Gigler Björn-Sören

BjörnSören Gigler is Senior Digital Innovation Specialist at the Digital Innovation and Blockchain Unit in DG Connect in the European Commission. He is currently working on digital innovations with a focus on disruptive technologies, including Artificial Intelligence(AI), blockchain, supercomputing and 5G.Previously, he was Senior Advisor at the European Investment Bank (20162018),providing advice on enhancing access to finance for disruptive technologiesinvestment programs. From 1997 to 2016, BjörnSören Gigler also worked at the World Bank as Innovation Program Coordinator, Senior Governance Specialist and Economist. BjörnSören Gigler is a Visiting Assistant Professor for Political Economy at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.