Clusters Meet Regions Cluj Napoca 2025

1–2 Jul 2025 | Cluj Napoca, Romania

Wednesday, 2 July 2025 | 09:30 - 11:00

S3 Partnership: Boosting Innovation in Design & Furniture

Location:Furniture Excellence Center

Smart Specialisation (S3) Partnership: Boosting Innovation in Design & Furniture

Moderator: Ciprian Morcan, Transylvanian Furniture Cluster Manager/ Chairman of the GO Furniture Meta-Cluster (RO)

Input: Petra Szavics, S3 Community of Practice Expert, PhD Researcher Babeș Bolyai University (RO)

  • Cristian Otgon (RO), Head of Smart Specialization, State Aid and Financial Instruments Department, North-West Regional Development Agency (RO)

  • Susanne Israelsson, Project Manager of Interior Cluster Sweden (SE)

  • Peter Friberg , Senior Strategist, Region Jönköping County (SE)

  • Oksana Straz, LVIV Furniture Cluster Manager (UA)

  • Andrii Liudvichuk, Head of the Rivne Furniture Cluster and Head of the Regional Development Agency of Rivne (RO)

  • Eduardo Jiménez, Internationalisation Responsible of HABIC - Habitat & Contract Cluster (ES)

  • Joaquim Solana Monleón, AMBIT - Living spaces cluster manager (ES)

6 speakers

  • Ciprian Morcan

    Cluster manager

    Transylvanian Furniture Cluster

  • Petra Szávics

    external expert S3 Community of Practice/part time expert & PhD candidate at Babeș-Bolyai University

    Babes-Bolyai University - Faculty of Geography

  • Susanne Israelsson

    Project Manager

    Interior Cluster Sweden

  • Peter Friberg

    senior strategist

    Region Jönköping County

  • Oksana Straz

    Cluster manager of Lviv Furniture Cluster NGO

    Lviv furniture cluster

  • Joaquim Solana Monleón

    Cluster manager

    AMBIT - Living spaces cluster

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Session location Furniture Excellence Center