Protecting Europe in Turbulent Times
Bucharest Leaders Summit: Enduring Power of Solidarity
Speakers 18 May 2022

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ENERGY

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Moderator

Silvia Vlasceanu

Silvia Vlăsceanu
Executive Director
HENRO

SILVIA VLĂSCEANU
Executive Director – Electricity Producers Association -HENRO
Romania

Silvia Vlăsceanu is a graduate of Power Engineering Faculty of Bucharest Polytechnic University and of the Faculty of Commerce from the Academy of Economic Studies. She also holds a PhD degree in the field of power engineering, conferred by the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 2012.
The professional path includes, among others: junior engineer at a company in the energy sector, expert at Investment Directorate of Chamber of Deputies, competition inspector at the Competition Council, Parliamentary counselor at the Committee for Industries and Services of Chamber of Deputies, general director of the Federation of Associations of Energy Utility Companies - ACUE (2008 - 2021) and executive director of HENRO – Association of Electricity Producers, starting September 2021.
She continuously improved her expertise by following post-graduate professional training and by being an active participant at various conferences, workshops and seminars at national and international level.
Mrs. Vlăsceanu has been since more than 13 years a member of Advisory Board of Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), member of the Economic and Social Council of Romania, and she was also vice-president of Employers Confederation CONCORDIA.
In parallel, she has also teaching experience, for the last few years has taught at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, and has also collaborated with various authorities, organizations, research institutes (ICPE, Romanian Academy, UNDP, Romanian Committee of WEC etc.) in conducting studies, assessments and reports related to energy sector and the impact concerning the economic sector.

Contact details:
E-mail: silvia.vlasceanu@acue.ro
Phone: 0040 722 769469
https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviavlasceanu/

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Speakers

Lorant Antal

Lóránt Antal
Chair of the
Senate Committee for Energy, Energy Infrastructure and Mineral Resources

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Kristian RUBY
Secretary General
Union of the Electricity Industry - Eurelectric

Kristian Ruby is a widely recognised expert with a strong communication profile and
extensive experience in political affairs. He joined Eurelectric from Wind Europe,
where he served as Chief Policy Officer and was in charge of development and
implementation of the political strategy.
Prior to this, Ruby worked as a journalist and served seven years as a public servant in
the Danish Ministries of Environment, and Climate and Energy and in the European
Commission in the cabinet of the former Climate Action chief, Connie Hedegaard.
Kristian holds a master degree in history and international development.

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Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu
Member of the European Parliament

Dumitru Chirita

Dumitru Chiriţă
President ANRE - Energy Regulatory Authority

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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Corina Georgeta Popescu

Corina Georgeta
Popescu
CEO
Electrica SA
Vicepresident
Eurelectric

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Gabriel Andronache
Directorate Chairman
National Power Grid Company Transelectrica SA

Gabriel ANDRONACHE
Directorate Chairman
National Power Grid Company Transelectrica SA – Company managed under two-tier system

Starting with December 25, 2021, Mr. Gabriel ANDRONACHE holds the position of Directorate Chairman of National Power Grid Company Transelectrica SA.

Mr. Gabriel Andronache took over this position having a vast managerial experience in the administrative, public and private fields, as well as in the energy industry. At the same time, Mr. Andronache was part of the listing commissions on the stock exchange for strategic companies in the Romanian energy sector, such as Transgaz, Nuclearelectrica and Romgaz. His expertise in the energy industry is also defined by the activity carried out in the supervisory boards of several companies in the electricity value chain. Mr. Andronache was Supervisory Board member of Electrica SA (2013), Supervisory Board member of ENEL Distribuție Banat SA (2014 - 2015) and Supervisory Board member of Hidroelectrica SA Bucharest (2017-2019).

Mr. Gabriel Andronache began his career as an officer in the Ministry of National Defense (1997-2008), then consolidating his experience through various key positions in the central public administration: head of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Environment’s office (2014- 2015), advisor to the Office of Commercial and Economic Promotion, Romanian Embassy in Paris (2015-2017), President of the Interministerial Council for the application of state aid policy to the Romanian Government (2017 - 2018). Also, between 2017-2018, he held the position of state advisor in the Prime Minister’s working apparatus.

Mr. Andronache joined the executive management team of NPG Co. Transelectrica SA, from the position of Director of development, strategy and international affairs at Safe Tech Innovation.

Licensed in Judicial Studies, Gabriel Andronache graduated from the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy in Bucharest, followed by postgraduate studies in Public Law and Administrative Sciences at the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, as well as the Security and Good Governance course at the National Defense College (2014).

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Marco Pezzaglia

Marco Pezzaglia
Founder and Principal of Energy Professionals Group

Marco Pezzaglia is founder and principal of Energy Professionals Group. He’s graduated in electrical engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan in 1993 and began his career in the field of modeling and studies of electrical systems to “Centro elettrotecnico sperimentale italiano” (CESI) dealing with issues related to the liberalization of the electricity system. In 2001 he joined the “The Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas” and in 2003, he was nominated as Head of the Electrical Networks dealing, in particular, with the terms and conditions for access to the electricity networks of production facilities and consumes (connection and dispatching rules) and network usage of interconnection with neighboring countries.

On January 1st 2007 he assumed the position of Head of the Renewable sources, energy production and environmental impact at the Department of Markets, where he worked actively on issues regarding the assessments on the development of renewable energy sources and access to system and electricity market in the production of electricity from renewable sources.

Since early 2010 performs professional and strategic advisory services in the energy sector, specifically on the major green economy associations, with particular relevance to the technical and regulatory issues. Marco Pezzaglia has a teaching experience as Visiting Professor at University Luiss Guido Carli of Rome and at Politecnico of Milan. Expert in Energy Management according to EN 11339.

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Zoltan Nagy Bege

Zoltan Nagy-Bege
Vice-President of ANRE

Mr. Zoltan Nagy – Bege has more than 10 years experience working on energy regulatory activities since 2007 as General Director for gas market, regulations for electricity, renewables, energy efficiency and cogeneration. Also he was involved on approving the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) regulations as member of the Regulatory Board of ANRE for 5 years.

Since October 2017, Mr. Zoltan Nagy – Bege was appointed as ANRE Vice-President for 5 years term by the Romanian Parliament and he is the Head of the Energy Efficiency Department within ANRE.

ANRE is an autonomous administrative body under Parliamentary control, entirely self- financed and independent as regards its decision-making process, organisation and functioning, whose scope of activity is to issue, approve and monitor the implementation of the national-wide binding regulatory framework required for the proper functioning of the electricity, heat and natural gas sectors and markets in terms of efficiency, competition, transparency and consumer protection.

Prior to working to the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), Mr Zoltan Nagy- Bege has an important activity since 2000 on managing companies and being member on regulatory board for the Romanian administration.

He graduated the Economical Sciences and Management from Babes - Bolyai University from Cluj Napoca in 2000 and took part in several training programs in management like CODECS – The Open University Business School in 2008-2009.

In the context of the national and European energy targets, Mr. Zoltan Nagy-Bege has carried out an important role regarding the implementation of the current energy legislation and elaborating the secondary regulations, by promoting the constructive dialogue with all the stakeholders in the energy regulatory activity and the sustained dissemination of the relevant energy legislation at national and European level.

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Sorin Elisei

Sorin Elisei
Director Deloitte Romania

Stefan GADOLA

Ştefan Gadola
President of
the Administration
Council - EnergoBit

Daniel Burlan

Daniel Burlan
General Manager
CE Oltenia

Valentin silivestru

Valentin Silivestru
President –
General Director
COMOTI

Ciprian Paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu
General Manager
INSPET SA

Ciprian PĂLTINEANU

Chief Executive Officer @ INSPET SA

Ciprian E. Păltineanu currently serves as the CEO & Chairman of the Board of INSPET SA, the leading Romanian general contractor for energy infrastructure (main pipelines and complex installations in oil & gas), a 30-year old company that is contributing to EU’s climate neutrality objectives.

Manager, finance professional and investor with 20+ years of experience in energy, advisory, corporate & investment banking, investment management and private equity in Romania, Austria, the CEE, Great Britain and the United States, Ciprian focuses on supporting the innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem, making principal investments in high potential companies in both the old and the new economy.

Ciprian Păltineanu is non-executive director or advisor of several Romanian and British companies, member in the Board of Directors of CCIPH (Chamber of Commerce and Industry Prahova), member of the Board of Directors of RoFin.Tech (Romanian FinTech Association), as well as a member of ASPES (Association for Socio-Economic Studies) and TechAngels Romania (Association of Romanian Business Angels).

A graduate of UniFuture program at IMD in Lausanne, Ciprian has an MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans and a BA in International Business from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.

 

Link LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ciprian-paltineanu

https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspet

Link Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/paltineanu

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Adrian Paraschiv
Country Manager Photomate România & Rep. Moldova

Adrian Paraschiv is managing director for Photomate in Romania and Republic of Moldova.

Photomate is a Huawei solar inverters authorized distribution partner since 2011.

Currently, Photomate is a regional Value Added Partner (VAP) for Huawei solar inverters in Central Europe, Eastern and Nordic countries, as well as a Certified Service Partner (CSP) for Huawei solar inverters with well-experienced engineers in Huawei inverter products in technical aspects, sales and service support.

 

Graduate of the Faculty of Automation, Computers, Electrical and Electronic Engineering University Dunarea de Jos, Galati and holder of a business management master from the Academy of Economic Studies, Galati, Adrian Paraschiv has 17 years of professional experience in business management, distribution and technology sector.

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Silvia Vlasceanu

Silvia Vlăsceanu
Executive Director
HENRO

SILVIA VLĂSCEANU
Executive Director – Electricity Producers Association -HENRO
Romania

Silvia Vlăsceanu is a graduate of Power Engineering Faculty of Bucharest Polytechnic University and of the Faculty of Commerce from the Academy of Economic Studies. She also holds a PhD degree in the field of power engineering, conferred by the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 2012.
The professional path includes, among others: junior engineer at a company in the energy sector, expert at Investment Directorate of Chamber of Deputies, competition inspector at the Competition Council, Parliamentary counselor at the Committee for Industries and Services of Chamber of Deputies, general director of the Federation of Associations of Energy Utility Companies - ACUE (2008 - 2021) and executive director of HENRO – Association of Electricity Producers, starting September 2021.
She continuously improved her expertise by following post-graduate professional training and by being an active participant at various conferences, workshops and seminars at national and international level.
Mrs. Vlăsceanu has been since more than 13 years a member of Advisory Board of Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), member of the Economic and Social Council of Romania, and she was also vice-president of Employers Confederation CONCORDIA.
In parallel, she has also teaching experience, for the last few years has taught at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, and has also collaborated with various authorities, organizations, research institutes (ICPE, Romanian Academy, UNDP, Romanian Committee of WEC etc.) in conducting studies, assessments and reports related to energy sector and the impact concerning the economic sector.

Contact details:
E-mail: silvia.vlasceanu@acue.ro
Phone: 0040 722 769469
https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviavlasceanu/

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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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Cristina Păun
Sustainable Financing Expert, Future Energy Leaders Romania

Cristina Păun is a senior energy advisor with over 10 years of extensive experience on the EU policy & regulatory aspects along with EU sustainable financing of investments in E-SRE, energy transmission and distribution networks and e-mobility infrastructure.

Cristina is an experienced consultant, providing advisory services for the most important companies present in the energy sector in Central and South – Eastern Europe.

Starting with 2019, Cristina is an active member of Future Energy Leaders which is the youth program of the Romanian National Committee of the World Energy Council.

Cristina Păun holds a BSc in Economic and International Affairs and a master’s degree in Public Administration and Management.

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Radu Badita
General Manager ANRE

Prof. 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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Claudiu Cretu

Claudiu Creţu
General Manager Termoenergetica

CLAUDIU CREȚU is involved in activities aimed at optimizing and ensuring the continuity of the centralized heat supply service in conditions of energy efficiency.
In this regard, he coordinates, starting with 2017, the reorganization and restructuring process of ELCEN, a company in insolvency, the main supplier of heat and hot water for the District Heating system in Bucharest and, at the same time, one of the most important electricity producers at the national level.

Previously, he was part of RADET (currently Termoenergetica) management, the operator of Bucharest District Heating networks.

He is experienced in internal control and good governance in Public Administration, Ethics, Communication and Negotiation, Critical Infrastructure, Change Management. He lectured on Ethics and Integrity, Negotiation and Public Policies. He addressed operational methods of information analysis in order to issue proposals for improvement in relation to identifying and assessing risks and weaknesses in the Public Administration sector. He holds an Executive MBA degree as a result of participating in the courses of INDE-CNAM Romanian-French MBA Program, and is currently a PhD student in Management at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies.

During his professional activity, Claudiu Cretu consolidated his skills by becoming a leader focused on the idea of ​​leading organization through change, through new visions and new ways of thinking related to strategy and organizational structure and, last but not least, to people.

 

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Rodin Traicu

Rodin Traicu
Energy Expert

Calin Vilt

Călin Vilt
Honorary
Scientific Advisor
CNR-CME

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Cristian Dincă
Head of the Department of Energy Production and Utilization, Faculty of Energetics, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest

Cristian Dinca was born on June 23, 1975, and raised in Bucharest, Romania. He graduated University Politehnica of Bucharest – Faculty of Energy in 1999. He has a Ph.D. degree in optimization of different energy systems at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Power Energy, in co-tutelage with the National Institute of Science Application INSA Lyon (France). Dr. Dinca has published almost 80 articles in international journals, 32 of which are ISI rated; he has been an “invited speaker” at 8 International Conferences and co-author of over 45 papers presented. His scientific research activities focus on optimized the CO2 capture processes using different technologies: membrane, chemical absorption, calcium looping, and physical absorption. Since 2018, Dr. Cristian Dinca has been a Professor PhD habil in the Energy Generation and Use Department. Since 2016 he is the Head of the Energy Generation and Use Department.

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Adrian Goicea

Adrian Goicea
Manager “Goicea Consulting”

Petru Ianc

Petru Ianc
Honorary Member of
The Technical
Scienses Academy
of Romania

EDUCATION

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Moderator

Vladimir Iulian Alexandrescu 1

Vladimir Iulian
Alexandrescu
Spokesman
National Institute of
Statistics

Speakers

Andreas

Andreas Schleicher,
Director
Education and Skills OECD

Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills at the OECD. He initiated and oversees the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and other international instruments that have created a global platform for policy-makers, researchers and educators across nations and cultures to innovate and transform educational policies and practices.

He has worked for over 20 years with ministers and education leaders to improve education. Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that Schleicher “understands the global issues and challenges as well as or better than anyone I’ve met, and he tells me the truth”. Former UK Secretary of State Michael Gove called Schleicher “the most important man in English education” – even though he is German and lives in France.

He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the “Theodor Heuss” prize, awarded in the name of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany for “exemplary democratic engagement”. He holds an honorary Professorship at the University of Heidelberg.

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Sorin Cimpeanu

Prof.
Sorin Cîmpeanu,
PhD
Minister of
Education

Tudorel Toader

Prof.
Tudorel Toader,
PhD
Rector
“Alexandru Ioan
Cuza”
University of Iaşi

Tova Ben

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

TOVA BEN NUN CHERBIS
President & Founder
LAUDE-REUT INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMY OF THE FUTURE
Tova is a Sabra, born in Rehovot, Israel, from Jewish parents of Romanian origin, survivors of Holocaust, and her life bears the mark of destiny. She came to Romania as official delegate of the Jewish Agency for Israel on 14th December 1992.
Being in charge with the cultural and emigration issues for Israel, Tova established the Tnuat Aliyah Romania, the first Jewish youth club in post-revolutionary Romania that spread throughout Romania with a national leadership program.
Soon afterwards, she was appointed representative of the World Jewish Restitution Organization having a strong collaboration with the Romanian authorities and the Jewish Federation in Romania.
Tova established Caritatea Foundation together with Academician Nicolae Cajal, Ambassador Naftali (Lau) Lavi and General Moshe Nativ. The restitution process in Romania was a model to be followed by other countries and it benefited from the strong collaboration, agreement and understanding with the authorities. The results are visible today in the manner in which Caritatea Foundation manages the returned Jewish properties. Caritatea Foundation also managed the humanitarian help with financing from Swiss Funds.
In 1995 Tova met Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder on his short visit to Romania and also introduced him, on request, to the youngsters in the Tnuat Aliyah club. The meeting triggered Mr. Ambassador’s idea to establish a kindergarten and a school as part of his commitment to the revival of the Jewish life in Central and South-Eastern Europe and his unhindered mission in education of the young generations.
In 1997, Tova established the Lauder-Reut kindergarten with a total of 35 children under the guidance of the Ronald S. Lauder International Foundation, New York, and under the umbrella of the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation Romania, currently known as the Reut Foundation, whose presidency she holds. And in 2016, Ambassador Lauder granted the autonomy of the school for reaching and surpassing the quality criteria in education initially set.
A Quarter of a Century Later…
Wonderful and challenging years have passed since Tova came to Romania with a different mission and a temporary mandate. And here she is now, still in Romania, with more than two decades behind and others hopefully ahead, with over 2,200 students in the Laude-Reut kindergarten, elementary, junior and senior high school whom are taught diplomacy, business, public speaking, debate, 8 different foreign languages, media and communication, robotics and cybersecurity. Laude-Reut takes pride in 100% successful Baccalaureate promotions with all our alumni studying in prestigious universities in Europe, United States of America, Romania and Israel.
Along these twenty-five years, the Laude-Reut name has become a highly distinctive brand in pre-university education, with a reputation of quality and excellence, a real Interdisciplinary Academy of the Future. Along with the Reut Foundation (formely known as the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation Romania), Tova established the Magna Cum Laude-Reut Foundation, bringing the Magna cum Laude vision further.

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Florina Pinzaru

Prof. Habil.
Florina Pînzaru
PhD
Dean of the
Faculty of
Management
SNSPA
Member of the
“Simply Green”
Association

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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Radu Ciorap

Prof.
Radu Ciorap,
PhD
“Grigore T. Popa”
University of
Medicine and
Pharmacy - Iaşi

Radu George Ciorap is currently a full professor at the "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, and is coordinator of Biomedical Instrumentation and Hospital Medical Equipment courses.
He is a graduate of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications within the “Gh. Asachi” Technical University from Iași (1996) as well as master and Ph.D. programs from the same university.
His main research interests include designing and testing medical devices for measuring physiological parameters and for medical recovery. He has published eight books and book chapters in publishing houses in Romania or abroad and is the author or co-author of over 150 scientific articles. He has been a project manager or member of the implementation team for 25 research or educational projects.
He has held several management positions in „Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iași, at the faculty or university level. He was Scientific Secretary (2000-2008) and Vice Dean (2008-2012) of the Faculty of Medical Bioengineering and Vice-Rector responsible for International Relations and Academic Partnerships (2015-2016).
He is the representative of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" Iasi - Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, as a founding member, in General Council of the European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering (EAMBES) where he was a Board Member - Academic Division in 2006-2010. From this position, he had active participation in the BIOMEDEA project (Biomedical and Clinical Engineering Education, Accreditation, Training, and Certification), through which the guidelines on bioengineering / biomedical engineering and clinical engineering education were drawn up at the European level.
He had an active and essential contribution in the Faculty of Medical Bioengineering development and in the adaptation of the curriculum of bioengineering specialization to international standards.
He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS) and a founder member of the IEEE-EMBS Romania Chapter. He is Vice-President of the Romanian Society of Medical Bioengineering.

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Andreea Paul

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

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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Constantin- Alexandru Manda
Member of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Council on Youth

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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Cătălina Olteanu
Steering board member at the Romanian National Council for Combating Discrimination

Cătălina Olteanu is steering board member at the Romanian National Council for Combating Discrimination. The Council is the government authority in the field of discrimination, and is an autonomous legal entity under the jurisdiction of the parliament. It guarantees the observance and application of the principle of non-discrimination, in accordance with current domestic legislation and the international documents to which Romania is a party.

In 2014, she received a fellowship offered by the US State Department within the program "Building grassroots democracy in minority communities" and, from 2017 onwards, she is an alumna of the Young Leaders program of the Aspen Institute in Romania.

Cătălina Olteanu has 11 years of experience working with Roma communities in Romania. This includes training over 1000 teachers on intercultural education and human rights.

She believes in the power of education in creating better lives and has developed inclusive educational tools for promoting diversity among Roma and non-Roma students.

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Bianca Oana Borcan

Bianca Oana Borcan
Insolvency Practitioner

Vasile Decu

Vasile Decu
Book blogger &
Science
communicator,
Biblioteca
Exploratorilor

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Maria Dascalu
Vice Dean of Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest

Maria-Iuliana Dascalu is vice-dean at the Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest since 2016 and associate professor in the field of computers and information technology.

She is also a researcher on modern educational paradigms, having a postdoctoral thesis on collaborative e-learning on multidisciplinary groups and a doctoral thesis on assessment in e-learning platforms. During her PhD, she has benefit from a research stage at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

In 2016, she was the recipient of Danubius Young Scientist Award, given by The Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBFW) and the Institute for Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM). Other awards obtained by Maria Dascalu worth mentioned are: in 2017 - an Excellence Award in Informatics at “Rada Mihalcea” Young Researchers in Science and Technologies Competition and a Distinguished Paper Award at IEEE International ZINC Conference on Consumer Electronics, in 2019 - Best Paper Award, Pedagogy Category at International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) Conference and in 2014, 2015,2016, 2017, 2020 - other 5 research awards for papers published in highly ranked journals. During her career so far, Maria Dascalu was a member, responsible or director in national and international projects, authored over 150 publications (19 books and chapters, over 120 papers in international journals and proceedings), received Elsevier certificates on Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, was program committee member at over 70 international conferences, general chair of The 6th European Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems (ECBS) and organiser for Workshop on Technology-enhanced Learning to Improve Quality of Life (TELIQOL) and Workshop on Excellence in Engineering Education through e-Learning and ICT Tools (EXTEND), co-located with the International Scientific Conference on "eLearning and Software for Education". Since 2019, Maria Dascalu has been a member of International Project Management Association Research Award Jury.

For detailed information about her scientific interests, please see Maria Dascalu’s research profile on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=VBaTZrMAAAAJ .

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Alin Moldoveanu
Vice Dean of Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers Science, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest

Alin Moldoveanu is Professor and Vice-dean at the same faculty that he completed as valedictorian some 20 years ago – Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, from POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest.
He’s teaching Virtual and Augmented Reality at masters and Software Engineering at bachelor level, and is in charge of the 24 master programs of the faculty.
His focus is on applied research using VR and AR (exploring and applying immersion, sensory substitution, and distorted reality), mainly in eHealth, eLearning & eCulture.
As leader of the 3DUPB research team, he was/is director or team leader for many national or European research projects in these areas, such as Sound of Vision, TRAVEE, HAI-OPS, Lib2Life etc.
His works received prestigious prizes, such as Best “Tech for Society” Horizon 2020 project, awarded by European Commission through Innovation Radar, at ICT 2018 – received by Sound of Vision (project conducted as technical coordinator and UPB team responsible).

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CONSTRUCTIONS
AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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Dragoş C.-L. Preda
CEO
National Radiocommunication Company

Ciprian Paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu
General Manager
INSPET SA

Ciprian PĂLTINEANU

Chief Executive Officer @ INSPET SA

Ciprian E. Păltineanu currently serves as the CEO & Chairman of the Board of INSPET SA, the leading Romanian general contractor for energy infrastructure (main pipelines and complex installations in oil & gas), a 30-year old company that is contributing to EU’s climate neutrality objectives.

Manager, finance professional and investor with 20+ years of experience in energy, advisory, corporate & investment banking, investment management and private equity in Romania, Austria, the CEE, Great Britain and the United States, Ciprian focuses on supporting the innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem, making principal investments in high potential companies in both the old and the new economy.

Ciprian Păltineanu is non-executive director or advisor of several Romanian and British companies, member in the Board of Directors of CCIPH (Chamber of Commerce and Industry Prahova), member of the Board of Directors of RoFin.Tech (Romanian FinTech Association), as well as a member of ASPES (Association for Socio-Economic Studies) and TechAngels Romania (Association of Romanian Business Angels).

A graduate of UniFuture program at IMD in Lausanne, Ciprian has an MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans and a BA in International Business from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.

 

Link LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ciprian-paltineanu

https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspet

Link Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/paltineanu

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Vladimir Iulian

Vladimir Iulian
Alexandrescu
Spokesman
National Institute of
Statistics

TRANSPORT

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Moderator

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Sergiu Sărășan
Manager Industry Relationships Eastern Europe IATA

Air Transport

Anca Apahidean

Anca Apahidean
Area Manager Eastern Europe IATA

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Tudor Constantinescu
CEO Air Transport

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Sergiu Sărășan
Manager Industry Relationships Eastern Europe IATA

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Cristian Paris
VP Balkans | Menzies Aviation | Europe

Railway and Road Transport

Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu
Member of the European Parliament

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Ștefan-Adrian Roșeanu
President of the Romanian Railway Reform Authority,

Ștefan-Adrian Roșeanu is the President of the Romanian Railway Reform Authority, independent body under the coordination of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MTI).

With almost two decades of experience in rail and urban public transport, as well as project management, Mr. Roșeanu has worked in consultancy provided by companies in Romania and Austria. Many of the projects coordinated included services provided for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank.

Mr. Roșeanu has also served in management and advisory capacities for state entities. As such, he was CEO of SNTFC CFR Călători SA, the incumbent rail passenger operator in Romania and an advisor to the leadership of the MTI, as well as the Bucharest–Ilfov Public Transport Authority.

During his career, Mr. Roșeanu had multi-annual collaborations with professional bodies like the Romanian Association for Metropolitan Mobility, the Romanian Railway Industry Association and the Railway Pro platform of Club Feroviar. He is also a member of the UN ECE Working Party on Transport Trends and Economics.

Mr. Roșeanu holds a M.Sc.in Transportation Civil Engineering, from the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, as well as a BA and a MA in History, from the University of Bucharest. He is also the co-author of several publications related to investments in public transportation, urban planning and sustainable mobility.

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Viorel Lucaci
Head of Railway Safety Service
Romanian Railway Authority – AFER

Viorel Lucaci. He graduated from the Faculty of Transport - specialization "railway rolling stock" from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, class of 2006. He later graduated a master's degree in the specialization of "high-speed rail vehicles". In 2013, he obtained his PHD in the fundamental field of "Engineering Sciences", specialization in "Transport Engineering", the doctoral thesis having as subject the energy consumption in railway transport. He worked for the national rail passenger transport operator "CFR Călători" in the field of locomotive operation. Since 2011 he has been working within the Romanian Railway Authority - AFER. He is currently head of Railway Safety Service at ASFR. Viorel Lucaci is the author of numerous articles and analyzes that address the strategic importance of the railway system and its links with geopolitics and security issues.

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Ilona Costea
Dean of Faculty of Transports, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest

Ilona Madalina Costea, 39 years old, Ph.D. in engineering sciences, transport engineering with the thesis "Technologies used in the security and safety of railway". Postdoc diploma in the field of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering. Associate Professor and researcher from 2006 at Department of Telematics an Electronics in Transport, University Politehnica of Bucharest, member of the research team in European Programs an National Research Programs. Research field: National Security, Road and Traffic monitoring, Traffic Management and Control, advanced monitoring and inspection based on elements of artificial intelligence for critical infrastructures. More than 90 scientific papers presented in international conference and journals, more than 30 research projects. T.I.M.E. Association (Top International Managers in Engineering) Coordinator for University Politehnica and Dean at Faculty of Transport, University Politehnica of Bucharest.

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ENVIRONMENT

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Moderator

Silvia Vlasceanu

Silvia Vlăsceanu
Executive Director
HENRO

SILVIA VLĂSCEANU
Executive Director – Electricity Producers Association -HENRO
Romania

Silvia Vlăsceanu is a graduate of Power Engineering Faculty of Bucharest Polytechnic University and of the Faculty of Commerce from the Academy of Economic Studies. She also holds a PhD degree in the field of power engineering, conferred by the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 2012.
The professional path includes, among others: junior engineer at a company in the energy sector, expert at Investment Directorate of Chamber of Deputies, competition inspector at the Competition Council, Parliamentary counselor at the Committee for Industries and Services of Chamber of Deputies, general director of the Federation of Associations of Energy Utility Companies - ACUE (2008 - 2021) and executive director of HENRO – Association of Electricity Producers, starting September 2021.
She continuously improved her expertise by following post-graduate professional training and by being an active participant at various conferences, workshops and seminars at national and international level.
Mrs. Vlăsceanu has been since more than 13 years a member of Advisory Board of Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), member of the Economic and Social Council of Romania, and she was also vice-president of Employers Confederation CONCORDIA.
In parallel, she has also teaching experience, for the last few years has taught at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, and has also collaborated with various authorities, organizations, research institutes (ICPE, Romanian Academy, UNDP, Romanian Committee of WEC etc.) in conducting studies, assessments and reports related to energy sector and the impact concerning the economic sector.

Contact details:
E-mail: silvia.vlasceanu@acue.ro
Phone: 0040 722 769469
https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviavlasceanu/

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Speakers

Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu
Member of the European Parliament

Valentin silivestru

Valentin Silivestru
President –
General Director
COMOTI

Silvia Vlasceanu

Silvia Vlăsceanu
Executive Director
HENRO

SILVIA VLĂSCEANU
Executive Director – Electricity Producers Association -HENRO
Romania

Silvia Vlăsceanu is a graduate of Power Engineering Faculty of Bucharest Polytechnic University and of the Faculty of Commerce from the Academy of Economic Studies. She also holds a PhD degree in the field of power engineering, conferred by the Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 2012.
The professional path includes, among others: junior engineer at a company in the energy sector, expert at Investment Directorate of Chamber of Deputies, competition inspector at the Competition Council, Parliamentary counselor at the Committee for Industries and Services of Chamber of Deputies, general director of the Federation of Associations of Energy Utility Companies - ACUE (2008 - 2021) and executive director of HENRO – Association of Electricity Producers, starting September 2021.
She continuously improved her expertise by following post-graduate professional training and by being an active participant at various conferences, workshops and seminars at national and international level.
Mrs. Vlăsceanu has been since more than 13 years a member of Advisory Board of Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), member of the Economic and Social Council of Romania, and she was also vice-president of Employers Confederation CONCORDIA.
In parallel, she has also teaching experience, for the last few years has taught at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, and has also collaborated with various authorities, organizations, research institutes (ICPE, Romanian Academy, UNDP, Romanian Committee of WEC etc.) in conducting studies, assessments and reports related to energy sector and the impact concerning the economic sector.

Contact details:
E-mail: silvia.vlasceanu@acue.ro
Phone: 0040 722 769469
https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviavlasceanu/

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Orieta Hulea

Orieta Hulea
Phd
CEO
WWF Romania

Octavian Berceanu

Octavian Berceanu
Commisar Chief of
The National
Environmental Guard
March 2021 -
September 2021

Ciprian Paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu
General Manager
INSPET SA

Ciprian PĂLTINEANU

Chief Executive Officer @ INSPET SA

Ciprian E. Păltineanu currently serves as the CEO & Chairman of the Board of INSPET SA, the leading Romanian general contractor for energy infrastructure (main pipelines and complex installations in oil & gas), a 30-year old company that is contributing to EU’s climate neutrality objectives.

Manager, finance professional and investor with 20+ years of experience in energy, advisory, corporate & investment banking, investment management and private equity in Romania, Austria, the CEE, Great Britain and the United States, Ciprian focuses on supporting the innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem, making principal investments in high potential companies in both the old and the new economy.

Ciprian Păltineanu is non-executive director or advisor of several Romanian and British companies, member in the Board of Directors of CCIPH (Chamber of Commerce and Industry Prahova), member of the Board of Directors of RoFin.Tech (Romanian FinTech Association), as well as a member of ASPES (Association for Socio-Economic Studies) and TechAngels Romania (Association of Romanian Business Angels).

A graduate of UniFuture program at IMD in Lausanne, Ciprian has an MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans and a BA in International Business from the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest.

 

Link LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ciprian-paltineanu

https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspet

Link Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/paltineanu

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Juan Maria Lopez Osa

Juan María López Osa,
Secretary General
of AEGA

Mihaela Frasineanu

Mihaela Frăsineanu
Executive Director
OIREP Ambalaje Association

Ph. D Mihaela Frasineanu has an experience of 26 years of working in the environment field, a Ph. D in environmental risks, 6 books and 12 scientific articles presented and published at national and international scientific meetings and scientific journals. 

 

After 16 years as a lecturer at Faculty of Geography, with expertise on hydrology, environmental risks and protected areas, has a 4 years’ experience as a General Director, General Directorate on Wastes, Contaminated Sites and Hazardous Substances (GDWCSHS) and Project manager for “The development of administrative capacity of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests to implement policy in waste management and contaminated sites – C.A.D.S” code SIPOCA 21 whose main purpose is developing National Waste Management Plan and National Waste Prevention Plan, in Ministry of Environment. 

 

She has also an international experience as an Expert for CoR Rapporteur regarding Opinion: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment ENVE-V/48 at Committee of the Regions’ (CoR)  Environment, Climate Change and Energy (ENVE) Commission. For 2 years (2018-2020), she holds the position of director of Environment Protection Division at National Company for Roads Infrastructure Administration (CNAIR Sa). 

 

Since July 2020, holds the position of director of the OIREP Ambalaje Association, association whose purpose is to promote the interests of EPR scheme, on the occasion of their specific activity, in relation to the Romanian and European Union authorities, as well as in relation to other entities in the field of environmental protection and packaging waste management.

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Prof. PhD. Habil.
Silviu Gurlui
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași
Faculty of Physics

Prof. PhD. Habil. Silviu Gurlui

• has a research activity for over 25 years at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Faculty of Physics, being the director of the Atmosphere Optics, Spectroscopy and Lasers Laboratory(LOASL, http://spectroscopy.phys.uaic.ro/)
• coordinates research in areas including: air pollution, global climate change, optical spectroscopy: methods and instrumentation, applied spectroscopy, atmospheric optics, lasers, active optical / remote sensing (LIDAR), passive optical, laser ablation plasma , technologies for obtaining and characterizing thin layers obtained by laser ablation. Under his coordination, the LOASL laboratory became a national part of the first LIDAR systems network (RADO), member of ACTRIS (Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research InfraStructure Network), member of FAIR-Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany and represents Romania, as an expert, at ESA (European Space Agency).
• has been a visiting professor at several universities and research centers in Europe: Orsay, Paris XI (France), CNRS Orléans (France), University of Angers (France), University of Science and Technology, Lille 1, (France), Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, Innsbruck Experimental Plasma Physics Group, University of Innsbruck (Austria)
• won through research, as project director, 15 research projects worth over 3 million euros. As a partner or member in other projects, Silviu Gurlui has contributed to the success of other projects, whose total value exceeds 20 million euros.

He developed two new technologies in the field of spatio-temporal resolved laser spectroscopy. The first consists in the realization of a laser installation that allows chemical identification, spatial and temporal characterization, analysis of physical transformations in the free atmosphere. This installation can identify traces of high altitude pollutants, analysis of physico-chemical phenomena over very short time intervals. The second installation is one dedicated to the research of the interaction of high power laser pulses with matter in various states of aggregation, in conditions of controlled atmosphere (simulation chamber). The installation allows the spectral characterization of laser ablation particle species with high spatial and temporal resolutions, obtaining thin layers with special physico-chemical properties (required in high energy accelerators at FAIR, Germany). These two research directions related to climate, environment and pollution, respectively the obtaining and characterization of new materials with applications in nanotechnologies and high energy particle physics, are found in several ongoing research projects, as well as in various publications, in important ISI-listed journals: 115 ISI papers, 1200 citations, H-index = 20.

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Cristina Ileana Covaliu-Mierla
Head of the Doctoral School of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest

Associate Professor Habil. PhD Engineer Cristina Ileana Covaliu-Mierla

• In the present, Associate Professor Habil. PhD at Faculty of Biotechnical Systems Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest and Director of the Doctoral School Biotechnical Systems Engineering. Since 2020 member of National Council for Attestation of University Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates (CNATDCU);
• Since 2012 - Head of Laboratory of ”Environmental quality analysis” from the Faculty Biotechnical Systems Engineering, Univeristy Politehnica of Bucharest.
• Author of more than 65 articles in journals with impact factor between 0.5-6.7, cited by 348 times in prestigious journals such as: Nano Research (F.I.-6.963), Advances in Colloid and Interface Science (F.I. - 8,636), Journal of the American Chemical Society (F.I.-12,113).
• publication of 5 books
PUBLICATIONS - the impact of international scientific research activity quantified by the Hirsch index is 10; - publication of more than 68 articles in journals with impact factor between 0.5-6.7, cited by 398 times in prestigious journals such as: Nano Research (F.I.-6.963), Advances in Colloid and Interface Science (F.I. - 8,636), Journal of the American Chemical Society (F.I.-12,113).
- patent application submitted: Process technology for wastewater treatment;
AWARDS / MEDALS OBTAINED
1. Gold Medal, C. I. Covaliu, G. Paraschiv, Technological innovation of flotation wastewater treatment using magnetic oxide nanomaterials, EUROINVENT 2019, May 16-18, 2019, Iași.
2. Award for the best oral presentation, C. I. Covaliu, Nanotechnology applied in wastewater treatment. Photocatalysis-based titanium dioxide, Sgem International Conference Green Vienna, November 2-5, 2016, Vienna, Austria.
3. Diploma of Excellence, G. Petrescu, M.G. Matache, C.I. Covaliu, I. Voicea, G. Paraschiv, A.D. Deacon, B.D. Nasarimba-Grecescu, I. C. Moga, Improved flotation treatment technology for heavily loaded wastewater, Kaohsiung International Invention and Design EXPO (KIDE), December 9-11, 2016, Taiwan.
4. Award for Best Oral Presentation, C. I. Covaliu, G. Paraschiv, Nanotechnology for wastewater treatment, TE-RE-RD conference, 2-4 June 2016, Golden Sands, Bulgaria.
5. Prize for the best oral presentation, C. I. Covaliu, I.R. Bunghez, G. Paraschiv, S.Șt. Biriș, Research on the removal of copper ions from industrial wastewater using environmentally friendly nanomaterials, ISB-INMA TEH 2015, 30 Oct. -1 November. 2014, Bucharest, Romania.
PROJECTS
The research projects of the project leader:
• 2020-2022- Responsible for the project in the field of the current project proposal:
PNIII subprogramme 2.1 – Project of transfer at economic operator (PTE-2020)- PN-III-P2-2.1-PTE-20190628, No. 39/2020; Value: 1960000 lei (412631 euro)
Project title: "Installation for the removal of organic pollutants from wastewater based on photocatalysis and biological processes (BIOCAT)"
• 2016-2018- Responsible for the project in the field of the current project proposal:
PNIII subprogramme 2.1 – Project of transfer at economic operator (PTE-2016)- No. 25/2016; Value: 1200000 lei (253164 euro)
Project title: Improved technology of highly loaded wastewater treatment by flotation.
• 2016-2018- Project coordination of an Excellence Fellowship, No.44/26.09.2016, from University
Politehnica of Bucharest. Title: Nanotechnology Application in Wastewater Treatment; Value: 220000 lei 4641 euro.
• ID 136776 /2013-2015- „ Education and training by improving the quality masters programs in
environmental engineering”.
• 2010-2013- the project leader was Postdoctoral researcher being admitted by competition in Project POSDRU/89/1.5/S/54785 NANOMAT 167165LEI≈39000 euro .
• 2007-2009- Project coordinator of PNII-RU-TD 244/2007-2009; Value: 35000 lei(7384 euro); Project title: Nanostructured composites with potential biomedical applications.
• 2022-2023- project SEE -Elaboration of mitigation plans and adaptation to climate change in Câmpina Municipality.
• 2022-2023- project SEE -Elaboration of the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan in Prahova County (ClimatePh Attenuation)

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Ileana Rău
Head of Doctoral School of Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest

 Ileana Rău graduated in 1994 from the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania. She has obtained her PhD degree in 2002 at the same university. She has spent several years as PostDoc, first at French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) Laboratory in Saclay and then at Angers University, where she received the Habilitation Degree (Dr.Sc.) in Physics in 2007. In 2013 she received another Habilitation Degree in Chemical Engineering. She was invited Professor at Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France in 2010 and 2018, at Yonsei University, South Korea in 2016 and University Aix-Marseille, France in 2018. Currently (since 2014) Ileana Rău is Professor at Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University POLTEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania and since 2020 she is Director of Doctoral School “Applied Chemistry and Materials Science” from IOSUD - UPB
Ileana Rău research profile is based on two complementary fields: environmental science and engineering, and biomaterials with different applications. Therefore her scientific activity is focused on synthesis of materials based on natural compounds (biopolymers, natural extracts) with different biological activities and properties. Ileana Rău has made significant contributions to the development of optical materials science and to understanding of linear and nonlinear optical properties of organic and biomaterials as well as their applications in photonics and biophotonics. She made also important contribution in popularizing nonlinear optics and materials science through organization of international conferences, workshops and editorial services. In the last years she was also focussed on synthesis of bio-based materials with medical applications as well as on the chitosan recovery from different waste and its use in different applications.
Between 2014 – 2020 Prof. Ileana Rău served as topical editor of Optical Society of America (OSA) for Applied Optics journal and since 2020 for the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. She is board member of Nonlinear Optics & Quantum Optics as well as Display & Imaging journals. She is serving as evaluator expert to EU projects, national projects and reviewer for several ISI journals.
As recognition of her entire scientific activity and international visibility, since 2016 she became member of CNATDCU (National Committee for attestation of titles, diplomas and academia certificates) – Chemical Engineering branch, and more recently of FWO (Research Foundation – Flanders), Belgium, (Materials Science Committee). Due to her expertise Prof. Ileana Rău was also involved in several PhD thesis juries abroad acting as President or Rapporteur (Italy, France and Morocco) Ileana Rau is Fellow of SPIE, member of SPIE Women in Optics circle, and Laureat of European Descartes Award, 2007 (member of French team). Her scientific records count more 200 published papers, cited more than 2100 times, hindex = 22.

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