Adrian FLOREA obtained his MSE (1998) at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the ’Politehnica’ University of Bucharest, Romania (2005). At present he is Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at the ’Lucian Blaga’ University of Sibiu, Romania. Adrian is an active researcher in the fields of High Performance Processor Design and Simulation, Dynamic Branch and Value Prediction. He has worked over 20 years in interdisciplinary national and international research projects dealing with issues such as optimization problems in different engineering domains (microprocessors systems, suspension design and reliability, energy efficiency in buildings, smart electricity), embedded systems with applicability in Smart City (smart parking, urban mobility, smart traffic), creating digital tools for supporting communities of practice, mobile computing. He has published over 7 (didactic and scientific) books and 89 scientific papers in some prestigious journals (ISI Web of Science) and international top conferences in Romania, USA, UK, Italy, Germany, China, Slovenia, Korea, Latvia, Spain, India, Poland etc. He received ‘Tudor Tanasescu’ Romanian Academy Award 2005, for the book entitled ‘Microarchitectures simulation and optimization’ (in Romanian) and ‘Ad Augusta Per Angusta’ Award for young researcher, received from ‘Lucian Blaga’ University of Sibiu in June 2007, for special results obtained in scientific research. Since 2012 he is HiPEAC affiliate member and, since 2013 he is ACM Professional member. He is researcher in the European Union’s Horizon 2020 innovation programme under grant agreement No 731724, “Infrastructure and integrated tools for personalized learning of reading skill – iRead” and is the technical coordinator of the Erasmus+ KA2 strategic project “The FoF-Designer: Digital Design Skills for Factories of the Future”. Since 2019 professor Florea is leading the HPI Knowledge Transfer Centre at ULBS.

Technology enthusiast with a focus on continuous learning and development. As an entrepreneur, I enjoy solving complex business problems with high-end technology. I support employees and colleagues in their creative ideas to develop their own potential. Lifelong learning and permanent development are my core values. The ability to take risks and at the same time remain solution-oriented is a key strength of mine.

Security Manager - Visma Group Security, Compliance & Legal. Experienced in project management, delivery management, process management and strategy.

Lasse Berntzen is a Professor in the School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway. Since 2003, his research has focused on the Information Society and ICT in public sector, with emphasis on e-government and e-democracy. During the last years his research has focused on smart cities and smart communities. He has been involved in several research projects on national and international level, author and co-author of several conference papers and articles, and program committee member and reviewer for some of the most important conferences within his field of research.

His current research interests include automatic assessment of e-government services, different aspects of e-participation, and the use of geographic information systems to improve public decision-making and democratic participation, and the development of smart city concepts and technology.

In 2007 and 2008, he worked on regulatory aspects of e-democracy as an expert for the Council of Europe’s Ad-hoc Committee on e-democracy. He has also been a reviewer for the European Commission. Lasse Berntzen received his Cand. Scient. degree in Computer Science from the University of Oslo. His thesis work focused on object-oriented modeling of workflow processes. Since then, he has worked both as an academic and as a computer professional. During his professional career, he has written textbooks on computer networks, systems development, and web technology. In 2009, he was appointed fellow of the International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA). He has been on the steering committee of ICDS since 2007, Cyberlaws since 2010, and COLLA since 2011, CENTRIC since 2013, and SMART since 2015. He is currently a member of IFIP WG 8.5: Information Systems in Public Administration. He is also a member of AIS, ACM, and IEEE.

Journalist and entrepreneur, Andrei Nistor is the owner of a company that publish a regional online newspaper, Stirile Transilvaniei and also DIGITALIO platform, a website dedicated to digitalisation, new technologies, crypto and cybersecurity.
His company is a Cluj IT Cluster member, one of the largest and best known IT business association in Romania, with more than 70 member companies and 14 Romanian universities and research institutions, focused on promoting technology based innovation across the society and the economy.
DIGITALIO is part of a winning european financing Horizon 2020 consortium, that utilizes blockchain and AI to fight disinformation.
Andrei Nistor is also a Certified Knowledge Manager, Trainer, and Coach

Unrooted study background from dev, network and security, through semiotics and communication, up to a PhD pathway in political sciences / conflict studies. Currently Digital Advisor for the University of Burgundy, and active IT member of the FORTHEM Alliance European University. Deep interest for everything digital, especially in relation to politics and society; as well as for sound design.

Remus Brad received an Engineer Diploma degree in Computer Science from the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu (ULBS), Romania, in 1993, a M.S. degree from Université “Pierre et Marie Curie” Paris, France, in Artificial Intelligence in 1995 and a PhD. from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in 2003. Since 1994 he has joined the Department of Computer Science and Automation at the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania, where he is actually a Professor. His current research interests include Image Processing, Motion Estimation and Biomedical Imaging. As Head of the Data Communication and Marketing Department of ULBS since year 2000, he has managed and maintained the university core network and server infrastructure, developing in-house software and web-based applications. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Having two positions as Senior Systems Engineer and Project Manager for Marquardt Team of CoDEMO5.0 Erasmus+ Project and with experience in a wide range of work areas, from IT Management to Electrical Engineering Power Plant Technologies and even Research and Development in Automotive Industry, I have constantly focused on developing innovative and sustainable products and partnerships. Identifying efficient ways and methods of training, supporting and working with others, I have aimed to build knowledge networks between stakeholders from both private and institutional areas.
Only driven by great ideas one can obtain sustainable human centered digitalized development.

Julia von Thienen studied at the Free University of Berlin, majoring in psychology with a focus on neuroscience, research methodology, and philosophy, while minoring in computer science. Her PhD research on causation also integrated these fields. Julia has taught at the Free University of Berlin, the University of Chicago, and the University of Potsdam. In 2008, she joined the Design Thinking Research Program at the Hasso-Plattner-Institut (HPI). In her work, she explores design thinking as an approach to creativity, collaboration, and innovation. The research methods range from investigating individual physiological processes to examining global policy perspectives. In 2018, Stanford University and Potsdam launched a joint program in Neurodesign. Since then, Julia has been leading the neurodesign group at HPI, investigating the biological foundations of creativity, collaboration, and innovation, while also utilizing these insights for pioneering technology redesigns. A major recent focus of her work is Sustainable Design, pursued in collaboration with the Tangible Media Lab from MIT, involving co-creative teams supported by AI.

Vlad has graduated in 2012 from the “Hermann Oberth” Engineering Faculty of ULBS, majoring in Computer Science. Since then, he has activated in the engineering field of the Automotive Industry in both Research and Development, and Industrialization departments. With over 12 years’ experience in the field, Vlad has covered a multitude of activities, roles, projects and products, encompassing embedded software development, software and system testing, requirements engineering, equipment development, project management and team leading. With a strong understanding of the automotive products development lifecycle, from concept to end of life, Vlad is currently acting as a Team Leader & Software Project Manager in the R&D Department, leading a team of highly dedicated engineers in developing the smart-access systems of tomorrow.

As side activities, Vlad is a member of the CoDEMO 5.0 Project within his Organization, acting as a researcher & trainer of the Consortium and has been involved in moderating various Workshops for high-school and university students within the Company.

Completing the skill-stack there is the Lean Six Sigma – Green Belt Certification (by IASSC) and the Project Management Certification (by Romanian Ministry of Labor), two significant qualification degrees that are contributing with a high positive impact on the daily project work and activities.

"Empowering Tomorrow: Lifelong Learning and the Future of Skills Development"

Ramona Samson is currently working for the Chief Economist Unit at the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission. Previously, she worked as Deputy Head of Unit for 'SMEs, Financial Instruments and State Aid', providing advice as regards the design of ways to increasing private finance and closing market gaps in research and innovation investments. Until 2012, she held various positions at the Directorate-General for Trade. She holds a PhD from Copenhagen Business School

Senior executive in business consulting. Experienced in digital maturity audit, digital transformation preparation & training, project management, process improvement, and GRC.

Raksmey Phan is currently a researcher in Computer Science at École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, a prestigious French graduate engineering school. He specializes in algorithm design and has developed skills in databases, web services, and IoT. He has also published three books on SQL databases, NoSQL databases, and smartphone and smartwatch application development. Since January 2022, he has been in charge of the Living Lab in Health and Autonomy of Mines Saint-Étienne..

WILFRID UTZ received his PhD from the University of Vienna, Research Group Knowledge Engineering in the field of metamodel design and conceptual structures. He has been involved in international research and innovation projects and gained experience in the field of modeling method conceptualization, meta-model design and implementation of modeling tools using ADOxx in various application domains. His research and professional interest relates to knowledge representation using metamodeling concepts and platforms. Currently he serves as the managing director of OMiLAB NPO (www.omilab.org), a non-profit organization that aims to supports the conceptual modelling community through common tools, methods and platforms, as Digital Innovation Environments (DIEn).

Iulia Vaidian received her master’s degree at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Supply Chain Management and gained experience in design thinking, business process management, and conceptual modelling concepts and technologies in her responsibilities as part of the Research Group Knowledge Engineering from the University of Vienna and the OMiLAB team. She is responsible for the organization of the NEMO Summer School Series, has been involved in various EU-funded projects, and coordinates the OMiLAB Community of Practice.

I am an analytical person and I know I can bring value when I am involved in creating and implementing innovative solutions to solve problems, naturally seeing room for improvement within complex systems. I find the greatest satisfaction in turning ideas into reality, with a characteristically critical approach. I prefer to work independently or with a small but specialized team, following strategic and calculated steps to implement a certain process or a change. Still, I am always open to ideas and will consider different perspectives with a fair approach.

Radu is the Head of Technology at MultiversX, where he is creating a distributed infrastructure via MultiversX Network. Here he is working on a high-throughput blockchain technology focusing on scalability, speed, and security. Radu is involved in the research, architecture, development and release of multiple projects inside the MultiversX ecosystem. Radu is a published researcher with a PhD in Computer Science and also an Assistant Professor at the "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu. His main research interests include: Advanced Computer Architecture, Design Space Exploration and Machine Learning. Most of this expertise was consolidated by participating in EU funded research projects. During this time, Radu was also responsible for deploying enterprise solutions for business and services applications. As a software engineer his objective is to deliver on measurable business goals

Graduating from "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu, he combines technical expertise with a passion for hacking and problem-solving to drive progress and innovation in the field.

Started my career in Continental Automotive Systems Sibiu 19 years ago within the HR team as HR Specialist. Throughout the first years of professional experience in Continental, I contributed to the growth of the location being involved in all HR processes: starting with employer branding, continuing with recruitment, employment relations & consultancy, compensation & benefits, employees’ development & retention.
After a rich 13-year experience as an HR Business Partner Team Leader, in 2020, I took over the coordination of the Technical Training Center dedicated for our Shop Floor employees and last year, in 2023, the entire activity of learning & training in Continental Sibiu

Passionate & thirsty to learn new things every day, I always searched for those projects or situations that would take me out of my comfort zone and guide me to performance & success. Thus, during the last 4 years, together with my team, we managed to bring Learning @ ShopFloor to another level and I’m excited to share some insights on how we managed to make the shift from analog to digital learning, to change mindsets and offer our colleagues the possibility to learn AT AW AD. I truly believe and sustain that learning is definitely not a destination, but a journey and in order to gather great benefits, one should fully enjoy the ride.

Prof. Pantelimon George Popescu is currently a Full Professor with the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UPB. He is the Head of the Quantum Computing Laboratory @ UPB, the coordinator of the first and only MSc in Quantum Computing from Romania and is a member of the CERN QTI Advisory Board. He is also the mastermind and Technical Coordinator of RoNaQCI (as part of EuroQCI). He published over 80 journal articles, over 10 conference papers and several books, including the first Romanian quantum computing manual. He led the team in charge of building and integrating the first Romanian QKD network. In 2023 he received the Romanian Academy Prize for contributions in Quantum Computing. His main research interests include quantum computing, quantum communications, numerical methods, information theory and inequalities

Since 2019 Professor of HR & Organisation at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Before that Professor for Human Resources at University of Bremen and Senior Research at University of Bochum. Key topic is how to manage digitalization and AI implementation in organizations from a human-centered and sustainable perspective.

Radu has 25 years of worldwide research experience in quantum information and quantum technologies (University of Cambridge, Hewlett-Packard Labs, Macquarie University, University of Waterloo). His interests include all things Q: quantum technologies, quantum information, quantum communications, quantum computing, quantum imaging. Radu is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board (EU Quantum Flagship) and a member of the Widening Advisory Board (Quantum Internet Alliance). Back home, Radu was the director of QUTECH-RO, the first RO project in quantum technologies, and has coordinated the QTSTRAT project (Developing the Romanian National Strategy in Quantum Communications). As a Sherpa member of EuroQCI Board (2019-2023), Radu contributed to Romania joining the EuroQCI and devised the RO national plans for EuroQCI. In 2017 Radu founded Romanian Quantum Network (RoQnet, www.roqnet.ro), aiming to develop quantum technologies in Romania.

Ramona – Diana Leon works as an Associate Professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia and in the past years, she was involved in several projects about knowledge management, collaborative product design and quality management. She published several books, book chapters and articles in these fields and acts as a full member of the International Association for Knowledge Management and ADINGOR. In the last ten years, she collaborated with academics and managers from Romania, Spain, Italy, Greece, Croatia, and UK. Her main research interests include enterprise social networks, early warning systems, knowledge sharing and collaborative innovation.

Pierre-Alexandre Favier is an engineer and has obtained a Ph.D. in computer sciences from the European Center for Virtual Reality (CERV, Brest, France) in 2004. He joined the National School of Cognitive Engineers (ENSC, Bordeaux, France) at the very beginning of its creation, in 2005, as a senior lecturer. This school is dedicated to the study of Human Factors and the development of design methodologies taking into account the end-user. His subjects of interest, both for teaching and for research, are mainly: multi-agent systems, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. He directs the ENSC FabLab at and is responsible for an engineering speciality dedicated to hybrid cognitive systems. .

Employee of Continental Sibiu since 2008 member of the "Manufacturing Innovation" department

41 years old, In Continental Sibiu since 2005
2005 - 2021: Testing solutions tool developer.
2014 - present: Team Lead VNI CE SYS Sib EQP2
2018 - present: Software tool architect for testing solutions (expert at company level)
2021 : Head of Equipment Platform in BA AN CE SYS (world wide organization)

Entrepreneur, manager, advisor. A graduate of the Jagiellonian University. He has over 25 years of experience in managing international teams and projects. Co-founder of Smart Secure Networks Sp z o. o.

Originator of the Polish IoT & AI Cluster – SINOTAIC, and of Cyberus Labs Sp z o. o., specializing in creating solutions in the field of cybersecurity. He is the co-creator of the concept of the most comprehensive global solution in the field of cybersecurity of IoT systems - ELIoTPro, and cybersecurity system intended for nano satellites and communication satellites - LiSE. Co-creator of technological solutions in the field of cybersecurity and co-creator of the digitization program for the small and medium-sized enterprise sector - SME 4.0.

Representative of the SINOTAIC Cluster in the working group for industrial cybersecurity and maintenance cybersecurity operating at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister (formerly the Ministry of Digitization).

Led lectures in cybersecurity of IoT systems at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice and new directions in telecommunications at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. Creator of teaching programs and educational projects in the field of cybersecurity, Smart City, Green Energy. He is an expert of the Future Industry Platform Foundation and the Kościuszko Institute in the field of cybersecurity. Author of articles and industry studies, and co-author of scientific articles on cybersecurity and Industry 4.0.

Nathalie DOUARD, Ph.D., obtained her doctorate in Materials Science in 2010. She currently holds the position of full associate professor at Mines Saint-Étienne, ranked among France's top 10 engineering schools. Within the institution, she oversees the academic activities of 20 associate professors in Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering focusing on preparing engineering students to tackle challenges in the health and medicine sectors. Actively engaged in pedagogical innovation, she is involved in the CoDEMO 5.0 ERASMUS+ program framework, where she manages the implementation of an original and stimulating academic environment across 6 EU Universities. This includes the deployment of initiatives such as qualified certification and Open Badges with the aim to train future decision-makers for Organization 5.0. In parallel, her research activities are conducted at the UMR INSERM 1059 SAINBIOSE laboratory, focusing on calcium-phosphate based bioceramics for bone tissue engineering applications. She also serves as an active member of the Bioceramic Network board of the European Ceramic Society. Furthermore, deeply committed to promoting inclusivity in science, she actively participate in outreach activities targeting diverse audiences

STEFAN ATAMAN si-a obtinut doctoratul in anul 2004 in Franta. A urmat apoi o cariera de 12 ani in invatamantul superior francez. In anul 2016 s-a alaturat proiectului ELI-NP. Interesele sale stiintifice se situaza in domenii ca optica cuantica, metrologia cuantica si electrodinamica cuantica de camp intens.

Christoph Meinel (Univ.-Prof., Dr.rer.nat., Dr.sc.nat., 1954) was CEO and scientific director of Hasso-Plattner Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH (HPI) at the University of Potsdam from 2004 to 2023. He is professor emeritus (C4) of computer science at the joint Digital Engineering Faculty of HPI and the University of Potsdam, where he holds the chair for "Internet Technologies and Systems.

Meinel is author or co-author of 25 books and monographs and editor of several conference proceedings and anthologies. He has published more than 750 (peer-reviewed) scientific papers in prestigious scientific journals and at international conferences.

Meinel studied mathematics and computer science at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1974 to 1979, earning his Dr.rer.nat. degree there in 1981. In 1988 he habilitated as Dr.sc.nat. at the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin. In 1992 he was appointed full professor (C4) of computer science at the University of Trier. In the years 1998 to 2002, in addition to his professorship, he was also director and managing director of the Institut für Telematik e.V. From 1996 to 2007, Christoph Meinel was a member of the scientific board of directors of IBFI Schloss Dagstuhl. From 1992 to 2007, he was the spokesman for the "Complexity" specialist group of the German Informatics Society (GI). He has received numerous calls in Germany and abroad, is involved in a number of international program committees, has organized various international symposia and conferences, and was and is a member of a number of supervisory boards, e.g. the Security Advisory Board of SAP.

In Continental Sibiu since 2012, R&D Innovation Responsible and System Lead for one of our Generic development organizations , enthusiast about innovation and changing our way of working, changing our way of thinking by understanding the power of using the right questions to challenge the Status Quo.