EVENT'S AGENDA
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
10.00 - 10.30
Opening session: Making Europe a leader in digital and innovation
Speakers:
Victor Negrescu, Vice-Chair of the Culture, Education, Youth, Media & Sports Committee of the European Parliament
Alina Ujupan, member of cabinet for EVP Margrethe Vestager
Bogdan-Gruia Ivan, Vice-President of the Committee for Information Technologies and Communications of the Chamber of Deputies
H.E. Iulia Raluca Matei, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Romania to the EU - TBC
Emil Boc, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca - Transilvania IT Cluster
Contributors:
Florin Jianu, President of the National Council for SMEs of Romania
Ana-Maria Stancu, CEO of Bucharest Promo Robots and founder of Robohub
Gheorghe Sârbu, Community manager at Innovation Labs
Bianca Muntean, Coordinator of Transilvania Digital Innovation Hub
10.30 - 12.00
Edu-tech and future of innovation
Welcoming speech: Ana-Maria Stancu, CEO of Bucharest Promo Robots and founder of Robohub
Moderator: Rajnish Singh, The Parliament Magazine
Speakers:
Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, Director responsible for Innovation, Digital Education and International Cooperation, DG EAC, European Commission
Iulian Stanciu, President of eMag
MEP Alex Agius Saliba - vice president S&D in charge of digital, innovation and AI
Vladimir Deliu, UiPath Academy
Cosmin Mălureanu, CEO Ascendia
Adrian Panaete, President of the Society for Excellence and Performance in Informatics
Andrei-Costin Constantinescu, olympic medalist in informatics, Society for Excellence and Performance in Informatics
Contributors:
Gabriela Bartic, CEO BRIO
Tudor Tișe, Co-founder Manuscrito
Marius Mazilu, Founder vBoard
Mihai Mocanu, Board Member & CMO AdServio
Conclusions: MEP Victor Negrescu
12.00 - 13.15
Working Lunch
Keynote speakers:
MEP Victor Negrescu
MEP Dan Nica
MEP Maria Grapini
Roland Strauss, Managing Director, Knowledge4Innovation
13.30 - 15.00
Building tech valleys in Europe
Welcoming speech: Bianca Muntean, Coordinator of Transilvania Digital Innovation Hub
Moderator: Stefan Grobe, Euronews
Speakers:
Normunds Poppens, Deputy Director General, DG REGIO, European Commission
Emil Boc, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca
Aurelia Fedorca, Mayor of Negreşti Oaş
Răzvan Rughiniș, Prodean, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science,Politehnica University of Bucharest and cofounder Innovation Labs
Conf. univ. Dr. Christian Sacarea, Prorector of Babeș-Bolyai University in ClujNapoca
Univ. Prof. Dr. Eng. Daniela Popescu Prorector of Technical University of ClujNapoca
Maria Metz, CEO NTT Data
Vadim Fintinari, Co-Founder & Software Engineer, WakeZ, STEEPSOFT
Filip Domański, Stakeholder Relations Lead, EIT Health Innostars
Contributors:
Mălin-Iulian Ștefănescu, CEO and founder EEU Software, TechAngels Romania
Voicu Oprean, CEO and founder Arobs
Gabriel Crețu, CEO and founder Evozone
Robert Bogdanffy, public affairs coordinator ANIS
Betoaea Lidia, Digital Innovation Zone/ North-East RDAa
Sorin Pop, Project Manager, CEO and founder Indeco, Creative Space
Conclusions: MEP Victor Negrescu
15.15 - 17.00
From policy making to investments opportunities
Welcoming speech: Florin Jianu, President of the National Council for SMEs of Romania
Moderator: Dan Luca, Euractiv
Speakers:
Sebastian-Ioan Burduja, Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization
Anthony Whelan, Digital Adviser, Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
MEP Eva Kaili, Vice-President of the European Parliament
MEP Cristian-Silviu Bușoi - Chair ITRE Committee
MEP Dan Nica
Mihnea Cosmin Costoiu, Rector Politehnica University of Bucharest
Dragoș Cristian Vlad, President of the Authority for the Digitalization of Romania
Ionuț Stanimir, Director of Marketing and Communication at BCR
Contributors:
Sterica Fudulea, Secretary General CNIPMMR
Dumitru Nancu, Director General FNGCIMM
Denisa Samek, Director CNIPMMR
Dragos Pufulete, PTIR
Conclusions: MEP Victor Negrescu