Dalila Belkhiri is a Health Innovation Expert with more than 16 years of experience in the field of science and business.
She graduated with a MSc in virology and a Master of advanced Studies in biotherapy in Paris. She worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and then at the University of Cambridge as a Research Scientist in collaboration with the NHS Blood transfusion on blood safety matters.
Dalila holds an MBA obtained in Cambridge US, and has since focused her career on innovation, health technology, digital health and AI within the start-up ecosystem, with an emphasis on ethics and human wellbeing.
New technologies have plunged her into deeptech through blockchain, AI and digital twins, which she has quickly associated with health in general, medtech, digital health, diagnostic assistance and also the non-health sector, but always on the basis of the same technologies applied to conscious cities, digital identity and authentication, and the tokenisation of tangible assets in all sectors of activity.
Dalila works as an expert for the European Union on innovative health issues. She is also an entrepreneur and has held a number of senior positions in various private institutions at international level. For several years, she worked as a senior consultant in a start-up studio and as an executive and director for a number of companies in the fields of strategic processes, innovation strategy, business development and cross-sector value enhancement. She has also spoken at a number of events in Europe and the MENA region, and is a jury member/expert at Masschallenge Switzerland and Abu Dhabi SME Hub.
Dalila is currently COO of a high-tech start-up and advises a number of companies on strategic processes, innovation strategy and business development.