On November 11, – The AI & Privacy Forum, organized by AmCham Romania, hosted a high level panel titled “Unlocking the Value of AI in Business, and in Romania”. The discussion brought together leading voices from academia, government, and the private sector to explore how Artificial Intelligence can strengthen Romania’s competitiveness, innovation capacity, and sustainable growth.
Participants emphasized that Artificial Intelligence & research plays a transformative role accelerating discovery, enhancing data analysis, and opening new frontiers of knowledge. The dialogue addressed governance models, economic drivers, innovation in public and business services, and enablers of sustainable development.
The panel featured:
- Dragos Cristian Vlad, President of ADR
- Prof. Adina Magda Florea, Director of the Romanian Hub for AI (HRIA) / Politehnica University Bucharest
- Zdenek Romanek, CEO of Raiffeisen Bank Romania
- Andrei Pitis, Founder & CEO of GENEZIO
- Serban Popescu, Principal Sales Engineer at UiPath
- Ioan Iacob, Founder & CEO of FLOWX.AI
- Dr. Emin Cüneyt Kalpakoglu, Founder & Chairman of Endpoint Labs
The event highlighted Romania’s growing role in the global AI landscape, underlining the importance of collaboration between research institutions, businesses, and policymakers in shaping the country’s digital future.