Hildur Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir has been appointed director of the \u00deingeyinga Knowledge Network and will take up the post in April. She joins with extensive experience in innovation, culture and the creative industries, services, research and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eIt is an honour to lead the operations of H\u00fasav\u00edk Academic Centre with this powerful team. Important work is being done here for the community; from higher education services, the technological skills of children and adults, continuing education and research, to innovation and support for aspiring and current entrepreneurs, businesses and institutions. Then, we cannot fail to mention the valuable cluster development and culture that the H\u00fasav\u00edk Academic Centre has spearheaded at St\u00e9ttin in H\u00fasav\u00edk, Kistan in Langanesbygg\u00f0, as well as the collaboration at G\u00edgur. I look forward to continuing to build this ecosystem, shaping the priorities for the coming years and creating new opportunities for people and businesses in the region. And it's simply a fun place to work, H\u00fasav\u00edk Academic Centre is a place where ideas become a reality, often with joy and a little bit of adventure as our weapons,\" says Hildur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hildur is educated in psychology and pedagogy from the University of Iceland. She has worked for over a decade in fields spanning concept development, project management, marketing, consultancy and strategy. These include roles at the information design studio Kolofon and at Omnom chocolate, where she held various management positions. For the past four years, she has lived in H\u00fasav\u00edk and worked as a project manager in the fields of culture, innovation and employment counselling for the Association of Municipalities and Industrial Development of East Iceland. There, she has also been responsible for the communication and promotion of the Association's activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eThe educational, research and innovation value of the Knowledge Network will be further enhanced by the arrival of Hildur Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir. She has shown in her work that she is capable of putting new ideas into practice, is able to inspire, guide and engage creative thinking, and find a way to enhance it. The North East counties are stronger with her appointment as director," says Sigur\u00f0ur \u00de\u00f3r Gu\u00f0mundsson, chairman of the board of The Knowledge Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In recent years, Hildur has been involved in a wide range of development projects, served as a consultant for entrepreneurs and businesses, and sat on committees and grant-awarding boards. managed conferences and events such as Design Forum and the Krubb idea accelerator, and taken an active part in collaboration between municipalities, regional organisations and the Icelandic Development Fund to strengthen communities. She succeeds \u00d3li Halld\u00f3rsson, who has led the organisation since its inception in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Knowledge Network warmly welcomes Hild to the team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Photo of Hildur taken by Halld\u00f3ra Krist\u00edn Bjarnad\u00f3ttir).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hildur Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir hefur veri\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0in forst\u00f6\u00f0uma\u00f0ur \u00deekkingarnets \u00deingeyinga og tekur vi\u00f0 starfinu \u00ed apr\u00edl. H\u00fan kemur til starfa me\u00f0 v\u00ed\u00f0t\u00e6ka reynslu \u00far n\u00fdsk\u00f6pun, menningu og skapandi greinum, \u00fej\u00f3nustu, ranns\u00f3knum og menntun. \u201e\u00dea\u00f0 er hei\u00f0ur a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 lei\u00f0a starfsemi \u00deekkingarnets \u00deingeyinga me\u00f0 \u00feessu \u00f6fluga teymi. H\u00e9r er unni\u00f0 mikilv\u00e6gt starf fyrir samf\u00e9lagi\u00f0; allt fr\u00e1 h\u00e1sk\u00f3la\u00fej\u00f3nustu, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23292,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23290\/revisions\/23292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hac.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23290"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}