Albena Spasova is a strategic education and technology leader working at the intersection of digital transformation, trust, sovereignty and public value in education. She is Co-Founder and Chair of EdTech Bulgaria, where she supports collaboration between educators, institutions, innovators and policy actors to build a more evidence-based and responsible EdTech ecosystem.
Albena currently leads the Empower and Educate sub-squad within the Sovereignty in EdTech Squad of the European Digital Education Hub. She has also contributed as an expert member of the European Commission group that developed the Digital Education Content Guidelines for Teachers. She is an elected member of the 1EdTech Europe Advisory Board and has been active in European EdTech cooperation through the European EdTech Alliance, where is is an ex.Boar Member.
Her background combines education policy, technology, cybersecurity and international ecosystem building. Previously, Albena led Microsoft’s Education work across Central and Eastern Europe and held senior roles at eBay and in international cybercrime capacity-building. At OEB, she brings a cross-sector perspective on how education systems can adopt technology while preserving human agency, institutional autonomy, interoperability and trust.