Podcast

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...

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...

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.

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...

Robert Ackermann, CCO at Phoenix Orthosis, spoke with Andrew Wrobel about the solution, its implementation on the German market and the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the development of the product.

In this edition of Emerging Europe Talks, Turp speaks with Andrew Wrobel about how the region’s transition has been uneven, and how emerging Europe is often portrayed far too subjectively in the international media. He also discusses the importance of partnership and collaboration between all of the region’s stakeholders, from both...

Marek Dietl, the CEO of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about how perception plays an important role across emerging Europe, and says that companies are far more ESG-compliant than they are given credit for. The Warsaw Stock Exchange’s ESG Index and the ESG guidelines created by the...

In the latest episode of Emerging Europe Talks, Thibault Muzergues, Europe programme director at the International Republican Institute, discusses the initiative from both an American and European perspective.

Alan Mutka, one of the founders and chief technology officer at Cognitus Limited, as well as  a senior lecturer and research associate at the Rochester Insitute of Technology Croatia, spoke with Andrew Wrobel about his solution, as well as the challenges his start-up has faced.

Russ Shaw, the founder of Global Tech Advocates, London Tech Advocates and London Tech Week, speaks with Andrew Wrobel about why joining Tech Emerging Europe Advocates can help start-ups to connect with tech entrepreneurs and investors globally, and about the role of the London tech ecosystem going forward.

Nenad Paunović, director of the IT and Entrepreneurship Team in the Office of the Serbian Prime Minister, and previously one of the founders of the Belgrade Venture Forum, the largest innovation, investments and entrepreneurship event in the region, speaks to Andrew Wrobel about how Serbia has sped up on the route to become a digital economy over the last...

Vida Groznik, one of the co-founders and the CEO of Neus Diagnostics, spoke with Andrew Wrobel about how her team came up with the solution that helps diagnose dementia and other diseases, as well as the challenges her start-up has faced and overcome.