Prof. Ph.D. Amila Pilav-Velić, vice dean for scientific research work and projects and full professor at Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo. She completed her post-doctoral research at the Freie Universität Berlin at the Chair of Innovation Management. She is the founder and creator of the largest regional conference, Sarajevo Innovation Summit. She is the author of a large number of publications, projects, and currently leads Center of Excellence for Policy Evaluation and Research supported by USAID BiH.