Events 

Agenda

09:00-10:00

Registration

10:00-10:15

Opening

• Frederic Donck, Regional Bureau Director, Europe, Internet Society
• Walda Roseman, COO Internet Society
• Ed Tric, Chapter President, Internet Society Romania

10:15-10:45

Opening Keynote

• Valerian Vreme, Romanian Minister of Communications and Information Society
• Neelie Kroes video message (EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda)

10:45-11:00

Keynote: Radu Jugureanu, eContent Department Manager, SIVECO

11:00-12:30

Panel I – Digital Romania: Are we there yet?

Topics:

• Internet access in Romania – especially in rural areas
• Digital Literacy
• Education
• How to make Romania more competitive through internet access

Panellists:

• Diana Voicu, Manager of Knowledge Based Economy Project, Romanian Ministry of Communications and Information Society
• Paul Andre Baran, Project Manager, Biblionet.ro
• Laurentiu Bunescu, Project Manager, EOS Romania - Telecentre Europe AISBL
• Iosif Octavian Popa, Counsellor to the President, ANCOM

Moderated by Dorothea Ionescu Vanau, Journalist

Q and A session

Video 1: ISOC Future Internet Scenarios

12:30-13:30

Lunch

Video 2: ISOC Future Internet Scenarios

13:30-14:00

Afternoon Keynote

Florin Talpes, CEO, Bitdefender

14:00-15:30

Panel II – Protection, Trust, Privacy: Can we have it all?

Topics:

• Online identity
• Data protection

Panellists:

• Razvan-Iulian Jiga, Projects and Programs Manager, DGCTI-Ministry of Administration and Interior, Romania
• Professor Joe Cannataci, University of Malta and Groningen, (Council of Europe Data protection)
• Christine Runnegar, Internet Society, Senior Policy Advisor
• Gabriel Ene, Technical Deputy Director, CERT-RO initiative
• Zoli Herczeg, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Romania

Moderated by Liviu Vanau, Journalist

Video 3: ISOC Future Internet Scenarios

15:30-16:00

Afternoon Break

16:00-17:30

Panel III – Should we take the Internet for granted?

• Freedom of speech and transparency
• Censorship and copyright
• Internet blocking

Panellists:

• Varujan Pambuccian, MP and Member of the ICT Commission in the Romanian Parliament
• Bogdan Manolea, Legi-internet.ro, Romanian Internet law expert
• Gheorghe Serban, Executive Director, ANISP

Moderated by Mihai Radulescu

Video 4: ISOC 4 Scenarios

17:30

Closing

Frederic Donck

Followed by networking cocktail