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:
- Public and Private sectors he IT&C (technology providers), manufacturing (SMEs), healthcare (both public and private hospitals and clinics) industries;
- Academia representatives, research institutes and local public authorities (The Authority for the Digitalization of Romania, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitisation, European Digital Innovation Hubs Network);
- Government and other public institutions with responsibilities in the digitalization area;
- Other DIHs in Romania;
- The general public interested in the conference’s topic.
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
Vasile Asandei
General Director
North-East Regional Development Agency
Sebastian Burduja
Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization
Government of Romania
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
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
Exhibitors
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:
- Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iasi (lider de consorțiu)
- Webmagnat SRL
- Atelierul de Idei Train-IC SRL
- Grapefruit SRL
- North-East Regional Development Agency
- Digital Innovation Zone Association – Digital Innovation Zone
- Iceberg Plus SRL
- Innovative Regional Cluster of Molecular and Structural Imaging North-East (IMAGO-MOL)
- Romsoft SRL
- Strongbytes Consulting SRL
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” of Iasi
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