Costin Lianu
president of EDIH WallachiaeHub & Inter-Bio
WALLACHIA e - HUB
Bucharest, Romania
We are facilitators of Bio Danubius Living Lab in the Danube region and we accelerate twin transition through in agroeecology and rural development
My organisation
About me
Coordinator of Wallachia eHub, European digital transformation centre. President of Inter-Bio, Romania, umbrella association for organic products (www.inter-bio.ro), affiliated internationally to IFOAM EU and TP Organics. President of ACEX, Association of Export Centers (www.acex.ro) affiliated to ITC Geneva Trade support network. Associate professor in innovation management, economic diplomacy, international trade, market access and branding and researcher in Horizon Europe programs for organic farming and agro-ecology. Former personal councilor of the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania during 2016. Manager of Business Network Connect community of practice, an ecosystem of innovation and internationalization, comprising business incubators and accelerators, a technological transfer center and several clusters in manufacturing, IT&C, organic products, creative industries, medical services,dual use industries. Member of ECCP cluster Collaboration Platform and coordinator or facilitator for several Romanian clusters and founding member of “Clustero”, Romanian cluster association.
Skills
- innovation hub amd living labs facilitator
- orchestrator
Interests
- consortium building
- digital innovation and transformation
- twin transition , agroecology and environment
Speaker sessions (1)
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
14:30 - 15:30
Breakout Session 3: Clusters Driving Innovation and Digital Transformation within EDIHs
Panel discussion on the role of clusters in catalysing European Digital Innovation Hubs