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August 20, 2012 11:32 am
Was Vincent van Gogh Color Blind? It Sure Looks Like It
Around a tenth of all men are color blind or color deficient, and as Joe Hanson discusses on It's Okay to Be Smart, famed painter Vincent van Gogh may have been counted among them.
Hanson references the work of Kazunori Asada, a researcher and designer who is concerned with color vision. Asada had seen some of van Gogh's work in what he calls a color vision experience room – one where the lighting conditions are meant to simulate color blindness.
Under the filtered light, I found that these paintings looked different from the van Gogh which I had always seen. I love van Gogh's paintings and have been fortunate to view a number of the originals in various art museums. This painter has a somewhat strange way to use color. Although the use of color is rich, lines of different colors run concurrently, or a point of different color suddenly appears. I've heard it conjectured that van Gogh had color vision deficiency.
However, in the van Gogh images seen in the color vision experience room, to me the incongruity of color and roughness of line had quietly disappeared. And each picture had changed into one of brilliance with very delicate lines and shades. This was truly wonderful experience.
To recreate his experience, Asada modified a color-deficiency simulator he had previously designed to better mimic more subtle variations of color blindness. He has a number of striking examples of the master painter's works reimagined. The simulator is freely available, and allows you to simulate the experiences of the one-in-ten men (and fewer women) you may know with some form of color vision deficiency.
Here, Hanson filtered the watercolor art of Michele Banks through Asada's tool to show normal vision, red-green color blindness (known as protanopia, top right), blue-yellow color blindness (tritanopia, bottom right), and red-green-yollow color blindness (deuteranopia, bottom left.)
When turned on the natural world, the varying forms of color deficiency produce striking results.
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Does it mean anything that the P and D photos look the exact same to me? Or should they look the same?
Comment by Reta Murphy — August 20, 2012 @ 1:02 pm
The P and D photos look the same to me, too, and as far as I know I have perfect colour vision.
Comment by Colin Schultz — August 20, 2012 @ 1:28 pm
Ummm, they are all different! My mother has always thought she has a rare 'colour difference'. She can't tell blue from green, or pink from orange – so she will miss, for instance, a bank of bluebells which look the same colour as the grass. Looking at this I wonder if she actually has what you call deuteranopia? We'd be very interested to know. She can sail through colour blindness charts at the optician, but she definitely does see things quite differently. She tells me that the painter, Constable, saw the world just as she does because his paintings look like exact representations of it, while as to most people, I think, they are a bit dark. Her parents were first cousins, so it is possible she has a very rare form of colour blindness.
Comment by Pippa — August 20, 2012 @ 2:03 pm
of possible interest:-
"Van Gogh's yellow palette." 20.7 minutes with narration
Comment by Dr. Wilfred Arnold — August 20, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
How about digoxin overdose derived from foxglove which is also the pigment used to provide the violet and puplish blues in his paintings. It causes vision changes
Comment by Medic1532 — August 22, 2012 @ 10:12 am
The top right and bottom left of both the cell divisions and the birds look the same to me…is that on purpose or am I colorblind in some way?
I am a painter as well so I suppose it would be a good idea to know.Comment by Daniel Fleming — August 22, 2012 @ 11:45 am
Funny that we could rave about Van Gogh's use of color only to learn that maybe we don't see what he actually intended.
On another note, the P and D panels look pretty similar to me as well. Maybe the yellows in the D panel are a little less saturated but that's about the only difference that I can tell.
Comment by DanielP — August 22, 2012 @ 12:10 pm
I'm red-green blind, and c, p, and d all look the same to me. It's neat to know that I've always seen "Starry Night" the way it's intended to look lol
Comment by Chad r — August 22, 2012 @ 2:30 pm
It would be far more useful to provide the images as a downloadable packet, due to the limitations of color on the web.
Comment by Heidi — August 26, 2012 @ 9:31 pm
HI, I'm Joe, referenced by Colin from the original post.
Many people have pointed out that the P and D panels of the color simulations look almost the same, if not identical. Protanopia and deuteranopia, while affecting different photoreceptor types, actually produce similar effects. Although the "red" photoreceptor is called "red", the wavelengths that it recognizes overlap quite a bit with the "green". You can see this here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Cones_SMJ2_E.svg/240px-Cones_SMJ2_E.svg.png
So having colorblindness affecting either of those, while different in name, is a similar color deficiency.
Comment by Joe Hanson — August 27, 2012 @ 10:52 am
There is no proof that Van Gogh was colorblind. This is just someone's hypothesis. No actual proof has been presented here.
Comment by Joyce — September 25, 2012 @ 6:12 pm
It seems like this theory about color blindness comes from someone who has not researched a thing about Van Gogh–like reading what the artist said about his works or understanding the contemporary theories that surrounded art in the late 19th century.
In this case, does this "researcher" know what every first-year art history student does: that Van Gogh was interested in contemporary color theories of simultaneous contrast?
Van Gogh was not interested in painting an exact reality–but exploring the powers inherent in color and especially in unusual contrasts. So yes, his colors may *not* look like the "real world," but they clearly reflect the color theories he wrote about frequently.
We are lucky enough to have 15 years worth of Van Gogh's prolific letters, all of which are available on the web. Van Gogh wrote over and over about his interest in these widely-circulated theories of color–particularly Charles Blanc, who wrote about how colors are strengthened when placed directly next to their opposite on the color circle: http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let536/letter.html
On Blanc: http://www.colorsystem.com/?page_id=834&lang=en
Frustrated to see such an odd, unsupported, under-researched theory highlighted by the Smithsonian!
Comment by Amy — September 28, 2012 @ 1:46 pm
First Kazunori Asada has repeatedly stated he is not making a conclusion merely an observation. And the claims about van Gogh's color usage sounds like puffery to sell a painting that isn't representational. IOW "Oh, I meant to do that".
Comment by Billy — October 12, 2012 @ 11:11 am
I have been told I have some color deficiency because the common charts with numbers on them are not clear to me. The colors are there to the point I see them plainly but not in the distinct pattern forming clear numbers. I see almost the entire spectrum of colors and light, only dark blue and black can be a hard pick in certain light conditions, but I maintain everyone has that same difficulty under those conditions.
When I made color wheel charts in school for a fine art class they were good. I don't get it and it annoys me when someone discounts me for being color blind in a patronizing fashion when I CAN see ALL THE COLORS THEY CLAIM I CAN NOT! even your dramatizations of examples are plain to me as different, frame by frame.
My main irritation is with opportunities denied me because of an archaic and flawed system having labeled me as "color blind." But as I am 58 now I don't care.Comment by Bruce A Comeau — May 17, 2013 @ 3:08 pm
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I don\'t think there is any limit. It seems, and there are a lot of thoughts on the subject related material, that every thing exists on perspective alone. There are people that think that from scientific communities, relating to quantum mechanics I think, to all the different occult schools of thought and then to psionics. I think it\'s like a battle of wills. A global, or multi-universal, conciousness of sorts that has like a will setup. Basically if you will it you can do it, that\'s been a global idea in different religions and things and Aleister Crowley\'s main quote was something like \"Do what thou wilt\". But anyway, the point is, I would think as long as you have no uncertainty in your mind then you have unlimited potential. I think it could be sort of placed down as an equation, a rather poor and off the top of my head as it is:
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A plan to phase out sales tax money paid by towns to Cumberland County got a cool reception Tuesday from the Board of Commissioners.
The proposal from the county's mayors would see the county lose an additional $318,787 each year for the next 20 years, a total of more than $6 million. The plan is up for discussion Thursday by the county's Finance Committee, but commissioners weighed in at Tuesday's full board meeting - and they weren't impressed.
"What justification is being used to suggest that?" Commissioner Billy King asked.
State law lets counties decide how to share sales tax revenue with towns, either by population or tax base. Cumberland County shares more than $75 million with its municipalities based on population. For the last 10 years, the towns have reimbursed the county 50 percent of the sales tax revenue they receive from annexed areas.
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November 18, 2009
Bryan Williams Was A Crappy Son - Jailed After Neglecting Mother Who Died With Maggot Filled Wounds
Union, South Carolina (The Weekly Vice) - Bryan Scott Williams, a 46-year-old South Carolina man has been arrested after he neglected his mother so severely, she arrived at the hospital with maggot filled sores before passing away.
According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, deputies were notified after Williams brought his live-in mother, Carol Ruth Williams, to the hospital after finding her unresponsive on the family couch.
When hospital staff attempted to treat the 67-year-old woman, they noticed swollen red wounds on her body along with maggots that were found inside her wounds. The woman was transferred to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center where she died later the same day.
Williams explained to deputies that his mother hadn't been able to get off the sofa on her own in about a month. He went on to explain his mother used adult diapers as a substitute for using the restroom.
Deputies visited Williams' mobile home to discover a horrifying sight.... Enormous piles of trash filled the living room to a point where the floor could no longer be seen in most places. The bathroom was covered with black mold and the bedroom floor was covered with piles and piles and piles of dog feces.
"This is a tragic situation. It started as a case of neglect of a vulnerable adult and ended up costing her life," said Union County Sheriff, David Taylor.
Williams was booked into the Union County Detention Center on a charge of homicide by neglect. Bond in his case was set at $100,000.
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- Bad Karma said...
Dude......no, seriously...
- November 19, 2009 at 1:16 AM
That is a really nice picture of the pile of dog shit. It takes dedication to get it "just so". It is obvious he takes a lot of time and care in his work, bravo sir. (I need to go stop gagging now)
- November 19, 2009 at 3:49 AM
- Ida_Slapter said...
Charged with neglect! That's outrageous! Look at the picture. She has a brand new microwave next to the couch. Plenty of milk and soda. A television. He put a chair in the shower for her and kept all the dog shit in another room.
The D.A. is only picking on him because his true identity is Michael Moore.
(Please excuse me now as I have a little puke in the back of my throat.) - November 19, 2009 at 4:41 AM
- Ida_Slapter said...
Anytime you have to use a shovel to do housework you need to re-evaluate your priorities.
- November 19, 2009 at 5:16 AM
- mrbowtie said...
That has to be the most extensive dog shit collection I have ever seen! How the hell did the neighbors stand the smell of this place?
- November 19, 2009 at 5:56 AM
- Big Daddy said...
Oh, man. I must remember not to read this blog during breakfast.
- November 19, 2009 at 6:36 AM
- JuggaletteSTL said...
Danny you should post the link to the rest of the pictures! This one here:
How in the hell could he even stand to live like this? Let alone let his mother die in this filth! - November 19, 2009 at 8:48 AM
Holy Crap!
- November 19, 2009 at 9:06 AM
If he's going to put effort into creating the "neat" pile of dog poop, why not just toss it outside?? Or in a garbage?
Black mold, wow....probably giving both of them some real health problems more than anything else in the house! - November 19, 2009 at 9:41 AM
This has got to be a new low for housekeeping. I mean you read these stories, and they sometimes state dog feces in the house, but these pictures really show what words can't describe.
I'm surprised the maggots weren't too disgusted to live there. - November 19, 2009 at 10:38 AM
i just lost my appetite
for the rest of the day. - November 19, 2009 at 10:49 AM
How would you like to be in the slammer with this guy? I bet he smells like crap literally.
- November 19, 2009 at 1:25 PM
and to think, this was a motor home...not a lot of places for that stink to go.
- November 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM
- magnificentjay said...
(lost for words)
- November 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Boy he sure is a nice caring human being.
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November 19, 2009 3:49 AM
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The D.A. is only picking on him because his true identity is Michael Moore.
That is too good.... will laugh all weekend long on that one. - November 20, 2009 at 12:12 PM
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The original anthem created in 1974 by Brad and the Classics, will soon be created for the Rock Band Network. Written by Brad Davis at age 16, this song is a Chuck Berry-styled 3 bar rock number (Johnny B. Goode feel). There are 2 distinct lead guitar solos; driving rythym, strong bass line and classic 4/4 drums. This approach to the song was chosen because Evel Knievel was often referred to as "Elvis on a motorcycle" Evel's jumpsuits and cape were inspired by Elvis Presley. So, a fitting style of music.
Recorded in June of 1974 at the Civic Center Music Hall studio in Oklahoma City, only 5 - 45 rpm vinyls, (one for each member of the band, and one for the jukebox at the Toro club where the band played) were cut.
Brad and the Classics split up in Nov. of 1974. The band consisted of 4 high school students, Brad Davis -16 (lead guitar/vocals), Terry Montgomery (drums) - 17, Don Bolton (rythym guitar) - age 17, and Mike Bolton (bass) - 15. This was the only 45 ever produced by this group.
In 1994, after 20 years, only 1 single 45 rpm had survived. In June of 1994, this 45 was presented to Robert Craig "EVEL" Knievel in person at Lynn Hickey Dodge in Oklahoma City.
In 2006, Brad Davis recreated the song using midi software and created a crude music video and uploaded to youTube. Here is that creation:
Although not a highly complicated or technical piece of music, it is a lot of fun.
To date, there have been almost 400,000 views of this tribute to the late daredevil.
Now, after 35 years, EVEL KNIEVEL will hopefully become legendary on ROCK BAND as well. (Of course a new high fidelity recording will be required) Stay tuned..
EVEL KNIEVEL - words and music © 1974-2009 Russell B. Davis


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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- Seventeen commuters were injured Wednesday when Tamil Tiger rebels tried to blow up a crowded passenger train bringing workers to the capital of Sri Lanka, police said.A bomb placed on the rail track in the southern suburb of Dehiwala missed the engine and partially hit the first compartment. "A delayed explosion would have caused severe damage," a police official said.The train was headed from the southern town of Panadura, about 17 miles (27 km) away.Police were looking for a Tamil Tiger rebel who they say left behind a bag with a remote-control device. Eyewitnesses told police he ran from the area when the explosion occurred. A blast on the same track killed 13 commuters on May 26. (Courtesy : CNN ) |
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The Yorkton Film Festival is partnering with Access Communications to host its 2013 High School Film Competition.
"We're really excited about this program," said Film Festival manager Randy Goulden at a press conference announcing the competition last Wednesday. She said the competition is a positive for both "the Saskatchewan film industry and youth across our province."
This competition is open to high school students of all ages across the province and entry is free of charge.
The winners of each category will have their films screened across the province on Access Communications network.
Goulden said this is the second year for the competition, and in listening to high school instructors they have come up with a theme, Physical Acivity – Get Out, Speak Out, Act Out, which helps students focus their energies.
"The YFF is partnering with Saskatchewan In Motion, a province-wide movement that works to get kids moving more. Less than 15 per cent of Saskatchewan kids get the physical activity they need every day. Increasing the physical activity of all kids is a shared responsibility between families, schools and communities to ensure they each do their part to make sure kids get the minimum of 60 minutes of physical activity every day," detailed a YFF release.
Sheila Hryniuk, representing Saskatchewan In Motion said she is "excited to see the creativity and imagination of students."
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After chasing for 20 ½ minutes, Michigan finally tied the score at 40 with 17:42 left in the game.
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Watford broke the tie with two free throws on the next possession. Oladipo completed a three-point play, Watford made one of two free throws and Jordan Hulls hit a 3-pointer and Will Sheehey's jumper closed out the 11-0 run that gave Indiana a 51-40 lead.
Michigan roared back with an 11-2 spurt, cutting the deficit to 53-51 when Jon Horford scored on a putback with 11:02 to play.
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I send out all overseas member bulletins and Canada . Of late I have gotten a few returned. Below I list names and their State. If you have a solid address or information on any of the following , please contact me off the forum due to privacy. Email or PM will work fine and many thanks for any help . I also send out missing bulletins ( if available).
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Members of SPICE Group
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Yousef Abu-Hmeidan I's of Innovation Homepage | has 29 years of experience in Jordan and USA in fields of R&D, manufacturing, quality control, training, teaching and incubation businesses. In the last four years, he held the position of the first director of the Jordan Innovation Centre (JIC) for Engineers and Industrial Enterprises at the Royal Scientific Society (RSS). During that period JIC hosted 8 ... | Jordan Amman | SPICE 5 years | |
Dinah Adkins NBIA National Business Incubation Association Homepage | ... | United States Portland, OR | SPICE 15 years | |
Mohammad Allam Al-Qaed Bahrain Business Incubator Center Homepage | Has joined Bahrain Business Incubator Center (BBIC) the subsidiary of Bahrain Development Bank (BDB) in 2007. He holds Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, from the University of Bahrain. Currently Mohammad is working as an Assistant Manager in BBIC. Beside his contribution in running the existing incubator and its expansion, Mohammad is heavily involved ... | Bahrain Manama | SPICE 5 years | |
Mohamed Alaswad National Bureau for Research & Development | is the project leader for the Libyan National Project for Establishing Business and Innovation Incubators (ELITE). His vast experience in international collaboration as well as industry and research policies helps to build the necessary links for developing the incubator initiative in Libya. Mr. Alaswad systematically attended international conferences on bus... | Libya Tripolis | SPICE 6 years | |
Rosendo Alvarez Homepage | enjoys participating in pioneering projects and situations both in his native Dominican Republic and abroad, including the promotion and creation of the first technology oriented free zone park as stakeholder and first CEO of Cyberpark of Santo Domingo (www.pcsd.com.do), the first technology enabling business incubator, the Westport Applied Technology Incubato... | Dominican Republic Santo Domingo | SPICE 10 years | |
Omar Ahmed Annakou ELITE | is the Deputy Director of Libyan National Project for Establishing Business and Innovation Incubators (ELITE Project) . He is actively involved not only with building incubators in his country but also is engaged to build and develop international tional cooperation in innovation and entrepreneurship support especially within the MENAinc network of which he is... | Libya Tripolis | SPICE 6 years | |
Ilyas Azzioui Incubator Manager at the CNRST | is member of the coordinating cell of Morocco Incubation and Spin-off Network (RMIE) hosted in the National Center for Scientific Research and Technology (CNRST). He has developed much experience regarding start-up businesses / incubator clients; especially identifying their needs, organization of training, business planning or information research. Ilyas prov... | Morocco Rabat | ICECE 5 years | |
Guido Baranowski TechnologieZentrumDortmund Homepage | ... | Germany Dortmund | SPICE 13 years | |
Mercedes M. Barcelon Ayala Foundation | ... | Philippines Quezon City | SPICE 5 years | |
Richard Bendis Innovation America Homepage | ... | United States Philadelphia | SPICE 1st year | |
Larisa Brovarska SPICE Group Homepage | Larisa Brovarska, born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1999 began working for SPICE Group as freelancer supporting organization of workshops and conferences. From early 2001 she moved to Poland to build up the network's secretariat in the Science & Technology Park Poznan. In this function she also worked with the Polish Business Incubation and Innovation Centers A... | Poland Poznan | SPICE 11 years | |
Bong Jin Cho KOBIA Korean Business Incubator Association Homepage | ... | South Korea Taejon | SPICE 9 years | |
Omar Cisse CTIC Dakar ICT Incubator Homepage | ... | Senegal Dakar | ICECE 1st year | |
Domnica Cotet CITAf Technology and Business Incubator Centrer Homepage | ... | Romania Bucharest | SPICE 15 years | |
Franz Dietrich | Mr. Franz Dietrich (German), born 1952 in Berlin, is an Economist and now an independent advisor with over 30 years of experience in Regional and SME Development and corresponding capacity building projects specifically focusing on Business Incubators, Science and Technology Parks. Mr. Dietrich has worked in a range of developing and emerging countries on E... | Germany Eschbach | SPICE 10 years | |
Rositsa Djambazova MBDN Bulgarian Association of Business Incubators and Business Innovation Centers Homepage | joined the SPICE network as President of the National Business Development Network of Bulgaria. Rositsa also is managing director of the business incubator in Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria. She has worked on numerous international projects in business incubation, for example, as regional coordinator for ECA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) for the "International ... | Bulgaria Gotse Delchev | SPICE 9 years | |
Heinz Fiedler SPICE Group Homepage | is (elected) President of SPICE Group and has facilitated the activities of this network since its beginning in the year 1991. He is a pioneer in business incubation and technology commercialization and has received recognition for turning economic theory into practical results through creative international collaborations. Most recently his activities, for ... | Germany Berlin | SPICE 22 years | |
Rolf Friedrichsdorf rfi Berlin, PHOENIX Business Incubator Berlin Homepage | is managing the Phoenix Business Incubator in Berlin. He also was active in the national association as a Vice Chairman of ADT untile May 2010, the German Federal Association of Innovation, Technology and Business Incubation Centers. Before entering into the world of business incubation Rolf worked in a number of assignments in industry and enterprise promot... | Germany Berlin | SPICE 9 years | |
Mbarou Gassama Senegal Women and Youth Business Incubator Homepage | ... | Senegal Dakar | ICECE 3 years | |
Reham Gharbiyeh Al Urdonia Lil Ebda Homepage | is the Executive Director of Al-Urdonia Lil-Ebda'Co, which was established by a consortium of public, semi governmental and private sector institutions to support start ups, innovation and entrepreneurs in North and South region of Jordan. Reham joined the Company in the year 2006, and became the executive director in 2009. The Company owns and manages thre... | Jordan Irbid | SPICE 4 years | |
Steven Giddings infoDev | has over 20 years of business experience and has worked in various large firms before establishing a start-up company in the coffee industry in the year 2002. In allocating part of his time to consulting, he is currently the Regional Facilitator for Africa in the Incubator Initiative of infoDev (World Bank). Prior to this, he was interim CEO of a European Unio... | South Africa Pretoria | SPICE 6 years | |
Hatem Hamad ICT Incubator - Gaza Homepage | ... | Palestine Gaza | ICECE 2 years | |
Barbara Harley Harley Consulting Group | ... | United States Palo Alto, California | SPICE 22 years | |
Peter Harman UKBI (UK Business Incubation) Homepage | As Chief Executive of UK Business Incubation (UKBI), Peter has worked in innovation and entrepreneurship through best practice business incubation throughout the UK, in Europe, Central Asia, Oman, India, Saudi Arabia, the Caribbean, Sri Lanka (including, for example, for the World Bank, the European Commission and a number of national governments including Mex... | United Kingdom Birmingham | SPICE 10 years | |
Christian Herrmann Public-Private-Partnership | ... | Germany Buxtehude | SPICE 22 years | |
Uwe Hoppe BIC Frankfurt (Oder) GmbH Homepage | Curriculum Vitae Name: Uwe Hoppe Age: 51 Citizenship German Qualification: Diploma Ingenieur Studies: 1973 – 1978 Technical University for Food Technology in Plovdiv/ Bulgaria Work experience: 1979 – 1989 Economic Council, head of department 1990 – 1993 Head of the Agency for Boosting the Economy of the town Frankfurt (Oder... | Germany Frankfurt / Oder | SPICE 15 years | |
Mikael Hult Milt AB | In 1980 Mikael founded his first company, Instrutec, together with two student partners. This was one of the first spin-offs from Linköping University and the first company in Sweden to attract venture capital (1982). The company became market leader in the north of Europe in its market segment, public and internal information systems. After a successful mana... | Sweden Linköping | SPICE 3 years | |
Karl-Heinz Jach | is well experienced in business incubation. In 1990 he was on of a small group of enthusiasts starting the first 15 business incubators in the new German States (after unification of Germany made this kind of activities possible). He became managing director of the Technology Center Warnemünde and laid the cornerstone for the successful development of this te... | Germany Rostock | SPICE 8 years | |
R.M.P. Jawahar Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks Homepage | is Executive Director, Tiruchirapalli Regional Engineering College - Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park and Vice Chairman, Indian Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park and Business Incubators Association, ISBA, India. He is Member of National Committee for Technology and Innovation, Confederation of Indian Industries, New Delhi, Member of Board of G... | India Tiruchiappalli | SPICE 9 years | |
Veniamin Kaganov International Institute for Entrepreneurship and Investments | ... | Russia Moscow | SPICE 14 years | |
Laith I. Kassis EnterVentures Homepage | has over 15 years of experience in business - most recent he is managing an incubator servicing start-up companies in Palestine. His role at the incubator included the design and implementation of incubation processes and programs that included marketing, policies and procedures and outreach campaign designing and executing the pre-incubation programs. Laith ... | Palestine Birzeit | ICECE 5 years | |
Mervi Käki InnoPraxis International Ltd Homepage | since January 2008 is partner, CEO, Chief Advisor of InnoPraxis International Ltd, a consulting firm provid-ing advisory and management support services in the spheres of innovation policy, science and technology parks, business incubation and clustering. As Chief Advisor in InnoPraxis Mervi consulted organizations in many countries like. She is continually de... | Finland Hämeenlinna | ICECE 3 years | |
Slava Khodko Center for International Cooperation | ... | Russia St. Petersburg | SPICE 22 years | |
Yeung-Shik Kim KOBIA Korean Business Incubation Association | since 2004 is Director and Professor at the Business Incubation Center of Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Korea. After having been Vice President of KOBIA, Korean Business Incubation Association, (2006-2007) he since this year is Secretary General of the Korean Business Incubation Association. Graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Y... | South Korea Daejeon | SPICE 5 years | |
Tracy Kitts National Business Incubation Association Homepage | Tracy Kitts has been with the National Business Incubation Association since May 2000 and is currently its Acting CEO. He oversees the internal operations and finances of the 2,100-plus member organization of incubator managers, developers and other Economic Development professionals. He manages a staff of 13. NBIA currently has members from over 60 nations, m... | United States Athens, Ohio | SPICE 1 year | |
Jana Klementova BIC Pilsen Homepage | ... | Czech Republic Plzen | SPICE 15 years | |
Karl-Heinz Klinger TECHNOSTART GmbH Homepage | is making innovative findings and developments from Russia available for international business coopera-tion in an easy-to-find way. He has established a web based brokerage system (see www.technostart.de and there click on "Innovationsbörse") with offers from many different technologies, e.g. biotechnology, medicine, chemistry, new materials, electronics... | Germany Wildau | SPICE 12 years | |
Ron Kysiak Retired, Northwestern University/Evanston Research Park, Eva Klein Associates, Lupke Associates Homepage | I have worked on research park strategic planning, development of incubators, raising and implementing seed capital funds and other facets of technology-based economic development for the past 29 years, putting together parks with both government and private sector partnerships in both New Haven, Connecticut (Yale University, Olin Corporation) and Evanston, Il... | United States Newton, Wisconsin | SPICE 13 years | |
Yongsam Lee Institute of Korea Entrepreneurship Development (IKED) | from 1994 to 2002 worked as a scientist and lecturer at Daegu University, Korea. After that he joined the business incubation center of the Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, Daegu University, Korea. Since March 2005 Yong-Sam Lee is Secretary General at the Korea Business Incubation Association (KO-BIA).After graduating from the Department of Economic... | South Korea Daejeon | SPICE 5 years | |
Leon Lourens Business Systems 2000, African Incubation, SABTIA, AIN Homepage | Leon is an industrial engineer by trade and an accomplished business management professional and consultant with more than 28 years of business experience. An entrepreneur at heart with a love for nature, he is busy with an eco reserve development in SA but this has not kept him from his passion for travel, enterprise & economic development and training, h... | South Africa Centurion | SPICE 5 years | |
Gerd Meier zu Köcker VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH Homepage | is director of the agency "Competence Networks Germany" as well as the head of department International Technology Cooperation & Cluster within VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik. As manager of the agency, he is responsible for the coordination and support of currently 120 German Competence Networks www.kompetenznetze.de Furthermore he is responsible f... | Germany Berlin | ICECE 1st year | |
John Mercer King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technongy Homepage | John Mercer is an Associate Consultant for CREEDA Projects Ltd, Canberra, Australia. He is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contracted since 2008 as the Resident Consultant to King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). John provides advice and support in policy, strategic management, program integration and capacity building to KACST's BADIR Program... | Saudi Arabia Riyadh | SPICE 4 years | |
Mustapha Mezghani 2CW | ... | Tunisia Tunis | ICECE 5 years | |
Jeff Milanette Innovative Partners Inc Homepage | President of Innovative Partners, Inc., a US-based, international consulting firm offering services to incubation programs since 1986. The company has been involved in about 40 incubation-related projects since inception and has done numerous incubator feasibility studies and evaluations during that period. We have a team comprised of experts in incubation, sc... | United States Chester MD | SPICE 18 years | |
Pranas Bernardas Milius Association of Lithuanian Business Centres Homepage | ... | Lithuania Kaunas | SPICE 22 years | |
Sergej Miloshevski | 1962 graduated from the Zagreb University in Technology, Croatia 1978 has earned a Master of and Science and earned a PhD in Metallurgy in Zagreb in 1981 From 1968 until 1971 was a Director of Production in Steel Factory, Skopje 1976-1986 was a Director of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Skopje 1986-2001 was a Director of the Agency for Internat... | Macedonia Skopje | SPICE 22 years | |
Annuar Mohd Saffar Kulim Technology Park Corporation Homepage | Mr Annuar Mohd Saffar is the current Vice-President (Industrial Development & Research), Kulim Technology Park Corporation, Kulim High-Tech Park, Malaysia and SPICE member since 2006. He is also the current Honorary President(s) for Asian Association of Business Incubation (AABI, Shanghai) and National Incubator Network Association (NINA) Malaysia. Mr A... | Malaysia Kulim | SPICE 7 years | |
David Monkman AniCap Venture Partners | Former President and CEO of NBIA, the National Business Incubation Association. David he has worked in a number of countries in Asia and Africa and intends to expand the already wide international membership and activities. Also in SPICE Group David will actively seek partners for projects and initiatives that help promoting international collaboration for dev... | United States Cary, NC | SPICE 3 years | |
Fadwa Murad ICTI - ICT Incubator at Syrian Computer Society Homepage | since January 2010 as taken leadership for the ICT Incubator of the Syrian Computer Society in Damascus. At the same time she is working for the "IT studies and projects Department" of the Ministry of Communica-tion and Technology. Earlier, 1995-2009, she was Informatics & Decision Support and Decision Support Director in the Ministry of Health and me... | Syria Damascus | SPICE 3 years | |
Peter Nagy KONETT Team Homepage | ... | Hungary Budapest | SPICE 15 years | |
Sergey Naidovich JSC Homepage | since 1989 is General Director of the business incubator joint stock company "MAP JSC". Before he was Director of the Center of Youth Scientific and Technical Activity as well as teacher at the Belarus National Technical University. His links with business incubation reach back to Sergey's activity as a consultant of the UNDP Project "As-sistance to ... | Belarus Kolodischi, Minsk region | SPICE 4 years | |
Hasan Omar PICTI - The Palestine Information and Communications Technology Incubator Homepage | For the past seventeen years, Eng. Ha-san Omar has gained knowledge in the private, governmental and educational sectors working with multifaceted stakeholders. He is a practitioner in project management, institutional de-velopment,building and running startups and high-growth strategic planning, networking and part-nerships development. Hasan Omar is a foun... | Palestine Ramallah | SPICE 1 year | |
Omer Oz | is Managing Director of BBIC, Bahrain Business Incubator Center and (elected) President of MENAinc, the infoDev Middle East and North Africa network of business incubators and technololgy parks. He has been working as General Manager of ODTU-KOSGEB Technology Incubator Manager in Turkey since 1992. During his career he has developed experience in promoting an... | Bahrain Manama | SPICE 7 years | |
Klaus Plate Technologiepark Heidelberg GmbH | ... | Germany Heidelberg | SPICE 12 years | |
Jacques Pronk PROVESTA Consultancy b.v. | ... | Netherlands Helmond | SPICE 15 years | |
Gerhard Raetz IZBM GmbH Homepage | is working in Business Incubation since 1991. He developed the concept for the Innovation and Business Incubation Centre in Berlin Adlershof, Germany (opened 1991). He is Officer with procuration in the managing company of this centre, the IZBM - Innovations-Zentrum Berlin Management GmbH that has supported more than 700 companies. This company is also operati... | Germany Berlin | SPICE 5 years | |
Rakan Razouk Syrian Computer Society | is the Chairman of the Syrian Computer Society (SCS), and Vice president of Damascus University. He held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology, Damascus University 2003-2005. Dr. Razouk holds a PhD in Computer Sciences from the University Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse III, France. Since 1990, he has been a researcher and professor of Comput... | Syria Damascus | ICECE 5 years | |
Ingrid Rosten Rosten Consulting and Innovative Partners Incubation | currently is Executive Director of CleanStart (clean energy) and the McClellan Technology Incubator (MTI) (technology). CleanStart, a California clean energy initiative, developed the PowerUP! Business Plan Competition and stimulates early stage companies to provide next generation clean, renewable and efficient energy technology. Over 60 clean energy firms h... | United States McClellan, CA | SPICE 7 years | |
Wolfgang Rupp Pannonian Development Partners | by education is a Dipl. Ing. in physical engineering is active in a number of professional organisations, e.g. Federal Chamber of Business Consultants, EU-MINT/BUNT Consultant, MINT= Managing the Introduction of New Technologies, BUNT = Business-Analysis Using New Technologies. He is Managing Director of Business and Innovation Centre BIC Burgenland GmbH in Ei... | Austria Neusiedl am See | SPICE 9 years | |
Rein Ruubel Novatum Ltd Homepage | born 1951, Estonian citizen, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Guardtime Ltd.,Estonia; partner in consulting company Novatum Ltd, Estonia and ICTTI in Serbia; associate partner in investment butique The Collins Group Ltd, Canada. From 2010-2012 was a Team Leader for EU IPA project "Science and Innovation Investment Fund (SIIF), Croatia; 2012-2013 was K... | Estonia Viimsi Harjumaa | ICECE 5 years | |
Uwe Seidel VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH Homepage | is senior expert in the field of Business Incubation and Entrepreneurship in the department International Technology Cooperation & Cluster within VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik. As project director he is responsible for the project ELITE – Establishing a Libyan Incubator for Technology and Innovation. (www.eliteproject.net) His major experiences came fro... | Germany Berlin | SPICE 6 years | |
Florian Seiff Homepage | is managing director of Innovations-Zentrum Berlin Management GmbH. After his diploma in 1974 (Physics, FU Berlin) he worked for a big German laser company in its start-up and growing phase. Two years later he returned to the university for working on his PhD in the field of optical spectroscopy and starting his own laser-company. As post-doc Dr. Seiff worked ... | Germany Berlin | ICECE 5 years | |
Rima Shaban Abu Dhabi University Entrepreneurship Center Homepage | since 1992 is working at Damascus University, in direct contact with senior students supervising and mentoring technical labs and guiding graduation projects under supervision of specialized professors. She also is teaching and supervising labs and mentoring forth year and graduation projects at the department of networking and operating system. Since 2006 R... | United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi | ICECE 5 years | |
Tom Shea Retired Homepage | ... | United States Alexandria, VA | SPICE 1st year | |
Mohammed Skaik Business and Technology Incubator Homepage | ... | Palestine Gaza | ICECE 2 years | |
Francisco Soares | ... | Portugal Lisbon | SPICE 15 years | |
Aniko Soltesz Entreprenurial Incubators Association | ... | Hungary Budapest | SPICE 17 years | |
Mary Spaeth Transmera AB Homepage | The daughter of a military physician, Mary grew up in the United States, North Africa, Okinawa, and Sweden. As an undergraduate, she studied French language and culture at the Institute Catholique in Paris. In the United States, Mary has taught at Southern Methodist and Loyola Universities as a full time lecturer in English, and as adjunct professor in Marketi... | Sweden Linköping | SPICE 10 years | |
Janis Stabulnieks LTICA, Latvian Association of Technology Parks, Centers and Business Incubators Homepage | Janis Stabulnieks, Prof., Dr.habil.sc.ing. is the Managing Director of the Latvian Technological Center – the first innovation support structure established in Latvia. Since 1993, his main research in the expertise areas has revolved around the analysis and policy advice for the creation of the National Innovation System in Latvia. In 2001-2002, he was Chair... | Latvia Riga | SPICE 22 years | |
Ivan Stefanic TERA TEHNOPOLIS Ltd. Homepage | is first director of University Technology Development Centre of the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek. Stzefan is university professor and head of chair in the field of economics and entrepreneurship in agribusiness at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Faculty of Agriculture. He works intensively with the students and national and internation... | Croatia Osijek | SPICE 7 years | |
Pavel Svejda SSTP Association of Czeck Technology Parks Homepage | ... | Czech Republic Prague | SPICE 22 years | |
Raivo Tamkivi Tallinn Science Park | In Memoriam Raivo Tamkivi passed away November 22, 2012. He has been member of SPICE Group from the early days of this network. He contributed in an outstanding way to developing innovation and entrepreneurship support in his country as well as internationally. For example, he started the first incubator and the first technology park in Estonia, co-founded and co-managed ... | Estonia Tallinn | M-MEM 22 years | |
Chachanat Thebtaranonth Thai Business Incubators and Science Parks Association (Thai-BISPA) Homepage | has a very wide spectrum of busi-ness experience and President Thai-BISPA, The Thailand Asso-ciation of Science Parks and Business Incubators. She also is Senior Advisor, SCG, Senior Advisor, NSTDA, and Professor Emeritus, Mahidol University. In 1993, Professor Thebtaranonth became the Science Park Project Director at the National Science and Technology Deve... | Thailand Pathumthani | SPICE 1st year | |
Radu Ticiu Timisoara Startup Hub Homepage | ... | Romania Timisoara | ICECE 1st year | |
Hugo van Veghel TARA International Consulting Homepage | Born In Belgium in 1952 and active in project development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, academic lecturing technology transfer and partnership in the Western Balkans since 1998. PhD in Strategic Management. Established in 2008 a new consultancy firm in Serbia (Novi Sad, Vojvodina) aiming with main focus on development of creativity and innovation... | Serbia Novi Sad | ICECE 5 years | |
Ints Viksna Latvian Technology Center | ... | Latvia Riga | ICECE 2 years | |
Suwipa Wanasathop Thai Business Incubators and Science Parks Association (Thai-BISPA) Homepage | is Vice President of Thai-BISPA, the Thailand Association of Sci-ence Parks and Business Incuba-tors and of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) He also is Deputy Executive Director of the Technology Management Center. Suwipa worked as an Investment Promotion Officer for the Board of Investment, Office of the Prime Minister (1984-199... | Thailand Pathumthani | SPICE 1st year | |
Julian Webb CREEDA Projects Pty Ltd and Business Innovation and Incubation Australia Inc Homepage | CEO of one of the most successful incubators in Australia. His incubator, CREEDA in Dickson ACT, Australia, won the NBIA award "Incubator of the Year" as the first foreign business incubator. Julian is very experienced in business incubation not only on his continent, but also worked on projects in many other countries. He has an extensive network of conta... | Australia Eden | SPICE 9 years | |
Peter Welburn WELBURN & Co Homepage | English lawyer having broad commercial experience including real estate, commercial contracts, intellectual property, mediation and resolution of disputes with a particular specialisation in regulatory work so far as it relates to telephonic and broadcast media as well as all issues relevant to e-commerce including data protection, advertising and marketing et... | United Kingdom Southampton | SPICE 15 years | |
Jasper Welch National Business Incubation Association Homepage | ... | United States Athens, Ohio | SPICE 1st year | |
Richard White New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Homepage | joined New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, the New Zealand government's economic development agency, in 2002. His primary responsibility is overseeing the development of New Zealand's business incubation industry. Prior to joining NZTE Richard spent 3 years as Chief Executive of the Insurance Institute of New Zealand. This assignment followed a 15 year career in... | New Zealand Wellington | SPICE 8 years | |
Cesar Yammal Innovos Group Homepage | Experienced in the design, implementation, coordination, supervision and evaluation of international development projects in the areas of science, technology, innovation & entrepreneurship; higher education and information and communication technologies; covering technical and fiduciary aspects. Field experience in 16 countries in the Latin American and th... | Argentina Cordoba | SPICE 2 years | |
Bagrat Yengibaryan Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) Homepage | Bagrat Yengibaryan is the Director of Enterprise Incubator Foundation since 2002, managing the EIF activities on business development, marketing and promotion, management, accounting and finance, start-up creation, helping companies to improve professional and business skills, creation of learning partnerships within the industry and the univesities. In 1998... | Armenia Yerevan | SPICE 7 years | |
Krzysztof Zasiadly PBICA Homepage | Krzysztof Zasiadly has 36 years experience in regional development, NGO operations and activities, business incubation development as well as transfer of technology and innovation in Poland, Europe and Asia. He has been managing different teams since 1976 when he became Director of Polish Economic Association, Poznan Province Branch. He founded and managed t... | Poland Poznan | SPICE 22 years |