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28 Feb 2021 | Podcast
Healthcare Hackers: EIT Health InnoStars — Tamás Békási

Tamás Békási, RIS Business Creation Manager at the EIT Health InnoStars, spoke with Andrew Wrobel about the current trends in health tech, opportunities and challenges, and offers plenty of advice to future healthcare hackers.

25 Feb 2021 | Speaker & host
Future of IT in emerging Europe | online

I hosted an online event discussing the launch of Emerging Europe's flagship report.

16 Feb 2021 | Podcast
Sustainable Impact: Digital habits with Monika Czerwonka

Monika Czerwonka, a professor at the Warsaw School of Economics and an expert in behavioural finance with specific interest in cognitive reflection test and experimental finance, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about how the Covid pandemic has impacted the way we make use of services, shop, invest and spend and what digital skills we will need in...

09 Feb 2021 | Podcast
Sustainable Impact: France and CEE with Romain Le Quiniou

Romain Le Quiniou, managing director at Euro Créative, a French think tank focused on the emerging Europe region, and a fellow at WISE Europa, speaks to Andrew Wrobel about the need to trigger a debate about future relations between the region and France and the need to raise awareness about opportunities in the region.

28 Jan 2021 | Speaker & host
Ukrainian Mission to the UK | online

I hosted the event.

19 Jan 2021 | Podcast
Sustainable Impact: Start-up ecosystems with Jerzy Brodzikowski

In the latest edition of Emerging Europe Talks, Andrew Wrobel speaks with Jerzy Brodzikowski, general manager at the Cambridge Innovation Centre Warsaw, about what comprises an entrepreneurial ecosystem that brings results.

12 Jan 2021 | Podcast
Sustainable Impact: Smart urban living with Radu Puchiu

In the first episode of Emerging Europe Talks in 2021, Andrew Wrobel speaks to Radu Puchiu, one of the founders of H.appycities, a Romanian start-up that builds digital platforms and mobile applications that empower communities, regions, cities or countries to think and act intelligently, aided by technology, for the benefit of the citizens.

22 Dec 2020 | Podcast
Sustainable Impact: The Covid pandemic’s impact on democracy, with Anamaria Dutceac Segesten

In the final episode of the Emerging Europe Talks series for 2020, Andrew Wrobel speaks with Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, an associate professor at the Department of Strategic Communications at Lund University, and an expert in political communication, social media, European politics and democracy, about the changes to our social, economic and political lives that the pandemic...

21 Dec 2020 | Podcast
Healthcare Hackers: Kazaam Lab — Treating patients with precision

Simona Rombo, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Palermo and one of the founders and the CEO of Kazaam Lab, spoke with Andrew Wrobel about the challenges her start-up has faced and overcome, as well as offering some tips for young researchers developing health solutions.

08 Dec 2020 | Podcast
Sustainable Impact: Female leadership with Olga Grygier-Siddons

Andrew Wrobel speaks with Olga Grygier-Siddons, a business advisor and a mentor with over 30 years of experience working in professional services advising private and public sector clients in more than 30 countries. She is also a former CEO of PwC Central and Eastern Europe and the first female Member of the PwC Global Strategy Council....