Join Cluj IT Days on the 25th and 26th of November 2014 in Cluj-Napoca

• 2 international speakers
• 3+ trend setter CEOs of Cluj IT Companies
• 5+ research projects
• 8+ startup pitches
• 15+ technical presentations
• 220+ expected participants

November 25 Trends & Leadership Sessions
09:00	Coffee & Registration
09:30	Opening Remarks Alexandru Tulai (President of Cluj IT Cluster) Ovidiu Mățan (Organizer of IT Days)
09:50	“The Evolution of Outsourcing”, our story Iulian Iuga (CEO Accesa)
10:10	“The Black Swan” or why bother learning? Dan Ionescu (Danis Consulting)
10:30	Firefox OS: Breaking down walled gardens Alex Lakatos (Xoomworks)
10:50	Coffee & Networking Break
11:10	Development of products and outsourcing services whitin the same company Voicu Oprean (CEO AROBS)
11:30	Engineered to evolve - From IT Service Outsourcing to Products Bogdan Herea (CEO PITECH+PLUS)
11:50	Women in Software: the Edge of Privilege Diana Ciorba (Codespring)
12:10	Research and Innovation Areas of EIT ICT Labs Budapest Prof. Zoltán Horváth (EIT ICT Labs Budapest)
12:30	Lunch break
Technical Sessions
13:30	What to do when innovation meets legacy Mihai Nadăș (Yonder)
13:50	East meets West: cultural shock. Cultural intelligence in projects Simona Bonghez, PhD (Colors in projects)
14:10	Java Standard 8, news and improvements Silviu Dumitrescu (Accesa)
14:30	Hot topics in Java Performance Tuning Peter Lawrey (Higher Frequency Trading)
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November 26 Startups & Entrepreneurship
09:00	Coffee & Registration
09:30	What I have learnt by becoming an independent consultant Peter Lawrey (Higher Frequency Trading)
10:00	Cluj startups ecosystems Mircea Vădan (clujstartups.com)
10:15	Gemini Foundry Șerban Țîr (CTO Gemini Solutions)
10:35	Crowd Sourcing Mirel Borodi (multifinantare.ro)
10:50	Coffee & Networking Break
11:10	Home Fabrication conf. Mihai Oltean (Babeș Bolyai University)
11:30	How Can Tech Companies Invest in Startups Tudor Bîrlea (Startcelerate)
11:45	Industry 4.0 Victor Spiță (Accenture)
11:55	I have a great idea for business – why isn’t this enough? Andrei Kelemen (Cluj IT Cluster)
12:15	Local Startup pitches
13:00	Lunch break
Technical Sessions
14:00	Future of Internet Communications dr. ing. Bogdan Rus (Technical University of Cluj)
14:15	Permanent communication platform for intelligent public sector dr. ing. Zsolt Polgar (Technical University of Cluj)
14:30	Research group presentation for "processing vocal signal" prof. Mircea Giurgiu (Technical University of Cluj)
14:45	e-Teaching and Internet Based Learning Platforms Lecturer eng. Serban-Nicolae MEZA, PhD (Technical University of Cluj)
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