Totti Könnölä
Foresight and Innovation | Circular, Blue and Climate-Positive Economy
Dr Totti Könnölä is a Finnish expert in foresight, innovation and sustainability, based in Madrid since 2003. He is a manager, expert, mentor and speaker, and you may find him at meetings in Brussels, international conferences or startup presentation panels. He is the CEO of the sustainability and innovation consultancies Luonto, SL and Insight Foresight Institute, SL, as well as an associate professor of Foresight, Innovation and Circular Economy at the University of Alcalá. He has served several directorates-general and agencies of the European Commission and numerous international and national entities. Among other works, he is co-author of the Palgrave Macmillan book ‘Eco-innovation: When competitiveness and sustainability shake hands’, translated into Spanish and Chinese, as well as ‘The Circular Economy: Economic, Managerial and Policy Implications’, published by Springer. Könnölä is a member of the board of directors of the Sustainability College Bruges and a member of ‘los 100 de Cotec’, a group of experts from the Cotec Foundation for Innovation. Dr. Könnölä holds a PhD in Science (Technology) from Helsinki University of Technology and a Master's degree in Environmental Economics from the University of Helsinki. He is fluent in Finnish, English and Spanish, and has an intermediate level of French and Swedish.
