Connecting research and industry in AI

March 28th, 2025 @ HUB UTCN

AI Forum@UTCN is a casual, lively event designed to bring together researchers from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and innovative companies from the region! This is not a formal conference; it is a networking session aimed at sparking conversations, sharing ideas, and establishing common ground in our AI community. Whether you’re developing the latest tech, looking for solutions to real-world problems, or just curious about what’s happening in AI, this is the perfect chance to make connections. Enjoy some great company, meet new people, learn a bit about each other’s work, and see where our paths can intersect.

AI Forum@UTCN aims to start partnerships based on the AI knowledge and resources that Cluj-Napoca harbours in its academia and business sectors. We will enable this via short, impactful presentations from both researchers and companies.

AI Forum@UTCN is open to all researchers from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, and to all companies (small, medium, large) from the region that already develop or are interested in developing AI-based solutions. UTCN researchers can then get to know what their colleagues are doing, while companies may find potential product ideas.

AI Forum@UTCN encourages formal and informal interaction between the attendants with plenty of time to get to know each other. We will also briefly describe the entire AI ecosystem that UTCN is developing, such as the new Institute for Research in Artificial Intelligence and the UniTech foundation.

SESSIONS

AISynergy
Existing AI solutions

Purpose: Establish new connections between researchers and companies in the AI field. Promote the technology and knowledge transfer from UTCN to the business sector.

Target participants: Researchers and companies already active in the AI sector.

Format: Short presentations (7-10 minutes) on AI topics, products and results. The presentations will be high-level, avoiding implementation details or specific numerical results. Presentation format will be uniform--template provided by organizers.

AIHelp
Future AI solutions

Purpose: Promote the use of AI among fields/groups/companies with little or no experience in AI. Encourage researcher-researcher, company-researcher, and company-company discussions on future AI solutions for current problems.

Target participants: Researchers and representatives of companies that are not yet active in the AI sector.

Format: Short presentations (7-10 minutes) stating the topic to be addressed through AI. Presentation format will be uniform--template provided by organizers. A poster detailing the problem, including relevant information and domain-specific data may also be prepared and presented during the poster session.

Venue & Registration

HUB UTCN

March 28th, 2025

George Barițiu 4-6, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Registration is now closed! See you at the next AI Forum!

Agenda

March 28th, 2025

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9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 10:00 Opening notes
10:00 - 11:30 AI Synergy!
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 - 13:30 AI Synergy!
13:30 - 14:30 Light Lunch (onsite)
14:30 - 14:45 Funding opportunities for joint AI projects
14:45 - 16:00 AI Synergy!
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:45 AI Synergy! + AI Help?
17:45 Closing notes. Reception on ground floor

SPONSORS

We gratefully ackowledge the support of our GOLD Sponsors

Organisers

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Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

UNITECH Foundation

Organising Team

Vasile ȚOPA

Adrian GROZA

Daniela POPESCU

Vlad BURNETE

Adriana STAN

Camelia LEMNARU

Alexandru LAZAREC

Contact

  HUB UTCN | George Barițiu 4-6, Cluj-Napoca, România

adriana.stan@com.utcluj.ro

camelia.lemnaru@cs.utcluj.ro

alexandru.lazarec@staff.utcluj.ro

www.aiforum.utcluj.ro


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