DIGITAL INNOVATION ZONE
Conference

28th March 2024, IAȘI

Innovative solutions for SMEs and public institutions in manufacturing and healthcare

The first edition of the DIZ Digital Transformation for Entrepreneurs Conference, held last year in March, was a success for the North-East Region community. That’s why we decided to meet again every year, in an event that brings together the need with the solution, the demand with the supply, to build together a more digitalized, more innovative region.

What it was like at the second DIZ Conference: Digital Transformation 2.0

400+

participants

40+

speakers

14

expo

8

workshops

8

hours event

7000+

networking interactions

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Event location

Agenda

 28.03.2024

9:00-10:00

Registration of participants/ Welcome coffee

10:00–10:30

Opening speech – North-East Romania Digital Innovation Hub

Intro and Moderator:

‣ Simona CARAIMAN, Vice-rector of computerization and digital communications, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iași

Guests:

‣ Vasile ASANDEI, General Director, NERDA

‣ Ancuța POPA, Deputy General Director, Ministry of European Investments and Projects

‣ Dragoș VLAD, President of the Authority for the Digitization of Romania

‣ Marius Sorin DANGĂ, Vice President of the Iași County Council

*Romanian language panel

10:30–11:00

Strategic directions in digitization and digital innovation at the European, national and regional level

Moderator:

Lidia BEȚOAEA, Head of One-Stop-Shop Office, NERDA

Keynote speaker:

‣ Mihaela LAFONT, Program Officer, European Commission

Guests:

‣ Eduard MITITELU, Secretary of State, Ministry of Research Innovation and Digitization

‣ Gabriela MACOVEIU, Director of the Department of Communication, Innovation and External Cooperation, NERDA 

‣ Mirela MĂRCUȚ, Founder of DigitalPolicy.ro, Lecturer at the University of Oradea, Transilvania IT Cluster Expert

*Romanian language panel

11:00–11:45

Technological trends and practical solutions for development through digitalization

Guests:

‣ Simona Caraiman, Vice-rector of computerization and digital communications, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iasi

‣ Florin Cardașim, Software & data architect. Managing partner Strongbytes.

‣ Octavian POPA, Institutional Partnerships Manager, National Cyber Security Directorate

‣ Emilia ȚÂNȚAR, Luxembourg National Delegation for AI Standardization & Black Swan Lux: Chief Data & AI Officer

‣ Cristian PAȚACHIA – SULTĂNOIU, Development and innovation manager, Orange Romania

*Romanian language panel

11:45–12:15

The role of EDIHs in the implementation of the European strategy for digitization

Moderator:

‣ Bianca MUNTEAN, RODIH President, Transilvania DIH Coordinator

Keynote speaker:

‣ Elena COSMA, Director of the Programming, Evaluation, Contracting Directorate, technical assistant PoCIDIF and PNRR, NERDA

‣ Petrică CIUPITU-ISTRATE, Director of Monitoring OI PSI (Intermediate Body for the Promotion of the Information Society) within the Authority for the Digitization of Romania

Guests:

‣ Andrei MARTINIUC, Transilvania EDIH

‣ Alexandru BOBE, CiTyInnoHub

‣ Ana Maria PARASCHIV, Wallachia eHUB

‣ Irina FLOREA-Saghin, FIT DIH

‣ Simona Caraiman, EDIH DIZ

*Romanian language panel

12:15–12:30

We accelerate change: Digital transformation and innovation services for SMEs and public institutions in the North-East Region

Guests:

 Cristina BAGHIU, CEO Atelierul de Idei, President of the NGO Digital Innovation Zone

Simona CARAIMAN, Vice-rector of computerization and digital communications, “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iași

Lidia BEȚOAEA, Head of One-Stop-Shop Office, NERDA

Denisa DAN, Iceberg Plus Program Manager

*Romanian language panel

12:30-13:30 Lunch break, networking and visiting the EXPO area

Parallel workshops

Great Hall – Workshops dedicated to the production field

13:30-14:15

We accelerate change: Digital transformation and innovation services for SMEs in the North-East Region

Moderator:

‣ Adelina EZARIU, Innovation Manager, NGO DIZ 

Guests:

‣ Vlad CAZAN, Co-founder, KFactory, Albrau factory digitization case study

‣ Ștefan Marinică, Product Lead, Fortech Products, ESG solution for manufacturing

‣ Mihai BASU, Founder of Mobiera SRL

* Panel integral în limba română.

Small hall – Workshops dedicated to the health field

13:30-14:15

We accelerate change: Digital transformation and innovation services for SMEs and public institutions in the North-East Region

Moderator:

‣ Cristina BAGHIU, President of the NGO Digital Innovation Zone

Guests:

‣ Cătălin NICOARĂ, Iași County Council

‣ Constantin POIANĂ, Buhuși hospital

HIZ by DIZ start-up

* Panel integral în limba engleză.

14:15-15:00

Challenges and solutions for the production field

Moderator:

‣ Cătălin DOSOFTEI, Conf.dr.ing. at “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iași

Guests:

‣ Marius HĂRĂTĂU, Factory 4.0

‣ Alexandru DOROBANȚU, Head of the Maintenance Service, Antibiotice SA

‣ Emil LOGHIN, R3GROUP/TUIASI

‣ Iuliana NICHERSU, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik

* Panel integral în limba engleză.

14:15-15:00 

Challenges and solutions for the health field

Guests:

Ionuț NISTOR, MAVIS Technological Transfer Center

‣ Dragos GAVRILUȚ, Bitdefender

 dr. Alexandru PLEȘOIANU, Center for Technology Transfer MAVIS

‣ Carmen MIHAI, IMAGO-MOL

‣ Monica NOVAC, ALINIMED DIGITAL

* Panel integral în limba română.

15:00-15:30 Coffee break, networking and visiting the EXPO area

15:30–16:30

Innovative solutions for manufacturing and healthcare companies

Extended pitches of technology providers

 1. End-to-End Cybersecurity powered by Expertware – Traian POPOVICI, Comercial Director  – EXPERTWARE

‣ 2. navify® an ecosystem of digital solutions for operational efficiency and informed clinical decisions – Drd. Bioeng. Valentin DOBRE, Product Marketing Manager Core Lab & Digital Solutions, ROCHE

‣ 3. Hyper Automation solutions for manufacturing companies – Mircea RĂDOI, Presales & Business Developer, ALIANT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

‣ 4. Digitized medicine management – Monica MATEI, Project Manager & Tiberiu AIGLER, BD Rowa Sales Representative

‣ 5. Improving and modernizing production systems with Industrial IoT – IonuȚ TEPENEU – CTT Director ETA2U Innovation

*Romanian language panel

15:30-16:30

Best practice workshop for future EDIHs from associated countries of the European Union

Speaker:

‣ Ion Bodrug, ACETI president, co-founder of DIH of Moldova

Guests:

Representatives of EDIHs from Romania and DIHs from Ukraine, Republic of Moldova, Georgia, Albania

* English language panel.

* Participation is only by invitation!!!

16:30-17:15

Financing digital investments in the field of production

Moderator:

‣ Raluca LUCĂȚ, Project Manager ICEBERG Plus

Guests:

‣ Aristeidis KATSIORCHIS, Innovation Manager, EIT Manufacturing CLC South-East

‣ Andrei-Ovidiu PĂUN, Regional coordinator BCR Romania

* English language panel

16:30-17:15

Financing digital investments in the medical field

Moderator:

Denisa DAN, Project Manager, Iceberg Plus

Guests:

‣ Ariana CORDOȘ,  EIT Health RIS Hub manager

‣ Selena STAN, member of the Digital Economy Task Force of Romanian Business Leaders

* Romanian language panel

Inside the restaurant

16:30-17:15

Working meeting of Romanian EDIHs and RODIH Association members

Moderator:

‣ Ciprian MORCAN, Partner Transilvania DIH, CEO Hygia Consult

Guests:

representatives of the Romanian EDIHs

representatives of the European Commission

representatives of AM PoCIDIF

representatives of OIPSI

 

* Romanian language panel.

* Participation is only by invitation!!!

17:15-18:30 Networking

29.03.2024

*Participation is only by invitation!!!

Event Location

REMEDIUM hall, ground floor of dormitories T5-T6, Tudor Vladimirescu campus, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University, Iași

10:00-10:30

Participant registration/ Welcome coffee

10:30-12:00

Call presentation and next steps – eDIH-DIZ consortium representative

 EIT Manufacturing – innovation funding opportunities – EITM representative

 TUIASI – presentation of the collaboration with EIT Manufacturing within the innovation projects – TUIASI representative

 Innovative Technical Solutions for Industry and Healthcare – Dell Presentation (Invited)

 Other funding sources – Iceberg representative

 Pitching digitization and innovation needs: 3 companies selected in the call

12:00-12:30

Networking and workshop start

‣ Networking for potential applicants on the call – informal support and clarifications regarding the application, benefits

12:30-13:30

Start activities for the selected companies in the call

‣ Networking for potential applicants on the call – informal support and clarifications regarding the application, benefits

Proposal of activities for the companies selected in the DIZ call for services:
‣ Presentation of the DMA (Digital Maturity Assessment) Tool
‣ Project responsible presentation from the consortium for each client organization
‣ Setting the work agenda for the next 6 months.

Keynote speakers

Mihaela Lafont

Program Officer

European Commission

Elena Cosma

Director of the Programming, Evaluation, Contracting Directorate, technical assistant PoCIDIF and PNRR

NERDA

Petrică Ciupitu-Istrate

Director of Monitoring OI PSI (Intermediate Body for the Promotion of the Information Society)

Authority for the Digitization of Romania

Speakers

Simona Caraiman

Vice-rector of computerization and digital communications

“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iași

Vasile Asandei

General Director

NERDA

Dragoș Vlad

President

Authority for the Digitization of Romania

Marius Sorin Dangă

Vice President

 Iași County Council

Eduard Mititelu

Secretary of State

Ministry of Research Innovation and Digitization

Gabriela Macoveiu

Director of the Department of Communication, Innovation and External Cooperation

NERDA

Mirela Mărcuț

Founder of DigitalPolicy.ro

Lecturer at the University of Oradea, Transilvania IT Cluster Expert

Florin Cardașim

Managing Partner

Strongbytes/Codecamp

Cristina Baghiu

Preident

NGO DIZ

Maria Manuela Catrina

Deputy Director

National Cyber Security Directorate

Emilia Țânțar

Chief Data & AI Office

Luxembourg National Delegation for AI Standardization & Black Swan Lux

Andrei Martiniuc

Transilvania EDIH

Alexandru Bobe

CiTyInnoHub

Ana Maria Paraschiv

Wallachia eHUB

Irina Florea-Saghin

 FIT DIH

Lidia Bețoaea

Head of One-Stop-Shop Office

NERDA

Denisa Dan

Program Manager

Iceberg+

Marius Hărătău

Factory 4.0

Ciprian Iacob

Engineering and Processes Digitalisation Manager

Antibiotice SA

Iuliana Nichersu

FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik

Dragoș Gavriluț

Bitdefender

Selena Stan

Member of the Digital Economy Task Force of Romanian Business Leaders

Alexandru Pleșoianu

Dr.

Center for Technology Transfer MAVIS

Carmen Mihai

IMAGO-MOL

Aristeidis KATSIORCHIS

Innovation Manager

EIT Manufacturing CLC South-East

Ariana Cordoș

Manager

EIT Health RIS Hub

Ancuța Popa

Deputy General Director

Ministry of European Investments and Projects

Emil Loghin

R3GROUP / TUIASI

Vlad Cazan

Co-founder

KFactory

Ștefan Marinică

Product Lead

Fortech

Constantin Poiană

Director

Buhuși Hospital

Cătălin Nicoară

Iași County Council

Cristian Pățachia– Sultănoiu

Development and Innovation Manager

Orange Romania

Ion Bodrug

ACETI President & co-founder DIH of Moldova

Monica Novac

CEO

ALINIMED DIGITAL

Andrei-Ovidiu Păun

Zonal coordinator

BCR România

Traian Popovici

Commercial Director

EXPERTWARE

    Valentin Dobre

    Product Marketing Manager

    ROCHE

    Mircea Rădoi

    Presales & Business Developer

    ALIANT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

      Monica MATEI

      Project Manager

      BD Rowa

      Tiberiu Aigler

      Sales Representative

      BD Rowa

              Moderators

              Bianca Muntean

              RODIH President

              Transilvania DIH Coordinator

              Adelina Ezariu

              Innovation Manager

              NGO DIZ

              Cristina Baghiu

              President

              NGO DIZ

              Cătălin Dosoftei

              Associate Professor

              “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iași

              Ionuț Nistor

              Univ. Assoc. Dr.

              MAVIS Technological Transfer Center

              Raluca Lucăț

              Coordinator

              EIT Manufacturing RIS Hub Romania

              Denisa Dan

              Program Manager

              Iceberg+

              Ciprian Morcan

              CEO Hygia Consult

              Transilvania DIH Partner

              Simona Caraiman

              Vice-rector of computerization and digital communications

              “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University, Iași

              Exhibitors and Sponsors

              Conference exhibitors

              Conference sponsors

              Smart Hospital exhibitors & sponsors

              Partners

              Media partners