June 2023

June 27, 2023
Talking CEE with CMS — Greenfield investment opportunities | Online

I was a guest speaker and set the scene for the roundtable discussions by sharing important trends and opportunities for investments, looking at and comparing some key data for several CEE countries like Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine. 

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June 22, 2023
Ukraine Recovery Conference | London

I hosted the Tech for Transformation session at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London.

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June 20, 2023
Success and Failure: Innovative tourism with VIP Silven’s Hristo Yanev

Hristo Yanev, the founder and CEO of Bulgaria-based VIP Silven and a number of other companies, spoke with Andrew Wrobel about how his company has embraced autonomous vehicles and other innovative solutions in tourism. 

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June 13, 2023
Emerging Founders vol. 1 | London

I moderated a panel discussion with Anne-Marie Martin, Carolyn Dawson, and Russ Shaw, exploring growth opportunities for emerging Europe start-up founders in London and more broadly, in the United Kingdom.

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June 13, 2023
London Tech Week | London

I hosted a panel discussion focused on the resilience of the Ukrainian tech sector with Danae Dholakia, Oleksandr Griban, and Konstantin Vasyuk, at London Tech Week.

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June 11, 2023
the Last word: Enabling innovation in healthcare

The secret to fostering innovation in hospitals is to harness clinical and research curiosity and their ambition to better clinical yields.

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June 6, 2023
Sustainable Impact: Tech for sustainability with Microsoft’s Petra Čiček

Petra Čiček, Sustainability Lead at Microsoft Central Europe, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about how digitalisation, sustainability, and growth are interconnected and about how the digital skills of the general population are correlated with lower air pollution and more sustainable behaviour. 

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June 6, 2023
EIT Inspirational Talks | Online

I hosted an online event exploring innovations in conservative healthcare ecosystems with Shiri Carmielli, Yona Vaisbuch, and Ravit Warsha Dor.

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June 6, 2023
Labena Ventures Bootcamp | Online

I was a mentor at Labena Ventures: CEE’s first accelerator for medicine, biotechnology, food and pharmaceuticals.

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June 4, 2023
the Last word: Thinking sustainably from the start (up) 

If you are a start-up founder, whatever product or service you are developing, look at it with a sustainability lens and reflect on how it leads to a better future, globally and in emerging Europe in particular. 

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