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12 Feb 2023 | Column
the Last word: Tales from the stage

A good panel discussion should be informative, engaging, and entertaining. But moderators are reliant on their guests playing by the rules.

05 Feb 2023 | Column
the Last word: Russia’s isolation must be total

There can be no half-measures when it comes to isolating Russia. Companies continuing to do business with Russia cannot claim that they are meeting their ESG targets.

02 Feb 2023 | Speaker & host
#LiveonEE | online

I moderated an online discussion about the role of regulators in climate finance.

29 Jan 2023 | Column
Last word: Hacking the narrative

A recent hackathon dedicated to countering disinformation was won by a Ukrainian team that focuses on identifying false narratives and analysing their scale.

22 Jan 2023 | Speaker & host
1991 Media Hackathon | online

I was a juror selecting the best project in one of four thematic areas — tools for generating trends, news mapping, plugins spotting fake news/biased media, ML and AI instruments used for fact-checking.

22 Jan 2023 | Column
the Last word: Sustainable leadership

The Emerging Europe Talks podcast will soon celebrate its third anniversary. Here’s a look back at some of the most inspiring interviews – focused on inclusivity – we have recorded in that period. 

17 Jan 2023 | Podcast
InnoStars Talks: Professor Krzysztof Klincewicz — Collaborative innovation

Balázs Fürjes invites to a chat with Professor Krzysztof Klincewicz from the Faculty of Management at Warsaw University. The discussion, hosted by Andrew Wrobel focuses on the importance of collaborative innovation in boosting innovation in the European Union, particularly in countries with moderate or modest innovation scores.

17 Jan 2023 | Podcast
InnoStars Talks: Professor Guido Boella — European digital innovation hubs

Balázs Fürjes invites to a chat with Professor Guido Boella, Vice-Rector for Enterprises at the University of Turin. The discussion, hosted by Andrew Wrobel focuses on the role of digital innovation hubs in strengthening innovation in the European Union, particularly in countries with moderate or modest innovation scores.

15 Jan 2023 | Column
the Last word: Events worth returning to

Putting together an engaging event that participants will find worth their time requires a number of ingredients that often go beyond the theme, or the quality of speakers.

10 Jan 2023 | Podcast
Sustainable impact: The resilience of Ukraine’s IT industry, with Konstantin Vasyuk

Konstantin Vasyuk, executive director of the IT Ukraine Association, whose members employ over 85,000 IT specialists, spoke to Andrew Wrobel about the resilience of the Ukrainian IT sector. According to a recent report, Do IT like Ukraine, the industry brought six billion US dollars in export revenue to the economy and grew by 10 per cent...