Anette Schaefer CEO, EIT Culture & Creativity Anette Schaefer is the CEO of EIT Culture & Creativity, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s Knowledge and Innovation Community dedicated to the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI). She leads a pan-European ecosystem focused on driving innovation, scaling ventures, and unlocking investment opportunities across creative industries. With extensive international experience across Europe, Asia, and the United States, Anette specialises in digital transformation, venture scaling, and public-private partnership models. Her work is centred on translating innovation into market-ready solutions, with a strong focus on AI, intellectual property, and new value creation models for the creative economy. She is actively engaged in shaping Europe’s innovation and investment landscape, contributing to discussions on AI, competitiveness, and the future of EU funding frameworks, including FP10.