She bridges the worlds of science and art, design and technology, and academic research and industry, with a track record of over 25 years of innovation. In 2017, she was awarded European Woman Innovator of the Year and, in 2016, she was presented with an Innovation Luminary Award for  Creative Innovation by the European Commission and Intel Labs Europe. She is the Chair of the Industry Commons Foundation, founder of the global transdisciplinary Music Tech Fest community of over 7000 innovators, and innovation advisor to the European Commission and the G7 leaders.