Anne's passion lies in collaboration and technology and process innovation.
Anne pioneered the BrainBuzz, a novel model for innovation through live collaboration.
Anne is the founder of Young Inventors International (YII), and has created networks and programs that have assisted thousands of innovators around the world. Under her leadership, YII organization grew to thousands of members around the world and has held five international conferences, including at MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Toronto, as well as a special panel of social venture YII member companies at the Dow Jones Emerging Ventures Forum. Glamour Magazine named Anne a visionary who will change the world for her work with Young Inventors International. In early 2008, Anne co-founded a solar thermal start-up.
Check out YII's blog coverage of the 5th Inventing the Future Conference.
Recent engagements:
- Judge for the Ashoka and Lemelson Foundation genV Campaign
- Judge for the 2009 MIT IDEAS Competition
- Guest lecturer at MIT
Anne is an Xconomist and author of the following articles:
Take a look at this recent World Intellectual Property Organization's Magazine article about YII and its members.