Editia VI – Speakeri

Official Opening

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  • November 1st 2021
  • Romanian National Statistics Institute
  • Hybrid Event
Anca Dana

Anca Dana Dragu
President of the Romanian Senate

Diana Loreta Paun

Dr. Diana-Loreta Păun
Presidential Adviser - Department of Public Health

Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu
Member of the European Parliament

Dragos Pislaru

Dragoş Pîslaru
Member of the European Parliament

Iuliu Winkler

Iuliu Winkler
Member of the European Parliament

Iuliu WINKLER is Member of the European Parliament. He is Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) and Standing Rapporteur for China in INTA. He is Member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China, and Substitute Member for the Committee on Culture and Education, the Special Committee on Foreign Interference and the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand. Iuliu Winkler is member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania and an MEP of the EPP Group in the European Parliament.

He was Minister Delegate for Trade and Minister of Communications and Information Technology, having previously been Member of the Romanian Parliament, where he served as secretary of the Budget, Finance and Banking Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. He is an economist and engineer.

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Nicoleta Pauliuc

Nicoleta Pauliuc
Chair
Senate Committee
for Defence, Public
Order and
National Security

Antal Lorant

Antal Lóránt
Member of the Romanian Parliament

Sebastian Burduja

Sebastian
Burduja
Member of the
Romanian Parliament

Nicolae Ciuca

Nicolae Ciucă
Minister of National Defence

Ioan Aurel Pop

Ioan Aurel Pop
President of
The Romanian
Academy

Daniel Daianu

Daniel Dăianu
President of the
Fiscal Council

Andrei Baciu

Andrei Baciu
State Secretary Ministry of Health

Laszlo Borbely

László Borbély
State Advisor, Coordinator of the Department for Sustainable Development

László BORBÉLY - State Counselor, Coordinator of the Department for Sustainable Development

László BORBÉLY is a politician who has significantly contributed to the democratic development of Romanian society, both as one of the most well-known leaders of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania and through the different high ranking functions held in the Romanian Parliament and the Romanian Government in the field of International Affairs, Environment and Sustainable Development, Regional Development and Infrastructure, which he has fulfilled with a rigorous professionalism yielding important results. An outstanding political performance underpinned with a solid – two-decade long – support for cultural life in the city of Tîrgu Mures, in an attempt to bring reconciliation to its multi-ethnic community.

WORK EXPERIENCE
◦ 2017 - present: State Counsellor of the Prime Minister of Romania on the topic of Sustainable Development
◦ 2014-2016 Vice president of the Steering Committee of the Romanian Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union
◦ 2015-2016 Vice president of the 12+ Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
◦ 2008-2009/ 2012-2016 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament
◦ February – April 2012: Vice-president of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
◦ May 2011 – April 2012: Co-chair of the European Ministerial Board for Environment and Health
◦ November 2010 – April 2012: Member of the European Ministerial Board for Environment and Health
◦ May 2010 – May 2011: Chairman of CSD 19 (Commission of the United Nations on Sustainable Development)
◦ January 2010 - April 2012: Minister, Romanian Ministry of Environment and Forests
◦ April 2007– December 2008: Minister, Romanian Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing
◦ December 2004 – April 2007: Minister-Delegate, Romanian Ministry of Transportation, Constructions and Tourism
◦ 1990-1996/ 2000-2016: Member of the Romanian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies
◦ 1996–2000: State Secretary, Romanian Ministry of Public Works and Regional Planning.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• 2011: PhD title in economics awarded by the „Babes Bolyai University”, Cluj-Napoca for the thesis „Regional development models in Romania and the European Union”
• 1983–1984: Post Graduate Studies – Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest
• 1973–1977: Institute of Economic Sciences, University of Timișoara

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tudorel andrei

Tudorel Andrei
President of the
National Institute of Statistics

Florica Chereches

Florica Cherecheș
President of the
National Authority
for the Rights of
Persons with
Disabilities, Children
and Adoptions

Lt. Gen. Eng.

Lt. Gen. Eng.
Ionel-Sorin Bălan
Director of the Special Telecommunications Service (STS)

Therese Hyden

Therese Hydén
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Romania

Laurence Auer

Laurence Auer
Ambassador of
The French Republic to Romania

Laurence Auer holds a degree in English language and literature and a masters degree in Arabic. Mrs Auer is also a graduate of the Institut détudes politiques de Paris. Mrs Auer began her career in 1984 at the French Ministry of Culture, then joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She held various positions, such as technical advisor to the ministers office, director of the French Institute in London, ambassador of the French Republic to Northern Macedonia, deputy director of the European Union, and then director of culture, education and the network. Since 8 October 2020, she has been Ambassador of the French Republic to Romania. For her diplomatic work, Ambassador Laurence Auer has received the French distinctions: she is Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit and Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.

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costel negricea

Costel Negricea
Rector
Romanian-American University of Bucharest

mihnea costoiu

Mihnea Costoiu
Rector
“Politehnica” University of Bucharest

Valeriu gheorghita

Col. Dr.
Valeriu Gheorghiță
President of CNCAV

Florin Jianu

Florin Jianu
President of the
National Council of
Small and Medium
Private Enterprises in
Romania (CNIPMMR)

DEMOGRAPHY

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  • November 2nd 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Colin Scicluna

Colin Scicluna
Head of Cabinet to
the Vice President
responsible for
Democracy and
Demography,
Dubravka Šuica -
European
Commission

Diana Loreta Paun

Dr. Diana-Loreta Păun
Presidential Adviser - Department of Public Health

tudorel andrei

Tudorel Andrei
President of the
National Institute of Statistics

Marian Preda

Prof. Marian Preda,
PhD, MBA, MA
Rector
University of
Bucharest

Mihai Horga

Mihai Horga
President of the
East European
Institute for
Reproductive Health

Constanta Mihaescu

Prof. Constanţa Mihăescu,PhD
Vice Dean of the
Faculty of Economic
Cybernetics, Statistics
and Informatics
Bucharest University
of Economic Studies
(ASE)

Doina Bologa

Doina Bologa
East European
Institute for
Reproductive Health

Andreea Nica

Andreea Nica
Member of the Board of Directors, CFA Society Romania

SOCIAL ISSUES

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  • November 2nd 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Eva Andrea Csep

Éva Andrea Csép
Member of the
Romanian
Parliament,
Vice-Chair of the
Committee on
Labour and Social
Protection of the
Chamber of Deputies

Florica Chereches

Florica Cherecheș
President of the
National Authority
for the Rights of
Persons with
Disabilities, Children
and Adoptions

Constantin alexandru manda

Constantin-Alexandru Manda
Programs Coordinator at the Romanian Academic Society

Constantin-Alexandru Manda (21 years) is a Romanian activist for educational justice. Founding member and former president (2015-2018) of the first school students' association in Romania, Alexandru has 8 years of experience as an activist for free access to quality education for every child. At present, Alexandru Manda is programs coordinator at Romanian Academic Society, being the national manager of the Clean Schools project - an initiative for good governance in education at the local level. During the pandemic, he coordinated a comprehensive study on the respect of the fundamental school students' right to scholarships by all the 3182 local authorities in Romania. Also, Alexandru is involved in the subject of sustainable development as a member of the Simply Green Association. For his entire activity, in March 2021 Alexandru Manda has received the award Young European of the Year 2021 from the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and Young European Forum.

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Adriana Muresan

Adriana Mureşan
Founding Member
“Voluntari în Europa”
Civic Association

Adelina Toncean

Adelina Toncean
Founder
“Blondie” Association

Andreea Talmazan

Andreea Talmazan
Psychotherapist

AGRICULTURE

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  • November 2nd 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Wojciechowski

Janusz Wojciechowski
European
Commissioner for
Agriculture

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI
Born in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, in 1954
Member of the European Commission since 1 December 2019, responsible for Agriculture, lawyer, attorney.

He has advanced legal studies: Master’s degree in law, graduated from the University of Łódź, Department of Law and Administration. He was Member of the European Court of Auditors, representing Poland, from May 2016 to November 2019. He was also a judge, President of the Supreme Audit Office of Poland, Vice-marshal of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland, Member of the European Parliament of 3 terms (2004-2016);  Member of the European Parliament's Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals in the European Parliament since his 1st term in 2004; since 2014 - its President.

Author & co-author of the comments on the Polish Penal Code (5x); author of more than 100 articles and publications on criminal law in various legal magazines in Poland and author of articles on socio-legal issues.

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Daniel

Daniel Constantin
Member of the Romanian Parliament

Monalisa Ungureanu

Monalisa
Ungureanu
CEO
Agrii Romania

Horatiu Oliviu

Horaţiu Oliviu Buzgău
Agrind SA Tăşnad

Buzgău Horațiu Oliviu - Economist, CEO & Founder of Holiv Ecoplant SRL, Business Consultant at Agrind Group

He graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Business Administration and, he currently coordinates the strategic component of a well known group of companies from North-West Romania, called Agrind Group. At the same time, he holds the position of CEO within the company Holiv Ecoplant SRL, a start-up that he founded in 2016.

His academic career has been extended to an international level, having been involved in numerous external partnerships with universities from Norway, Netherlands and Russia. In 2017, he was awarded with the ‘Title of Excellence’ by the Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca.

He stands for sustainable agriculture, based on healthy principles, and he is putting in to practice the Farm-to-Fork concept. He is mainly focusing his activity on implementing environmentally friendly agricultural policies.

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Marcel Ionescu

Marcel Ionescu
Founder of Agricloud

Melania Cozea

Melania Cozea
Owner Sana Plant Extract Farm

Melania is the founder of an ecological farm that harvests fruit and medicinal plants. Her experience on this type of market consists of more than eight years. In 2014 she laid the foundations of 10 ha ecological farm starting with just a land, where nothing was grown on for a very long time. She went through all the stages of starting her own business, beginning with clearing and preparing the land up to obtaining authorizations and ecological certification.
After short time she added a manufacture unit in order to process the fruit and transform them into ecological certified juices and syrups. Recently she was very involved in developing multiple selling channels, in order to gather the production, processing and selling inside her own company. Products are sold online, through grocery shops and even at the doorsteps of the consumers.
She was a participant in the pilot project, “Integrated Export Services for Romanian SMEs”, co-financed by Switzerland through the Swiss Contribution to the enlarged European Union, which aimed at helping Romanian producers become more competitive on foreign markets, by means of not only training, but also supporting them exhibit their products at international prestigious exhibitions.
The company that she represents is a member of the “Proecologic Sistem” Association and also of the Association for promoting Romanian food (“Asociatia pentru Promovarea Alimentului Romanesc”).

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Marin Dumbrava

Marin Dumbravă
Owner the Biodumbrava Ecological Farm

Marin Dumbravă has graduated from the Military Technical Academy (with a major in Planes and Engines) and the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and with a master's degree in the Management of Defense Resources from the Faculty of Military Command ("Carol I" University of Defense). In 2006, he has initiated two admnistration programmes for NATO and, in 2008, he has retired with a Commander's degree.

As he wished to be active in his retirement years, he has started, in 2009, the Biodumbrava Ecological Farm, which is one of the first organic farms in the country, where he has been growing fruits and vegetables in an environment-friendly system. Basing its activity on the concept of "Health through food", the Biodumbrava Ecological Farm has played a pioneering role in Romanian organic agriculture, by promoting a large variety of Romanian vegetable cultivars, produced at the highest ecological standards. The vegetables grown in the farm are carefully examined for quality. From its very first beginnings, Biodumbrava has desired to cater to the needs of clients who wish for healthy food, by introducing, for the first time in our country, several ancient vegetable cultivars (with a history of over 2000 years). The products obtained in the farm are generally sold directly to the clients, but there have also been collaborations with several supermarket chains.

A valuable experience has been gained through the programmes "From the farm to the consumer" and "The short supply chain". From the very beginnig, the Biodumbrava Ecological Farm has taken part in several fairs and exhibitions, where it has promoted the introduction of historical cultivars in the local agriculture, by explaining their importance in regards to good health. During all this time, it has focused on the promotion of a healthy diet, by all available means: in media, through visits to the farm organized for groups of children, students and do on. Several groups of farmers from Romania and abroad have visited the farm, as part experience exchanges about the diversity and the importance in regards to good health of growing the ancient historical vegetable cultivars.

 

 

 

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Alexandru C.

Alexandru C. Vasiu
CEO Hy-Farm Microgreens

Cristian Tudor

Cristian Tudor
General Manager
Microgreens

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

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  • November 3rd 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Constantin Marius

Prof. Univ. Dr.
Constantin Marius Profiroiu
Vicerector
Bucharest
University of
Economic Studies
( ASE )

Allan Rosenbaum

Prof. Univ.
Allan Rosenbaum
phD
President-elect
American Society for
Public Administration

Allan Rosenbaum is Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy and Administration and Director of the Institute for Public Management and Community Service and the Center for Democracy and Good Governance at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. He is currently the national President-elect of the 8,000 member American Society for Public Administration in Washington DC and will serve a two year term as its President from Spring 2021 to Spring 2023. 

Rosenbaum came to FIU as Dean of the School of Public Affairs. Prior to that, he was on the faculties of the Universities of Maryland, Connecticut and Wisconsin and held a research position in the urban studies center at the University of Chicago. He has worked in senior level positions in national, state and local government in the United States and has carried out many international projects for the United Nations, the US Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Agency and various governments around the world. He is a past President of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration in Brussels, Belgium. 

He has been Visiting Distinguished Professor at several universities in Europe and China, currently serves on numerous journal editorial boards and is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Based on nomination by the Secretary General of the United Nations and approval by its Economic and Social Council, he was a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration from 2014 to 2018. Before coming to FIU, Professor Rosenbaum was actively involved in research and consulting activities with national, state and local government in the United States in the areas of higher education, employment and training policy, economic development, elementary and secondary education, social welfare and science and technology policy.  More recently, he has written on governance reform, decentralization issues and legislative relations in many countries around the world. 

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Dorel Fronea

Dorel Fronea
Technical Attache World Customs Organization Former Head of National Customs Authority of Romania

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Dragos preda

Dragoş C.-L. Preda
CEO
National Radiocommunication Company

Alexandru Lazar

Alexandru Lazăr
Lawyer, Law Professor, Honorary Consul of Romania in the Balearic Islands

Mihai Anghel

Mihai Anghel
Mayor of
Snagov

EDUCATION

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  • November 3rd 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Florina Pinzaru

Prof. Habil.
Florina Pînzaru
PhD
Dean of the
Faculty of
Management
SNSPA

Florina Pinzaru

Professor dr. habil. Florina Pinzaru is Dean of the Faculty of Management of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania, where she teaches Management, Organizational Design in the Digital Age, and Strategic Marketing. She is an active member of the Pur si Simplu Verde (Simply Green) NGO.

Florina Pinzaru holds a PhD in Economics and International Business from the Bucharest Business University ASE, a MA in Strategic Marketing, a BA in Economics and International Business from the same university, a BA in Communication and Public Relations from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration SNSPA and she was Visiting Student at Sciences-Po Paris. She is habilitated to coordinate PhD thesis in Management and teaches regularly abroad, being Visiting Professor at ISIT Paris, France and at the University of Siedlce, Poland.

Florina Pinzaru has more than 10 years of experience as consultant and trainer in Management and Marketing for important Romanian enterprises and multinational corporations in furniture, energy and utilities. As a researcher, Florina Pinzaru managed the Center for Research in Management of Leadership (2013-2017) and was involved in various research projects on topics such as: the economic development of Romania; the profile of the digital natives at work; the teaching of program management strategies; the development of knowledge management for SMEs etc. She published more than 20 Web of Science indexed papers in prestigious journals and proceedings of international conferences, and numerous other academic papers, books, and chapters, in Romania and abroad.

For detailed information about her scientific interests, please see Florina Pinzaru’s research profile on Research Gate or Google Scholar.

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Tova Ben

Tova Ben Nun-Cherbis
Executive President and Founder of the Laude-Reut Educational Complex

Andreea Paul

Associate Prof.
Andreea Paul,
phD
Bucharest
University of
Economic Studies,
President
INACO

Andreea Negru

Andreea Negru
PR Manager
CONAF
President ADAA

Razvan Orasanu

Răzvan Orășanu
President
“Ține de noi”

Răzvan Orăşanu is a Romanian economist with an experience of 20 years both in Romania and abroad, and founder and president of "Up to us" (NGO) that deals with the development of active communities in the field of public economic, educational and energy policies.
Răzvan Orăşanu was Executive Director of the Institute for Popular Studies (2014 - 2016), Kokkalis Fellow at Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government (2012), Local Consultant for the World Bank (2010), Director of Cabinet for the the President of the Competition Council (2009), Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister on Economic Affairs (2005 and 2007-2009) and President of Authority for State Assets Recovery - AVAS (2006).
He studied at London School of Economics (1999-2003) and Joint Vienna Institute. He is a graduate of the Financial Programming and Policies - International Monetary Fund (2009) course and also, of the Harvard Kokkalis Executive course (Athens-2006). He is currently studying the Master of Public Policy (MPP) at Harvard.

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Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis
Vice President
External Relations
Head of the
Raphael Recanati
International School
Reichman University
IDC Herzliya

Jean Badea

Jean Badea
Head of the
IT Unit of the
Bucharest School
Inspectorate

Constantin alexandru manda

Constantin- Alexandru Manda
Programs Coordinator at the Romanian Academic Society

Constantin-Alexandru Manda (21 years) is a Romanian activist for educational justice. Founding member and former president (2015-2018) of the first school students' association in Romania, Alexandru has 8 years of experience as an activist for free access to quality education for every child. At present, Alexandru Manda is programs coordinator at Romanian Academic Society, being the national manager of the Clean Schools project - an initiative for good governance in education at the local level. During the pandemic, he coordinated a comprehensive study on the respect of the fundamental school students' right to scholarships by all the 3182 local authorities in Romania. Also, Alexandru is involved in the subject of sustainable development as a member of the Simply Green Association. For his entire activity, in March 2021 Alexandru Manda has received the award Young European of the Year 2021 from the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and Young European Forum.

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Florentina Almajanu

Florentina Almăjanu
Managing Director
CFA Society Romania

Florentina Almajanu, Managing Director, CFA Society Romania
Florentina Almajanu has over 25 years of experience in leading and representing financial professional associations, successfully coordinating public affairs, PR and advocacy campaigns.
Florentina leads as Managing Director CFA Society Romania, member society of CFA Institute, the global association offering the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, one of the most prestigious certifications among finance professionals.
Due to her perseverance and determination, Florentina actively contributes in growing and increasing the awareness of CFA Society Romania and its projects. In the last four years, the society has improved the communication and advocacy strategy, by revising the ongoing projects such as the Macroeconomic Confidence Index, new projects such as the financial education campaign "Generation I - The Financial Independent Generation" or "CFA Ambassadors", an university outreach program for Romania and Moldova.
"Generation I" will be an extensive financial education campaign that aims to create a sustainable impact in the Romanian society. Coordinating the flagship events of CFA Society Romania such as "CFA Forecast Dinner", "Future of Capital Markets in CEE" or "Women in Investment Management" represent one of Florentina's challenges. The regional events aim to improve the financial markets from CEE countries and not only. The prompt actions and mass media communication regarding the Romanian private pension system led to the award of the special prize "Supporting of the Private Pension System" granted by XPRIMM.
In over 20 years while she led the National Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Romania (UNSAR), Florentina Almajanu had an important role in obtaining tax deductibility for private health insurance and several other major legislative changes in the field of insurance as well to increase the association's notoriety and credibility. Recognition also came from the fact that UNSAR won the Golden Award for Excellence at the Romanian PR Award 2016, Public Affairs category, Advocacy, Lobby with the Campaign "The Future of the Healthcare System Starts Now".
Graduate of the Bucharest Polytechnic University, Faculty of Power Engineering, Nuclear Energy Specialization with a Master's degree in Finance and Insurance at Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, and a scholarship at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, specializing in the "Health and Pension Risk Management Fund" , Florentina has improved her communication, representation and public speaking skills through various courses at the National University of Theater and Cinematographic Art "I. L. Caragiale ", trainings in public affairs and advocacy and training sessions organized by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - RADA for Business.

 

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Bianca Oana Borcan

Bianca Oana
Borcan
Insolvency
Practitioner

TOURISM

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  • November 3rd 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu
Member of the European Parliament

Dumitru Luca

Dumitru Luca
President of the National Association of Travel Agencies ( ANAT )

Emanuel Cernat

Emanuel Cernat
Managing Partner Corporate Affairs Strategies

Emanuel Cernat is the Managing Partner and one of the founders of Corporate Affairs Strategies. Prior to that, he worked for McGuireWoods, a reputable American lobbying company, active on the Romanian market until the end of 2019. There he coordinated the financial services and international trade practice of the company while assisting numerous other clients in various practice areas.

Before joining the consultancy domain, Emanuel served as a career diplomat, acquiring a remarkable professional experience after fulfilling his duties over the years as personal advisor to several Foreign Ministers as well as Diplomatic Counselor to a number of Ministers in charge with regional development, business environment and tourism. During his diplomatic tenure, he was involved in multiple large-scale projects, assisted key foreign investments, joined trade missions and worked closely and directly with all of the Romanian ministries, the Romanian embassies abroad and foreign missions accredited in Romania.

In his early career, Emanuel had the chance to work and coordinate projects as part of his former assignments with the United Nations Development Program in Romania, as well as a pioneer key expert within the Ministry for European Integration.

His academic training recommends him as an expert in strategic communication, comprising a PhD in the field audio-visual communication.

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George Cioceanu

George Cioceanu
Senior Vice-President ANAT

George Cioceanu
Senior Vice-President ANAT and Managing Partner TravelFuse

Over the last 15 years, George Cioceanu has dedicated all his efforts to developing an innovative direction for companies that want to expand their ecommerce branch, he coordinated several software projects and has developed a strategic communication with all his partners.
He graduated Marketing at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, and currently he activates successfully in the Software Industry, running a business focused on tourism, that allows travel agencies to develop online visibility through dedicated ecommerce projects. TravelFuse is his reference enterprise, that supports small, medium, and large-sized businesses.
In his early career, he was involved in the development process of an online presentation portal for Romania, as touristic destination, project that gathered over 2000 tourist attractions, known, and promoted as Romguide.
Concerned about the decisions made in the tourism sector, he opted in 2018 to be part of ANAT, where he was an active participant. In 2020 he had the privilege to be elected as Senior Vice-President. Currently he is President of the Informational Technology Committee, Deputy of Incoming & National Tourism Committee, member of DMOs working group, under the Alliance for Tourism and member of Technology and Incoming Destination & Sustainability Committees under ECTAA.
George Cioceanu is an active militant of digitalization, wishing to bring all the experience gained and all his ideas to improve the tourism service quality.

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Alin Burcea

Alin Burcea
CEO
Paralela 45

Adrian Voican

Adrian Voican
General Director Bibi Touring Touroperator

Valeriu Claudiu

Valeriu-Claudiu Ştefan
General Manager of Velmar Dreams and Founder of Romanian Adventures®

Andrei Blumer

Andrei Blumer
President
Association of
Ecotourism in
Romania (AER)

RESEARCH

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  • November 4th 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Valentin silivestru

Valentin Silivestru
President –
General Director
COMOTI

Marius Ioan piso

Marius-Ioan Piso
President Romanian Space Agency ( ROSA )

Ciprian Teleman

Ciprian Teleman
Minister of
Research,
Innovation and
Digitalization
December 2020 -
September 2021

Mihai Varlam

Dr. Phys.
Mihai Varlam
Managing Director
and
Chairman of the
Board
ICSI Rm. Vâlcea

Ariana Nastaseanu

Ariana Năstăseanu
Project Adviser European Innovation Council European Commission

Lucia Pintilie

Eng.
Lucia Pintilie,
PhD
Senior researcher,
Head of Department
Bioactive Substances
Synthesis and
Pharmaceutical
Technologies
INCDCF-ICCF

Filip Carlea

Filip Cârlea
Director CPEREE Romanian Academy

Filip Cârlea works as a senior researcher at the Centre for Renewables Energy Promotion and Energy Efficiency from National Institute for Economic Research, Romanian Academy. Filip Cârlea is graduated with a BA from Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic University, with a specialization in electric engineering and afterwards obtained a degree in Leadership Management at the Academy of Economics Studies and he received his postdoctoral school at National Institute for Economics Research from Romanian Academy. He is associate professor at the Oil and Gas University from Ploiesti. He was selected by Romanian ministry of energy to represent the Romania as the advisory subject matter expert on alternative, which is essential to the Romanian renewable energy development. F. Cârlea worked as program officer for the national energy strategy. He also has experience in appraisal in compliance with the international standards. Filip Cârlea sustains the priorities of the Romanian energy sector in Romania being actively involved in organizations dedicated to Romanian energy sector issues, such as Romanian National Committee of World Energy Council; he is civil expert of NATO for energy security and renewable energy field and expert approved by the Committee of the Regions from European Union.

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CYBER-SECURITY

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  • November 4th 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Dan Cimpean

Dan Cîmpean
Acting Director
National Cyber
Security Directorate

General Director CERT-RO - Intro & PR Overview

Dan accumulated over 20 years of experience in cyber security, risk management in Brussels, Bucharest and internationally. He led professional teams that supported European Institutions, National Competent Authorities and large industry actors in defining and implementing their cyber security policies, strategies, operational and technical measures. Since May 2020 he was appointed as General Director of CERT-RO by decision of the Romanian Prime Minister. He has the exciting mission to lead the effort for transforming this great organisation.

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Joao Miguel Gabriel 1

João Miguel Gabriel
President of
AEPD
Portuguese
Association of
Data Protection
Officers

Lawyer | DPO | Consultant for Data Protection and TMT

President of AEPD – ASSOCIAÇÃO DE ENCARREGADOS DE PROTEÇÃO DE DADOS – Portuguese Association of Data Protection Officers

Partner at MICC – Mission is Critical Consulting – Finding new solutions for the challenges of a revolving world

Training Consultant since 2014 – Training, coordination and management of courses on Data Protection, Big Data, It and Cyber Security

Member of the Portuguese Cibercomitee of (AFCEA) Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association

Researcher at CESICP – Cibersecurity and Data Protection Study Center

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Toma Cimpeanu

Toma Cîmpeanu
CEO
National Association
for Information
Systems Security
(ANSSI)

Maria Manuela catrina

Maria-Manuela Catrina
Director
Ovidiu Sincai
European School

Maria-Manuela Catrina has a background in mathematics, computer science, cybernetics, as well as training in security and international relations.
In the early 2000s, Ms Catrina had the first opportunity to join the high levels of government as advisor for the Romanian Prime Minister, after which she continued as parliamentary advisor for Romania’s Chamber of Deputies Speaker.

Ms Catrina has joined the executive branch as Secretary of State at the Romanian Ministry of Communications and Informational Society between 2017 and 2019. Here, she has dedicated her time to steering the complex preparations for Romania’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (Jan-Jun 2019). Her mandate includes broader aspects of international relations and European affairs, as well as more specialized areas, such as cybersecurity, AI and satellite communications. In addition to handling the numerous European legislative files stemming from EU’s Digital Agenda for Europe and representing Romania at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council, she also coordinated a number of high level national groups tasked with ensuring the security and resilience of Romania’s IT and telecommunications infrastructure.

Ms Catrina who was nominated among top 50 Women of Influence in Cyber-security in Europe is passionate about digital transformation and promoting women in technology.
Since 2013, Ms Catrina is the Director the Ovidiu Sincai European School, the Social Democratic Institute’s key leadership project, under the aegis of the Council of Europe.

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Yugo Neumorni

Yugo Neumorni
CISA, EMBA
Chairman of the
European CIO
Association

Mr. Yugo Neumorni, CISA, EMBA is the Chairman of the European CIO Association, EuroCIO, President and co-founding member of CIO Council Romania, the Association of IT Directors in Romania, and former President of ISACA Romania. 

He is member of the Advisory Board of Forum International of Cybersecurity, the leading European event on Cybersecurity, organized by French Gendarmerie. He is Board member and CIO and of Cargus, second-biggest player in the Romanian courier market. Previously he was the CIO for Hidroelectrica, Vimetco and Deloitte. With more than 28 years of experience in the IT industry, Yugo Neumorni is specialized in complex digital transformation process of the companies, IT systems redesign, IT processes restructuring and reengineering, cybersecurity, ERP projects, SCADA and industrial control systems, IT governance and COBIT framework. Neumorni graduated the Faculty of Automation in Bucharest and the Asebuss  - Kennesaw State University EMBA program in 2009. He is CISA certified since 2001. He is speaker in IT international events.

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Ciprian Teleman

Ciprian Teleman
Minister of
Research,
Innovation and
Digitalization
December 2020 -
September 2021

Daniel Ionita

Daniel Ioniţă
CEO
Cymed

Bogdan Panait

Bogdan Panait
Founder
LexData

DIPLOMACY

“Ambassador George Ciamba”

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  • Romanian American University
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Lazar comanescu

Lazăr Comănescu
Ambassador, Minister of Foreign Affairs November 2015 to January 2017

Ambassador Lazar COMANESCU is a member of the Scientific Board of the New Strategy Center and of the Consultative Scientific Board of the Romanian European Institute. He served twice as minister foreign affairs of Romania (15 April-22 December 2008 respectively 17 November 2015-4 January 2017). From 15 February to 16 November 2015 he was foreign policy adviser of the President of Romania.

He also served as Romania’s Ambassador to: NATO (March 1998-May 2001), EU (May 2001-April 2008) and Germany (May 2009- February 2015). From December 1995 to March 1998 he was State Secretary in MFA and prior to that director, then director general for European affairs (December 1994-December 1995) in MFA and deputy head of the Mission of Romania to the European Communities (May 1990-November 1994). Since 1983 Ambassador Comanescu has a PhD in international economics with the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies where he was a lecturer professor from 1982 to 1990.

He is currently senior adviser (foreign relations) to the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Simona Mirela Miculescu

Simona-Mirela Miculescu
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO

SIMONA-MIRELA MICULESCU
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO

Amb. Simona-Mirela Miculescu has been serving as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO since January 2021, after holding the position of Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade, between 2015 and 2020.

Prior to this, she was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations, between 2008 and 2015. During her term in New York, amb. Miculescu held several positions including: Vice-President of the UNICEF Executive Board, Vice-President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Vice-President of the Bureau of the Francophonie, Chair of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee of the General Assembly during its 66th Session, Vice-President of the UN General Assembly for its 68th Session, and Chair of the 53rd Session of the UN Commission for Social Development.

Amb. Miculescu’s 30 years of diplomatic career include the positions of Spokesperson for the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Senior Media Advisor to the Minister (1993 and 1999), Director of the Press Department within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994 and 2008), Press Secretary of the Romanian Embassy in Washington D.C. (1994-1998), or Senior Public Information Officer at the Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Kosovo (1999-2000).
 
Between 2000 and 2004, she served as Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of Romania (with rank of minister), becoming eventually the first woman in the Romanian diplomatic history to be granted the rank of Ambassador.
 
Between 2006 and 2007, she acted as Senior Advisor for Public Outreach to the Government of Iraq, within a USAID-funded project.
 
Amb. Miculescu holds the titles of Doctor Honoris Causa Beneficiorum Publicorum of the Western University in Timișoara, as well as the title of Doctor Magna Cum Laudae of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. This is due to the fact that, in parallel with her diplomatic career, she has developed a rich academic and public communication experience, that includes teaching international public relations courses at two universities in Romania, as well as publishing several books and articles on related topics. In her country, she is recognized also as one of the best experts in the field of international public relations management, being appreciated especially due to the elaboration of the first university curriculum on this subject, a study program currently used by several universities.

Amb. Simona-Mirela Miculescu is married and has two adult children.
 

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Teodor Melescanu

Teodor Meleşcanu
Ambassador, Minister of Foreign Affairs January 2017 to July 2019

Melania Gabriela ciot

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Habil. Melania-Gabriela Ciot
Director of the Doctoral School “European Paradigm” University Babes-Bolyai

Gabriel Micu

Gabriel Micu,
Phd

Claudiu Lucaci

Claudiu Lucaci
PhD
Strategic
Communications
Analyst

Claudiu is a perfectionist with a special touch for justice and fidelity where ethics, rules and responsibilities come first. Over the past 30 years Claudiu’s career took him around the world as a journalist, television producer and presenter, public relations strategist, professor, manager, and official government representative.
He posses excellent skills in institutional communication and journalism, PR, developed throughout professional experience as news presenter and news producer, spokesperson for the Government, director of communication and also as chief of diplomatic mission. Furthemore he holds advanced management and leadership skills, gained throughout different coordinating positions in media and public institutions, area related to media (managing the News & Current Affairs Department, Romanian Public Television, over 250 employees). Also he has proven records in administrative processes; lobbying and strategic negotiation; developing strategies of public communication.

From 2012 to 2017, Claudiu was the News Director at TVR, Romania’s public television, an enterprise with over $100 million in anual turnover and 2500 employees. The news organization coordinated by Claudiu includes a staff of 250 and a budget of more than four million euros per year. Each Sunday at 1.30 pm, Claudiu also produced his own life show, called „Ultima Editie” where he interviewed the most relevant figures in current affairs and international relations. Currently he is a senior member of the editorial team.

He was twice senior advisor for CEO, in charge with predictive behavioral assessment and strategic communication in National Company for Road Infrastructure Administration (2019) and prior to that for Insurance Commissioner(2010). He also served as member of the Board in Electrica Transilvania Sud (2006), director of communication in Ministry of Youth and Sports (2009). From 2003 to 2005 he was appointed as Consul General to Romanian Consulate in Los Angeles, USA, overseeing diplomatic operations in 11 western states which had a GDP equivalent to India and Russia. From 2001 to 2003, Claudiu served as Press Secretary for the Romanian Government.

Claudiu has always had a keen dedication to civic duties and was a member of various boards of several non-profits organizations. He is a member of Romanian Union of Professional Journalist and previously served as Vice-president of CIADO for international relations, a prominent organization fighting against drug consumption.
Claudiu earned a degree in mechanical engineering (1993) from the UTCB and a PhD degree in sociology (2010) from the University of Bucharest. He also holds master degrees in political science (2008), national defense (2002) and has completed a Program for Senior Executives (2003) at Harvard University. Since 2010, Claudiu is an Associate Lecturer at NSPSA, teaching courses on PR, political diplomacy and international relations. Claudiu is fluent in English, Romanian and French. He resides in Bucharest

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Mirela Atanasiu

Mirela Atanasiu,
Phd
Senior Researcher within the Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies

Dr. Mirela Atanasiu activates as Senior Researcher within the Centre for Defence and Security Strategic Studies/“Carol I” National Defence University, Bucharest, Romania. She is mainly involved in studies related to security (particularly focused on Middle East and North Africa as strategic area of interest for Romania, but also in the broad field of national security). She has a multidisciplinary education (post-Ph.D. studies in crisis management, Ph.D. in Military Sciences and Information, MA in public communication).

In the 20 years of working in a research centre focused in the field of security and defence, she gained significant expertise in the transdisciplinary research of security risks and threats, as well as national, UN, EU and NATO juridical frameworks constructed around them. Her areas of interest also include phenomena as terrorism, extremism, insurgence and organized crime and their hybridization as result of the globalization process.

She was also selected as Expert in the EU Horizon 2020 “Secure Societies work programme 2018-2020” (2019, 2020) and Member of the Romanian UEFISCDI team of evaluators PNCDI III (Competitions 2017-2019). She is also affiliated researcher to the African Research Institute, within the „Doctoral School for Safety and Security Sciences”, Obuda University, Hungary, and acts as member of the scientific boards or peer-review teams of some national and international journals and conferences indexed in International Data Bases.

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Valentin Preda

Valentin Preda
President The Romanian Business Exchange

Alexandru Bodislav

Prof.
Alexandru
Bodislav, PhD
CEO
Infinitum Group

Alexandru Bodislav is a world class expert in business intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI), economic growth, corporate governance, multi-level governance, rare natural resources and strategy in the domain of energy and oil, while in the same time he is the CEO of Infinitum Group (company dedicated to accelerating technological advance and renewable energy) and founder of Bodislav & Associates (a boutique company dedicated to special tasks, like acquiring rare minerals, due diligence for M&A in strategic sectors and regulating, consulting and political lobbying).

Having an undergraduate degree, two masters, a PhD, a post-doctorate and executive courses accomplished in Europe and the US, the academic expertise is in corporate governance, business intelligence, AI, governmental development and regulating/deregulating energy markets. Alexandru is also an associate professor at the Department of Economics and Economic Policy from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, teaching Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Applied Macroeconomics, European Economics and Multi-level Governance and financing in the European system. During his academic career he published 9 books (one of them being sold in more than 50.000 copies worldwide), wrote more than 150 scientific papers and was speaker for more than 130 academic and business conferences on topics like business intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, economic growth, corporate governance, technological development and governmental performance, and also filling in the position of advisor for Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. For academic research in Economics, Alexandru, received the “Nicolas Georgescu Roegen” Award from the Romanian Academy on 3rd of December 2020, being one of the youngest recipients of this award since its establishment.

For more than 17 years he is active in the private sector, being part of some Executive Boards in companies from Fortune 500 or the European equivalent in the sector of natural resources in Canada, Italy, Russia, Guatemala and Botswana, in the energy sector in Switzerland, France, Greece and Israel, in the banking and the IT sectors in the US, Great Britain and Spain, in the defense sector in Australia and New Zeeland and in the industrial construction/critical infrastructure sector in Romania. One of the main acomplishments in the sector of natural resources was the fact that he was part of the team that sold the second biggest flawless diamond in history, the Lesedi La Rona diamond (translated from tswana: „Our light”), between Lucara Diamond Corporation and Graff Diamonds (a 53 million USD transaction, closed on 26th of September 2017). For the entrepreneurial spirit and versatility brought to business at European level, he received from Business Elite Awards the „40 under 40” Award at European level for the year 2020 and was nominated as CEO of the year for the year 2020 by The World CEO Rankings. He is an economic expert and consultant for many economic and business TV shows in Romania and the United States of America and also member of some international business and academic organizations, like the American Economic Association.

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Andrei Buzatu

Andrei Buzatu
Brussels Office
Representative
North-East Romania
Regional
Development Agency

FINANCES & BANKS

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  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Nicolae Danila

Prof. Univ.
Nicolae Dănilă,
phD
Strategy Advisor
National Bank of
Romania,
President of the
Economic, Legal
and Sociological
Sciences Section of
the Romanian
Academy of
Scientists

Mirela Iovu 1

Mirela Iovu
President of the
Association of
In-House Lawyers
from the Financial
Banking System,
Founding member
and Secretary
General of the
European League
for Economic
Cooperation - ELEC,
Romanian Chapter

Florentina almajanu

Florentina Almăjanu
Managing Director
CFA Society Romania

Florentina Almajanu, Managing Director, CFA Society Romania
Florentina Almajanu has over 25 years of experience in leading and representing financial professional associations, successfully coordinating public affairs, PR and advocacy campaigns.
Florentina leads as Managing Director CFA Society Romania, member society of CFA Institute, the global association offering the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, one of the most prestigious certifications among finance professionals.
Due to her perseverance and determination, Florentina actively contributes in growing and increasing the awareness of CFA Society Romania and its projects. In the last four years, the society has improved the communication and advocacy strategy, by revising the ongoing projects such as the Macroeconomic Confidence Index, new projects such as the financial education campaign "Generation I - The Financial Independent Generation" or "CFA Ambassadors", an university outreach program for Romania and Moldova.
"Generation I" will be an extensive financial education campaign that aims to create a sustainable impact in the Romanian society. Coordinating the flagship events of CFA Society Romania such as "CFA Forecast Dinner", "Future of Capital Markets in CEE" or "Women in Investment Management" represent one of Florentina's challenges. The regional events aim to improve the financial markets from CEE countries and not only. The prompt actions and mass media communication regarding the Romanian private pension system led to the award of the special prize "Supporting of the Private Pension System" granted by XPRIMM.
In over 20 years while she led the National Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies in Romania (UNSAR), Florentina Almajanu had an important role in obtaining tax deductibility for private health insurance and several other major legislative changes in the field of insurance as well to increase the association's notoriety and credibility. Recognition also came from the fact that UNSAR won the Golden Award for Excellence at the Romanian PR Award 2016, Public Affairs category, Advocacy, Lobby with the Campaign "The Future of the Healthcare System Starts Now".
Graduate of the Bucharest Polytechnic University, Faculty of Power Engineering, Nuclear Energy Specialization with a Master's degree in Finance and Insurance at Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, and a scholarship at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, specializing in the "Health and Pension Risk Management Fund" , Florentina has improved her communication, representation and public speaking skills through various courses at the National University of Theater and Cinematographic Art "I. L. Caragiale ", trainings in public affairs and advocacy and training sessions organized by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - RADA for Business.

 

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Ionut Purica

Prof. eng.
Ionuţ Purica
PhD
Member at
Prime Minister’s
Advisory Council for
Sustainable
Development

FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

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  • November 5th 2021
  • Romanian American University
  • Hybrid Event
Therese Hyden

Therese Hydén
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Romania

Pierre Lignot

Pierre Lignot
Chief of the
Economic Section of
The French Embassy
to Romania

ENERGY

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  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu
Member of the European Parliament

Bogdan Chiritoiu

Bogdan Chiriţoiu
President of the Romanian Competition Council

Bogdan Chirițoiu is the President of the Romanian Competition Council since 2009.
In 2019, Mr. Chiritoiu became member of the Administrative Board of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators. From 2005 to 2008 he has served as Presidential Advisor on Economic Affairs and Public Policy and, between 2008-2009, he was Presidential Advisor on Planning and Political Analysis. Between 2005 and 2009, Mr. Chiritoiu was Head of the Romanian Delegation to the EU Economic Policy Committee.

He holds, since 2008, a PhD in Economics (International Economic Relations) at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, developing a thesis on Public Health Insurance Systems in the CEE States. Bogdan Chiritoiu has a MA in political science (Central European University, Budapest, 1997) and a MSc in European Studies (London School of Economics and Political Science, 1998).

Dr. Bogdan Chiritoiu has also been lecturer on Public Administration and European Studies at the University of Bucharest, since 1999. He is member of the some of the most important Romanian and European think tanks: Romanian Society of Political Science, the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe – NISPA CEE, the Aspen Institute of Romania and the Romanian Academic Society.
Mr. Chiritoiu is lecturer on Economics and European Studies at the University of Bucharest since 1999.

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Dumitru Chirita

Dumitru Chiriţă
President ANRE - Energy Regulatory Authority

Andrei Goicea

Andrei Goicea
Policy Director FORATOM

Alexandru Floristean

Alexandru Floriştean
Head of Intelligence Hydrogen Europe

Radu Hanga

Radu Hanga
President of the Bucharest Stock Exchange

Catalin Stancu

Cătălin Stancu
Associated Senior
Expert
Horváth & Partners

Stefan Gadola

Ştefan Gadola
General Manager EnergoBit

Teofil Muresan

Teofil Mureşan
President E-INFRA (Electrogrup)

Sorin Elisei

Sorin Elisei
Director Deloitte Romania

Valentin silivestru

Valentin Silivestru
President –
General Director
COMOTI

Mihaela Coroiu

Mihaela Coroiu
Marketing Director EnergoBit

Marco Pezzaglia

Marco Pezzaglia
Founder and Principal of Energy Professionals Group

Silvia Vlasceanu

Silvia Vlăsceanu
Executive Director HENRO

Daniel Burlan

Daniel Burlan
General Manager
CE Oltenia

Claudiu Cretu

Claudiu Creţu
General Manager Termoenergetica

Ciprian paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu
General Manager
INSPET SA

Prof. alexandru Bodislav

Prof.
Alexandru Bodislav,
phD
CEO Infinitum Group

Filip Carlea

Filip Cârlea
Director CPEREE Romanian Academy

Calin Vilt 1

Călin Vilt
Honorary
Scientific Advisor
CNR-CME

Rodin Traicu

Rodin Traicu
Energy Expert

INDUSTRY

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  • November 8th 2021
  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Christophe Lagrange

Christophe Lagrange
Executive Board
Member
EURANIMI

Silviu Grecu

Silviu Grecu
General Manager Romaero

marinela dracea

Marinela Dracea
President of
CIROM

Adrian Negrescu

Adrian Negrescu
Manager
FRAMES

Petru Ianc

Petru Ianc
Honorary Member of
The Technical
Scienses Academy
of Romania

Constantin Vasilescu

Constantin Vasilescu
Executive President of the General Union of Industrialists of Romania UGIR-1903

DEFENCE

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  • November 8th 2021
  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Nicoleta Pauliuc

Nicoleta Pauliuc
Chair
Senate Committee
for Defence, Public
Order and
National Security

Sorin Ducaru

Ambassador
Sorin Ducaru
Director SatCen
( European Union Satellite Centre )

Lt. Gen. Daniel Petrescu

Lt. Gen.
Daniel Petrescu
Chief of
Defense Staff

Iulian Berdila

Maj. Gen.
Iulian Berdilă
Chief of Staff
of the
Romanian Land Forces

Ionel Sorin Balan

Lt. Gen. Eng.
Ionel-Sorin Bălan
Director of the
Special
Telecommunications
Service (STS)

Decebal Ilina

Gen. ( Ret )
Decebal Ilina

Valentin silivestru

Valentin Silivestru
President –
General Director
COMOTI

Ioan piso

Marius-Ioan Piso
President
Romanian Space
Agency ( ROSA )

Octavian Jurma

Octavian Jurma
Medical Doctor,
Neuroscience,
Socio-Humanistic
Research Center
“Vasile Goldiş”
Western University
of Arad

Ion Aurel stanciu

Gen. ( Ret )
Dr. Ion-Aurel Stanciu

Marian Tutilescu

General (Ret)
Marian Tutilescu
Associate Expert
New Strategy Center

Valentina Parvulescu

Dr.
Leliana Valentina Pârvulescu
Psychology Specialist
National Security
Behavioral Analysis
Expert

RETAIL

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  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Ignacio Garcia Bercero

Ignacio Garcia Bercero
Director in charge of
Multilateral Affairs,
Strategy, Analysis
and Evaluation,
DG Trade, European
Commission

Florinel Chis

Florinel Chiș
Executive Director of ARMO- Romanian E-Commerce Association

Levente Szasz

Levente Szász,
PhD
Vice Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babes-Bolyai University

RENEWABLE ENERGY

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  • November 9th 2021
  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Alexandru Floristean

Alexandru Floriştean
Head of Intelligence Hydrogen Europe

Constantin Vasilescu

Constantin Vasilescu
Executive President of the General Union of Industrialists of Romania UGIR-1903

ovidiu Demetrescu

Ovidiu Demetrescu
Partner OCD Capital & Resource

Adrian Goicea

Adrian Goicea
Manager “Goicea Consulting”

Dan Tudose

Dan Tudose
General Manager
e-acumulatori.ro

CLIMATE CHANGE

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  • November 9th 2021
  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Laurentiu Ciornei

Laurenţiu Ciornei
President
Alliance for the
Forest

Ionut Purica

Prof. eng.
Ionuţ Purica
PhD
Member at
Prime Minister’s
Advisory Council for
Sustainable
Development

Alexandra Maier

Alexandra Maier
Senior Corporate
Social Responsibility
Specialist
ING Bank România

OIL & GAS

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  • November 10th 2021
  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Bronagh OHagan

Bronagh O’Hagan
Communications
Director
Eurogas

Zoltan Nagy Bege

Zoltan Nagy-Bege
Vice-President of
ANRE

Aristotel Jude

Aristotel Jude
General Manager
SNGN Romgaz SA

Vasile Carstea

Vasile Cârstea
General Manager
DEPOGAZ Ploiești

Ciprian paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu
General Manager
INSPET SA

Dumitru Chisalita

Dumitru Chisaliţă
President of the
Intelligent Energy
Association

Nicolae Havrilet

Niculae Havrileţ
Expert Advisor to the
Minister of Energy

Cristina Badica

Cristina Bădică
European Financing
Director
RomCapital Invest

Ioan Iordache

Ioan Iordache,
phD
Executive Director of the Romanian Association for Hydrogen Energy

Georgian Albu

Georgian Albu
General Manager
Future Energy
Leaders România

ENVIRONMENT

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  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu
Member of the European Parliament

Octavian berceanu

Octavian Berceanu

Orieta Hulea

Orieta Hulea
Phd
CEO
WWF Romania

Juan Maria Lopez Osa

Juan María López Osa,
Secretary General
of AEGA

Ioana Petrescu

Ioana Petrescu
Senior Fellow Harvard Kennedy School and President “Simply Green” Association

Mihaela Frasineanu

Mihaela Frăsineanu
Executive Director
OIREP Ambalaje Association

Silvia Vlasceanu

Silvia Vlăsceanu
Executive Director
HENRO

Irina Siminenco

Irina Siminenco
Corporate Affairs
Manager
Nestlé Romania

Ciprian paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu
General Manager
INSPET SA

Ciprian Samoila

Ciprian Samoilă
PhD in Biology,
President of
“Harta Verde
România”
Association

TRANSPORT

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  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event

Air Transport

Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu
Member of the
European Parliament

Emil Dobrovolschi

Cpt.
Emil Dobrovolschi
Tarom

Anca Apahidean

Anca Apahidean
Area Manager
Eastern Europe IATA

George Barbu

George Barbu
General Manager
Aviation Academy

Road Transport

Dragos preda 1

Dragoş C.-L. Preda
CEO
National Radiocommunication Company

Adriana Muresan

Adriana Mureşan
Founding Member
“Voluntari în Europa”
Civic Association

Rail Transport

Dan M. Costescu

Dan M. Costescu,
Minister of
Transportation and
Infrastructure
November 2015 to
July 2016

Jean-Pierre
Loubinoux
Honorary CEO
International
Union of
Railways

Marc Guigon

Marc Guigon
Passenger Director
Coordinator
Middle-East and
Latin-American
Regions
Coordinator UIC
Covid-19 Taskforce,
International
Union of Railways

CONSTRUCTION

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  • November 11th 2021
  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Dragos preda 1

Dragoş C.-L. Preda
CEO
National Radiocommunication Company

zslot nagy

Zsolt Nagy

FOOD INDUSTRY

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  • November 11th 2021
  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
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Veronica Țaran Baciu
General Manager
National Agency for Mountain Area

slice2

Sorin Minea
President
Romalimenta & Angst

HEALTHCARE

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  • November 11th 2021
  • University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Hybrid Event
Diana Loreta Paun

Dr. Diana-Loreta Păun
Presidential Adviser - Department of Public Health

Alexandru Rafila

Prof. Dr.
Alexandru Rafila
Vice-Chairman of
The Chamber of Deputies

Nelu Tataru

Dr.
Nelu Tătaru
President of the Committee for Health and Family of The Chamber of Deputies

Daniel Coriu

Prof. Dr.
Daniel Coriu
President of the
Romanian College of
Physicians

Catalina Poiana

Prof. Dr.
Cătălina Poiană
President of the Bucharest College of Physicians

Mircea Turdean

Mircea Turdean
General Manager FARMEC

Fady Chreih

Fady Chreih
CEO
“Regina Maria”