6th Romanian National Cluster Conference 2017

Speakers Presentations

Business Driven Innovation

Capitalisation Workshop

Danube Programme

Key Note

Smart Clusters

Tools to shape up value chains

Value Chains

Value chains and Industrial policy

About

6th edition of the Romanian National Cluster Conference
3rd edition of Afaceri.ro Bucharest Conference

The conference of this year aims to open the door and give glance on future developments which will set the innovation agenda for the years to come.
The event enjoys the presence of eminent representatives of European organizations, national and international clusters, research institutes, universities and companies, renowned experts.

Event topics

Smart clusters
Value chains
Business driven innovation
Export & business internationalization

Innovation actors are facing a change of paradigm as they move in more and more complex environments.
Clusters have the potential of shaping up the new ecosystems and becoming main drivers of innovation changes.
Clusters in the Eastern Danube face the challenge of becoming active dialogue actors in the process of defining and monitoring regional smart specialization.

Accommodation

Promotion opportunities (RO) Promotion opportunities (EN)

Meet our speakers!

SERBAN STRATILA

Fondator, Asociatia ASTRICO Nord - Est

ACAD. LUCIAN-LIVIU ALBU

Director, Institute for Economic Forecasting, Romanian Academy

AIDA SZILAGYI

Senior Expert & Chair, National Centre for Sustainable Production and Consumption

ULLA ENGELMANN

Head of Unit, Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship, DG GROW

GABRIELA PIRVU

Senior counsellor, Ministry of Economy

STANICA ENACHE

Business Development CEE, MobileTornado

ENIKO MATYUS

Cofounder & coordinator, innoHUB

LAJOS VAJDA

Vicepresedinte, CLUSTERO

RADIM DUDA

Project Manager & RIS3 Developer, Regional Development Agency Ostrava, Czech Republic

REZSO KADAR

Manager, PRO WOOD Regional Wood Cluster

ANDREAS WINKLER

Head of Ecosystems, IDM Südtirol

CORNELIA MURARU-IONEL

Senior Researcher, National Institute of R&D for Machines and Installations

PhD. PAUL SVASTA

Emeritus Professor, “Politehnica” University of Bucharest, Romania; President, ELINCLUS

BOGLARKA VAJDA

Project Manager, Green Energy Innovative Biomass Cluster

ADRIAN CURAJ

General Director, UEFISCDI

RALF KINDERVATER

CEO, BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH

HARALD BLEIER

Manager, Kunststoff Cluster - Lower Austrian branch

MARIUS DRAGOS

Adviser, Ministry for Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship

LUCIAN GEORGESCU

Ministrul Cercetarii si Inovarii

GENOVEVA CHRISTOVA

President of the Bulgarian Furniture Cluster (BFC) and the Association of Business Clusters (ABC)

THOMAS LAEMMER-GAMP

Head of Team „Economic Development“, Bergische Agency for Structural and Economic Development

ALEXANDRU LAZESCU

Redactor sef, Revista 22

LUC SCHMERBER

Management assistance for projects & programmes, Inno-Group

RODICA LUPU

Managing Partner, Loop Operations

Radu Limpede

Managing Partner, EU Advisory

RUXANDRA POPOVICI

Senior counsellor, Ministry of Economy

OANA NAPOTNIK

EU Affairs Department - EU Strategy for the Danube Region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

TOM DAWES

Founder, Valuechain

PhD. CARMEN BEATRICE PAUNA

Senior Researcher, Institute for Economic Forecasting , Romanian Academy

AGATHA FILIMON

Communication Officer, North-East Regional Developmental Agency

PETER KELLER

Head of International and Cluster Unit, Ministry for National Economy of Hungary

VICTOR NEGRESCU

Minister Delegate for European Affairs

ANDREEA PENA

Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration

MARIUS MAIER

Manager General & Owner, CMC GRUP Broker de Asigurare

CLAUDIU VRINCEANU

Co-fondator VP Connections & Senior Manager Start-Up Bridge

ADRIAN SANDU

President, Auto SPRINT Cluster

DANIEL WOLF BLOEMERS

Policy Officer for Innovation Policy, EC Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

AURA GAGU

Deputy Director External Relations and Structured Finances, CEC Bank

PAVLA BRUSKOVA

President, National Cluster Association CZ

DANIEL COSNITA

Presedinte, Asociatia Clusterelor din Romania

SIMONE HAGENAUER

Project Manager, Ecoplus

LUCIA SEEL

Global Communication and Content Manager for the European Cluster Collaboration Platform

ION VACIU

Founder President, ICT Consultative Council

ANNIE RENDERS

Head of the Cluster Policy unit at Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship

FRANCISCO ROCHA

Senior International Consultant, Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação

PEDRO A. VIEIRA

Co-founder, Market Access

ROLANDA PREDESCU

Senior counsellor for RDI policies & programmes, Ministry for Research and Innovation

RAZVAN DESLIU

Industrial Policy Expert, Ministry of Economy's SIPOCA 7 Project

MARINA RANGA

European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain

CIPRIAN MORCAN

Manager, Transylvanian Furniture Cluster

Bucharest Cluster Conference Agenda *

* The agenda might change due to objective reasons.

AFACERI.RO

the 23rd of November

DAY 1

the 22nd of November

DAY 2

the 23rd of November

09:00

Marriott Hotel Bucharest

Check-in, Registration & Welcome coffee

09:30 - 14:30

Marriott Hotel Bucharest, Salon B

Afaceri.ro Debate

09:30-10:20 | I. INTERNATIONALIZATION - BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL MARKETS

Prezentari si dezbateri

Cum sa faci afaceri pe piete straine - Claudiu VRINCEANU
Oportunitati de afaceri in zona Golfului - Ion VACIU
Misiunile economice Afaceri.ro 2018 - Marius ALEXA
Moderator: Alexandru LAZESCU

10:20-10:50 | Networking Coffee Break

10:50-12:00 | Solutions for international business - Pedro VIEIRA
Continuarea dezbaterii: Claudiu VRINCEANU, Ion VACIU, Marius ALEXA

12:00-12:20 | Networking Break

12:20-14:30 | FINANTARE.RO - OPORTUNITATI ACTUALE

Prezentari utile si informatii la zi

Solutii de consultanta pentru finantare - Radu LIMPEDE
CEC Bank - solutii pentru finantarea IMM-urilor - Aura GAGU
Oportunitati de finantare in 2018 - Rodica LUPU

ION VACIU

PEDRO A. VIEIRA

CLAUDIU VRINCEANU

AURA GAGU

Radu Limpede

RODICA LUPU

ALEXANDRU LAZESCU

MARIUS ALEXA

14:30

Marriott Hotel Bucharest

Lunch & end of event

09:00

Marriott Hotel Bucharest

Check-in, Registration & Welcome coffee

09:30

Marriott Hotel Bucharest, Salon AB

VICTOR NEGRESCU

LUCIAN GEORGESCU

DANIEL COSNITA

Opening Speeches

Prof. Lucian GEORGESCU, Minister of Research and Innovation
Victor NEGRESCU, Minister for EU Affairs
Anca Magdalena CHISER, State Secretary Ministry of Economy
Acad. Lucian ALBU, Romanian Academy
Daniel COSNITA, CLUSTERO

VICTOR NEGRESCU

LUCIAN GEORGESCU

DANIEL COSNITA

10:00 - 10:50

Marriott Hotel Bucharest, Salon AB

ULLA ENGELMANN

LUCIA SEEL

ADRIAN CURAJ

Part I: Clusters in international context

Moderator: Lucia SEEL, ECCP Communication & Content Manager
Key Note I: European Cluster Policy. Towards Joint Cluster Initiatives
Status quo. New approaches
Speaker: Ulla ENGELMANN, Head of Unit: Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship, EU Commission
Key Note II: Business Driven Innovation. Role of the state. Enterprise Romania
Speaker: Adrian CURAJ, General Director UEFISCDI

ULLA ENGELMANN

LUCIA SEEL

ADRIAN CURAJ

10:50 - 11:10

Marriott Hotel Bucharest

Networking Coffee Break

11:10 - 12:40

Marriott Hotel Bucharest, Salon AB

Part II: Smart Clusters

Moderator: Daniel COSNITA, CLUSTERO
Clusters' involvement in the smart specialization process
Insights from JRC's project "RIS3 Support to Lagging regions"
Speaker: Dr. Marina RANGA, JRC
Clusters and the use of structural funds
Background. Selection Criteria. Results. Lessons lerned.
Speaker: Peter KELLER, HU Ministry of Economy
Cluster Financing in Romania.
Speaker: Rolanda PREDESCU, Ministry of Research and Innovation
Accelerator Programme. Example from the Czech Republic
Speaker: Radim DUDA, Regional Development Agency Ostrawa

12:20 - 13:00 | DISCUSSION PANEL - S3: NATIONAL VS. REGIONAL. Financing
Moderator: Simone HAGENAUER, Ecoplus
Panelists: Christian OSTERLIND, Region Skane; Pavla BRUSKOVA, Czech Cluster Association; Agatha FILIMON, ADR NE

ROLANDA PREDESCU

RADIM DUDA

MARINA RANGA

CHRISTIAN OSTERLIND

SIMONE HAGENAUER

PETER KELLER

PAVLA BRUSKOVA

DANIEL COSNITA

12:40 - 13:45

Marriott Hotel Bucharest

Lunch Break

13:45 - 15:15

Marriott Hotel Bucharest, Salon AB

Part III: Clusters and Global Value Chains

Moderator: Gabriela PIRVU, Ministry of Economy
iQluster: Building intelligent collaborative ecosystems
Speaker: Tom DAWES, Valuechain
Cross-sectoral value chains. Bioeconomy. Danubiovalnet. Next steps
Speaker: Prof. Ralf KINDERVATER, Biopro
Clusters in local and international eco-systems. Internationalisation Approach
Speaker: Annie RENDERS, Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Value Chains Complexity. Example of automotive
Speaker: Adrian SANDU, Sprint Acarom

15:00 - 15:30 | DISCUSSION PANEL - PROBLEMS OF GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS. Danube Region.
Moderator: Marius ALEXA, Afaceri.ro
Panelists: Ciprian MORCAN, Marius DRAGOS, Andreas WRINKLER

MARIUS DRAGOS

ADRIAN SANDU

GABRIELA PIRVU

TOM DAWES

RALF KINDERVATER

ANNIE RENDERS

CIPRIAN MORCAN

MARIUS ALEXA

13:45 - 17:30

Marriott Hotel Bucharest

EEN Brokerage Event (Simultaneous)

15:15 - 15:45

Marriott Hotel Bucharest

Networking coffee break

15:45 - 17:30

Marriott Hotel Bucharest, Salon AB

CORNELIA MURARU-IONEL

STANICA ENACHE

MARIUS MAIER

Part IV: Business Driven Innovation

Moderator: Cornelia MURARU IONEL, CLUSTERO
How do we measure innovation? Indicators. Status Quo. Useful Hints
European Innovation Scoreboard and Regional Innovation Scoreboard: methodology, Romanian performance, and evidence-based policy-making
Speaker: Daniel Wolf BLOEMERS, EU Commission
Innovation performance of European countries and regions – a comparative analysis
Speaker: Luc SCHMERBER, Inno Group
TourX – To Your Smart Experiences
Stanica ENACHE, Inomar
Optimizing innovative Business Processes
Speaker: Marius MAIER

17:00 -17:30 | DISCUSSION PANEL - NEW INNOVATION PARADIGMA
Moderator: Bianca MUNTEAN
Panelists: Harald BLEIER, Paul SVASTA, Gal KORMENDY (tbc)

LUC SCHMERBER

DANIEL WOLF BLOEMERS

HARALD BLEIER

BIANCA MUNTEAN

PhD. PAUL SVASTA

CORNELIA MURARU-IONEL

STANICA ENACHE

MARIUS MAIER

09:00

Marriott Hotel Bucharest

Check-in, Registration & Welcome coffee

09:30 - 14:30

Marriott Hotel Bucharest, Salon A

PhD. CARMEN BEATRICE PAUNA

Clusters in Danube Region

Moderator: Dr. Carmen PAUNA, IPE
Danube Strategy. Current Status. Challenges.
Speaker: Oana NAPOTNIK, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Danube Transnational Programme
Speaker: Marius NICULAE
DTP and Clusters
Speaker: Genoveva CHRISTOVA, Association of Business Clusters Bulgaria
10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee Break

10:50 - 14:30 | Capitalisation Workshop
- Danubiovalnet - Dominik PATZELT
- Foresda - Rezso KADAR
- Biovill - Boglarka VAJDA
- Clusterix 2.0 - Simone HAGENAUER
- Accelerator - Eniko MATYUS
- Black Sea Horizon - Francisco ROCHA
Moderator: Andreea PENA, RO Ministry of Regional Development and European Funds
Participants: EU funded projects

ANDREEA PENA

OANA NAPOTNIK

FRANCISCO ROCHA

ENIKO MATYUS

BOGLARKA VAJDA

DOMINIK PATZELT

SIMONE HAGENAUER

GENOVEVA CHRISTOVA

PhD. CARMEN BEATRICE PAUNA

09:30 - 14:30

Marriott Hotel Bucharest, Sala Timisoara

SEBASTIAN MURARU
RUXANDRA POPOVICI
RAZVAN DESLIU
AIDA SZILAGYI
FLAVIU IORGULESCU
THOMAS LAEMMER-GAMP
CHRISTINA LEUCUTA
SERBAN STRATILA
LAJOS VAJDA

Value Chains and Industrial Policy

Moderator: Christina LEUCUTA, CLUSTERO
Romanian Industrial Policy Document
Speaker: Razvan DESLIU
Cluster Excellence. New developments
Speaker: Thomas LAEMMER GAMP
Circular economy: closing the value chain RE-IN Network
Speaker: Aida SZILAGYI, CNPCD
10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee Break

Tools to shape up value chains - Danubiovalnet approach:
- Competitivness Index (CLUSTERO) - Flaviu IORGULESCU
- ImProve Assessment (EEN) - Sebastian MURARU
- Business Incubators - Lajos VAJDA
- Cluster Internationalisation - Serban STRATILA
Moderator: Ruxandra POPOVICI, RO Ministry of Economy
Participants: Associations, Clusters