Balazs Fürjes has more than 20 years of entrepreneurship, and leadership experience on executive and board level. Expert in cultural transformation, innovation, EU funds, strategy, and negotiation. An advocate for social impact, experimental learning, and negotiating win-win solutions. 

EIT Health InnoStars is one of the seven geographical areas of EIT Health. It covers half of Europe, including Hungary, Italy, Poland and Portugal, as well as additional regions included in the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme – Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Romania. 

Headquartered in Budapest, EIT Health InnoStars brings together 23 Core and Associate Partners. Together with them, EIT Health InnoStars is focussing on promoting entrepreneurship, innovation and education in the domain of healthcare, healthy living and active ageing. Concentrating on closing the gap between regions that are leaders in innovation and those regions which are still progressing.