Jewel of the North Atlantic shines as crisis passes
Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Tourism, Trade and Culture, Iceland, talks about the nation’s fast-recovering tourism sector and key areas of focus the ministry is looking at to further attract visitors to its shores.
13 June, 2022
Thunder from the north
Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Iceland, speaks to great dynamism in a plethora of sectors, including energy, finance, and fish farming; also, he notes that the government has managed the crisis of a decade ago well.
17 May, 2022
Knowledge-based sectors prime remote nations for growth
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Iceland, showcases the nation’s key growth sectors and underlines opportunities in developing knowledge-based economies for developing states.
17 May, 2022
Riding the trend: Iceland’s rise to prominence
Pétur Þ. Óskarsson, CEO, Business Iceland, pinpoints key sectors that will drive economic regrowth and place Iceland on the global stage
17 May, 2022
Pioneer brings biotech to Iceland
Robert Wessman, Chairman and CEO, Alvogen, talks about the growth of biosimilars in the pharmaceuticals sector and its current plans to introduce its new companies and products to the international market.
17 May, 2022
Local academia strives for global collaboration
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector, University of Iceland, highlights the institution’s tradition of pushing forward local innovation and international collaboration.
17 May, 2022
Film sector focuses its lens on community
Laufey Gudjónsdóttir, Director, Icelandic Film Centre, outlines the steps the country has taken to improve the local film industry and the country’s unique offerings in film and television
17 May, 2022
Feeding through the generations
Ari Fenger, CEO, 1912, runs a holding company with a great pedigree when it comes to feeding the nation and, in this interview, he tells us what his group is doing to meet the challenges of our time.
17 May, 2022
Building stones for our planet
Dr. Edda Sif Pind Aradóttir, CEO, Carbfix, is refining a way to solve one of our biggest environmental problems: the turning of CO2 into stone.
17 May, 2022
Iceland: providing life-changing prosthetic solutions to the world’s most established healthcare markets
Sveinn Sölvason, CEO, Össur, discusses continuing demand and innovation in the prosthetics industry in Iceland.
16 May, 2022
Playing for keeps
Thorgeir Odinsson, Chairman of IGI and General Manager, Directive Games, who has seen a games industry grow to maturity in his time, sees a bright future ahead.
16 May, 2022
Iceland’s gaming companies are well established and ready to grow the industry overall
Hilmar Pétursson, CEO, CCP Games explains how COVID has accelerated society’s appreciation of the power of games to satisfy emotional needs sustainably, prepare us for ‘real life’ and create community.
16 May, 2022
Sequencing the future
Björn Örvar, Chief Scientist, Co-Founder and Business Development Manager, ORF Genetics, has seen his company grow into areas that, just a few years ago, the human race would not have thought possible.
16 May, 2022
Refining energy transference
Sæmundur Sæmundsson, CEO, and Steinþór Gíslason, Director of Energy, EFLA Engineering Consultants, work at a company that is creating Europe’s energy future just at the time it needs it the most.
10 May, 2022