IT Days 2025

Day 1, November 12^th

8:20 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Coffee & Registration

8:45 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Opening Remarks

Ovidiu Măţan, Organizer @ IT Days

9:00 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

AI Boost – Journey Into Innovation

Simona Motogna, Associate Professor @ Computer Science, UBB

Laura Diosan, Professor @ Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

Innovation in the Romanian IT sector: What an upgrade to our value proposition may look like.

Sebastian Văduvă, Managing Director @ Advanced Solutions

10:00 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Coffee & Networking Break

10:30 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Leader as learner

Serenella Fantetti, Director @ Bosch

How to build a highly scalable Netflix-like recommendation engine

Costin Bădici, AI/ML Competency Head @ GlobalLogic

AI sau n-AI un job sigur pe termen lung? Ce AI de făcut?

Doru Șupeală, Managing Partner @ Hacking Work

Fight Fire with Fire: Using AI for Security in the Age of AI

Dragoș Cojocari, Principal Security Engineer @ Snyk

11:00 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Iustinian Șovrea, Romania Country Manager @ GlobalLogic

Spring Boot 4: What’s New, What’s Next

Bianca Moga, Software Developer

When Tech Makes You Dumber: Protecting Your Cognitive Skills in the age of AI

Tudor Damian, Cloud & Cybersecurity Advisor @ D3 Cyber

11:30 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Engineering Management for Data in the Age of AI

Oana Sentanai, Director of Data Engineering @ Betfair Romania Development

Faster, Leaner, Predictable: AI Microservices on Quarkus vs Spring

Alexandru Diniș, Unit Head Cluster Engineering @ BMW TechWorks Romania

Humans vs AI: Lessons from the Bicentennial Man

Andreea Pârvu, VP Growth and Development @ Endava

Exploratory Robots for a New World – From Disasters to Discoveries

Alexandru Luchiian, Connectivity Specialist @ Accenture

12:00 DAY 1, Nov 12^st

Coffee & Networking Break

12:30 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

The High Cost of AI Mistakes

Cornel Ștefanache, CTO @ AscentCore

The Living Map: An AI Ecosystem for Autonomous Mapping

Adrian Margin, Head of Data Science @ Grab

HR Panel #CreateNewWorlds

Andreea Pârvu, VP Growth and Development @ Endava

Nóra Dobre, HR Country Lead @ Genpact Ro

Doru Șupeală, Managing Partner @ Hacking Work

Modernising in the Cloud: From Lift&Shift to AI-Native

Radu Vunvulea, VP of Cloud @ Endava

13:00 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Self-healing services

Gabriel Ciuloaică, Co Founder & CTO @ AppFactor

AI-First Use Cases

Adrian Bilescu, iOS Developer @ CodeCrafters by BT

What is the “black box” called AI?

Andreea Giurgiu, AI Master Student @ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

13:30 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Lunch Break

14:30 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Worse is better

Mark Seemann, Programmer and Software Architect

15:30 DAY 1, Nov 12^st

Coffee & Networking Break

15:45 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Programming & AI panel #CreateNewWorlds

Mark Seemann, Programmer and Software Architect

Lena Thorsmæhlum, Senior UX Designer/ Lead human @ Gervi Labs

Thordur Arnason, Lead Human @ Gervi Labs

Andrew Harmel-Law, Technical principal @ ThoughtWorks

Ovidiu Măţan, Founder @ Today Software Magazine

From Keywords to Innovation: Reshaping SEO for Product Growth

Ramona Sângerean, Senior SEO Specialist @ Betfair Romania Development

Scrum Master Uncovered – An Interactive Workshop

Simona Bonghez, CEO @ Colors in Projects

Reflect to Rebuild: New Minds for New Words

Ștefania Stănese, HR Business Partner @ Endava

16:15 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

LangChain4J — or Nay?

Denisa Todoran, Java Software Developer @ msg systems Romania

Agile & AI - The Power of Building The Wrong Thing Fast

Bogdan Mureșan, VP of Technology @ Connatix

AI Killed the Product vs Outsourcing Debate. What Comes Next?

Emanuel Martonca, Fractional Pricing Manager

16:45 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

CreateNewWorlds: Bringing Real-World Excitement to Your Pocket

Alex Cioflica, Software Architect @ Betfair Romania Development

Bridging Uncertainty: The Art of Deliberate Hybrid Design

Gelu Vac, Fractional CTO & Tech Strategist @ MedicalPilot

Teaming Up with Tomorrow. Designing Your Future Teammates

Anton Caia, AI Ambassador & Java Expert @ CodeCrafters by BT

We shape our buildings and our buildings shape us

Smaranda Ignat, @ Entrepreneur, Trainer, Business consultant

17:15 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Hitting the Sweet Spots: A Journey Through the Evolution of Listing Platforms

Bogdan Rus, Software Development Engineer @ Yardi Romania

Automating code audits with n8n

Victor Motogna, Head of Web Development @ Wolfpack Digital

Ovidiu Măţan, Founder @ Today Software Magazine

Agile Panel: #CreateNewWorlds

Simona Bonghez, CEO @ Colors in Projects

Dan SuciuAssociate Professor @ Computer Science, UBB

Bogdan Mureșan, VP of Technology @ Connatix

Anton Caia, AI Ambassador & Java Expert @ CodeCrafters by BT

AIuman

Nóra Dobre, HR Country Lead @ Genpact Ro

17:45 DAY 1, Nov 12^th

Wine & Networking

Day 2, November 9^th 2023

9:00 DAY 2, Nov 13^th

Education panel: #CreateNewWorlds

Simona Motogna, Associate Professor @ Computer Science, UBB

Sergiu Nedevschi, Professor @ Technical University of Cluj

Ovidiu Măţan, Founder @ Today Software Magazine

The Disappearing Handoff: Live-Coding a Unified Design-to-Dev Workflow

Radu Chelariu, Design System Manager @ METRO.digital

10:00 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Coffee & Networking Break

10:30 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Beyond LLMs: Feature-Driven Approaches to Sentiment Analysis and Recommendations

Sergiu Limboi, Manager @ MHP - A Porsche Company

The Future of Street View Search is Here: Meet KartaVision

Bogdan Gliga, Senior Data Science Manager @ Grab

Sergiu Nedevschi, Professor @ Technical University of Cluj

UX, Manipulation and Other Forms of Digital Witchcraft

Anca Șofan, Lead Product/UX Design @ BoatyardX

11:00 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Everything You Wanted to Know About Anarchy (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Andrew Harmel-Law, Technical principal @ ThoughtWorks

Beyond the Smartphone: Android in Cars

Mihai Traistaru, Software Architect @ P3 Romania

Solar Bear project

Mihai Oltean, Cugirul Sustenabil

What If the Product Owner Was a River? Designing for Stakeholders We Can’t See

Daniel Oros, UI/UX Designer @ CodeCrafters by BT

11:30 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Morgan Stanley

Multirobot search and optimization

Busoniu Lucian, Professor @ Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Is UX/UI design in any way an art form?

Radu Ghitulescu, Senior UX Designer @ msg systems Romania

12:00 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Coffee & Networking Break

12:30 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

#CreateNewWorlds Business Panel

George Călinescu, Chief Financial Officer @ Banca Transilvania

Georgina Lupu-Florian, CEO & Founder @ Wolfpack Digital

Horea Rațiu, Managing Director @ msg systems Romania

Iustinian Șovrea, Romania Country Manager @ GlobalLogic

Ovidiu Măţan, Founder @ Today Software Magazine

Data Access Layer: Standardization, Performance and Best Practices

Claudiu Gombos, Principal Software Development Engineer @ Yardi Romania

High-Performance Spring Persistence

Vlad Mihalcea, Chief Technology Officer @ Hypersistence

Building Apps for the World, Not just for the Screen

Dan Ilieș, Mobile App Development Lead @ FitSkin

13:00 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Behind the Patent: What Really Happens from First Idea to Grant

Cătălin Roman, Lead Software Architect @ Frequentis

Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Digital Worlds where Everyone Belongs

Cristian Vîrciu, Head of Product Design @ Wolfpack Digital

Vica Cotoarbă, Head of Mobile @ Wolfpack Digital

13:30 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Lunch Break

14:30 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Lena Thorsmæhlum, Senior UX Designer/ Lead human @ Gervi Labs

Thordur Arnason, Lead Human @ Gervi Labs

15:30 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Coffee & Networking Break

15:45 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Communities - The Strength of Many in a World of Intelligent Machines

Ioana Marchiș-Rusu, Senior Emerging Technology Partner @ Betfair Romania Development

The Sonic Architecture of Games

Sergiu Rusu, Sound Designer @ Ubisoft

From Microenterprise Income Tax to Profit Tax: Expenses That Reduce Tax, Not Just Accounting Profit

Adrian Beșleagă, Tax Partner @ A&I Consulting

UI/UX Panel #CreateNewWorlds

Anamaria Androne, Head of UX @ Codecrafters by BT

Anca Șofan, Lead Product/UX Design @ BoatyardX

Gabriel Ciuloaică, Co Founder & CTO @ AppFactor

Radu Ghitulescu, Senior UX Designer @ msg systems Romania

Radu Chelariu, Design System Manager @ METRO.digital

16:15 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Improve teams productivity by fixing the tech debt that truly slows you down

Alexandru Sicoe, Software Engineering Manager @ Banca Transilvania

Mircea Vădan

16:45 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Digital De-Weighting: Subtraction and Exaptation as the Real Engines of AI Innovation

Radu OrghidanCo-founder - AI Strategy @ CoRAI Labs

"Meta-world creation" - Visual code authoring tool concept

Adrian Roșian, Founder and owner @ WhiteCity Code

Solution Architecture in the AI era

Cătălin GheorghiuSolution Architect @ EPAM

Designing Information for a Better User Experience

Sonia Pavlenko, Technical Writer @ Ascom Mobile Solutions

17:15 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Refactoring made easy. Template Powered. AI Driven.

Rareş-Valer Coantă, Full-stack developer @ CodeCrafters by BT

Platform Productisation in flow era.

Adrian Șuteu, Head of DevOps Ways of Working @ Endava

17:45 DAY 2, Nov 13^st

Today Software Magazine
Awards

18:00 DAY 2, Nov 13^th

Wine & Networking