Bucharest Knowledge Sharing

10:00 – 10:10
Opening Speech: Florin Grama, President – ABSL Romania

10:10 – 10:30
Presentation

Outsourcing in Romania: The Development of the Business Services Industry from an IT Perspective

Speaker

• Gabriel Mihai Tănase, IT Advisory Director – KPMG

10:30 – 11:15
Presentations

Facing the Challenges:  The Cyber Security Guardian and Data Protection Warrior

Speakers

• Adrian Furtună, IT Advisory Manager – KPMG
• Augustin Jianu, General Director – CERT-RO
• Adrian Floarea, General Manager – certSIGN

11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:30
Presentations

Beating the Odds: Success Stories as Exceptions.

Speakers

• Bogdan Păduraru, Deputy Division Director UBS, Luxoft
• Zuzanna Mikołajczyk, Commercial and Marketing Director and Board Member, Mikomax Smart Office & COS
• Cristina Manole, Head of Business Technology Services – Capgemini

12:30 – 13:15
Debate panel

We’ve come this far. Can we go any further? Towards a bigger IT market through effective collaboration between the industry, authorities and universities.

Discussion atendees

• Olivier Hecq, Head of SSC IT – Societe Generale European Business Services
• Ionuț Anica-Popa, Associate Professor – University of Economic Studies Bucharest
• Bogdan Rusu, Business Relationships Manager – ANIS
• Andreea Stănescu, VP Service Delivery EMEA – Stefanini
• Zuzanna Mikołajczyk, Commercial and Marketing Director and Board Member – Mikomax Smart Office & COS
• Florin Grama, President – ABSL Romania

Topics

• How can we train more workforce as a magnet for investment? Are the universities capable of growing more brains?
• Can we grow our own Silicon Valley?
• What measures need authorities to implement to attract more investment?

13:15 – 14:00
Networking Lunch

14:00 – 15:00
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