{"id":4426,"date":"2025-09-03T14:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/?p=4426"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:43:40","slug":"constanta-gazduieste-festivalul-inovarii-si-transformarii-digitale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/en\/2025\/09\/03\/constanta-gazduieste-festivalul-inovarii-si-transformarii-digitale\/","title":{"rendered":"Constan\u021ba Hosts the Festival of Innovation and Digital Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4426\" class=\"elementor elementor-4426\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1999b740 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1999b740\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5214b79f\" data-id=\"5214b79f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0394b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a0394b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 17-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambasada.pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ambasada<\/a><\/strong>, a startup accelerator and innovation hub, has joined forces with Ovidius University of Constan\u021ba and actively supports this type of event.<\/p><p>Throughout September, Constan\u021ba will become a meeting point for students, entrepreneurs, technology experts, public authorities, and European networks \u2014 all united around a common goal: accelerating digital transformation and promoting innovation in the region.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4428\" src=\"https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12d88eca-401a-4baa-91d4-6b0d0be2e5b9-1024x598.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12d88eca-401a-4baa-91d4-6b0d0be2e5b9-1024x598.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12d88eca-401a-4baa-91d4-6b0d0be2e5b9-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12d88eca-401a-4baa-91d4-6b0d0be2e5b9-768x449.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12d88eca-401a-4baa-91d4-6b0d0be2e5b9-1536x897.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12d88eca-401a-4baa-91d4-6b0d0be2e5b9-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12d88eca-401a-4baa-91d4-6b0d0be2e5b9.jpg 1852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><p>A highlight of the festival is the\u00a0<strong>INNOVATION Dialogues Conference<\/strong>, organized on September 24 at Ovidius University. The conference brings together leaders from academia, entrepreneurship, and technology for a full day of presentations, panels, and interactive experiences centered around key topics such as sustainable regional mobility and smart city solutions, artificial intelligence for responsible innovation, cybersecurity and digital self-defense, technology transfer from research to the economy, and the digital transformation of tourism and cultural heritage.<\/p><p>In parallel, visitors will be able to explore the\u00a0<strong>INNOVATION Expo &amp; Digital Wall<\/strong>, an open space where companies, research centers, and startups showcase digital solutions, services, and prototypes with a direct impact on smart and sustainable communities.<\/p><p>The festival also includes other strategic events.<a href=\"https:\/\/smartenergyexpo.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<strong>Smart Energy 2025<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(September 19), organized by the Constan\u021ba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Shipping, and Agriculture (CCINA), will highlight the green transition and sustainable energy solutions, bringing together authorities, companies, and experts to discuss smart energy, smart cities, and green financing.<\/p><p>Also,\u00a0<strong>Artemis Innovation Days\u00a0<\/strong>(September 23\u201326) mark the participation of Ovidius University of Constan\u021ba in the\u00a0<strong>ARTEMIS University Alliance<\/strong>, a European network of eight universities from France, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Norway, and Romania.\nARTEMIS promotes collaboration in research, education, and innovation, with key priorities including regional transition, equality, mobility, inclusion, and sustainability. The alliance aims to create a leading European university focused on the mobility of people, goods, and ideas.<\/p><p>The festival concludes on September 30 with\u00a0<strong>ConneCT_EU 2025<\/strong>, an event organized by CITYINNOHUB and ERBSN.\nConneCT_EU provides a platform for dialogue and collaboration between the European networks EEN and EDIH and local communities, focusing on how these networks support SMEs and public institutions through digitalization, innovation, and internationalization.\nThe event\u2019s agenda includes panels dedicated to regional resilience in the AI era, access to funding for innovation and digital transformation, and the role of European infrastructures in the responsible integration of artificial intelligence.<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4429\" src=\"https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2651-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2651-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2651-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2651-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2651-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2651-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2651.jpg 1774w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p><p>INNOVibe is also a festival of opportunities for students and young innovators.\u00a0<strong>CO-FOUND ME!\u00a0<\/strong>(September 4) will be the place where startup ideas find their teams. Teodora Moraru spoke in detail about\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambasada.pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ambasada<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0involvement in this ambitious project.<\/p><p><div style=\"width: 848px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4426-1\" width=\"848\" height=\"480\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-09-03-at-14.30.17.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-09-03-at-14.30.17.mp4\">https:\/\/unpr-rse.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Video-2025-09-03-at-14.30.17.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p><p>&#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m Teodora Moraru, co-founder of Ambasada, and I\u2019m truly glad that we have the opportunity to be part of this festival. Over the past year, the startup founders, entrepreneurs, and developer communities in Constan\u021ba have grown significantly, and the events being organized have become increasingly diverse. That\u2019s why we, at Ambasada, together with the Start-up CT Community and Constan\u021ba Developers, decided to organize events together \u2014 to create a greater impact and to make it easier for our communities\u2019 members to connect and collaborate.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a first successful event organized in this format in July, we\u2019re continuing with Co-Found Me! (part of the festival) on September 4 at Azuma Beach. The main goal here is to help startup founders find business partners, co-founders with complementary skills, or team members. Founders will present their vision to an audience made up of programmers, digital product developers, and marketing specialists, followed by in-depth discussions at each startup\u2019s table.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joining us in this initiative are <a href=\"https:\/\/launch.ro\">Launch Community<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtoweb.co\">How to Web<\/a> from Bucharest, who will offer a free ticket to the How to Web conference to the founder with the most appreciated presentation.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope this will be a successful event \u2014 one of many that we\u2019ll surely organize together in the future.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p><p><strong>Ovidius Innovation &amp;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Entrepreneurship Summer School\u00a0<\/strong>(September 8\u201319) is another event within the Festival, dedicated to interdisciplinary training and mentorship.\u00a0<strong>Pioneers Ideathon\u00a0<\/strong>(September 19\u201320) targets those seeking AI solutions for green ports, while\u00a0<strong>creatiVE<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Summer School\u00a0<\/strong>(September 23\u201324) \u2014 focused on virtual reality and heritage digitization \u2014 provides the perfect setting for developing digital skills, teamwork, and entrepreneurial spirit.<\/p><p>Through these initiatives, the festival becomes a laboratory of ideas and projects that connect young people with their professional future.<\/p><p>\u201e<strong>Constan\u021ba INNOVibe is the expression of a shared commitment<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>to transform Constan\u021ba into a regional benchmark for collaboration and innovation.\u00a0<\/strong>Together with our local, national, and European partners, we aim for this festival to become an annual platform that connects communities with international networks, ideas with solutions, and young people with their professional future,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexandru Bobe,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Vice-Rector of Ovidius University and Coordinator of CITYINNOHUB<\/strong>.<\/p><p><strong>Key Events in the INNOVibe 2025 Program:<\/strong><\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>CO-FOUND ME!<\/strong>, pitching &amp; matchmaking for startups (September 4)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Ovidius Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship Summer School\u00a0<\/strong>(September 8\u201319)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Smart Energy 2025, Conference &amp; Expo organized by CCINA Constan\u021ba\u00a0<\/strong>(September 19)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Pioneers Ideathon, AI for Green Ports\u00a0<\/strong>(September 19\u201320)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>creatiVE Summer School, Virtual Reality &amp; Heritage\u00a0<\/strong>(September 23\u201324)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Artemis Innovation Days, event of the European university consortium ARTEMIS\u00a0<\/strong>(September 23\u201326)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>INNOVATION Dialogues &amp; Expo, International Conference\u00a0<\/strong>(September 24)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>CITYINNOEDU, community for digital transformation in education\u00a0<\/strong>(September 24)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>LevelUP Digital in Healthcare, AI Chatbot Solution Presentation\u00a0<\/strong>(September 24)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Startup Weekend Constan\u021ba\u00a0<\/strong>(September 26\u201328)<\/p><p>\u2022\u00a0<strong>ConneCT_EU, Festival Closing Conference\u00a0<\/strong>(September 30)<\/p><p>To become a partner or supporter:\u00a0<strong>contact@cityinnohub.ro<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Participation is free.<\/p><p>More details and the full program: www.cityinnohub.ro\/constantainnovibe<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambasada, accelerator \u0219i hub de startup-uri, s-a al\u0103turat Universit\u0103\u021bii Ovidius din Constan\u021ba \u0219i sus\u021bine activ acest tip de evenimente. 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