25 March 2025

Bucharest, Romania

George Constantinescu Street 2 - 4

MINA Museum, https://www.minamuseum.com/en/mina-bucharest

Final Event - Energy, Innovation and Bilateral Cooperation

Programme

09:30 Registration, welcome and coffee  

10:00 Welcome 

 Moderator: Mr. Magnar Ødelien, Director of the EEA and Norway Grants, Innovation Norway

  • Norwegian Ambassador to Romania H. E. Hilde Svartdal Lunde

10:20 The Energy Programme  

Impact

  • Innovation Norway, Mr. Mihai Stefanescu, Senior Advisor

10:35 Hydropower  

  • SPEEH Hidroelectrica, Mrs. Manuela Horvath

10:50 Geothermal 

  • Oradea Municipality, Mr. Ioan Maghiar

  • Geothermal Research Cluster (GEORG), Mrs. Ester Halldórsdóttir; Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), Mrs. Domnica Cotet

11:20 Other Renewables 

  • TMK Hydroenergy Power, Mr. Cristian Fleser

11:35 Electrification of Households

11:45 Energy Efficiency 

  • Alba Iulia Municipality, Mr. Valentin Voinica

12:00 Lunch

Served in the exhibition area

13:00 The Innovation Programme 

  • Romanian Ministry of Investments and European Projects - Mrs. Claudia Vasilca, General Director

Impact

  • Mrs. Rannveig S. Gimse, Head of Office, Romania, Innovation Norway

13:15 Investments in Green Technologies

  • Sortilemn, Mr. Calin Onisor

  • Promateris, Mrs. Maria Desmirean

13:45 Green Innovation  

  • Chimcomplex, Mr. Dumitru Coman

14:00 Digitalisation – ICT 

  • Autosymed, Mr. Caliman Daniel, Mr. George Rodeanu

14:15 Startups  

  • Frontier Penta, Mr. Catalin Chitu

14:30 Break  

15:00 The Open Call for Cooperation on the Green Transition 

Showcase results from the cooperation and discuss what is next:

  • Norway - Emergy, Mr. Kjetil Forseth

  • Iceland - Gerosion, Mr. Jan Přikryl

  • Romania - Social Innovation Solutions, Mr. Ciprian Stanescu

  • Romania - Academia de Studii Economice Bucharest, Mrs. Corina Murafa

  • Romania - TIAB, Mrs. Cornelia Turiac

16:00 Panel Discussion

Looking back but mainly forward  

  • Norway - Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Mr. Michael Steinfeld

  • Iceland - Orkustofnun, Mr. Baldur Petursson

  • Romania - CNIPMMR (IMM Romania), Mr. Viorel Pintea

  • The Financial Mechanism Office (FMO), Mr. Roger Bymolt

16:45 End of Programme  

Drinks are served – exhibition, mingling and networking