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24 May 2021

Official Opening

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Anca Dana

Anca Dana Dragu,
President of the Romanian Senate

Diana Loreta

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

Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu,
Member of the
European Parliament

Cristian Busoi

Cristian Buşoi,
Member of the
European Parliament

Dragoş Pîslaru,

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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Janusz 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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Virginijus Sinkevicius

Virginijus Sinkevičius,
European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Virginijus Sinkevičius is the present Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, at the European Commission. Mr Sinkevičius was from 2017 to 2019 Minister of Economy, and before he was leading the Committee of Economy at the Parliament of Lithuania.

Mr. Sinkevičius was elected to the Parliament in October 2016. Prior, he was a Team Lead for Regulatory Affairs at Invest Lithuania. Mr. Sinkevičius holds BA in International Relations and Affairs from Aberystwyth University and Master‘s degree in European International Affairs from Maastricht University.

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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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Nicoleta Pauliuc,

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

David Muniz,

David Muniz,
Chargé d’Affaires a.i.
The U.S. Embassy in Romania

Antal Lóránt,

Antal Lóránt,
Member of the
Romanian Parliament

Sebastian

Sebastian Burduja,
Member of the
Romanian Parliament

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Bogdan Aurescu,
Minister of
Foreign Affairs

Nicolae Ciucă,

Nicolae Ciucă,
Minister of
National Defence

Virgil Popescu

Virgil Popescu,
Minister of
Energy

Nechita Adrian

Nechita-Adrian Oros,
Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development

Barna Tánczos,

Barna Tánczos,
Minister of
Environment, Water and Forests

Prof. Univ. Dr. Sorin Cimpeanu e1648722844664

Prof. Univ. Dr.
Sorin Cîmpeanu,
Minister of
Education

Ciprian Teleman,

Ciprian Teleman,
Minister of
Research, Innovation and Digitalization

Lt. Gen. Eng. Ionel-Sorin

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

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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Therese Hyden

Therese Hydén,
Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Romania

Corina Licea 1

Corina Licea,
President of the
National Institute of Administration (INA)

Mrs. Corina LICEA is a graduate of the University of Bucharest, the Faculty of Foreign
Languages and Literatures – English-Italian department, with a master’s degree in British Cultural Studies (University of Bucharest) and an MBA in marketing, graduated Magna cum laudae.

Building her career around continuous learning processes, Mrs. Corina LICEA has an experience of over 20 years in human resources management in organizations from various fields (consulting, financial services, industry, daily consumer goods) and holds, as well, expertise in talent management, recruitment and training of professionals at various levels in public and private organizations. She was a strategic partner in organizational transformation and innovation projects. Throughout her career in human resources, she has been concerned with bringing positive transformations to all those with whom she has collaborated, people or organizations.

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Prof. Eng. Adrian Curaj,
General Director
UEFISCDI

Valeriu Gheorghita

Col. Dr. Valeriu Gheorghiță,
President of
CNCAV

Tudorel Andrei

Tudorel Andrei,
President of the
National Institute of Statistics

DEMOGRAPHY

The demographic decline

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Tudorel Andrei

Tudorel Andrei,
President of the
National Institute of Statistics

Dragos Pislaru

Dragoş Pîslaru,
Member of the
European Parliament

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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Marian Preda

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

Dumitru Sandu

Dumitru Sandu,
Professor Emeritus
Faculty of Sociology and Social Work - University of Bucharest

Athanasios C.

Athanasios C. Thanopoulos,
President of the
Hellenic Statistical Authority

Oleg Cara

Oleg Cara,
General Director,
National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova

Mihai Horga

Mihai Horga,
President of the
East European Institute for Reproductive Health

Anca Elena

Anca Elena Ștefan,
Manager
”Ana Aslan” National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Andoria Ioniță

Andoria Ioniță,
Manager
Director,
Directorate for Demographic Studies, Projections and Population

Dragoş

Dragoş C.-L. Preda,
CEO
National Radiocommunication Company, Former State Secretary for Telecommunication

Alexandra Maier

Alexandra Maier,
Senior Corporate
Social Responsibility Specialist
ING Bank România

Iulian Stănescu

Iulian Stănescu,
Senior researcher (II)
Research Institute for
Quality of Life, Romanian Academy

Marin Burcea

Prof. Marin Burcea,
PhD,
Faculty of Business and Administration University of Bucharest

Moderator:

Doina Bologa

Doina Bologa,
East European Institute for Reproductive Health

EDUCATION

The future - another perspective on education and research

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Prof. Univ. Dr. Sorin Cîmpeanu,

Prof. Univ. Dr. Sorin Cîmpeanu,
Minister of
Education

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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Monica-Cristina

Monica-Cristina Anisie,
Chair Senate Committee
on Education, Youth and Sports

Prof. Michael Murphy

Prof. Michael Murphy,
President
European University Association

Professor Michael Murphy

President of the European University Association

 

Michael Murphy graduated in Medicine from University College Cork in 1976. Following postgraduate medical training in Dublin and in Clinical Pharmacology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London, he received his doctorate from the National University of Ireland in 1984. Dr. Murphy spent a decade on the Faculties of Pharmacology, Physiology and Medicine at The University of Chicago before returning to Cork as Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and later as Dean of Medicine. An expert on drug therapy for cardiovascular disease, he led several international clinical trials of interventions to reduce cardiovascular mortality. 

 

A past President of University College Cork, Ireland (2007-17), he has been active in many academic organisations in Europe and the United States and has served as Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Ireland, Chair of the Health Research Board of Ireland, Chair of the Irish Universities Association and Chair of the Permanent Working Group (PWG) of European Hospital Doctors.

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Mihnea Costoiu,

Mihnea Costoiu,
Rector
“Politehnica” University of Bucharest

Tudorel Toader,

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

Adrian Cioroianu,

Adrian Cioroianu,
Ambassador,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
April 2007 to April 2008

Cristian Secoșan,

Cristian Secoșan,
CEO
Siemens Romania and Moldova

Cristian Secoşan is the CEO of Siemens for Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Graduate of the "Politehnica" University of Timisoara, he started his activity at UCM Resita, as a research engineer. Throughout his career, he worked in various companies, such as: ABB, Alstom, E.ON, Romelectro and Petrom. Regardless of his position, he always considered people to be the true strength of a company.

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Tova Ben

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

Andreea Negru,

Andreea Negru,
PR Manager
CONAF

Ray Iunius,

Prof. Ray Iunius,
CEO
Winsedswiss Education Group

Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis,
Vice President for
External Relations Head, Raphael Recanati International School The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya

Margareta

Margareta Matache,
Director
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights - Roma Program

Dr. Margareta (Magda) Matache is a scholar from Romania, director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights’ Roma Program, and a Harvard instructor. Her research and teaching focus on the history and manifestations of anti-Roma racism, as well as the global history of race and racism.

From 2005 to 2012, Dr. Matache was the Executive Director of Romani CRISS, a human rights organization that defends the rights of Roma. In 2012, she was awarded a Hauser postdoctoral fellowship at the FXB Center, where she founded the University’s Roma Program.

In 2017, with Jacqueline Bhabha and Andrzej Mirga, she co-edited Realizing Roma Rights, an investigation of anti-Roma racism in Europe. Also, along with Jacqueline Bhabha and Caroline Elkins, Dr. Matache is the co-editor of Time for Reparations, a forthcoming volume exploring the issue of reparations across a broad range of historical and geographic contexts and academic disciplines. Her other publications and research have ranged from the rights and agency of Romani children and adolescents to early childhood development, anti-Roma racism, reparations, segregation in education, and participatory action research.

She completed her Master’s in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and her doctoral degree in Political Sciences from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Bucharest. She also holds a master’s degree in European Social Policies.

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Răzvan Pîrjol,

Răzvan Pîrjol,
Chief Business Development Officer
Winsedswiss Education Group

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Prof. Dr. Habil. Florina Pînzaru,
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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radu ciorap

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

CIORAP Radu George 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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Jean Badea,

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

Bogdan Panait,

Bogdan Panait,
Founder LexData

Constantin-

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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Răzvan Orășanu

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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Mihaela Prună,

Mihaela Prună,
Managing Partner MediaUno

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Efficiency & Transparency in Administration

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Allan Rosenbaum

Prof. Univ. Dr. Allan Rosenbaum,
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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Constantin Marius

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

Corina Licea,

Corina Licea,
President of the
National Institute of Administration
(INA)

Mrs. Corina LICEA is a graduate of the University of Bucharest, the Faculty of Foreign
Languages and Literatures – English-Italian department, with a master’s degree in British Cultural Studies (University of Bucharest) and an MBA in marketing, graduated Magna cum laudae.

Building her career around continuous learning processes, Mrs. Corina LICEA has an experience of over 20 years in human resources management in organizations from various fields (consulting, financial services, industry, daily consumer goods) and holds, as well, expertise in talent management, recruitment and training of professionals at various levels in public and private organizations. She was a strategic partner in organizational transformation and innovation projects. Throughout her career in human resources, she has been concerned with bringing positive transformations to all those with whom she has collaborated, people or organizations.

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Liviu Mălureanu

Liviu Mălureanu,
President of the
National Agency of Civil Servants (NACS)

Liviu Mălureanu was appointed, in February 2021, President, with rank of Secretary of State, of the National Agency of Civil Servants. 39 years old, he is originally from Vrancea and graduated, in 2005, the Faculty of Management within the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.
Liviu Mălureanu has a rich professional experience in the private sector, activating in international companies such as KPMG, one of the four largest audit companies in the world, where he worked for four years as external auditor. He also worked for four years at World Vision International, where he coordinated international teams from Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia.
As political activity, in 2016, he ran on the lists of the Save Bucharest Union (USB) and became local councilor in District 3 of Bucharest.
Professionalization of the civil service, transparency of competitions and of decision making in public administration are the priorities undertaken as president of the National Agency of Civil Servants.

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Mihai Anghel

Mihai Anghel,
Mayor of
Snagov

Dorel Fronea

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

Dragoş

Dragoş C.-L. Preda,
CEO
National Radiocommunication Company, Former State Secretary for Telecommunication

Margareta Chesaru

Margareta Chesaru,
Public Affairs
Manager
UiPath

Sebastian Nicolae Buși

Sebastian Nicolae Buși,
The Subprefect of
Bucharest Municipality

Bogdan Dragnea

Bogdan Dragnea,
General Manager
Municipal Company for Civil Protection and Volunteering

Brian Pike,

Brian Pike,
Advisor
AiTrao Ltd

Diana-Camelia Iancu

Conf. Univ. Dr. Diana-Camelia Iancu,
Dean of the
Faculty of Public Administration
SNSPA

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Alexandru Pânișoară

Alexandru Pânișoară,
Founder and President of
Urban Planning Law Association

Alexandru Lazăr

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

Participants:

Gheorghe Tucu,

Gheorghe Tucu,
Managing Director
Valeg Creative Solutions

Moderator:
Bogdan Panait,

Bogdan Panait,
Founder LexData

DIPLOMACY

Foreign affairs and the post-pandemic security policy

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Daniela Gîtman,

Daniela Gîtman,
State Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Cora-Minodora Stăvărescu

Cora-Minodora Stăvărescu,
President of
”Ambasador Mihnea Constantinescu” Association

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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George Ciamba,

George Ciamba,
Ambassador of
Romania to the Hellenic Republic

George Ciamba, Ambassador of Romania to the Hellenic Republic

Ambassador George Ciamba is a career diplomat who has joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania in December 1990. In 2004 he was granted, by Presidential Decree and according to the law, the diplomatic rank of Ambassador, in recognition for his contribution to NATO accession and EU accession negotiations.

From November 2018 until November 2019, ambassador Ciamba was Minister for European Affairs, running the Ministry of Foreign Affairs team responsible with Romania’s first presidency of the EU Council, from 1st January until 30 June 2019. During this period, he was the Chair of the EU General Affairs Council/GAC.

As Minister for European Affairs and Chair of the EU GAC, ambassador Ciamba coordinated internally, together with line ministries of the Romanian Government and with the crucial support of the Permanent Representation of Romania to the EU, and externally, in close cooperation with the EU Member States and the European institutions, the common effort of negotiations that led to the successful conclusion of 90 legislative files.
Besides this coordination effort, Minister Ciamba was regularly invited to present the EU Council’s position at the plenary sessions of the European Parliament (in Strasbourg and Brussels), and signed, on behalf of the EU Council, all legislative acts adopted under ordinary legislative procedure together with the president of the European Parliament. In the six months of the Presidency, ambassador Ciamba was an active promoter of cohesion and convergence within the EU member states and a supporter of the enlargement process. As chair of the EU General Affairs Council, he worked on the adoption of Gas Directive, advanced negotiation on the adoption of Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and kept an active dialogue on Brexit.

 

From January 2017 until November 2018, he served as Secretary of State for Bilateral and Strategic Affairs in the Euro-Atlantic Area, coordinating a wide range of subjects, from the strategic affairs - including NATO, US, arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation, cyber security and minority rights - to the bilateral relations with the EU Member States, candidate countries and regional cooperation formats.
In 2016, as a Special Representative for Economic Diplomacy, he contributed to promoting and developing economic projects of strategic interests to Romania, and to consolidating the inter-institutional relations for the country’s international representation in the economic field.

Since November 2012 and until 2016, he served as Secretary of State for European Affairs, promoting an active participation of Romania at all EU levels and the national contribution to the elaboration of EU policies. He coordinated the sectoral positions in all the configurations of the EU Council and participated in the General Affairs Council (GAC).  
He represented Romania abroad as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Hellenic Republic (2005-2012) and to the Republic of Turkey (1999-2003) and as Permanent Representative of Romania to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (2001 – 2003).

From July 2003 to January 2005, he served as Secretary of State for Multilateral and subsequently, Global Affairs in the MFA, coordinating dossiers related to the EU, NATO, the Council of Europe, the UN and other international organizations.
In 2019, he received the Order of the Star of Romania, as a recognition of Romania’s successful Presidency of the Council of the European Union; in 2012 he was awarded the Order of the Phoenix – Grand Cross Grade, by the President of the Hellenic Republic; in 2000 received the National Order of Merit in the Rank of Commander from the President of Romania and in 1999 the title of Romanian Ambassador of the Year, awarded by Romanian Daily Nine O'clock and by Aspen Romania in 2019, the Leadership Award for the success of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Starting with January 2020, George Ciamba serves as Ambassador of Romania to the Hellenic Republic.

He speaks English and French fluently.

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George Gabriel

George Gabriel Bologan,
Ambassador of
Romania to the Italian Republic, Malta and San Marino

George Gabriel Bologan, currently the Romanian Ambassador to the Italian Republic, Malta and San Marino, is a career diplomat since 2003. Before being appointed as ambassador, he was General Consul of Romania in Milan, between 2012 and 2016 and a diplomat at the Romanian Embassy in Rome in charge of cultural diplomacy, between 2003 and 2012. Prior to his diplomatic career, he worked as a journalist in Romania and Italy, being accredited at the Holy See Press Office (1995-2003). Even after 2003 he continued to publish various essays on anthropology and the spirituality of the contemporary world.

George Bologan is pursuing a PhD at Babeș-Bolyai State University in Cluj Napoca, Faculty of Philosophy and History - Department for International Relations and European Studies. He has a degree in Communication Sciences at the Free University ”Maria Santissima Assunta” in Rome (2009) and has pursued in-depth studies at the State University of Oradea (2002), at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome (1998), at the Italian Society for International Organization and at the Romanian National Defence College, as well as several courses in philosophy and theology at various Pontifical Universities (Gregorian, Pontifical Oriental Institute, Urbaniana and Sant’Anselmo).

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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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Mihnea Ioan

Mihnea Ioan Motoc,
Principal Advisor
I.D.E.A. Department European Commission

A career diplomat, Ambassador Mihnea Motoc dealt mostly with multilateral organisations, serving successively as EU Director, Director General and State Secretary for multilateral affairs, as well as Romania’s Ambassador to the OPCW, UNO (New York) and the EU. He had two relatively short bilateral ambassadorial stints in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Between 2015-2017, he served as Minister of National Defence in the Dacian Ciolos technocratic government. He joined the European Commission in 2017, acting as Deputy Head of its in-house think tank European Political Strategy Centre, and currently as Principal Advisor at I.D.E.A. (Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate the Action).

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Lazăr 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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Teodor melescanu

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

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Habil.melania gabriela ciot

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

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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Valentin Preda

Valentin Preda,
President
The Romanian Business Exchange

Moderator:
Gabriel Micu

Gabriel Micu,
Phd

25 May 2021

ENVIRONMENT

Ideas and solutions for a greener Europe

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Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu,
Member of the
European Parliament

Barna Tánczos,

Barna Tánczos,
Minister of
Environment, Water and Forests

Florin George

Florin George Gârbacea,
President of the
Romanian National Environmental Agency

László Borbély,

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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Octavian berceanu

Octavian Berceanu,
Commisar Chief of the
National Environmental Guard

Orieta Hulea

Dr. Orieta Hulea,
CEO
WWF Romania

Juan María López Osa

Juan María López Osa,
Secretary General of AEGA

Ioana Petrescu,

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

Ioana Petrescu is a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and the President of Simply Green, a Romanian environmental NGO. Dr. Petrescu is a former Romanian Finance Minister. While minister, she pursued policies to cut tax evasion and tax avoidance, promote financial transparency, improve tax compliance, lower the tax burden for businesses and keep fiscal discipline. She also served in the government as an economic adviser to the prime minister and head of his delivery unit, where she monitored the implementation of the prime minister’s priorities in procurement, employment, energy and tax compliance. She is an international consultant on issues such as tax reform, central government delivery and local public services and runs the Center for Leadership and Innovation at the National School of Political Science and Public Administration in Bucharest. In the past, she also served as an expert for the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. She was an Assistant Professor at University of Maryland and she holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. She published in various academic journals and newspapers. Her 2017 book, Essays in Taxation and International Relations, analyzes issues such as flat taxation and government revenues. Ioana’s research project, Making Public Policy in Adolescent Democracies: Paths to Adulthood, explores good practices in the delivery of public goods and services in new democracies characterized by corruption and clientelism, low paid bureaucrats, poor institutions, frequent political turnover, unclear legislation, and little transparency.

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Florin Botonogu

Florin Botonogu,
President of
Policy Center for Roma and Minorities Foundation

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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Margareta

Margareta Matache,
Director
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights - Roma Program

Dr. Margareta (Magda) Matache is a scholar from Romania, director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights’ Roma Program, and a Harvard instructor. Her research and teaching focus on the history and manifestations of anti-Roma racism, as well as the global history of race and racism.

From 2005 to 2012, Dr. Matache was the Executive Director of Romani CRISS, a human rights organization that defends the rights of Roma. In 2012, she was awarded a Hauser postdoctoral fellowship at the FXB Center, where she founded the University’s Roma Program.

In 2017, with Jacqueline Bhabha and Andrzej Mirga, she co-edited Realizing Roma Rights, an investigation of anti-Roma racism in Europe. Also, along with Jacqueline Bhabha and Caroline Elkins, Dr. Matache is the co-editor of Time for Reparations, a forthcoming volume exploring the issue of reparations across a broad range of historical and geographic contexts and academic disciplines. Her other publications and research have ranged from the rights and agency of Romani children and adolescents to early childhood development, anti-Roma racism, reparations, segregation in education, and participatory action research.

She completed her Master’s in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and her doctoral degree in Political Sciences from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Bucharest. She also holds a master’s degree in European Social Policies.

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Laurenţiu ciornei

Laurenţiu Ciornei,
President
Alliance for the Forest

Laurenţiu CIORNEI is a researcher at the Romanian Academy, being co-opted in the team of the Biodiversity Center, in September 2018. He is the president of the Alliance for the Forest, an association made up of researchers, scientists, doctors in various disciplines, teachers, various specialists and professionals. PhD in economics, degree in law, journalism and forestry, graduate of postgraduate studies in leadership and human resources management, respectively environmental management and sustainable development. Before entering the research, Laurenţiu Ciornei worked, for 25 years, in the media, being an expert in communication.

Laurenţiu Ciornei is the author and co-author of several specialty books. Through the Alliance for the Forest Association, he is dedicated in achieving the goals of sustainable development of forest ecosystems, circular economy, protection of biodiversity, early education and improving the environment quality. He wants to contribute to the awareness of the forests importance in Romanian society and the role of forests and forest science, in general, in the superior use of ecosystem services specific to the forestry sector, maintaining and improving the state of forest ecosystems and their capacity, in the context of rural areas, affected by the limitation of opportunities, for the construction of a sustainable society, based on a scientific narrative, which addresses in particular the media, decision-makers and young people, to educate them.

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Ciprian paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu,
General Manager
INSPET SA

Marius Tudor

Marius Tudor,
Secretary General
APIA

ENERGY

Diplomacy in Energy "Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu"

Sustainable Energy - The future belongs to sustainable energy projects

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Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu,
Member of the
European Parliament

Antal Lóránt,

Antal Lóránt,
Member of the
Romanian Parliament

Søren Jensen

Søren Jensen,
Ambassador of the
Kingdom of Denmark to Romania

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Kristian Ruby,

Kristian Ruby,
Secretary General
Eurelectric

Bogdan Chiriţoiu,

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 Chiriţă,

Dumitru Chiriţă,
President
ANRE - Energy Regulatory Authority

Andrei Goicea

Andrei Goicea,
Policy Director
FORATOM

Andrei Goicea graduated in 2002 both the University Politehnica of Bucharest - Faculty of Power Engineering as a nuclear engineer and the “Spiru Haret” University, Marketing and Foreign Trade Faculty as economist. He is also holding a master at the University Politehnica of Bucharest - Faculty of Power Engineering in nuclear safety and radiological protection from 2003.

Starting with May 2015 he is at FORATOM, currently holding an Policy Director position, after he previously worked at Nuclearelectrica – Romania (2003 – 2013) and Mochovce Units 3 and 4 Project in Slovakia (2013-2015). From his current position he is dealing with policy matters like European Green Deal or Clean Energy Package.

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Alexandru floristean

Alexandru Floriştean,
Head of
Intelligence Hydrogen Europe

Corina Georgeta Popescu

Corina Georgeta Popescu,
CEO
Electrica SA

Doina Vornicu

Doina Vornicu,
COO & Board Member of
CEZ Romania

Victor grigorescu

Victor Grigorescu,
Senior Energy Expert

Cătălin Stancu,

Cătălin Stancu,
Horváth & Partners

Adrian Goicea,

Adrian Goicea,
President of the
Supervisory Board of NPG Transelectrica SA

Ştefan Gadola,

Ştefan Gadola,
General Manager
EnergoBit

Sorin Elisei,

Sorin Elisei,
Director
Deloitte Romania

Mark Beacom

Mark Beacom,
CEO
Black Sea Oil & Gas

Mark Beacom

  • CEO Black Sea Oil & Gas

  • Vice Chairman, Romanian Black Sea Titleholders Association (RBSTA)

During the past 30 years, Mark has held increasingly senior operational leadership and managerial positions internationally in companies both public and private including Director General of Midia Resources SRL, the Romanian subsidiary of Sterling Resources Ltd., President of Carthage Energy and its subsidiary Carthage Hydro, Vice-President of Petrokazakhstan, COO of Western Facilities, and President and Founder of Croft Offshore Oil Ltd.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario and a Master of Business Administration degree from the London Business School in the UK.

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Mihaela Coroiu,

Mihaela Coroiu,
Marketing Director
EnergoBit

Adrian Volintiru,

Adrian Volintiru,
CEO
Romanium Metal

Daniel Burlan,

Daniel Burlan,
General Manager
CE Oltenia

Valentin silvescu

Valentin Silivestru,
President – General Director
COMOTI

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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Petre Stroe,

Petre Stroe,
CEO
Enercons Efficiency

Claudiu Creţu,

Claudiu Creţu,
Special Administrator
ELCEN

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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Daniel Pintilie,

Daniel Pintilie,
Founder & CEO
Watto Stations

Ciprian paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu,
General Manager
INSPET SA

Călin Vilt,

Călin Vilt,
Honorary Scientific Advisor
CNR-CME

Dan Tudose,

Dan Tudose,
General Manager
e-acumulatori.ro

Dan Tudose is the Owner and General Manager of E-acumulatori.ro, a family business, started in 2002 and strongly developed since 2009, industry leader in delivering products dedicated to energy independence.

With over 25 years of experience, Dan Tudose is concerned with the latest trends in renewable energy, his goal is to bring to Romania the state-of-the-art systems available in Europe, including complex renewable energy systems, intelligent lighting systems, and charging stations for electric cars.

He strongly believes in Romania's potential to become a competitive player in the field of renewable energy and is a supporter of green energy projects such as EFdeN, Over4 and FreeMiorița.

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Ioan Iordache

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

Ioan Iordache graduated from “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection in 2000. He completed his master's degree in Environmental Management in 2001 and a PhD in Chemistry in 2007 at the same university. Mr. Iordache also completed a second PhD in the field of Industrial Engineering at “Politehnica” University of Bucharest in 2015.

During his doctoral studies, he had two Marie Curie Training Fellowships at the University of Oslo and the University of Bordeaux I. He was selected as Romania's delegate to the Group of Representatives of the Joint Undertaking Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH JU) in 2010 and was elected Vice-Chair of this group in 2015.

Dr. Iordache is the Director of the Technology Transfer Department of the National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies - ICSI Rm. Vâlcea. His qualification and experience have focused on hydrogen technologies and environmental protection. He has solid experience in the field of sustainable development, including both R&D and industry.

Dr. Iordache is the author and co-author of 54 research papers and 5 specialist books. His scientific contribution also includes the participation in 124 conferences and 20 national and international research and development projects. He is a member of scientific committees and a member of several professional, scientific and technical associations.

Dr. Iordache is the Executive Director of the Romanian Association for Hydrogen Energy.

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Mihai Moia

Mihai Moia,
Executive Director
ROENEF

Mihai Moia is Executive Director of the Association for Promoting Energy Efficiency in Buildings – ROENEF in Romania, since 2018. Previously, Mr. Moia has been Secretary of State and President of the Environmental Fund Administration and Adviser in the General Secretariat of the Government within the Romanian Government. From 2011 until 2016, Mr. Moia hold a management position in the United Nations Development Programme in Romania, coordinating the Energy Efficiency portfolio and implementing energy efficiency projects at national level. Previously he developed his academic and consultancy career working for Deloitte, European Institute of Romania and Institute for World Economics.
Mr. Moia has a background in Economics and graduated Economic International Relations in Bucharest.

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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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Ionut Purica

Prof. Dr. Ionuţ Purica,
Executive Director of
The Advisory Center for Energy and Environment

George Constantin

George Constantin,
Senior Consultant
Ernst & Young Energy Consulting

Participants:

Florin Frunză,

Florin Frunză,
CEO
MET Romania Energy

Giovanni

Giovanni Villabruna,
Manager
Ansaldo Nucleare Romania

Gheorghe Tucu,

Gheorghe Tucu,
Managing Director
Valeg Creative Solutions

Cristian Man,

Cristian Man,
Country Manager
P3 Digital Services

Ioan Simon,

Ioan Simon,
HR Manager
P3 Digital Services

Moderator:

Silvia Vlăsceanu,

Silvia Vlăsceanu,
Energy Expert

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OIL AND GAS

Diplomacy in Energy “Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu“

Oil and Natural gas in 2050 – The energy security perspective

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James Watson,

James Watson,
General Secretary Eurogas

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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Aristotel Jude,

Aristotel Jude,
General Manager
SNGN Romgaz SA

Vasile Cârstea

Vasile Cârstea,
General Manager
DEPOGAZ Ploiești

Nicolae Havrileţ,

Nicolae Havrileţ,
Expert Advisor to the Minister of Energy

Ciprian paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu,
General Manager
INSPET SA

Ovidiu Demetrescu

Ovidiu Demetrescu,
Partner
OCD
Capital & Resource

Cristina Bădică

Cristina Bădică,
European Financing
Director
RomCapital Invest

Georgian Albu

Georgian Albu,
General Manager
Future Energy Leaders România

Moderator:

Dumitru chisalita

Dumitru Chisaliţă,
President of the Intelligent Energy Association

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RESEARCH

Romania - Top presence in the world research

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Ciprian Teleman,

Ciprian Teleman,
Minister of
Research, Innovation and Digitalization

Adrian Curaj,

Prof. Eng. Adrian Curaj,
General Director
UEFISCDI

Valentin silvescu

Valentin Silivestru,
President – General Director
COMOTI

Mihnea Costoiu,

Mihnea Costoiu,
Rector
“Politehnica” University of Bucharest

Răsvan Hristea,

Brig. Gen. Dr. Răsvan Hristea,
Commander of the National Aviation and Space Medicine Institute

Mihai Varlam

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

Marius-Ioan

Marius-Ioan Piso,
President
Romanian Space Agency
( ROSA )

Ariana Năstăseanu

Ariana Năstăseanu,
Project Adviser
European Innovation Council European Commission

Lucia Pintilie

Eng. Lucia Pintilie, PhD
General Manager
National Institute for Chemical- Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Filip Cârlea,

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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Constantin pintilie

Constantin Pintilie,
CEO and Founder
BlueSpace Technology

Mirela Atanasiu

Dr. Mirela Atanasiu,
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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Levente Szász,

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

Mr. Levente Szász serves as a vice dean, since 2015, at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, being responsible for the relationship of the faculty with the business sector, for international student competitions and for scientific research within the institution. He was also visiting professor of Supply Chain Management at the Catholic University of Lille (France) and taught Operations Management at the joint MBA program of the Fudan University (China) and the Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary).

He has finished his doctoral studies in 2011 within the domain on Operations Management at the Babeș-Bolyai University, successfully completing doctoral courses at the Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary) and the University of Cambridge (UK). He has worked for several years as a strategic and financial consultant at a local consulting firm, assisting foreign firms to enter the Romanian market.

He is also one of the coordinators of the “GTK – Business Consulting Club”, one of the most successful student organizations within the university, which has won several international awards and podium placements on global business case study competitions, including student competitions hosted by the Georgetown University (USA), the Norwegian School of Economics or Universidad Panamericana (Mexico).

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Mihai Moraru

Mihai Moraru,
Founder and Shareholder
Agro-Est Muntenia

Moderator:
Marin Burcea

Prof. Marin Burcea,
PhD,
Faculty of Business and Administration University of Bucharest

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NATIONAL SECURITY

National security, adjustment to accelerated digitalisation

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Nicoleta Pauliuc,

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

Nicolae Ciucă,

Nicolae Ciucă,
Minister of
National Defence

Sorin Ducaru

Ambassador
Sorin Ducaru,
Director
SatCen (European Union Satellite Centre)

Daniel Petrescu

Lt. Gen. Daniel Petrescu,
Chief of
Defense Staff

Daniela nicolescu

Daniela Nicolescu,
Secretary of State Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism

Constantin Ionescu

Constantin Ionescu,
State Adviser
Head of the Integrated Intelligence Office

Viorel Pană,

Maj. Gen. Viorel Pană,
Chief of
Staff of the Romanian Air Forces

Iulian Berdilă

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

MG Iulian BERDILĂ was appointed Chief of the Romanian Land Forces Staff on the 26th of March 2020. A native of Galați, Galați County, he graduated from the Field Artillery Officers School, Sibiu in 1992. His first assignment was as multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) platoon leader at the 16th Artillery Regiment. One year later, he joins the 2nd Infantry Battalion “Calugareni” as antitank platoon leader, fires support officer and then antitank battery commander. 

During his service, he fulfilled several joint and multinational staff assignments, as the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in the 2nd Infantry Division, G-5 for the Land Component Command, Aide-de-Camp for the Chief of the Romanian General Staff and NATO integration planner for the Romanian Land Forces. 

His operational experience includes deployments in Multi-National Force Iraq as Coalition operations planner in 2006 and in ISAF Afghanistan, as Battalion Commander with 1st Mechanized Brigade in Zabul Province in 2011. His previous command assignments include Commander of Headquarters Multinational Division South-East (2019-2020), Head of Strategic Planning Directorate (2017-2019), Commander of 81st Mechanized Brigade General Grigore Bălan (2015-2017), Commander of 2nd Infantry Battalion Călugăreni (2010-2012). 

MG BERDILĂ holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) from the Romanian Land Forces Academy, a Master of Military Arts and Science (MMAS) degree in Theater Operations from the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies since 2005. He also earned a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the US Army War College in 2014. He attended several career courses to include the US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, USA in 2004, the US Army Field Artillery Captain’s Career Course in 2000 and the US Army Officer Basic Course in 1996, both in Fort Sill, USA. His national awards and decorations include the Romanian Military Command Virtue in Knight Rank, the Honor of Romanian Army (war signs) Emblem, the Honor of Romanian Army (in peacetime) Emblem, the In Service of Peace Merit Emblem and the Land Forces Emblem of Honor.

 His allied and multinational awards and decorations are the NATO Non-Article V Medal, the US Bronze Star and the US Army Commendation Medal. As a sign of appreciation of the important results obtained in fulfilling the missions and for the contribution to the image of the Romanian Army, the President of Romania conferred on him, on the occasion of the National Day of Romania-2020, the National Order For Merit in the rank of Knight (military badge). 

Major General Iulian Berdilă is married and has one son.

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Mihai Panait,

Rear Adm. Mihai Panait,
Chief of
Staff of the Romanian Naval Forces

Rear Admiral (Upper Half) Mihai PANAIT, a native of Titesti, Arges, was born on 27th of March 1968.

Commissioned in 1991 as a lieutenant junior grade, his first assignments onboard ships were as minesweeper operations department head and later on as executive officer.

At squadron and brigade level, he served as operations officer, followed by the same position at brigade level. Upon National Defence University graduation, he was appointed commanding officer of minelayer “IOAN MURGESCU” (271), chief of staff and deputy commanding officer of MCM squadron.

From 2009 to 2013 he commanded "REGELE FERDINAND" (221) frigate while being deployed in various NATO and EU operations such as Active Endeavour (2010), Unified Protector (2011) and Atalanta (2012).

Additionally, Rear Admiral (UH) PANAIT was a Romanian Task Group commander during its first activation in 2013 and also in 2014 and 2016.

As a staff officer, he performed duties as head of EOD and Force Protection operations office to Naval Operational Component Command and deputy chief of staff for training to Fleet Command.

His first assignment as flag officer was as chief of staff of the Fleet Command and subsequently, he was promoted on December 01st 2017 to the rank of Rear Admiral (LH). On August, 1st 2019 he was assigned as Fleet Commander and on 1st December promoted to Rear Admiral (UH).

On July 1st, 2020, he was appointed as the Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces.

From January 1st 2018 he was acting Deputy Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces for Operations and Training, being appointed from June 15th 2018.

On August 1st 2019 he was promoted as Fleet Commander, and on August 15th 2020 he was named Chief of The Romanian Naval Forces.

A surface warfare officer by trade, he graduated from the "Mircea cel Batran" Naval Institute in 1991. His post graduation education includes Command Team Training Programme in Den Helder, NLD (2005), Naval Command College in Newport, Rhode Island, USA (2009), Joint Strategic Leadership Course in National Defence University “Carol I”, Bucharest (2014), Combined Force Maritime Component Commanders Flag Course in Naples, Italy (2017). He also graduated several career courses in Romania or abroad in the area of staff duties, units and brigade level command, security and good governance.

Rear Admiral (UH) PANAIT is a veteran of theatre of operations and has received during his career various national and international awards and titles, among them "Emblem of Honour" from General Staff (2007); "Honourable Citizen", Rhode Island State, USA (2008); "Maritime Virtue" Order – Captain and Knight (2011); "Participant in International Missions", Operation Unified Protector (2011); the Officer of the year 2011 from Romanian Navy; the Officer of the year 2012 from Romanian General Staff; "Emblem of Honour" from Naval Forces (2012); "The Common Security and Defence Policy Service" E.U. medal (2012); "Emblem of Honour" from Air Forces (2018); "Emblem of Honour" from Land Forces (2019).

He is married and has one daughter.

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Lt. Gen. Eng. Ionel-Sorin

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

Wili Apreutesei

Police quaestor
Wili Apreutesei,
Director of
Witness Protection National Office at Romanian Police

Decebal Ilina,

Gen. ( Ret )
Decebal Ilina

Valentin silvescu

Valentin Silivestru,
President – General Director COMOTI

Marius-Ioan

Marius-Ioan Piso,
President
Romanian Space Agency
( ROSA )

Olga Chiriac

Olga Chiriac,
Associated Researcher
Center for Strategic Studies, SNSPA

Constantin pintilie

Constantin Pintilie,
CEO and Founder BlueSpace Technology

Marian Tutilescu,

General (Ret) Marian Tutilescu,
Associate Expert News Strategy Center

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

Dr. Mirela Atanasiu,
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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Dr. Leliana Valentina

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

Moderator:
Stefan Eugen Prună

Colonel (r) Professor Ștefan Eugen Prună,
PhD

CYBER-SECURITY

Cyber-security - future prospects

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Dan Cîmpean,

Dan Cîmpean,
General Director
CERT-RO

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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Dragoş

Dragoş C.-L. Preda,
CEO
National Radiocommunication Company, Former State Secretary for Telecommunication

Nadia Arnaboldi

Nadia Arnaboldi,
Member of the
Steering Committee and Coordinator of the Scientific Committee ASSO DPO Italy

Nadia is a data protection professional holding a master’s degree in economics and Corporate Law, member of the Italian Chartered Accountants Association, Section A (no. 278), member of the Italian Certified Public Auditors Association (no. 102461), Court-appointed technical advisor on data protection, member of the executive committee and coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of the Data Protection Officers (ASSO DPO).

She is Scientific Director of the Data Protection Officers master course at the Bologna University High School for Legal Studies and at the University of Ferrara. Acting as professional advisor of local and multinational organisations on data protection and corporate legal issues including GDPR compliance and legal contracting, and as external DPO.

She is Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe (CIPP/E) and United States (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), Auditor/Lead Auditor ISO/IEC 27001:2013, Auditor ISO 17065:2012 and recognised as Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) by the IAPP and Thought Leader in Privacy by DataGuidance.

She is author of books and article on data protection topics, contributor of DataGuidance and speaker at national and international conferences.

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João Miguel

João Miguel Gabriel,
President of
AEPD Portguese 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 Cîmpeanu,

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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Ion-Aurel stanciu

Gen. ( Ret ) Dr.
Ion-Aurel Stanciu

Ioan-Cosmin mihai

Ioan-Cosmin Mihai,
Vice President of
the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance
(RAISA)

Ioan-Cosmin MIHAI is a researcher, professor, trainer, and conference speaker, with an experience of more than 16 years in cybercrime and cybersecurity. He is a cybercrime training officer at the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), associate professor at “Al. I. Cuza” Police Academy, visiting professor at the University Politehnica of Bucharest and “Carol I” National Defence University, Romania, honorary professor at CT University, India, and vice president of the Romanian Association for Information Security Assurance (RAISA).

 

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Alexandru Lazăr

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

Andrei Avădanei

Andrei Avădănei,
CEO
Bit Sentinel

Moderator:
Bogdan Panait,

Bogdan Panait,
Founder LexData

Participants:
Cristian Man,

Cristian Man,
Country Manager
P3 Digital Services

Ioan Simon,

Ioan Simon,
HR Manager
P3 Digital Services

INDUSTRY

The New Era in Strategic Industries

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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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Bjorn Hansen,

Bjorn Hansen,
Executive Director
European Chemicals Agency

Christophe lagrange

Christophe Lagrange,
Executive Board Member
EURANIMI

Ștefan Vuza,

Ștefan Vuza,
Chairman Chimcomplex

Constantin vasilescu

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

Ruxandra Rodica Anghel

Ruxandra Rodica Anghel,
Director
Directorate-General for Defence Industry Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism

Radu Popescu

Radu Popescu,
CEO
Romaero

Mihai-Marian Sdreală

Mihai-Marian Sdreală,
General Manager
Avioane Craiova SA

Gabriel Țuțu

Gabriel Țuțu,
General Manager
CN Romarm SA

Nicoleta Ţăndăreanu

Nicoleta Ţăndăreanu,
Trainer National Institute of Magistracy

Phd. NICOLETA ȚANDAREANU
Education: University of Bucharest. Faculty of Law. 1989 promotion. Phd in Law - Specialization
in commercial law – insolvency, University of Bucharest, 2000

Professional activity: Released from the position of judge at the High Court of Cassation and Justice. Judge between September, 1990 – December, 2018. Trainer and expert at the National Institute of Magistracy, 2004-present. Member on the Scietific Council of the National Institute for the Training Insolvency Practitioners, 2019-present. Arbitrator, Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, 2019-present.

Scientific activities: author of 7 books on insolvency, over 60 papers published in legal journals and over 45 scientific communications at national and international conferences.
www.tandareanu.ro

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Marinela Dracea

Marinela Dracea,
President of
CIROM

Stere Farmache

Stere Farmache,
President of the Board of Directors
Post-privatization Foundation

Petru Ianc,

Petru Ianc,
President of the
Romanian Society of Metallurgy

Ilie Pană,

Ilie Pană,
CEO
Sock Laboratory

Mihai Moraru

Mihai Moraru,
Founder and Shareholder
Agro-Est Muntenia

Ionut Nache

Ionuţ Nache,
Owner,
General Manager
INAQ Consulting IFS Representative in Romania

Participants:

Gheorghe Tucu,

Gheorghe Tucu,
Managing Director Valeg Creative Solutions

Laurian Anastasof

Laurian Anastasof,
General Manager
I.A.R. Brașov

Partners:
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TOURISM

The future of the hospitality industry, virtual tourism and online events - a new form of business

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Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu,
Member of the
European Parliament

Javier Garcia-del-Valle

Javier Garcia-del-Valle,
Chairman & Group CEO at
Happy Tour - FCM RO/BG/TR

Dumitru Luca,

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

Călin Ile,

Călin Ile,
President of FIHR
Activist for sustainable tourism

Calin Ile – President of FIHR
                       Activist for sustainable tourism

Hotelier since 1997, Calin Ile is very involved in promoting tourism sector to become a priority domain of the Romanian Economy.

Calin Ile has graduated tourism at ASE Bucharest and has done different tourism courses in Holland at Hotel School den Hague or in Paris - Course for International Hotel Managers by Cornell University and EHMI.
In 2011 HTB Hospitality Forum has awarded to Calin the prize “Hotelier of the Year “

President of FIHR – Federation of Hotels Industry in Romania, Calin is also General Manager of IBIS TIMISOARA CITY CENTER. As president of FIHR, Calin initiated an active campaign to support education in tourism as first priority for Hotel Association.
He is founder member of ARLITH (Association of Tourism High schools in Romania)

He is an active militant of Responsible Tourism, being for 3 years responsible with CSR policies of Accor Hotels Romania. In this position, he had the privilege to support special causes in the country, like for instance the Project Plant for the Planet, which meant 2.5 million trees planted in villages in Transylvania.

“I believe Romania has a special place on the global tourism map, is depending only on us to become more visible and attractive for visitors and investors. The only way to make Tourism one of the best ambassadors of Romania is to invest, to support all forms of education dedicated to tourism, this beautiful, healthy and blessed industry “

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Răzvan Pîrjol,

Răzvan Pîrjol,
Chief Business Development Officer Winsedswiss Education Group

Alin Burcea,

Alin Burcea,
CEO
Paralela 45

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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Adrian Voican,

Adrian Voican,
General Director
Bibi Touring Touroperator

Christian Macedonschi

Christian Macedonschi,
CEO
TRUS HoReCa Services

Valeriu-Claudiu Stefan

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

Participants:

Gheorghe Tucu,

Gheorghe Tucu,
Managing Director
Valeg Creative Solutions

27 May 2021

HEALTHCARE

Reconfiguring the national healthcare systems

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Cristian Busoi

Cristian Buşoi,
Member of the
European Parliament

Diana Loreta

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

Dr.

Dr. Herman Berkovits,
Personal physician of the Israel Prim Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
Honorary Consul of Romania to Israel

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

Doctor Nelu TĂTARU is a Romanian surgeon and politician, member of the National Liberal Party.
He was born in Vaslui, on 1972 September 30th and studied Medicine at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Grigore T. Popa" in Iasi.
In the 2012-2016 legislature he was elected senator and in the 2020-2024 legislature he was elected deputy.
He held in the Cabinet of Ludovic ORBAN (2019 - 2020) the positions of Secretary of State in the Ministry of Health and the Minister of Health.
Currently, Doctor Nelu TĂTARU is the Chairman of the Committee for Health and Family in the Chamber of Deputies.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • 2011: Doctor in Medical Sciences, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Iași;

  • 2009: Specialization in digestive endoscopy, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iasi;

  • 2007: National School of Public Health and Sanitary Management;

  • 2006: General surgery, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iași;

  • 2004 - Course "Management of Public Institutions", "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iasi;

  • 1998 - Faculty of General Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iasi.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2009 - 2010: Manager, Huşi Municipal Hospital;

  • 2007 - 2009: Medical Manager, Huşi Municipal Hospital;

  • 2006 - 2012: Surgeon, Huşi Municipal Hospital;

  • 2000 - 2006: Resident doctor, Iași Emergency Clinical Hospital;

  • 1998 - 2000: Trainee doctor, Vaslui County Hospital;

  • 1991 - 1992: Assistant, Vaslui County Hospital.

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

  • 21.12.2020 - present: Deputy elected in the constituency no. 39 Vaslui;

  • 26.03.2020 - 23.12.2020: Minister of Health;

  • 11.12.2019 - 26.03.2020: Secretary of State in the Ministry of Health;

  • 2017 - present: President of the PNL Vaslui organization;

  • 19.12.2012 - 19.12.2016: Senator elected in the constituency no. 39 Vaslui;

  • 2011 - 2012: President of the PNL Huși organization;

  • 2012: Local councilor in the Huși Local Council.

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Valeriu Gheorghita

Col. Dr. Valeriu Gheorghiță,
President of
CNCAV

Andrei Baciu,

Andrei Baciu,
State Secretary
Ministry of Health

Simin Florescu,

Conf. Dr. Simin Florescu,
Manager
Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases “Dr. Victor Babeş”

Vlad Teodor Berbecar

Dr. Vlad Teodor Berbecar,
President
National Authority for Quality Management in Health

Sorin Ungureanu,

Dr. Sorin Ungureanu,
Deputy
General Manager
National Authority for Quality Management in Health

Daniel Coriu,

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

serban Bubenek,

Prof. Dr. Şerban Bubenek,
President of the Romanian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care

Cătălina Poiană,

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

Luca Militello,

Luca Militello,
CEO
Monza Group

Mirela Iordan

Mirela Iordan,
Country Manager
Pfizer Romania

Carmen Orban,

Conf. Dr. Carmen Orban,
General Manager
Monza Hospitals Group

Alis Grasu

Dr. Alis Grasu,
Manager of
SABIF - The Bucharest-Ilfov Ambulance Service

Dorel Săndesc,

Prof. Dr. Dorel Săndesc,
President Expert Commission Romanian Ministry of Health

Cătălin Radu,

Cătălin Radu,
General Manager
Bristol Myers Squibb Romania

Beatrice Mahler

Dr. Beatrice Mahler,
Manager of the
Pneumology Institute “Marius Nasta”

Anca Elena

Dr. Anca Elena Ștefan,
Manager
”Ana Aslan” National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Anca Coliţă,

Prof. Dr. Anca Coliţă,
Manager of the
Fundeni Clinical Institute

Emilian Imbri,

Dr. Emilian Imbri
Health Policy Expert

Mircea Turdean,

Mircea Turdean,
General Manager
FARMEC

Dan Zaharescu,

Dan Zaharescu,
Executive Manager
ARPIM

Iulian Trandafir,

Iulian Trandafir,
CEO
Alliance Healthcare Romania

Marius Geantă,

Dr. Marius Geantă,
President and Co-Founder of the
Center for Innovation in Medicine

Constantin danciu

Constantin Danciu,
Development Manager
Grande Gloria Production

Aurora

Dr. Aurora Dragomirișteanu,
General Director
The National Registry of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Voluntary Donors

Traian Laurian arghiisan

Dr. Traian Laurian Arghişan,
Physician,
Senior Specialist
Public Health and Management NRHSCVD

Robert Sabiniu Șerban

Robert Sabiniu Șerban,
CEO
Gral Medical

Moderator:

Elvira gheorghita

Elvira Gheorghiţă,
Journalist

Partners:
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TRANSPORT

Creating the European single transport market

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PANEL I

Marian Jean

Marian Jean Marinescu,
Member of the
European Parliament

Herald Ruijters,

Herald Ruijters,
Director
DG Mobility and Transport (MOVE) European Commission

On 1 February 2017, Mr Ruijters was appointed Director of Directorate B - Investment,
Innovative & Sustainable Transport in DG Mobility and Transport, while at the same time
continuing as Head of Unit responsible for the Trans European Network (TEN-T) until 1
April. He assumed the role of Head of Unit in 2009 and was directly involved in developing
the TEN-T Guidelines.

He previously worked in the same DG from 2005 to 2009, in order to promote the
implementation of TEN-T projects in cooperation with the European Coordinators, and for the
development of road safety policy, from 1997 to 2005. Before coming to the Commission he
held various positions in The Netherlands related to transport.

Mr Ruijters holds degrees from Nijmegen and Amsterdam Universities in both French
literature and European Studies, and was post-graduated at the Centre Européen Universitaire
in Nancy, in European Law, and in Business Studies at the University in Leuven.

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Dan M. Costescu,

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

Alberto Mazzola,

Alberto Mazzola,
Executive Director
Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies ( CER )

Alberto Mazzola has been CER Executive Director since January 2021, representing its members towards EU policymakers and advocating rail as the backbone of a competitive and sustainable transport system in Europe. 

He holds a Master’s in Business Administration and a Doctorate cum Laude in Nuclear Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan. His past roles have included Head of International Government Affairs for Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) and contributing to the worldwide business section of Leonardo Finmeccanica. 

Active in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) since 2015, Alberto Mazzola currently serves as Member of the EESC’s Consultative Commission on Industrial Change, representing CER as well as Business Europe.

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Jean-Pierre Loubinoux

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux,
Honorary CEO
International Union of Railways

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux was born in 1956. A graduate of the Ecole Centrale Paris, he worked at the French Foreign Trade Delegation to Hong Kong (1977-1978) before joining French railways SNCF in 1978, where he held various responsibilities including Director of the SNCF General Delegation in North America and Chief Executive of French Railways UK Ltd in Britain. He then joined the SNCF Freight Department where he successively managed the Coal-Steel Business Unit and the Human Resources, Data Processing and Finance Department before being appointed Chief Executive of SNCF Freight International (2001) and from 2001 to 2009 Chairman and CEO of SNCF International and SNCF Director of International Development.

In March 2009, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux was appointed Director-General of the International Union of Railways (UIC).

Until 2019 he has contributed to develop UIC into the worldwide association representing the rail sector and encompassing 240 railways across all the continents.

In addition, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux has held responsibilities in a large number of institutions and associations: French Foreign Trade Advisor and Chairman of the Transport Committee, Chairman of the Medef International France-Argentina Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Ecole Centrale Association, Chairman of AFFI (the French association of railway engineers and managers), Member of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Member of the Board of the US High Speed Rail Association, and since summer 2014 member of the High Level Advisory group , advising Secretary General of UN.

JP Loubinoux is now Honorary CEO of UIC, Honorary Chairman of AFFI, Honorary Director of the French railways, and has accepted several European associations mandates.

He is also a writer of poetry and a painter.

 

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Marc Guigon,

Marc Guigon,
Passenger Director
International Union of Railways

Marc Guigon is Passenger Director at UIC (International Union of Railways)

He joined UIC in June 2012 and is responsible for Passengers Activities, including development of High-Speed Rail in the world, Railway Stations, Ticket Distribution, Regional and Commuter Train Services and Tourism in Trains.
He is also coordinator of UIC Latin-American Region, involved in the development of rail in these countries, and coordinator of the UIC Covid-19 Task Force which comprises 70 UIC members and 18 International organisations.

 

Prior to joining UIC, Marc worked for the office of the French Prime Minister, responsible for French national policies of transport in the field of spatial planning: including railways, roads, urban transport, airports, ports and waterways.

 

Lastly, Marc has a solid background in Railway Activities having managed rolling stock workshops, research teams, and freight departments.

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Adriana Pălășan

Adriana Pălășan,
Managing Partner
Supply Chain Management Center

Augustin Hagiu

Augustin Hagiu,
President
The Federation of Romanian Transport Operators (FORT)

Laurențiu Duică

Laurențiu Duică,
Senior Vice President
Advison Young România

Alex Todericiu,

Dr. Alex Todericiu,
Founder
PflegeHelp Viena

Georges Durdilly

Georges Durdilly,
Airbus Group
Head of Romania

Georges Durdilly is, since 2019, the Airbus Head of country in Romania, responsible for the three divisions present here: Helicopters, Commercial and Defence and Space, managing also Airbus’ business in Moldavia and Bulgaria.
Mr. Durdilly is currently Managing Director of Airbus Helicopters Romania and General Manager of Airbus Helicopters Industries, both located in Brasov.
His present roles rely on an extensive experience that he built in Airbus along many years. Before joining the Romanian team, he was NH90 Programme Support Officer, a position which came to crown his broad activity in various Airbus development programs in France and Germany: NH90 Product Support Deputy Director, Service Chief Engineer for the NH90 fleet, Head of TIGER Programme Support Section in OCCAR Tiger Division, Head of New Generation Helicopters Fleet (Tiger, NH90, EC 725) in SIMMAD and several other top missions.
Mr. Durdilly is an engineer and graduate of numerous technical, military and management trainings, being a qualified military helicopter pilot and maintenance officer, as well as (r) Lieutenant- Colonel in the French Army aviation.
Mr. Durdilly is married and has two children.

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Adriana Mureşan

Adriana Mureşan,
“Voluntari în Europa”
Civic Association

Moderators:
Radu Borcescu

Radu Borcescu,
Ziua Cargo

Meda Iordan

Meda Iordan,
Ziua Cargo

PANEL II

Camille Sagues

Camille Sagues,
Head of
Environment and Sustainability Marketing Airbus

Camille Sagues is Head of Environment and Sustainability Marketing at Airbus. In her current role, Camille is responsible for promoting the eco-efficiency advantages of the Airbus aircraft portfolio as well as liaising with Airbus customers on environment and sustainability at large, in line with the company purpose to pioneer sustainable aviation for a safe and united world.

Besides her experience in environment in the Commercial and International department, Camille also held an airline marketing manager position, being responsible for airlines in Europe, Africa and the Pacific.

Camille comes from an engineering background with previous experience in the Airport operations team in Airbus, with expertise on airfield pavements.

 

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Giancarlo Buono,

Capt. Giancarlo Buono,
Director
Safety and Flight Operations Europe IATA

Capt. Giancarlo BUONO is the Director Safety and Flight Operations for Europe at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), based in Brussels, Belgium. In this function he is responsible for the delivery of IATA Safety and Flight Operations Strategy in Europe and for the liaison with European Regulators, the EC and EASA on issues relating to air transport Safety and Flight Operations. In his function, he is the Industry representative in the EASA Management Board and represents the Airspace Users community in the EUROCONTROL Provisional Council and the SESAR Joint Undertaking Administrative Board.

His professional expertise consists of extensive flight operations and quality-safety management experiences. With 30 years of experience in the Air Forces and Airline industry he is currently qualified as a Captain on the Airbus A-320 family. He holds a Master Science Degree in “Air Transport Management“ from London City University and has been involved in a number of international Safety and Quality developments programs. He is qualified as an Accident Investigator and as an IATA and ISO Quality and Safety Auditor. He has received formal training in Human Factors and Crisis Communication.

Capt. BUONO is visiting professor in Airline Regulatory Compliance at London City University and in Safety Management at Geneva University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society

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Adrian Florea

Adrian Florea,
Operations Director
ROMATSA

Alexandru Boros

Alexandru Boros,
EuETS Engineer
Blue Air

George Barbu

George Barbu,
General Manager
Aviation Academy

Moderator:
Anca Apahidean,

Anca Apahidean,
Area Manager
Eastern Europe IATA

Partners:
ziuacargo
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CONSTRUCTIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Europe of the future

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Sebastian

Sebastian Burduja,
Member of the
Romanian Parliament

Mariana Ioniță

Mariana Ioniță,
General Manager
The National Company for Road Infrastructure Administration (CNAIR SA)

Zsolt Nagy 1

Zsolt Nagy,
CEO
Niro Investment Group

Cristian Erbaşu,

Cristian Erbaşu,
President
FPSC

Cosmin Cătălin pestean

Cosmin Cătălin Peșteșan,
General Director
Bucharest Airports National Company

Vlad Vameșu

Vlad Vameșu,
President of the
Romanian Association of Road Builders

Vlad Vameșu
President of the Romanian Motorway Builders Association

Vlad Vameșu is the president of the Romanian Motorway Builders Association (ARCA), an organization founded in 2019 by companies with local capital that deal in road infrastructure.
Vlad Vameșu has a 25 year experience in the construction business, and graduated an MBA program with ASEBUSS Business School in 2003. In 2012, Mr. Vameșu founded Alpenside, a building company specialized in road infrastructure projects.

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Sanda Manea

Prof. Univ. Dr. Eng. Sanda Manea,
President of the
Romanian Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotehnical Engineering

Petre Uţă

Petre Uţă,
General Manager-
Geosond SA

Alexandru Pânișoară

Alexandru Pânișoară,
Founder and President of
Urban Planning Law Association

Andrei Constantin Olteanu

Andrei Constantin Olteanu,
Associate Professor,
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Department,
Technical University on Civil Engineering Bucharest

Moderator:

Sanda Manea

Prof. Univ. Dr. Eng. Sanda Manea,
President of the
Romanian Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotehnical Engineering

Participants:

Gheorghe Tucu,

Gheorghe Tucu,
Managing Director
Valeg Creative Solutions

THE RETAIL SECTOR

The consumer's safety during the pandemic - a major challenge in the retail industry

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George Bădescu

George Bădescu,
Executive Director
AMRCR

Florinel Chiș

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

Ovidiu Gheorghe 1

Ovidiu Gheorghe,
President of The Association of Goods Distribution Companies in Romania

Ovidiu Gheorghe is a prestigious representative of the associative environment in Romania. With almost 20 years of experience in non-governmental activity, Ovidiu Gheorghe, a graduate in legal sciences and holder of a master's degree in Agribusiness Management, began his career as a legal advisor at the Ministry of Education and Research.

Since 2003 and until now, Ovidiu Gheorghe is the director of the National Association of Vineyard and Wine, and since 2017, the president of the Association of Romanian Goods Distribution Companies, an association that, through its projects and contribution to the development of the Romanian economic and legislative environment, is a positive landmark among Romanian professional associations with European recognition and affiliation.

Also, Ovidiu Gheorghe is the initiator of the public communication campaign "FĂCUT ÎN ȚARA MEA" and the one who, through his activity, contributed, in the period 2007-2014, to ensure a degree of 100% absorption of European funds for the Romanian wine sector. His portfolio of projects and initiatives is extremely extensive, fully reflecting the accumulated expertise, involvement and permanent dedication for all those he represents.

Member of the Permanent Bureau of the National Council of Small and Medium Private Enterprises in Romania (NCSMPER), coordinator of the Consumer and Competition Task Force within NCSMPER, member of the Agriculture Task Force of NCSMPER, representative of NCSMPER within the Consumer and Competition Task Force of the Coalition for the Development of Romania, as well as member of the Agriculture Commission of the Economic and Social Council, Ovidiu Gheorghe is one of the most active and competent voices at the national level, demonstrating in all these years through perseverance and responsibility that the Romanian associative environment can be represented at the highest level of professionalism and effectiveness.

 

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Ilie Pană,

Ilie Pană,
CEO
Sock Laboratory

Ionut Nache

Ionuţ Nache,
Owner,
General Manager
INAQ Consulting IFS Representative in Romania

Partners:
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28 May 2021

DIGITALISATION

Digitalisation in a united Europe

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Octavian Oprea,

Octavian Oprea,
President of
The Authority for the Digitalization of Romania

Thibaut Kleiner

Thibaut Kleiner,
Director for
Policy Strategy and Outreach DG Connect European Commission

Dragoş Pîslaru,

Dragoş Pîslaru,
Member of the
European Parliament

Ciprian Teleman,

Ciprian Teleman,
Minister of
Research, Innovation and Digitalization

Juan Manuel poo

Juan Manuel Rodríguez Poo,
President National Statistics Institute of Spain

Răzvan Orășanu

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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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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Horia Grigorescu,

Horia Grigorescu,
General Manager
Romanian National Post Comapny

Ciprian paltineanu

Ciprian Păltineanu,
General Manager
INSPET SA

Augustin Jianu,

Augustin Jianu,
Co-Founder & CEO
Dime.ly

Augustin Jianu is a Romanian entrepreneur with an extensive background in software development, cybersecurity and policymaking. He has previously served as minister of communications and information society in the Government of Romania. 

Augustin is co-founder and CEO of Dime.ly a startup aiming to revolutionize the big data industry by providing predictive analytics as a service while paying data royalties to contributing users. He is also co-founder of certME romanian startup focused on self-sovereign digital identity based on blockchain technology. 

Augustin is a certified cybersecurity expert and served as director general of CERT-RO between 2014 and 2016. In this capacity he was part of the ENISA management board (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security).

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Răzvan Rughiniș

Prof. Răzvan Rughiniș,
President of
Tech Lounge Association

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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Andrei Botezatu,

Andrei Botezatu,
CEO & CMO
Digital Marketing Agency

Raluca Pușcaș

Raluca Pușcaș,
Partner & Head of
Privacy & Data Protection
@Filip & Company

Raluca Pușcaș - partner și Head of Privacy & Data Protection @Filip & Company

Raluca is partner and head of the Privacy & Data Protection practice of Filip & Company. She is a highly experienced lawyer in several areas of law, combining her expertise in the banking and finance sector with an in-depth perspective on the legal framework and practices in personal data protection, consumer protection, media & telecom and commercial contracts.
She is also CIPP/E certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and regularly provides advice on complex personal data processing systems and day-to-day assistance to a large and complex range of international and domestic clients.

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Adrian Negrescu

Adrian Negrescu,
Manager
FRAMES

Simona Stan

Simona Stan,
Public Policy
Consultant

Ilie Pană,

Ilie Pană,
CEO
Sock Laboratory

Participants:
Cristian Man,

Cristian Man,
Country Manager
P3 Digital Services

Ioan Simon,

Ioan Simon,
HR Manager
P3 Digital Services

Moderator:

Bogdan Panait,

Bogdan Panait,
Founder LexData

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AGRICULTURE AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Key economic sector for the European Union

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Janusz 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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Nechita Adrian

Nechita-Adrian Oros,
Minister of
Agriculture and Rural Development

Daniel constantin

Daniel Constantin,
Member of the
Romanian Parliament

Arie Velthuizen

Arie Velthuizen,
Agricultural Attaché
Embassy of the
Kingdom of The Netherlands

Veronica Taran baciu

Veronica Țaran Baciu,
General Manager
National Agency for Mountain Area

Matija Zulj

Matija Zulj,
CEO and Founder
AGRIVI

George Bădescu

George Bădescu,
Executive Director
AMRCR

Sorin Minea 1

Sorin Minea,
President
Romalimenta & Angst

Aurel Popescu

Aurel Popescu,
President
ROMPAN

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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Iulian Filipoiu 1

Iulian Filipoiu,
General Manager
Fundulea Seminţe

Marian Cioceanu e1652688450621

Marian Cioceanu,
President
BIO România Association

Marcel Ionescu 1

Marcel Ionescu,
Founder of
Agricloud

Marius Persinaru 3

Marius Perşinaru,
Entrepreneur in Ecological agriculture “Măr de Bran”

Marius Perșinaru
Entrepreneur in Ecological agriculture, Consultant on Indirect Channels, Strategy and Organizational culture
With over 30 years of leading organizations in multinational corporations or local businesses, in Romania as well as in international markets, he is now developing his own businesses in Consulting, Ecological agriculture, and general investment.
In 2020, Marius has finished a 21 year career in corporate world, Country President for Schneider Electric Romania & Moldova, after several leadership positions in Xerox: Country President for Romania and Moldova, Czech republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Corporate VP Operations East, Corporate VP Channels for Emerging Markets.

A graduate of Hydropower Engineering Faculty, Bucharest Polytechnic Institute, Marius started as an energetics engineer, moved in 1991 into high tech industries such as IT and Energy management, while co-founding in 2011 a production facility focused on apple juice in Bran, Brasov county.

Today, “Măr de Bran” products are distributed in over 40 locations in Bran, Bucharest and its surroundings, and since 2017 is Ecological certified both for the orchard and the production facility.
Main objectives of Marius is business growth in a sustainable manner for the entire ecosystem.
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/m%C4%83r-de-bran/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariuspersinaru/
On web: www.mardebran.ro
Email: mardebran2011@yahoo.com

 

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Ovidiu Gheorghe 1

Ovidiu Gheorghe,
President of
The Association of Goods Distribution Companies in Romania

Ovidiu Gheorghe is a prestigious representative of the associative environment in Romania. With almost 20 years of experience in non-governmental activity, Ovidiu Gheorghe, a graduate in legal sciences and holder of a master's degree in Agribusiness Management, began his career as a legal advisor at the Ministry of Education and Research.

Since 2003 and until now, Ovidiu Gheorghe is the director of the National Association of Vineyard and Wine, and since 2017, the president of the Association of Romanian Goods Distribution Companies, an association that, through its projects and contribution to the development of the Romanian economic and legislative environment, is a positive landmark among Romanian professional associations with European recognition and affiliation.

Also, Ovidiu Gheorghe is the initiator of the public communication campaign "FĂCUT ÎN ȚARA MEA" and the one who, through his activity, contributed, in the period 2007-2014, to ensure a degree of 100% absorption of European funds for the Romanian wine sector. His portfolio of projects and initiatives is extremely extensive, fully reflecting the accumulated expertise, involvement and permanent dedication for all those he represents.

Member of the Permanent Bureau of the National Council of Small and Medium Private Enterprises in Romania (NCSMPER), coordinator of the Consumer and Competition Task Force within NCSMPER, member of the Agriculture Task Force of NCSMPER, representative of NCSMPER within the Consumer and Competition Task Force of the Coalition for the Development of Romania, as well as member of the Agriculture Commission of the Economic and Social Council, Ovidiu Gheorghe is one of the most active and competent voices at the national level, demonstrating in all these years through perseverance and responsibility that the Romanian associative environment can be represented at the highest level of professionalism and effectiveness.

 

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Melania Cozia

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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Mihai Moraru

Mihai Moraru,
Founder and Shareholder
Agro-Est Muntenia

Alexandru C. Vasiu

Alexandru C. Vasiu,
CEO
Hy-Farm Microgreens

Florin Stanica

Prof. Florin Stanica,
Vice-Rector
USAMV Bucharest

Ionut Nache

Ionuţ Nache,
Owner,
General Manager
INAQ Consulting IFS Representative in Romania

Moderator
Vladimir Iulian

Vladimir Iulian Alexandrescu,
National Institute of Statistics

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