Agenda, speakers and resources

08:00 – 08:30

Registration & Welcome Coffee

• Security check – Badge pickup
• Networking

08:30 – 09:20

OPENING SESSION

• Host – Opening address — MEP Maria Grapini, Vice-President IMCO, European Parliament
• Opening word – Organiser — Florina Onețiu, President, Romanian Innovation Cluster
• The European Parliament and the Romanian private sector – building Romania's digital agenda in the EU together — Victor Negrescu, Vice-President, European Parliament
• Why the AI Act exists and why implementation matters more than the law itself — MEP Brando Benifei, Former Co-Rapporteur AI Act, Co-Chair AI Working Group, European Parliament
• What the European Commission expects from Romanian companies and authorities in implementing the AI Act and what tools are available now — Martin Ulbrich, Senior Policy Officer, DG CONNECT, European Commission
• ANCOM as national AI Act authority: what we check, what we sanction and how companies prepare — Carmen Socolovici, Head of Legal Department, ANCOM, Romania
• European AI funding – what Romanian companies can access now — (TBC)

09:20 – 09:40

SESSION II – AI ACT IN PRACTICE: CASE STUDIES FROM ROMANIAN COMPANIES

• Case study 2 – Responsible AI in manufacturing — KPMG
• Case study 3 – AI strategy and compliance in digital mobility — Uber

09:40 – 10:25

PANEL – SCALING AI IN EUROPEAN COMPANIES

• Moderator: Atty. Sergiu Vasilescu
• 1. Christel Schaeldemose, MEP and DSA Rapporteur
• 2. Bruno Delepierre – Founder, Happonomy | Member, European Innovation Council (EIC)
• 3. Raphaël Weuts, Lead AI Governance advisor & Author of On Accuracy of European AI Law
• 4. Cristian Onețiu, Entrepreneur BizzOs & Brilu AI
• 5. Pavel Cincilei, Entrepreneur Smart Fleet
• 6. Cristian Teodorescu, AI Safety Leader

10:25 – 10:30

CONCLUSIONS & NEXT STEPS

• Day summary — Florina Onețiu

10:30 – 12:00

Parlamentarium Visit

• All participants

12:00 – 14:00

European Dialogue Lunch

• All participants