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Francesca Colloca<\/h1>

Head of Innovation<\/h4>

London Legacy Development Corporation<\/h4>

Speaker Biography<\/h3>

Francesca is an innovation strategist with a keen interest in social, economic and environmental impact. Her professional background spans urban regeneration, regional economic development, housing, education, grassroots community development \u2013 and she\u2019s worked to forge public, private, third sector and academic partnerships to drive systems and place-based change her entire career. <\/p>\n

As Head of Innovation for SHIFT, Francesca is establishing SHIFT: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park\u2019s innovation agency and partnership. SHIFT positions the Olympic Park as a national innovation asset, with a physical and digital testbed for innovation, robust support structures to help scale impactful innovation and with an ecosystem of 150+ organisations. SHIFT organises its work around solving some of the biggest issues we face in modern city life: tackling the climate emergency, improving health and wellbeing, and upgrading mobility systems. The mission-led model has inclusive and responsible innovation at its heart.<\/p>

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