A sea of creative and interesting personalities will be making the decision as to who will receive the honor of winning this year’s competition. The jury members represent 11 different countries and include prominent names such as former COO Harri Koponen from Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds; Brazilian entrepreneur Ana Carla Fonseca; Thom Ruhe of the Kauffman Foundation and many others.
"Entrepreneurs from the creative industries from all around the world will be coming to Copenhagen in November," said Rasmus Tscherning, managing director of the the Center for Cultural and Experience Economy--the organizers of the competition. "We have made sure that there will be a competent international jury to both find the winner and to give each of the international entrepreneur teams good advice on how to develop their businesses."
Judges include:
- Dhakshinamoorthy ”Dash” Balakrishnan: Founder of StartupMalaysia.org, Malaysia
- Ana Carla Fonseca: Entreprenuer and founder of Garimpo de Soluções, Brazil
- Torsten Kolind: Founder and CTO, YouNoodle, Inc., USA
- Harri Koponen: Former Chief Operations Officer, Rovio Entertainment Ltd., Finland
- Peter Kreiner: CEO, Restaurant noma, Denmark
- Panos Panay: Founder and CEO, SonicBids, Cyprus
- Sharada Ramanathan: Film director and the head of Magnus Media Pvt. Ltd., India
- Thom Ruhe: Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation, USA
- Helga Valfells: CEO, NSA Venture Fund, Iceland
- Zhongming Wang: Professor og head of Global Entrepreneurship Research Center, China
- Kåre Wanscher, lawyer and professional drummer, Michael Learns to Rock, Denmark