digital technologies. In BE, she is an active member of the Digital Committee and the Internal Market Committee (IMCO). Martina Le Gall Maláková is a member of the Permanent Commission for Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Slovakia (CERAI), established by MIRRI. She is a member of the EIT Manufacturing East Advisory Board, where she advises with her expertise on strategies to strengthen European industry, built on innovation and cooperation between universities, businesses, and innovators. This year she become the advisor to State Secretary of Ministry of economy on data economy and another organizations and she was named as an expert at ONU (OSN) as MAG IGF member, https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/mag-2024-members ..
We are delighted to welcome Martina Le Gall Maláková, Managing Director of Gaia – X and IDSA Hub Slovakia (Industry Innovation Cluster).
She will be chairing session N1 on Thursday 11 July 2024 at the European Parliament. The theme will be « Societal change: the influence of women on pay equity, the inclusive economy and industrial development ».