Clusters Meet Regions Cluj Napoca 2025

1–2 Jul 2025 | Cluj Napoca, Romania

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Tuesday, 1 July 2025 | 10:00 - 12:00

1st Morning Plenary Session

Location:Radisson Blu Cluj

10.00 - 10.15 Welcome Speeches

Welcome Addresses

 Moderator – Teodora Jilkova, European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Team Member

  • Emil Boc, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca City (tbc)

  • Bianca Muntean, Smart Transylvania Representative / Transilvania IT Cluster Manager

  • Daniel Cosnita, President of CLUSTERO - Romanian Cluster Association

  • Csilla Hegedüs, General Director of the North-West Regional Development Agency, Romania

  • Doru Pamfil, President of the Cluj-Napoca Branch of the Romanian Academy

10.15-11.00 Kick-off Speeches: Fostering Innovation for a Stronger Europe 

High level policy inputs on cluster support at EU, national and regional levels

Moderator – Antonio Novo, President of the European Clusters Alliance

  • Daniel David, Minister of Education and Research (RO)

  • Adrian Curaj, General Director of UEFISCDI – Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (RO)

  • Representative of the DG Grow

  • Csilla Hegedüs, General Director of the North-West Regional Development Agency (RO)

Session I - Panel Discussion : Innovation in Action - Unlocking the Potential of Clusters

Role of clusters as drivers for competitiveness through business-driven innovation

Moderator: Felix Arion, Agro Transilvania Cluster (RO)

 Input Paper: Jan-Philipp Kramer Team Leader 'Data & Policy', ECCP

 Panel Discussion:

  •  Vasile Asandei, General Director of the North-East Regional Development Agency (RO)

  • Sebastian Große-Puppendahl, Team Manager Innovation Policy & Senior Policy Officer to Commissioner for Europe of Minister of Economic Affairs Baden-Württemberg (DE)

  • Claudiu Filip, General Director of the National R&D Institute