Enhancing the Role of Knowledge and Intellectual Capital in the Transition Towards Agriculture 4.0
Monday, 11 May
Venue: The Training and Innovation Centre of the Romanian Farmers’ Club
14:00 – 15:15 Opening Session
- Florian Ciolacu, Executive Director, Romanian Farmers’ Club
- Stefan Güldenberg, President, New Club of Paris
- Cathy Garner, President, World Capital Institute
- Emil Dumitru, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture (TBC)
- Sebastian Cernic, President of the Agricultural Commission of the Senate, Parliament of Romania (TBC)
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break / Networking
15:45 – 17:15 Thematic Debates
- Dragoș Vlad, President of the Digitalisation Authority of Romania (TBC)
- “From Data to Decisions: How AI Is Transforming Farm Profitability and Input Efficiency – A Farmer’s Perspective”, Ignacio Esteve Pamias, Co-founder, Sowify Global Solutions, Spain
- “Healthy and Securely Supplied? Agriculture, Politics, and Trade Under Stress – A Perspective from Germany”, Waltraut Ritter, New Club of Paris (TBC)
- “National Partnerships for Cooperation on Research and Innovation – A Perspective from France”, Cyrille Schweizer, Counsellor for Agricultural Affairs for Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary, Embassy of France in Romania (TBC)
- “Farmers in the Age of AI: Are New Job Profiles Emerging in Agriculture?”, Günter Koch, World Capital Institute (online)
19:00 – 21:00 Bucharest Organ Fest – Cantus Ecclesiae (a classical music concert, optional)
Tuesday, 12 May
Venue: Aula Magna “Petru S. Aurelian”, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
10.00 – 10.30 Welcome Coffee
10.30 – 12.30 Welcome statement by Prof. Dr. Sorin Mihai Cîmpeanu, rector, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Public Conference: The Recovery of Natural Capital in the Agricultural Sector
Julià Manzanas Mondéjar, Cofounder of COFI Solutions and Futurlytics®, Board member of the New Club of Paris, President of the Knowledge Economy and Innovation at the Economist College of Catalonia.
Discussant: a professor from the University (TBC)
13.00 – 14.00 Working lunch
Venue: The Training and Innovation Centre of the Romanian Farmers’ Club
14.00 – 17.00 Expert round table – free debates (closed meeting): Current challenges and opportunities in developing and modernizing agriculture (financing, trade, agrotechnology, food security)
Moderator: Petru Dumitriu
Participants: all foreign guests and Romanian experts, partners of the Romanian Farmers’ Club.
- Florin Constantin, Founder of AgXecutive
- Dan Grigore, Coordinator, think-tank Agrinnovator, Romanian Farmers’ Club
- Marcos Esteve Pamias, Co-founder, Sowify Global Solutions
- Ignacio Esteve Pamias, Co-founder, Sowify Global Solutions
- Julià Manzanas Mondéjar, the New Club of Paris
- Stefan GÜLDENBERG, president, New Club of Paris
- Cathy Garner, president, World Capital Institute, Florin Constantin, Founder of AgXecutive
- Cyrille Schweizer, Counsellor for agricultural affairs for Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary, Embassy of France in Romania
- Marta Pedrosa Olite, Co-founder, Sowify Global Solutions
- Jennifer Gilberg, General Manager, Bayer Agriscience
- Florian Ciolacu, Executive Director, Romanian Farmers’ Club
- Bogdan Chiripuci, lecturer at the Academy of Economic Studies, and coordinator of the programme Entrepreneurs for Agriculture 4.0, Romanian Farmers’ Club
- Violeta Daria, coordinator of the programme Young Leaders for Agriculture, Romanian Farmers’ Club
- Petru Dumitriu, Ambassador retired, lecturer at Diplo Academy, external consultant for the Romanian Farmers Club, member of the working group on strategy of the Romanian Farmers’ Club.
- Lucian Bondoc, Managing Partner at Bondoc & Associates, member of the working group on strategy of the Romanian Farmers’ Club (TBC)
- Dan Manolescu, Managing Partner, Soter & Partners, and Financial Services Consultant, member of the working group on strategy of the Romanian Farmers’ Club (TBC)
- Cezar Gheorghe, market and agribusiness analyst, Founder of Agricolumn, member of the working group on strategy of the Romanian Farmers’ Club (TBC)
- Serhan Hacisuleyman, CEO – Agricover Credit IFN (TBC)
- Ana Samuilă, Head of Agribusiness, BCR (TBC)
- Robert Arsene, General Manager, AGRIDRONE (TBC)
- Hannelore Valkanov, General Manager, SYSWIN Solutions (TBC)
- Ștefan Buciuc, CEO, BCR Social Finance (TBC)
- Patricia Știrbu, General Manager, Summit Agro (TBC)
- Vasile Iosif, General Manager, FMC (TBC)
- Maria Cârjă, Marketing Manager, CORTEVA (TBC)
- Andrei Măruțescu, President of AISR (Romanian Seed Industry Alliance) & Director of Communication, Public Relations and Sustainability Projects Syngenta Romania (TBC)
Wednesday, 13 May
9.30 – 13.00 Visit to a farm / winery (optional)