Iwona Preis

Iwona Preis is a Director and board member at Intercult as well as chr/CEO of Smart Sweden. President of European cultural network River//Cities Platform Foundation, board member of Kulturreservatet People University.

Working in the intersection of knowledge, projects and cultural advocacy for more culture in Europe and better social conditions for creative freelancers. Creating international and intersectoral bridges to stimulate more cultural actions and cross-pollinate ideas between those who wouldn’t otherwise meet.

�She is an initiator and leader of international cultural collaborations, creating partnerships and facilitating international partners’ teams from EU and beyond. Educated at Gdansk University and University of Stockholm in culture administration and marketing communications, she has extensive leadership experience from the cultural independent sector, and she is an expert on EU culture & politics. Initiator and leader of partnerships within Creative Europe, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ She creates spaces for exploratory meetings between art & society using artistic methods for exploration of complex societal challenges like urban climate resilience, urban planning with contested post-industrial cultural heritage, digital tools for art & education. Since 2015 President of the European, members driven cultural platform River//Cities, engaging in impact of culture on sustainable development on urban waterfronts. She is operating Europe Direct Information Centre in Stockholm. Ad a leader of Smart Sweden, engaging in platform economy by dealing with activity management of creative freelancers.