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Eduard Dumitrașcu is the President of the Romanian Smart City Association, Associate Professor at The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, trainer at The National Institute of Administration, trainer at Smart City Academy. The vision he has for the Association is to set the bases of a strong, innovative, sustainable developed, digitally educated nation with involved citizens and universal accessibility for all groups, genders, kinds of contributors to a constructive community. He is highly focused on smart cities and communities development. Eduard is co-author of the book Smart Cities, from idea to implementation (2018, Universul Academic, C. Vrabie, E. Dumitrascu). He also initiated together with the National Standardization Body - ASRO a collaboration agreement on the elaboration, publication and adoption at national level of the International Standards on the sustainable and sustainable development of smart communities and cities (ISO). He launched Smart City Magazine (2016), Smart City Caravan (2017), Smart City Academy (2018), he is also the initiator and organizer of Smart City Industry Awards, (scia.ro) annually since 2016, gala ceremony to award contributions to the smart city development projects and more. 2021 is the year dedicated to improving air quality measures in schools, by the objectives of the program City Air. During the last five years, Eduard created an ecosystem for smart cities, starting from scratch. Before the Romanian Smart City Association there was little to no interest in the topic. With a positive approach, mobilizing the best actors in the field, learning from best practices, traveling for learning, sharing the information, he managed to create a pool of experts and to create free accessible tools for the administration. His main focus was on Creating the ecosystem for educating and empowering the local administration to set the basis for improving the public the quality of the services offered to citizens.
Bogdan Ivașcu has been active in the IT domain for over 15 years, with experience in sales and commercial development of product portfolios. Bogdan currently holds the position of Country Manager for ASUS Romania, SYS department.
Marian Brătășanu is Commercial Team Leader within ASUS Romania. He is working on the development of the company’s Business PC solutions in Romania . Marian has economical and technical education with expertise in connected workplace, project management and business development. With over 15 years developing modern PC solutions for customers ranging from small companies to ministries, local administrations and schools, Marian Bratasanu is passionate about customer experience and creating a better and connected digital work environment.
Silviu Tiron is an E-mobility specialist, with over five years’ experience in the energy sector. Silviu focuses on buiding the household customers and businesses at the start of their electric journey, helping them to better understand how charging solutions can be implemented.
Born in 1964, Bruno Vanel is a graduate of HEC Paris. He began his career at Renault in 1988, in Germany, in the Marketing Department. In 1990, he joined the Group's Product Department for the first time. In 1996, he returned to the Sales Department where he held a variety of operational positions within the sales network in France. From 1999, he spent more time in the Marketing Department, alternating between 'corporate' and 'regional' positions: Brand Manager (Corporate) in January 1999, Marketing Director of Renault UK in September 2000, then Marketing Director of the AB Segment (Corporate) in September 2003, before taking over the Marketing Department for Europe G10 from July 2008. He returned to Product Management in 2010 as Director of Product Strategy, before taking charge of Product Management for the Asia Pacific region in 2012. In July 2017, he was appointed Programme Director for electric vehicles to manage three EV projects including ZOE. In March 2020, he returned to the Corporate Product Planning Department, this time as Director. In 2021 he is appointed VP Renault Brand, Product Performance
Adrian Humă has over 20 years of experience in banking, of which 15 years in ING, within the Wholesale Banking division - which manages the relationship with large companies with a turnover of over 100 million euros. Since 2018, Adrian heads the activity of the Automotive, Transportation and Logistics sector of ING Bank Romania. In his role, he offers to his customers personalized financial solutions for their business, but also relevant advice to facilitate the transition to a sustainable economy. Moreover, Adrian is a member of the CSR Board, which has the role to increase the involvement of the whole bank in social responsibility projects. Previously, in ING, Adrian led the Lending transaction structuring team, so his expertise includes all important sectors of the economy. Adrian is passionate about a healthy lifestyle - he has a diploma in nutrition and participates reguarly in running and triathlon competitions and, of course, he is passionate about environmentally friendly cars.
Eduard Dumitrașcu is the President of the Romanian Smart City Association, Associate Professor at The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, trainer at The National Institute of Administration, trainer at Smart City Academy. The vision he has for the Association is to set the bases of a strong, innovative, sustainable developed, digitally educated nation with involved citizens and universal accessibility for all groups, genders, kinds of contributors to a constructive community. He is highly focused on smart cities and communities development. Eduard is co-author of the book Smart Cities, from idea to implementation (2018, Universul Academic, C. Vrabie, E. Dumitrascu). He also initiated together with the National Standardization Body - ASRO a collaboration agreement on the elaboration, publication and adoption at national level of the International Standards on the sustainable and sustainable development of smart communities and cities (ISO). He launched Smart City Magazine (2016), Smart City Caravan (2017), Smart City Academy (2018), he is also the initiator and organizer of Smart City Industry Awards, (scia.ro) annually since 2016, gala ceremony to award contributions to the smart city development projects and more. 2021 is the year dedicated to improving air quality measures in schools, by the objectives of the program City Air. During the last five years, Eduard created an ecosystem for smart cities, starting from scratch. Before the Romanian Smart City Association there was little to no interest in the topic. With a positive approach, mobilizing the best actors in the field, learning from best practices, traveling for learning, sharing the information, he managed to create a pool of experts and to create free accessible tools for the administration. His main focus was on Creating the ecosystem for educating and empowering the local administration to set the basis for improving the public the quality of the services offered to citizens.
Dan Nicula is the General Manager of Bucharest-Ilfov Regional Development Agency (ADRBI) since its establishment in 1999. He coordinated the regional implementation of the CES PHARE Programs, allocated to the ADRBI, between 1999 and 2009. Since 2007, he coordinates the implementation of delegated tasks by the Managing Authority, within ADRBI as an Intermediate Body of the Regional Operational Program for Bucharest-Ilfov Region. Lately, he also manages the activities related to the programming period 2021-2027, in which ADRBI will fulfill the specific functions and attributions of a managing authority for Regional Operational Program.
Constantin Toma was born on February 1, 1959 in Țintești commune, Buzău county, 10 km from Buzău municipality. He is an engineer in ,,Machine Construction Technology", graduating from the University of Galați, in 1984. From 1984 to 1990 he worked as an engineer in the industry of production of tractors and agricultural machines, in the largest industrial holding company at that time, CITAMA Brașov (28 companies, 200,000 employees), being promoted to lead a department with 400 people. He is married and has 3 children. From 1990 to 2016, except for the period 2000 - 2004, when he became a senator in the Romanian Parliament, he created and led several production and trade companies in the water treatment and agriculture industry. In 2000 he became a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and in 2016 he was elected from this party, mayor of Buzau. On September 27, 2020, he won the elections for the second term of mayor of Buzau, with the highest score in Romania, 78.06%. After these elections, he became executive president of the Association of Romanian Municipalities, an organization that includes all 103 Romanian municipalities, including Bucharest, the capital of Romania. He promoted a vision of development of the city, ,,Buzău - magnet city until 2030", with the mission for ,,Buzău to obtain so much attractiveness and competitiveness for its inhabitants, investors and visitors, so that it becomes one of the most important cities in Romania ”. For this, 72 objectives were established to be fulfilled, on the 4 pillars of development: economic, educational, social and cultural. In the economic field, Buzău aims to become the national center of the circular economy, being the only city that already has a strategy approved by the Municipal Local Council, for the transition from the linear economy to the circular economy. On June 23, 2021, Buzău won the title of "Best City Brand in Europe", defeating Paris in the final.
I am an engineer, graduate of Industrial Robotics of the Universitatea Transilvania Brașov. I have been an entrepreneur in the field of design and execution of industrial installations for 25 years and I have accumulated a lot of experience in the field of automation and increase of energy efficiency of buildings. I left the company in the care of an associate and entered politics because I want to contribute to the change of Romanian society and this can only be done at the decision-making level. I am an alpinist and a convinced environmentalist and I am in favor of implementing public policies that will ensure the transition to smart cities, increased efficiency and saving resources.
Sameer Sharma is the Global GM (Smart Cities & Transportation) for IOT Solutions at Intel and a thought leader in IOT/AI ecosystem, having driven multiple strategic initiatives to scale over the past 20+ years. Sameer leads a global team that incubates and scales new growth categories and business models for Intel. His team also focuses on establishing leadership across the industry playing a pivotal role in deploying solutions for the development of smart cities around the world—an important effort in furthering the goal of sustainability. These solutions include Intelligent Transportation, AI/Video, Air Quality Monitoring and Smart Lighting. With far-reaching impact, each of these solutions is providing local governments a plethora of data to enhance the daily quality of life for citizens while simultaneously promoting responsible practices to protect the environment. As a leading authority on Cities and AI, Sameer is a frequent keynote speaker at top global events and has been featured in publications such as Economist, Forbes, WSJ and New York Times. His high-energy talks cover pragmatic examples of impact and reflect his passion and belief that technology can and must be a force for good in our society. Sameer has an MBA from The Wharton School at UPenn, and a Masters in Computer Engineering from Rutgers University. He holds 11 patents in the areas of IOT and Mobile.
He can be reached through LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sameersharma/) or Twitter (@sameer_iot)
Eduard Dumitrașcu is the President of the Romanian Smart City Association, Associate Professor at The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, trainer at The National Institute of Administration, trainer at Smart City Academy. The vision he has for the Association is to set the bases of a strong, innovative, sustainable developed, digitally educated nation with involved citizens and universal accessibility for all groups, genders, kinds of contributors to a constructive community. He is highly focused on smart cities and communities development. Eduard is co-author of the book Smart Cities, from idea to implementation (2018, Universul Academic, C. Vrabie, E. Dumitrascu). He also initiated together with the National Standardization Body - ASRO a collaboration agreement on the elaboration, publication and adoption at national level of the International Standards on the sustainable and sustainable development of smart communities and cities (ISO). He launched Smart City Magazine (2016), Smart City Caravan (2017), Smart City Academy (2018), he is also the initiator and organizer of Smart City Industry Awards, (scia.ro) annually since 2016, gala ceremony to award contributions to the smart city development projects and more. 2021 is the year dedicated to improving air quality measures in schools, by the objectives of the program City Air. During the last five years, Eduard created an ecosystem for smart cities, starting from scratch. Before the Romanian Smart City Association there was little to no interest in the topic. With a positive approach, mobilizing the best actors in the field, learning from best practices, traveling for learning, sharing the information, he managed to create a pool of experts and to create free accessible tools for the administration. His main focus was on Creating the ecosystem for educating and empowering the local administration to set the basis for improving the public the quality of the services offered to citizens.
Silviu Tiron is an E-mobility specialist, with over five years’ experience in the energy sector. Silviu focuses on buiding the household customers and businesses at the start of their electric journey, helping them to better understand how charging solutions can be implemented.
Constantin Burdun graduated from the Military Technical Academy in Bucharest. He obtained the PhD in Computer Science within this faculty, where he pursued a teaching career. He further completed his studies at the University of Bucharest, graduating the MBA – Business Administration, Management and Operations studies. He is a renowned specialist involved in dozens of large projects, in Romania, but also in other countries, for the implementation of infrastructures with public keys and the digitization of workflows for various organizations. He has also participated in over 10 research projects, publishing over 15 papers on information security. His areas of expertise include advanced electronic signature schemes, PKI interoperability and legal aspects of electronic signatures.
Licensed in Managerial Informatics at Romanian American University in 2006. Business development Manager with 11 years’ experience in trust services market and promoter of digital transformation concepts and projects using electronic signature and electronic identification. Along with his BD team has implemented e-Citizen projects within the Public Sector for citizen electronic interaction with public administration. On Private sectors constantly contributes to increase the trust services adoption rate within the Romanian market either by being invited as speaker in order to share expertize and best practices or directly involved in projects subject to onboarding and lending processes in the financial sector or HR, supply chain, clients and contractors digitalization processes.
Yariv Bash is the CEO and co-founder of on-demand drone delivery company Flytrex, helping spearhead the drone delivery revolution. Flytrex provides a direct-to-consumer autonomous drone delivery service that lets retailers and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) cater to a wider customer base with faster, safer and more economical on-demand deliveries than ever before. Flytrex is currently working with national restaurant chain El Pollo Loco and retail giant Walmart to deliver food and goods to customers’ front and backyards. Prior to Flytrex, Yariv was Founder and CEO of SpaceIL, a $100M Israeli non-profit organization that launched Beresheet, the first private interplanetary robotic mission to the Moon.