Dr. Iris Arbel

Iris Arbel has over 20 years of experience in managing innovation and developing innovation cultures in companies. She has a Ph.D. from the Technion. Her doctoral research focused on harnessing creativity within teams to foster innovation.

Iris serves as Managing Director of Israel at SIT Company. SIT - Systematic Inventive Thinking® is a is a privately owned innovation consultancy, headquartered in Tel Aviv, working both in Israel and all over the world. Alongside, she has served as a VP for Strategy and Innovation at Tadbik.

For a decade, Iris has been a partner in setting up and managing the day-to-day of the Knowledge Centre for Innovation at the Technion, promoting innovation in the Israeli economy at the national level by consulting and influencing policy making.

Her long years of experience has led her to develop tools and practical methods for promoting innovation in both social and business sectors.