Full Name
Kristina Eskenazi
Job Title
Chairwoman
Company
Artificial Intelligence Cluster Bulgaria
Speaker Bio
Kristina Eskenazi is Chairwoman of the Health & Life Sciences Cluster Bulgaria and the Artificial Intelligence Cluster Bulgaria, a member of the Managing Board of KRIB - Bulgaria’s leading employers’ federation, and a board advisor to the Medical University of Plovdiv and Ruse University "Angel Kanchev".

In May 2025, Eskenazi was elected to the Board of the Council of European BioRegions (CEBR), representing Bulgaria in a network of over 48 innovation clusters across Europe. She founded the Spinoff Bulgaria Initiative and has led numerous Horizon Europe and Digital Europe projects in AI and health innovation.

Kristina mentors and organises flagship hackathons and entrepreneurship events, including AI & I Factory, AI Girls Hackathon, and Pitch2Pitch.

She is a member of key European networks such as EuropaBio, ECHAlliance, and the European AI Forum, driving cross-sector collaboration and digital transformation.
Kristina Eskenazi