Stephanie Trpkov is the founder of TOPAX Consulting, a specialised entity that designs and implements sustainability agendas in the SEE region, by enabling smooth collaboration between high technology businesses, investors and policy makers. Her work focuses on integrated solutions that emerge from new industry touchpoints. She is also a strategy consultant at the World Bank in Croatia, working with policy makers to develop policies and institutional support for innovation ecosystems, competitiveness strategies and industry transition.Stephanie is passionate about solving global issues such as climate change, via strategic industrial transformation, intelligent cities, and SME development. Having spent the past decade contributing to the development of the Smart City ecosystem in SEE, she is experienced with projects and initiatives of the European Commission DGs and routinely translates innovation programs into actionable strategies. She is a fellow of the G20 Global Solutions Initiative, a member of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC), a contributor to the EU Strategic Transport Research and Innovation Agenda from the energy technology perspective, and a mentor at the Zagreb Innovation Centre (ZICER).