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Florence Rizzo
Co-founder of SynLab
ELIG Fellow
frizzo@syn-lab.fr
www.syn-lab.fr
MODERATOR
Personal Profile
Florence Rizzo is the co-founder of SynLab, an independent organization with a
mission to bring great and innovative ideas to life in the field of education
(www.syn-lab.fr). SynLab promotes innovation in France and works as a citizen
Research and Development body that mobilizes researchers, educators, private and
public sector networks to co-create projects with a potential of systemic change.
Previously, she worked with Ashoka, a global network of innovative Social
Entrepreneurs and contributed to its launch in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
She founded a training program called « Challenge IMPACT » in order to support
Citizen Sector Organizations to scale up and generate more social impact.
She was nominated in June 2011 at the French National Council for New
technologies to lead a working group on e-education. She was also part of the team
of a parliamentarian to handle a report to the French ministry of Research on the
impact of new technologies on education.
She holds a Master in Political Science and International Relations and a MBA from
ESSEC Business School with a focus on social entrepreneurship.
She is an Elig Fellow.