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Michela Magas
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Michela Magas is a designer, entrepreneur and innovation specialist, of Croatian-British nationality,[1] and is the first woman from the Creative Industries to receive the European Woman Innovator of the Year award by the European Commission.[1][2]

Family and education

She is the daughter of the architects Olga and Boris Magaš,[3][4] and was raised in Rijeka, Croatia, where she was educated at Italian elementary and secondary schools, before graduating in design from the Royal College of Art in London.[4]

Career

From 1995 until the end of 2000 she worked at the Financial Times, as a designer, becoming Art Editor.[5]

She is the co-founder, with Peter Russell-Clarke, of the London-based design innovation lab Stromatolite,[6] whose clients include Nike, Nokia and Apple.[4]

She is the founder of Music Tech Fest,[7][8] and chairs the Industry Commons Foundation.[9]

In December 2019 she was recognised as an "Outstanding Peer Reviewer" by Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology.[10]

In 2016 she was awarded Innovation Luminary for Creative Innovation by the European Commission.[11]

Since about 2015,[4] she has lived in Umeå, Sweden, and works nomadically.[5]

Publications

  • Magas, M., 2020. Green Paper: CCI Innovation to Lead Beyond the Pandemic, presented at Framing Creative Futures – The 10th European Creative Industries Summit (ECIS 2020). Link
  • Magas, M, and Dubber, A., 2020. Expanding EOSC: Engagement of the wider public and private sectors in EOSC, Study funded by the European Union’s Horizon Programme call H2020-INFRAEOSC-2018-4, Grant Agreement number 831644, EOSCsecretariat.eu 2020. Link
  • Magas, M. in Taisch, M., Casidsid, M.L., May, G., Morin, T.R., Padelli, V., Pinzone, M., Wuest, T. (eds)., 2020. World Manufacturing Report 2020: Manufacturing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Link
  • Magas, M. and Koek, A., Lerhman-Madsen, O., Beetz, K., Curley, M., de Waele, W., Herlitschka, S., 2016. CAF Innovation Recommendations, H2020 Work Programme 2018–2020. DG Connect Advisory Forum, European Commission.
  • Magas, M., Fledderus, E. and Herlitschka, S., et al. 2016. CAF's recommendations for H2020's work program 2018–2020. DG Connect Advisory Forum, European Commission.
  • Magas, M. and Dubber, A. 2016. Final Public Report. #MusicBricks European Commission H2020 project report.
  • Magas, M., van der Klauw, K. et al., 2015. Report on Analysis and Recommendations for Innovation Ecosystems: The Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI). Published by the European Commission in October 2015.
  • Magas, M., Lidy, T., and Schindler, A., 2015. MusicBricks: Connecting digital Creators to the Internet of Music Things. ERCIM NEWS, 101, pp. 39–40.
  • Magas, M., Dubber, A., Sterne, J., Baym, N., et al., 2014. Manifesto for Music Technologists. Published by Microsoft Research.
  • Magas, M., Serra, X., Benetos, E., Chudy, M., Dixon, S., Flexer, A., Paytuvi, O., 2013. Roadmap for music information research. EU FP7.
  • Magas, M. and Proutskova, P., 2013. A location-tracking interface for ethnomusicological collections. Journal of New Music Research, 42(2), pp. 151–160.
  • Magas, M., and Rea, C. 2012. Synaesthesia: Innovative music components for collaborating and creating music with objects in real space. Proceedings of the NEM Summit, Istanbul.
  • Magas, M. and Proutskova, P., 2009. A location-tracking interface for ethnomusicological collections. In Workshop on Exploring Musical Information Spaces.
  • Magas, M., Stewart, R. and Fields, B., 2009, August. decibel 151. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2009 Art Gallery (p. 21). ACM.
  • Magas, M. and Proutskova, P. 2009. Beyond the metadata, new intelligent audio content search for large music collections. Unlocking Audio 2, British Library, London, UK.
  • Magas, M. and Proutskova, P., 2009. A location-tracking interface for ethnomusicological collections. Proceedings of ECDL. Corfu, Greece.
  • Magas, M., Casey, M.A. and Rhodes, C., 2008, August. mHashup: fast visual music discovery via locality sensitive hashing. In SIGGRAPH New Tech Demos (p. 26).
  • Magas, M., Rhodes, C., Casey, M., d’Inverno, M., Knopke, I., and Slaney, M. 2008. Dark Media Navigation With the Audio

Media coverage

  • JN.pt covered Aveiro Tech week 2022[12]
  • TOUCHIT.sk covered Festival Art & Tech Days 2021 [13]
  • Fraunhofer on EIT Kultur & Kreativität - eine wegweisende Partnerschaft für ein erfolgreiches Europa[14]
  • OAGi (Open Applications Group): Industrial Ontologies Foundry Releases Core Ontology Beta[15]
  • Royal College of Art interview with Michela Magas[16]
  • Ara.cat on Michela Magas[17]
  • Forbes on Michela Magas and MTF[18]
  • Market insider on Music Tech Fest Hosts MTF Labs Together With Infobip in Croatia[19]
  • Leonardo.info on Recognition of outstanding peer reviewers[20]
  • Dagens industri covers Michela Magas[21]
  • BBC The Next Web on How the first Music Tech Fest explored the future of sound[22]
  • bergenna.no covered Gründer-gatefest på OPPNÅ[23]
  • Financial Times Michela Magas' nomadic working life[24]
  • Yle Finland on Music Tech Fest -ryhmälle musiikki on sosiaalista liimaa: "Me emme ennusta tulevaisuutta, vaan luomme sitä"[25]
  • Poslovni.hr on Michela Magaš[26]
  • Vecernhi list on Živjela sam u Caritasu, jela tost. Slomila sam se kad je tata imao infarkt, no tad su me profesori ‘prošvercali’ pod studenta iz EU [27]
  • Dnevni avaz on Svjetski inovatori i studenti zajedničkim snagama pokreću inovativnu BiH[28]
  • VIDI on Michela Magaš[29]
  • Radio MOF: Interview with Michela Magas[30]
  • 24SATA on Michela Magaš[31]
  • BBC on Michela Magaš[32]
  • BBC European Prize for Women Innovators[33]
  • Women in Adria Što treba da bi se bilo najinovativnija europska poduzetnica Michela Magaš?[34]
  • Telegram Media Group: Michela Magaš europska je inovatorica godine, a ovo je njezin prvi životni intervju za naše medije[35]
  • Novi list Michela Magaš osvojila nagradu EU za inovatoricu godine: Riječanka tražilicom glazbe osvaja Europu[36]
  • Jutarnji List: Michela magaš, ona je vjerojatno najpoznatija hrvatica za koju niste čuli Svojim je inovacijama nevjerojatno utjecala na vaše živote i učinila ih lagodnijima[37]
  • Telegram Media Group: Donosimo veliku vijest; Michela Magaš jučer je u Bruxellesu proglašena inovatoricom godine[38]
  • Jutarnji List: Hrvatica Michela Magaš osvojila je prvu nagradu za EU inovatoricu godine i 100.000 eura, ali njen laboratorij za inovacije u dizajnu je u Britaniji[39]
  • Poslovni dnevnik: Michela Magaš dobitnica Nagrade Europske unije za inovatorice 2017[40]
  • The Calvert Journal: Croatian-British entrepreneur wins EU Prize for Women Innovators[41]
  • MTF Labs: Interview at Swedish Ambassador’s residence in Croatia[42]
  • WIRED (guest edited by Barack Obama): Bionic Artist Viktoria Modesta Transcends the Human Body[43]
  • Open Innovation 2.0 Conference 2016: Innovation Luminary Awards Ceremony Interview [44]
  • Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation: Interview for CAPS 2015[45]
  • #OI2Conf Dublin: interview with Michela Magas, Stromatolite[46]
  • Digital Music trends: Michela Magas of Stromatolite and Music Tech Fest[47]
  • NEM Summit 2010: Interview with Michela Magas [48]

References

  1. ^ a b "EU Prize for Women Innovators : 2017 Contest". European Commission. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ Arnold, Harriet (2 May 2017). "Michela Magas: my nomadic working life". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ Nobilo, Igor. "British-Croatian Michela Magaš European Innovator of the Year". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Pleše, Mladen (12 March 2017). "Michela Magaš europska je inovatorica godine, a ovo je njezin prvi životni intervju za naše medije". Telegram.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b Arnold, Harriet (2 May 2017). "Michela Magas: my nomadic working life". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ^ "EU Prize for Women Innovators: Meet the 2017 finalists!". European Commission. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Michela Magas – Founder, Music Tech Fest; Design Innovation & Music Tech Specialist". MusicTank. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. ^ Peschl, Florian. "Bunte Vielfalt". Forbes Austria (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Foundation". Industry Commons. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Recognition of Outstanding Peer Reviewers". Leonardo/ISAST. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  11. ^ Anonymous (27 May 2016). "The Innovation Luminary Awards 2016". Shaping Europe’s digital future - European Commission. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Como é que a tecnologia pode melhorar a nossa vida? Descubra nas Tech Sessions". jn.pt.
  13. ^ "Kyborg Neil Harbisson, inovátorka Michela Magas a umelec Daan Roosegaarde sú prvými menami festivalu Art & Tech Days". TouchIT. 27 September 2021.
  14. ^ "EIT Kultur & Kreativität - eine wegweisende Partnerschaft für ein erfolgreiches Europa". ISC Fraunhofer. 23 June 2022.
  15. ^ "OAGi's Industrial Ontologies Foundry Releases Core Ontology Beta". oagi.org.
  16. ^ Lisa Pierre (14 February 2022). "Michela Magas". rca.ac.uk.
  17. ^ "Michela Magas: "Reunir tota mena de ments brillants en un espai d'entesa mutua genera un entorn realment enriquidor". ara.cat.
  18. ^ "Bunte Vielfalt". forbes.at. 17 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Music Tech Fest Hosts MTF Labs Together With Infobip in Croatia". markets.businessinsider.com. 8 May 2019.
  20. ^ Erica Hruby (4 December 2019). "Recognition of outstanding peer reviewers". leonardo.info.
  21. ^ Annika Sandholm Hellner (15 December 2018). "Nytänkaren vill göra industrins teknik tillgänglig för hackare". di.se.
  22. ^ "Music Tech Fest in Stockholm". bbc.co.uk.
  23. ^ "Gründer-gatefest på OPPNÅ". bergenna.no. 24 May 2012.
  24. ^ "Michela Magas: my nomadic working life". Financial times. 2 May 2017.
  25. ^ Jussi Mankkinen (28 November 2017). "Music Tech Fest -ryhmälle musiikki on sosiaalista liimaa: "Me emme ennusta tulevaisuutta, vaan luomme sitä"". yle.fi.
  26. ^ Bernard Ivezić (13 November 2017). "Michela Magaš stvara pandan Linuxa za glazbenu industriju". poslovni.hr.
  27. ^ Sandra Veljković (14 March 2017). "Živjela sam u Caritasu, jela tost. Slomila sam se kad je tata imao infarkt, no tad su me profesori 'prošvercali' pod studenta iz EU". vecernji.hr.
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  29. ^ Lucija Pilić (25 August 2017). "Michela Magaš: Velikim ambicijama do inovatorice godine". vidi.hr.
  30. ^ "Interview with Michela Magas". Radio MOF.
  31. ^ Željko Ivanković (8 May 2017). "Inovatorica godine: Naša djeca se moraju baviti s umjetnošću". 24sata.
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  33. ^ "Quién es Michela Magas,"la mujer más innovadora de Europa" y cómo está revolucionando la tecnología musical". bb.com. 7 April 2017.
  34. ^ Antonija Antončić (21 March 2017). "Što treba da bi se bilo najinovativnija europska poduzetnica Michela Magaš?". womeninadria.com.
  35. ^ MLADEN PLEŠE (12 March 2017). "Michela Magaš europska je inovatorica godine, a ovo je njezin prvi životni intervju za naše medije". telegram.hr.
  36. ^ Vedrana Simičević (12 March 2017). "Michela Magaš osvojila nagradu EU za inovatoricu godine: Riječanka tražilicom glazbe osvaja Europu". novilist.hr.
  37. ^ Tomislav Novak (12 March 2017). "ONA JE VJEROJATNO NAJPOZNATIJA HRVATICA ZA KOJU NISTE ČULI Svojim je inovacijama nevjerojatno utjecala na vaše živote i učinila ih lagodnijima". jutarnji.hr.
  38. ^ "Donosimo veliku vijest; Michela Magaš jučer je u Bruxellesu proglašena inovatoricom godine". telegram.hr. 9 March 2017.
  39. ^ "Hrvatica Michela Magaš osvojila je prvu nagradu za EU inovatoricu godine i 100.000 eura, ali njen laboratorij za inovacije u dizajnu je u Britaniji". jutarnji.hr. 9 March 2017.
  40. ^ "Michela Magaš dobitnica Nagrade Europske unije za inovatorice 2017". poslpvni.hr. 9 March 2017.
  41. ^ Elise Morton (9 March 2017). "Croatian-British entrepreneur wins EU Prize for Women Innovators". calvertjournal.
  42. ^ "Michela Magas on women in innovation". MTF labs. 10 November 2017.
  43. ^ Marley Walker (31 October 2016). "Bionic Artist Viktoria Modesta Transcends the Human Body". wired.com.
  44. ^ "Michela Magas, Innovation Luminary Awards Ceremony; Open Innovation 2.0 Conference 2016". OISPG. 30 May 2016.
  45. ^ "CAPS2015 - Michela Magas' interview". CAPSSI. 18 August 2015.
  46. ^ "#OI2Conf: interview with Michela Magas, Stromatolite". Silicon Republic. 14 July 2014.
  47. ^ "Ep.8: Michela Magas, Stromatolite & Music Tech Fest - DMT 1-2-1". Silicon Republic. 5 May 2013.
  48. ^ "Michela Magas - NEM Summit 2010". NEM Summit. 6 June 2011.