Bernhard Kowatsch

United Nations World Food Programme / Head of Innovation Accelerator

Bernhard Kowatsch is Head of the Innovation Accelerator at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The Innovation Accelerator aims to accelerate disruptive innovations to reach a world without hunger supporting entrepreneurs and startups through a human-centered design and a lean startup approach. Innovations include blockchain, agri-tech, global connectivity and Artificial Intelligence.

Previously, Bernhard co-founded the ShareTheMeal app, built up WFP’s Business Innovation team and worked as Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) for global tech and industrial goods companies.

Bernhard Kowatsch will be sharing insights from the World Food Programme’s Innovation Accelerator at this year’s SingularityU Germany Summit on June 4 & 5, 2018 in Berlin.