Blog

20 Jun 2023 | Podcast
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. 

13 Jun 2023 | Speaker & host
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.

13 Jun 2023 | Speaker & host
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.

11 Jun 2023 | Column
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.

06 Jun 2023 | Podcast
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. 

06 Jun 2023 | Speaker & host
EIT Inspirational Talks | Online

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

06 Jun 2023 | Speaker & host
Labena Ventures Bootcamp | Online

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

04 Jun 2023 | Column
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. 

28 May 2023 | Column
the Last word: Emerging Europe’s impressive journey

For the last 15 months, emerging Europe has been the focus of Europe, the new heart of Europe, and this is a trend that will continue, to the region’s advantage.

23 May 2023 | Podcast
Sustainable Impact: The future of education with SET University’s Iryna Volnytska

Iryna Volnytska, president of SET University, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about the future of education, the role of technology in how we learn and how we access education.