Startups in 4.0 Industries

Welcome Coffee

Mariya​ ​Gabriel​ ​–​ ​European​ ​Commissioner​ ​for​ ​Digital​ ​Economy​ ​&​ ​Society

Dacian​ ​Cioloș​ ​–​ ​Former​ ​Prime​ ​Minister​ ​of​ ​Romania

Hans​ ​Klemm​ ​–​ ​Ambassador​ ​of​ ​the​ ​United​ ​States​ ​of​ ​America​ ​to​ ​Romania

Tamar​ ​Samash​ ​–​ ​Ambassador​ ​of​ ​the​ ​State​ ​of​ ​Israel​ ​to​ ​Romania​ ​(TBC)

Iulian​ ​Stanciu​ ​–​ ​CEO​ ​eMAG

Pierre-Dimitri​ ​Gore-Coty​ ​–​ ​Head​ ​of​ ​EMEA,​ ​UBER

Florin​ ​Talpe​ș​​ ​–​ ​Founder​ ​Bitdefender

Coffee Break

Krum​ ​Garkov​ ​–​ ​Executive​ ​Director,​ ​eu-LISA:​ ​“Political​ ​aspects​ ​of​ ​cyber-security”

Ricardo Mascolo – Head of Strategy and Business Development, Ericsson South East Mediterranean: “Mobility Evolution on the road to 5G:Romania’s Digitalization Potential”

Plamen Russev – Founder, Webit

Eoghan​ ​O’Neill​ ​–​ ​European​ ​Commission

Carmen​ ​Iano​ș​i​ ​–​ ​Policy​ ​Officer,​ ​DG-CONNECT

Innovation​ ​Radar​ ​finalists​ ​2017​ ​&​ ​2016

Vlad​ ​Voiculescu​ ​–​ ​Former​ ​Minister​ ​of​ ​Health,​ ​moderator

Christian​ Rodseth​ ​–​ ​Administrator​ ​Johnson​ ​and​ ​Johnson​ ​Romania,​ ​Managing​ Director Janssen​ ​Romania

Mirela​ ​Iordan​ ​–​ ​Country​ ​Manager,​ ​Pfizer

Călin​ ​Brandabur​ ​–​ ​Founder,​ ​Chairman​ ​&​ ​CTO,​ ​Symme3D

Dan Călugăreanu​ ​–​ ​Board member​ ​Axosuits

Lunch

Anne​ ​Marie​ ​Sassen​ ​–​ ​Coordinator,​ ​DIH​ ​at​ ​DG-CONNECT,​ ​moderator

Mircea​ ​Dumitru​ ​–​ ​Former​ ​Minister​ ​of Education​ ​and​ ​University of Bucharest​ ​Rector

Agnieszka Gajewska – Partner, PwC Poland

Stefan​ ​Schepers​ ​–​ ​Secretary​ ​General​ ​of​ ​High​ ​Level​ ​Group​ ​on​ ​Innovation​ ​Policy Management,​ ​Brussels

Coffee Break

Laurențiu​ ​Nae​ ​​ ​–​ ​Digital​ ​Twin,​ ​moderator

Arno​ ​Basedow​ ​–​ ​Fraunhofer​ Institute

Claudiu Petre – Vice President / Head of General Business Markets & European Funds, NTT Data

Horia Todoran – Director General Bosch Rexroth Sales SRL

Leonhard Muigg – Siemens Industry Software

Norbert Sebesi – Sales Manager Romania, KUKA România

Wolfgang Schulz – Director general, BMW Group România

Senior Representative, Universal Robots (TBC)

Senior​ ​Representative,​ ​Cobotwear​ ​(TBC)

Keynote: Emil Boc – Mayor of Cluj-Napoca

Emil​ ​Boc​ ​–​ ​Mayor​ ​of​ ​Cluj-Napoca​ ​

Nicolae​ ​Moldovan​ ​–​ ​Alba​ ​Iulia​ ​City Manager

Joshua​ ​Burke​ ​–​ ​Commercial​ ​Attache,​ ​US​ ​Embassy

George​ ​Anghel​ ​–​ Director General, Digitax

Marius​ ​Bostan​ ​–​ ​Former​ ​Minister​ ​of​ ​Communications​ ​and​ ​Information​ ​Society

Andrei Botescu – CEO Pegas

Senior Representative, Uber

Guest registration and coffee

Iulian Stanciu, CEO eMAG — “Online marketplaces”

Ionel​ ​Nițu​ ​–​ ​New​ ​Strategy​ ​Center,​ ​moderator

Sebastian​ ​Tudor​ ​–​ ​General Manager, TNT​ ​Productions

Anton​ ​Rog​ ​–​ ​Director​ ​Cyberint​

Mihai Raneti  – Founder / CEO Cyberfog

Aeroglas – Innovation Radar finalist startup (TBC)

Ionuț Simion, Country Managing Partner, PwC Romania

Paul Baran –  Technology & Innovation Consultant, Romanian-American Foundation, moderator

Bogdan Iordache – Founder, How To Web

Andrei Roth – Innoteque and Recognos

Bianca Muntean – Executive Director, ARIES Transilvania

Răzvan Rughiniș – Manager, Innovation Labs

Teodor Blidaruș – President, ANIS

Cristian Dascalu – Cluj Hub

Livia Ilie – Prorector, Universitatea Lucian Blaga, Sibiu

The role of industry and entrepreneurship in ROMANIA’S PRESIDENCY OF THE EU COUNCIL, co-organized with Europuls

Closing and networking