8TH EDITION
We are excited to meet you on 12-18 September
Building the next generation of Tech Entrepreneurs in Romania
5 days program dedicated to students and young professionals with ages between 20 and 26 years who are interested in launching a startup. Hence they will have the opportunity to learn directly from the experience of well known IT leaders and successful entrepreneurs.
Last editions speakers

Gina Lupu
CEO & Founder @ Wolfpack Digital
Gina Lupu, CEO and Founder of Wolfpack Digital, a digital agency with a team of 50+ based in Cluj covering powerful web and mobile products start-to-end.

Cristin Iosif
CEO @ Salt&Pepper
Cristin is the co-founder and CEO of Salt & Pepper, a full-service software development company, and Co-founder of #defineSchool. His passion for technology and passing on knowledge is already a trademark.

Daniel Metz
Chairman of the Board Directors @ NTT DATA Romania
Daniel Metz is the businessman who founded 18 years ago EBS Romania SA. At the moment, Daniel Metz is Chairman of the Board Directors at NTT DATA Romania.

Mihai Ivaşcu
CEO & Founder @ Modex
Mihai is the CEO & Founder of Modex, the world’s first DApp Store, a Smart Contract Marketplace and app ecosystem. He also has more than 10 years of ex- perience in FinTech, start-up consulting, blockchain, software development and project management.

Alin Păușan
Founder @ Actable100
Alin Pausan is the founder of Actable1000, whose mission is to help 100 startup and tech companies founders solve real-world problems.

Ligiu Uiorean
Director & Founder @AirportLabs
Ligiu is the director and founder of AirportLabs. Ligiu contributed to large infrastructure projects in Europe and Middle East

Dragoș Duse
CEO & Founder @ Synaptiq.io
Dragos is the Founder & CEO of Synaptiq which uses Artificial Intelligence to design software solutions that provide computer-aided treatment in oncology.

Voicu Oprean
CEO @ AROBS Transilvania Software
Voicu Oprean is the CEO of AROBS Transilvania Software with the main goal to promote the Romania IT software specialists and their skills.

Roxana Rugină
Founder @ Simplon Romania & @ Cluj Makers
Technologist and communication expert engaged in social and disruptive innovation. She co-founded Simplon Romania and Cluj Makers. Today she is managing various web projects and mobile applications like Skin Vision.

Iulian Pădurariu
Founder @ Cruiser Aviation
Iulian Pădurariu is one of the most outstanding strategy consultants in Romania and he co-founded the first Car-Sharing service in Romania, based – Pony Car Sharing . Currently he is the Founder of Cruiser Aviation, a airplane sharing service.

Ana Maria Udrişte
Founder @ Avocatoo
Ana-Maria Udriște is not only an entrepreneur, but a lawyer as well. In 2016, she left founded Avocatoo, a platform for legal services where clients can find a specialized lawyers, molded to their needs and with a fixed cost.

Adrian Pica
Product Director @ Bolt
Passionate about internet start-ups, product focused, social media, digital advertising, sales, on-line and off-line marketing and experienced manager. He co-founded 2 companies (Oblico and 150sec). Experienced entrepreneur and marketer.

Cornel Amariei
Inventor & CEO @ .Lumen
Cornel Amariei is a inventor, author, and entrepreneur, known as the founder and inventor of .lumen, a blind assisting system which partially regains the spatial awareness of the visually impaired.

Alexandru Bogdan
Co-founder @ Linnify
Alexandru Bogdan is Co-founder at Linnify which is a dedicated development agency, based in the heart of Transylvania, who will turn your idea into a great product and get it on the market.

Sandu Băbăşan
CEO @ Blugento
Sandu Băbăşan, an entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in IT, he is currently CEO of Blugento, a SaaS eCommerce, launched in 2016.

Antonio Eram
CEO @NETOPIA
He was actively involved in the Romanian Internet and Telecom business. In 2003 he co-founded NETOPIA. With a branch in Silicon Valley, is Romania’s premier mobile marketing and payments provider.

Magnoliu Stan
CEO @ Smart HR
Magnoliu Stan is currently a Senior Trainer and Manager of the Smart HR company.

Vlad Ciurcă
Co-Founder of Techsylvania and Codiax
Vlad is the Co-founder of Techsylvania and Codiax. He is passionate about building events and communities.

Laurențiu Bălașa
CEO @ Basmo
Poetry, 3 Exits, and 8 Companies launched and now building the most impactful app on your reading habit, Basmo.

Philipp Kandal
Head of Engineering @ Grab
He is head of engineering of Grab in charge of creating sustainable social impact. He is an expert in emerging markets.

Ronald Borsi
Founder @ Secret Sauce & Co-founder @ Solver
Ronald is a serial entrepreneur whose first projects were in telecom and IT. He is a self-confessed creativity-nut hooked on creating awesome products and solving complex issues in unusual and novel ways. Currently he is founder at Secret Sauce and co-founder at Solver.

Matei Pavel
Chief Executive Officer @ Keemoji & Investor
Matei Pavel is a serial entrepreneur & investor, he founded several successful companies and built one of the world’s largest mobile app publishing companies. T-Me Studios, Konkurs, Cautareduceri are some of the successful businesses that make us think about him.

Andrei Ursachi
Founder & CEO @ Stailer and Business Angel
Until turning 26 years old, he founded many business. Some of them failed, but the rest turned into successful companies with dozens of employees and millions of euros of turnover each year. In his current portfolio there are 13 companies and an impressive network.

Lucian Cramba
Co-founder @ Beez & Founder & Co-owner @ Fastorder

Cornelius Brody
Founder, Chairman of the Board @ iQuest Group
As founder and long-time CEO of iQuest Group, Cornelius has had a central role in shaping the company´s vision and direction for the first 16 years of its existence.

Ștefan Szakal
CEO @ Prepino
Ștefan’s current position is being CEO at Prepino. In the past 15 years, he has built a few successful companies, and also failed with many more.

Bogdan Herea
CEO @ PITECHPLUS
Bogdan Herea is the founder and CEO of PITECHPLUS He has over ten years of experience leading his own group of digital consultancy companies.

Florin Șomodi
Owner @ SDI Network
Florin has more than 12 years’ experience in B2B consultatives sales of products & services for industries, horeca, or retail networks. He is owner of SDI Network.

Ciprian Pașca
Co-founder & President @ PropTech Romania
Having over 15 years experience in business strategy, management, and entrepreneurship, Ciprian is passionate about technology. Currently he is co-founder at PropTech Romania.

Corina Stirbu
CMO @ Wolfpack Digital
Corina Stirbu is a Digital & Marketing Strategist based in Cluj Napoca. Helping tech products, SaaS companies, and startups grow to the next level through data-driven actions & optimization.

Mircea Vădan
Co-founder @ FreshBlood and Board Member @ Spherik Accelerator & @ T.A.N
Keen on customer development and user acquisition, Mircea, co-founded 3 startups. He is driven to help startups and is active in the local tech startups community (AudioBrief.News, Cluj Startups and FreshBlood).

Adrian Botan
CMO @ Salt & Pepper
Adrian is CMO at Salt & Pepper. Curious about how everything works, the mechanics of the world and especially how humans react and interact with the new, it’s safe to say that marketing appeals best to Adrian.

Paul Chirila
Co-founder and CEO @ Around25
Tech enthusiast, out-of-shape developer and really funny guy. Paul is easily triggered by anything startup-related. He co-founded several startups, pitched, raised investment and graduated two acceleration programs.

Andrei Dudoiu
Co-Founder & CEO @SeedBlink
After 20 years of banking, Andrei started a new life journey in 2018, willing to build new experiences, developing his skills and autonomy as an entrepreneur and support the innovation ecosystem.

Malina Platon
Global Head, Key Accounts Program @ UiPath
Malina is currently the Global Head of Key Accounts Program for UiPath, being responsible for building and expanding the business engagements with UiPath most strategic customers across Americas, EMEA and APJ.

Erik Barna
CEO & Board Member @ Life is Hard
17 years ago they started with the dream of doing something big and different. In 2006 they became partners with Microsoft ISV Empower. They were even more determined than ever to do amazing things… as a result, they became LIFE IS HARD.

Dragoș Andronic
Product Manager @ MessageBird
Having built software products all of his professional career and he realized (the hard way) that there is more to (successful) software products than just the software so he has been focusing on improving his business acumen.

Gabriel Dombri
CEO @ Tapptitude & Angel Investor
He is now CEO at Tapptitude, a Product Building Studio that partners with funded startups and established brands to build interactive, mobile-first products that improve people’s lives at scale.

Bogdan Oros
Director of Operations @ Adbutler
Bogdan was CEO at Onyx Beacon, one of the leading ibeacon technology providers with customers and partners. Now he is working in business development and is helping companies translate their business goals to reality.

Tudor Rad
Co-founder @ IDEA Studios
Tudor is a serial digital entrepreneur being involved in online marketing since 2002. In 2007 he co-founded IDEA Studios, one of the largest independent game development and publishing studios in Romania. He also led his second gaming start-up, Transylgamia.

Péter Barta
Founder @ The Long Run
Currently is CEO The Long Run, a support program for entrepreneurs. Highly experienced management professional, with over 20-years international experience.

Ovidiu Negrean
Co-founder & Chief Executive @ SocialBee & Startup Advisor.
After 10+ years of experience working in various companies, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, having also some entrepreneurial ventures in between, Ovi jumped full time into the startup world with nugget (acquired) and is now focused on SocialBee.

Steve Jackson
Co-Founder, Group COO and Chairman Technology Outsourcing @ Xoomworks
Steve is currently Co-Founder and Group COO of Xoomworks – a niche technology consulting and outsourcing business. He is an entrepreneur and business strategist.

Marian Goia
Software Engineering Consultant & Digital Nomad
Marian Goia has always been very passionate about technology and the significant way it can help humanity, but he had chosen to do it from different parts of the world.