Today, April 8, 2025, Sorin Mierlea, President of InfoCons, participates in the opening of the Digital Innovation Summit Bucharest 2025, organized at the Palace of the Parliament. Held under the High Patronage of the President of the Chamber of Deputies and the Government of Romania, this event will serve as an important forum for discussing visionary strategies in digital transformation and innovation.
The Digital Innovation Summit Bucharest 2025 event is organized over several days, from April 8-11, 2025, bringing together five major conferences and covering a wide range of fields, including: the 8th edition of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Forum (CIP Forum), the 4th International Cyber-Diplomacy Conference (ICCD), the 20th International Conference on Virtual Learning (ICVL), the 23rd National Conference on Virtual Education (CNIV), and the inaugural Blockchain Intelligence Forum.
The agenda for the opening day of the Digital Innovation Summit 2025 – InfoCons Consumer Protection informs you about Intellectual Property Rights.
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Welcoming Remarks
- Adrian Victor VEVERA, General Director, ICI Bucharest
- Ion-Marcel CIOLACU, Prime Minister, Romanian Government
- Marian NEACȘU, Vice Prime Minister, Romanian Government
- Tánczos BARNA, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
- Ciprian-Constantin ȘERBAN, President, Chamber of Deputies
Ministerial and Institutional Remarks
- Alexandru RAFILA, Minister of Health
- Simona BUCURA-OPRESCU, Minister of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity
- Daniel-Ovidiu DAVID, Minister of Education and Research
- Ștefan-Radu OPREA, Head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery
- Valeriu-Ștefan ZGONEA, President, National Authority for Communications
- Mihnea-Claudiu DRUMEA, Interim State Secretary, Secretary-General of the Romanian Government
- Robert-Marius CAZANCIUC, Vice President, Senate of Romania
- Iulian Alexandru MURARU, Chairman, Committee for Oversight of the Foreign Intelligence Service
- István-Loránt ANTAL, Chairperson, Senate Committee on Energy
- Marius HUMELNICU, Chairperson, Senate Committee on Labor and Social Protection
- Alexandru-Mihai GHIGIU, Chairperson, Committee for Education
- Alexandru-Florin ROGOBETE, Chairperson, Committee for Health and Family
- Radu-Dinel MIRUŢĂ, Chairperson, Committee for Information Technologies
- Mihai CONSTANTIN, State Secretary, Spokesperson of the Romanian Government
- László BORBÉLY, State Counselor, Department for Sustainable Development
- Alexandru Ioan ANDREI, President, National Authority for Research
- Lucian HEIUȘ, Vice President, Court of Accounts
- Dragoș-Cristian VLAD, President, Authority for the Digitalization of Romania
- Marius DOGEANU, Head of the General Directorate, Ministry of Internal Affairsv
- Lucian FĂTU, President, Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre
- Mihnea Cosmin COSTOIU, Rector, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
- Brig. Gen. Adrian-Paul SÎNGHEORGHE, Head of R&D, Special Telecommunication Service
- Maj.-Gen. Azar AHADOV, Deputy Head, Special Communication and Information Security, Republic of Azerbaijan
International Conference on Cyber Diplomacy (ICCD)
Activity 1: International Cooperation on Strategies, Tools, and Concerted Action
Moderator: Cristina CILEACU, Senior Producer, Digi24
- Ct. Bogdan-Marius CHIRIŢOIU, President, Romanian Competition Council
- H.E. Hassan ABOUYOUB, Ambassador, Kingdom of Morocco
- H.E. Enkeleda MËRKURI, Ambassador, Republic of Albania
- Rami TEPLITSKIY, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Israel
- Nikolaos VLAHAKIS, Minister Plenipotentiary, Public Diplomacy, Embassy of Greece
- Eugen TOMAC, MEP, Renew Europe Group
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Activity 2: Capacity Building for Collective Response to Cyber Threats and Disinformation
Moderator: Radu MAGDIN, Analyst
- Mihai CONSTANTIN, State Secretary, Spokesperson of the Romanian Government
- Dragoș HOTEA, State Secretary
- Claudia NICOLAE, General Director, AGERPRES
- Alina BÂRGĂOANU, Dean, SNSPA
- Cristina CILEACU, Senior Producer, Digi24
- Christos KALLONIATIS, Professor, University of the Aegean
- Sundri KHALSA, Intelligence Specialist, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, CEO of PaperBallotchain
- Mihai ROTARIU, Communications Lead, National Cyber Security Directorate
Activity 3: Global Coordination on Cyber Intrusion Technologies
Moderator: Miruna MIHAILOVICI, Euronews Romania
- Clara STAICU, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Victoria ZINCHUK, Director for Romania, EBRD
- John DONLON, Chairman, Critical Infrastructure Protection Association
- Yousuf Mohamed AL BULUSHI, Chairman, Muscat Policy Council
- Stefan SCHAUER, Senior Scientist, Austrian Institute of Technology
- Christian LEUPRECHT, Professor, Royal Military College of Canada
- Metodi HADJI-JANEV, Associate Professor, Skopje University
- Zlatogor MINCHEV, Associate Professor, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Activity 4: Ethical AI & Cyber Sanctions: Balancing Innovation and Regulation
Moderator: Dan CĂRBUNARU, Director, Calea Europeană
- Werner FASSLABEND, President, EURODEFENSE Austria
- Flavia DURACH, Associate Professor, SNSPA
- Kannan HEMACHANDRAN, Director, AI Research Centre, Woxsen University
- Luca SAMBUCCI, Founder, Gradient Intelligence
- Jenifer VLASIU, Doctor of Engineering, Cybersecurity Analytics
- Nektarios NASIKAS, Assistant Professor, Hellenic Army Academy
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