AI & BIG DATA CONFERENCE
Regional AI Valley
MARCH 6, 2026
JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel
What to expect
Business
Policy & Defence
Finance
Choose the access that fits you
Standard
- Coffee breaks and lunch
- Access to conference presentations and session recordings
100€ + TVA
Agenda
AI & BIG DATA
CONFERENCE
06
MARCH
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Official opening panel
Keynote 1: Leadership in the Age of AI (EU Frontier & Global Context)
How leadership models evolve in the AI era: decision-making under uncertainty, organizational transformation, and executive responsibility in AI adoption. Includes a light perspective on the European AI frontier within the broader global landscape.
Fireside Chat: The Human Frontier
Focus on behavioral science, institutional adaptation, and the human–AI interface. How AI reshapes human decision-making, institutions, and economic structures.
Keynote 2: Resilience in the Age of AI (Ethics, Governance and Strategic Transformation)
How entities can embed resilience and ethical governance at the core of digital transformation strategies, ensuring that AI adoption drives value while balancing innovation, with trust, acocountability and societal benefit.
Keynote 3: The Safety Frontier
Cybersecurity, Defense & AI Risk Landscapes. Defense innovation, threat intelligence, and cross-border cyber resilience.
Keynote 4: AI and the Future of Finance
Keynote 5: AI & Quantum Computing. Is there still a frontier?
How quantum technologies will accelerate AI capabilities, with a focus on research, finance, and national security applications.
Networking lunch
Parallel section tracks
Stream 1: Policy&Defence
Governing AI: From Regulation to Impact
Hands-on session: Tech for Defense: AI, Strategic Resilience & Dual-Use Innovation
Case Studies: AI in Action: Delivering Value in Public Services
Policy & Defence Stream. Closing remarks
Stream 2: Business
Panel: AI in Industry & Commerce – Efficiency and growth through innovation
Hands-on session: Generative AI for customer experience & supply chain optimization
Case Studies: How Companies Are Building and Scaling with AI?
Business Stream. Closing Remarks.
Finance Stream
Welcome & Opening Remarks. Finance Stream
Panel: AI & Data in Financial Industry – security & efficiency
Expert session, cases & discussion: All-finance AI: from risks to business development
Case Studies: Finance: from Data-Driven to AI
Finance Stream. Closing Remarks
70+ SPEAKERS
Oana-Clara Gheorghiu
Deputy Prime Minister Romania
Irineu Darau (recorded message)
Minister of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism of Romania
Sorin-Dan Moldovan
Secretary of State, Government of Romania
Eugen Osmochescu
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy & Digitalization, Republic of Moldova
Andrei Baciu
Vice-President of the Defense Committee, Parliament of Romania
Anca Dragu
Governor of the National Bank of Moldova
Alexandru Gozun
President at Amcham Moldova
Ana Chirita
Strategic Projects Director, Moldovan Association of ICT Companies
Artiom Cociu
Head of Prime Minister's Delivery Unit
Gabriela Popescu
General Manager, Microsoft Romania, Moldova & CIS
Nedim Baytorun
CEO, Vodafone
Andrei Pitis
CEO, GENEZIO
Cristian Josan
General Manager, Amazon Development Center Romania
Cerasela Baiculescu
Country General Manager, IBM Romania & Moldova
Ioan Iacob
Founder & CEO, FlowX.ai
Elisabeta Moraru
Country Director, Google Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova and Romania
Alexandru Negrea
Generative AI Platform Black Belt Leader, Office of the CTO, EMEA, Oracle
Ionut Sas
SVP Finance, UiPath
Vitalie Tataru
Founder, AC Tech
Louise Gunsjö
Vice President, IBM & IBM Quantum Ambassador
Dumitru Palade
CEO, AC Tech
Bryan Carroll
Business Head for Payments, Savings and Engagement at Tonik Digital Bank, Philippines
Macar Stoianov
Deputy Chairman, maib
Aliona Stratan
First Deputy Chairwoman, maib
Fahed Bizzari
Founder & Managing Director, Bellamy Alden AI Consulting
Artem Belyasov
Senior Director, AC Tech & T1A
Cosmin Cosma
Co-Founder & CEO, Finqware President of the Board, Romanian Fintech Association
Andrew Taylor
Managing Director, Connect CEE
Catalin Podaru
Founder & CEO, Leviatan Group
Cristian Dascălu
Partner, GapMinder VC & Techcelerator
Georgeana Trofim
VP Engineering & Data, Booking
Paul Chirita
Director, Machine Learning Engineering, Adobe
Cris Radu
Vice President of Engineering, Adobe
Geanina Moraru-Neacsu
Global VP Legal, UiPath
Alex Miller
Head, Citi Institute
Sergiu Negut
Co-founder, FintechOS
Joe Weiss
Director DSM, Palo Alto UK
Michael Kalika
Cybersecurity Lead, Intuit, Mailchimp (online)
Mihai Forlafu
Threat Protection & Cybersecurity Sr. Architect, Microsoft Denmark
Eugen Dimant
Associate Professor of Practice in Behavioral & Decision Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Victoria Zinchuk
EBRD Head for Romania
Cristian Sfichi
Regional Director Ukraine, Romania and Caucasus, Thales Group
Mihai Filip
CEO & Founder, OVES Enterprise
Horia-Răzvan Botis
Vice Chairman, NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) & Board Member, NATO - Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA)
Cătălina Dodu
Board Member ANIS & Partner, EY, Cybersecurity Leader for EMEIA Defense Sector & Technology Consulting Leader for EY Romania
Haim Levy
Head, Finance Research Center, Ben-Gurion University
Sorin Visan
Consulting Director, Deloitte Romania
Roxana Popescu
Managing Director, KeysFin
Nataliia Chervona
Managing Director for Ukraine, Shield AI
Catalina Plinschi
COO, Fagura
Corneliu Asiraf Pandele
Country Manager Romania & Moldova, SAS Romania
Radu Puchiu
Technology & Society Program Director, Aspen Institute Romania
Alin Bittel
CEE Lead for Public Sector, Google
Pavel Popescu
VP, ANCOM (National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications) Romania
Carmen Micu
Founding Member & CEO, ENVISIA
Alexandru Mihalache
VISA, GTM Products Director, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia & Bulgaria
Nicoleta Colomeet
Director, e-Governance Agency Moldova
Florin Petrescu
Founder/ CEO, Brightside Leadership
Andreea Bulisache
Founder & CEO, Stratified Advisory
Karina Nersesyan
UNFPA Representative for the Republic of Moldova
Boris Romaniuc
Tribe Lead, Customer Interactions, ING Romania
Vlad Biristeica
Cloud&AI Lead, Cisco Romania&Moldova
Roman Lanskyi
CEO & Co-Founder, Strimco
Florin Manaila
Principal AI Engineer, Science, Technology & Innovation Lead, IBM Germany
Lucian Gruia
Head of Data Science & AI, Ciklum
Cezara Panait
Head of Governement Affairs and Public Policy, Google RO, BG and MD
Dr. Nadiia Vasylieva
AI governance expert, Visiting Scholar at MIT, and advisor to boards and public institutions on digital transformation, cybersecurity risk, and institutional resilience
Natalia Turcan-Munteanu
Professor of economics, Moldova 1 TV Program Moderator
Violeta Moskalu
Founder, Global Ukraine
Diana Voiculescu
Country Leader Romania & Vice President Global Operations Leade, Genpact
Bogdan Mile
Head of Product, Flipsnack
Gabriela Florentina Ionescu
Vice President of the National Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF)
Gevorg Safaryan
CEO, Earlyone, Yerevan, Armenia
Vladimir Ungureanu
Financial Sector Lead, Cisco Romania
Kaspars Kauliņš
Business Development Director, Tilde
Doru Vijiianu
CEO, Zipper Romania
Ovidiu Negrila
Director, Risks Analytics & AI , Banca Transilvania, Romania
Traian Rebedea
Associate Professor, UNST Politehnica Bucharest, Principal Scientist, NVIDIA
Vlad Mashyn
Sales director, Creatio
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