DIGITAL INNOVATION ZONE CONFERENCE

23 March 2023 - Agora
Events Center - Iași

Innovative solutions for SMEs and public institutions from the health and manufacturing industries.

Who are we?

eDIH-DIZ (European Digital Innovation Hub – Digital Innovation Zone) is the only European Digital Innovation Hub in the region to help you in your digital transformation journey, with a complete package tailored to your business needs: digitization services and processes, funding sources, specialised support, educational information.

eDIH-DIZ is a NON PROFIT organization supporting the digital transformation process in the North-East region, in synergy with the national and European strategies, by providing support services to SMEs and regional public institutions in the manufacturing and health sectors:

Acces to the Innovation Ecosystem

Test before
Invest

Digital Skills
Development

Access to Finance

The conference is organized for:

What will happen at the conference?

25+ national and international speakers

including representatives of the European Commission, The Authority for the Digitalization of Romania and EIT Health

Exhibition

of technologies useful for the digitization of companies/organizations in the manufacturing and healthcare sectors

Workshops

applied to the presentation and testing of Digital Innovation Zone services

Event Agenda

10:00-11:00

Participants’ Registration and Welcome Coffee

11.00 – 11.20

Opening Speech

Guests:

Vasile Asandei, General Director of North-East Regional Development Agency 

Sebastian Burduja, Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization

Dragoș Vlad, President of The Authority for the Digitalisation of Romania

* Full Romanian Panel

11.20 – 12.00

Digital Innovation Zone – an open window to the national and international innovation ecosystem

Moderator:

Alina Pârâială,  Head of Programmes and Projects Service at The Authority for the Digitalisation of Romania

Keynote Speaker:

Gabriela Macoveiu, Director of Communication, Innovation, and External Cooperation at the North-East Regional Development Agency

Guests:

Dragoș Vlad, President of The Authority for the Digitalisation of Romania

Ana Maria Bușoniu, Director General OIPSI of The Authority for the Digitalisation of Romania

Bianca Muntean, President of the Romanian DIH Association (RODIH) and Coordinator of Transilvania DIH, Cluj

Alina Anton, Implementation Expert in the Digital Transformation Task Force at the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Digitalisation

Tiberiu Stoian, CEO of EXONIA Packaging Factory 

* Full Romanian Panel

12.00 – 12.40

Digital Innovation Zone – an open window to the national and international innovation ecosystem

Moderator:

Bianca Muntean, President of the Romanian DIH Association (RODIH) and Coordinator of Transilvania DIH, Cluj

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Heidi Cigan, Programme Officer, European Commission

Guests:

Roel Kamerling, TU Delft | EIT Health

Dr. Niki Kousi, Managing Director at CLC South-East / EIT Manufacturing

Jorge Pimenta, Director of Innovation, Pedro Nunes Institute, Portugal

Ion Bodrug, President of ACETI and Co-Founder of DIH of Moldova, Republic of Moldova

Nedim Celebic, Representative of DIH ITS4Health, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

* Full English Panel

12.40 – 13.00

eDIH-DIZ opens its first call for companies that want to enter the digital transformation process

Keynote Speaker:

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

Guests:

Prof. Dr. Simona Caraiman, Prorector Informatics and Digital Communications, Technical University ¨Gheorghe Asachi”, Iași

Lidia Bețoaea, Head of One Stop Shop Office, North-East Regional Development Agency 

Irina Toma, Program Manager EDIH Iceberg Plus

* Full Romanian Panel

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

Great Hall

14:00 – 14:50

Funding opportunities – Romanian operational programmes

Speakers:

  • Irina Toma, Program Manager EDIH Iceberg Plus
  • Denisa Dan, ICEBERG Plus

* Full Romanian panel.

Small Hall

14:00 – 14:50

First meeting of the Country Working Group -EDIHs*

Speakers:

  • Dr. Heidi Cigan, Programme Officer, European Commission
  • Bianca Muntean, RODIH President and Coordinator Transylvania DIH

*Participants:

Only representatives from Romanian DIHs

* Full English panel.

14:55-15:15

EIT Manufacturing and EIT Urban Mobility funding opportunities for SMEs and startups

Speakers:

  • dr. Niki Kousi, Managing Director EIT Manufacturing
  • Raluca Lucat, Hub Coordonator EIT Manufacturing
  • Alexandra Hincu, Hub Coordonator  EIT Urban Mobility

* Full English panel.

14:55-15:15

Successful eDIH-DIZ projects for the fashion industry (DIH-World)

Speaker:

  • Ecaterina Ailiesei, CEO Katty Fashion SRL

* Full Romanian panel.

15.15-15.30 Coffee Break

15.30 – 16.00

Digital transformation of your organization: it all starts with a good plan!

Speakers:

  • Florin Cardasim, Managing Partner Strongbytes / Codecamp
  • Bianca Varvaroi, Operations Manager, ThinkOut
  • Ciprian Petrini, CEO SenseTask
  • Andrei Danila, CEO Code932
  • Catalin Darie, CEO, Q Web Solutions

* Full Romanian panel.

15.30 – 16.00

Mature digital innovation ecosystems in Europe’s healthcare sector

Speakers:

  • Roel Kamerling, TUDelft
  • Jorge Pimenta, Innovation Director, Pedro Nunes Institute, Portugal

* Full English panel.

16.05-16.35

Digital Innovation Ecosystem – Digital Innovation Zone initiatives, infrastructures and services

Speakers:

  • Prof. Dr. Simona Caraiman, Prorector Informatics and Digital Communications, Technical University ¨Gheorghe Asachi”, Iași
  • Ciprian Comsa, Innovation Manager Continental Iasi
  • Cristian Patachia, Development and Innovation Manager Orange Romania

* Full Romanian panel.

16.05-16.35

Blendology – your solution for digital networking

Speaker:

  • Bill Munday, Founder &CEO Blendology

* Full English panel.

16.40 – 17.00

Digital Evaluator Tool—the online tool that assesses a company’s digital maturity level (Applied & interactive workshop)

Speaker:

  • Nicu Enache, IT Consultant, Grapefruit

Participants:

companies that want to assess their digital maturity level on the spot

* Full Romanian panel.

16.40 – 17.00

Digital Transformation Support Solution Providers Catalogue – registration process (Applied & Interactive Workshop)

Speaker:

  • Georgiana Nedelea, External Cooperation Expert, North-East Regional Development Agency 

Participants:

companies that have support solutions for digitization (IT companies, consulting firms, audit companies, etc.

* Full Romanian panel.

17.05 – 17.30

Application support for the first call of companies that will benefit from eDIH-DIZ services

Speaker:

  • Cristina Baghiu, CEO of Atelierul de Idei, President of NGO Digital Innovation Zone

* Full Romanian panel.

17.05 – 17.30

Startups bring innovative solutions to digitise organisations. Challenges and opportunities in the age of technology

Moderator:

  • Georgiana Vieru Horoșincu, Community Builder, Rubik Hub

Speakers:

  • Bogdan Apostol, Nestor
  • Alexandru Holicov, Adservio
  • Full Romanian panel

Join us at the conference and…

Discover

how your organization’s or company’s digitalization level.

Build and Connect

with the DIZ ecosystem, accessing a community of professional contacts close to your domain.

Expose

your ideas and present your business to key players in the DIZ ecosystem that can become your partners, clients, or mentors.

Speakers

Imagine cu Vasile Asandei

Vasile Asandei

General Director
North-East Regional Development Agency

Sebastian Burduja

Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization
Government of Romania

Imagine cu Dragoș Vlad

Dragoș Vlad

President
Authority for the Digitalization of Romania

Bianca Muntean

President
Romanian DIH Association (RODIH) and Coordonator of Transilvania DIH

Dr. Niki Kousi

Managing Director
CLC South-East / EIT Manufacturing

Jorge Pimenta

Innovation Director
Pedro Nunes Institute, Portugal

Ion Bodrug

ACETI President and Founder
DIH of Moldova, Republica Moldova

Cristina Baghiu

President
Digital Innovation Zone NGO

Irina Toma

EDIH Programme Coordinator
Iceberg+

Nedim Celebic

Representative
DIH ITS4Health from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Roel Kamerling

Innovation Support Lead
TU Delft | Global Initiative Health, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Ecosystems

Dr. Heidi Cigan

Programme Officer
European Comission

Gabriela Macoveiu

Director Directorate for Communication, Innovation and External Cooperation
North-East Regional Development Agency

Tiberiu Stoian

CEO
EXONIA

Ana Maria Bușoniu

General Director OIPSI
Authority for the Digitalization of Romania

Alina Pârâială

Head of Programmes and Projects Service
Authority for the Digitalization of Romania

Lidia Bețoaea

Head of One-Stop Shop Office
North-East Regional Development Agency

Alina Anton

Implementation Expert in the Digital Transformation Task Force
Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation, and Digitization

Alexandra Hincu

RIS Hub Manager
EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hub România

Nicu Enache

Consultant
Grapefruit

Georgiana Nedelea

External Cooperation Expert
North-East Regional Development Agency

Simona Caraiman

Prorector for Informatics and Digital Communications
Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" of Iasi

Raluca Lucăț

Coordinator
Hub EIT Manufacturing

Caterina Ailiesei

CEO
Katty Fashion SRL

Florin Cardașim

Managing Partner
Strongbytes/Codecamp

Bianca Varvaroi

Operations Manager
ThinkOut

Andrei Dănilă

CEO
Code932

Ciprian Petrini

CEO
SenseTask

Cristian Patachia

Development and Innovation Manager
Orange România

Ciprian Comșa

Innovation Manager
Continental Iași

Catalin Darie

CEO
Q Web Solutions

Denisa Dan

Access to Finance Coordinator
Iceberg+

Alexandru Holicov

CEO
Adservio

Bodgan Apostol

CEO
Nestor

Assess your company's/organization's digital maturity level for free

With the Digital Evaluator Tool you will be able to get a free, real-time insight into your organization’s digital maturity level. The results are immediately available, and you benefit from the expertise of eDIH-DIZ partners to accelerate your digitization and support in identifying new opportunities.

Are you a provider of solutions supporting the digitization of companies/organizations?

We promote you for free in the Digital Solutions Providers Directory! Fill in the registration form and join the other providers!

Sponsors and Partners

Partners

Strategic partners

Media partners

Sponsors

About eDIH-DIZ

Digital Innovation Zone (DIZ) is the only European Digital Innovation Hub (eDIH) in the North-East Region, a one-stop-shop structure that provides support services to companies in the region to become more competitive by improving processes, products, and services using digital technologies.

The eDIH-DIZ consortium consists of 11 partners:

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