📅 19 iunie 2026
📍 Arenele BNR, București
09:15 – 09:25 – OPENING | From AI to Decision
It is a conversation about human judgment, responsibility and the intelligence of those who must decide what to do with it.
Who remains accountable when decisions are made by increasingly autonomous systems?
Alexandru Ghica – Oxygen Events
Bogdan Putinică – Entrepreneur & AI Advocate
09:25 – 10:30 – THE WORLD WE DECIDE IN
Geopolitics • Economy • Strategic Pressure
Economic Outlook | Stability, Inflation & Systemic Shocks
Radu Ghețea – Honorary President of the Romanian Banking Association, Chairman of the Board, Libra Internet Bank
Florin Dănescu – Executive President, Romanian Banking Association
Florian Libocor – Chief Economist, BRD Groupe Société Générale
🎤 Moderator: Călin Rangu – Vice President CIOCouncil
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10:30 – 11:15 –THE HUMAN LAYER
How do we preserve our freedom to think when the tools we use become increasingly intelligent?
The Psychology of Decisions in the Age of AI
Sorin Faur – Founder&CEO Academia de HR
- From AI Adoption to AI Competitiveness: Who Coordinates the Transition?
Andreea Paul – Professor, Bucharest University of Economic Studies President, INACO
- Leadership and Public Decision-Making: The Ability to Turn Decisions into Results
Sebastian Burduja – Member of Parliament | Former Minister of Energy
Leadership, Public Policy & Strategic Decision-Making
🎤 Moderator: Adrian Locusteanu – Regional Head Europe, Thoughtworks
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11:15 – 11:45 –THE CYBER DECISION LAYER
AI Security, Cyber Risk & Decision Under Pressure
Sergiu Zaharia – Cybersecurity Advisor, University Lecturer, Founder&CEO ExpandCyber
Mircea Constantin Șcheau – President, Cloud Security Alliance Romanian Chapter
Key Questions
- When trust is attacked, who protects decision integrity?
- Decision-making under cyber pressure
- Fraud & manipulation
- Deepfakes & social engineering
- If AI protects critical systems, who verifies the protector?
- When cyber pressure rises, what happens to human judgment?
🎤 Moderator: Adrian Locusteanu, Regional Head Europe, Thoughtworks
11:45 -12:00 – Networking & Refreshments
An opportunity to continue the conversation beyond the stage, exchange ideas, ask
questions and connect with peers.
12:00 – 12:30 – BANKING IN THE AI ERA
Risk, Responsibility & Decision Architecture
- THE TRUST / LEGAL LAYER
Who Owns the Decision, And the Data Behind It?
Who remains accountable when decisions are made?
Bogdan Pascu – Co-Founder LexData, Business & Corporate Legal Consultant
Key Questions:
- Governance
- Privacy
- Accountability
- Responsibility by Design
– THE PAYMENT DECISION LAYER: When Payments Think From AI Fraud Detection to Agentic Commerce and the Future of Intelligent Payments
Key Questions:
- How AI is being used to monitor, detect and prevent fraud in payment
systems; - Agentic Commerce and the emergence of AI as an active participant in
purchasing and payment decisions
Denisa Iatan -Principal Expert, National Bank of Romania The Future of Payments: Agentic Commerce, Trust and Decision-Making
🎤 Moderator: Călin Rangu – Vice President CIOCouncil
12:30 – 13:00 -THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER
When AI Becomes Infrastructure
Bogdan Putinică- Entrepreneur & AI Advocate
Călin Rangu – Vice President CIOCouncil
🎤 Moderator: Daniel Rusen – Central Europe Business,Applications&Platforms Director, Microsoft România
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13:00 – 14:30 – CLOSING CONVERSATION
A Conversation About Decisions, Biases and Human Nature
🎤 Moderator: Sorin Faur – Psychologist & Founder, Academia de HR
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Bogdan Putinică – Entrepreneur & AI Advocate Interactive Conversation with Speakers & Audiance
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Conversation Starters
- Why Rational People Fall in Love with Completely Irrational Things
Why do we choose what we choose?
⸻ - Why Do Intelligent People Make Bad Decisions,
Even When They Have Access to More Information Than Ever Before?
If information is abundant, why does judgment remain so difficult?
⸻ - How Do We Preserve Our Freedom to Think When the Tools We Use
Become Increasingly Intelligent?
As AI becomes more capable, how do we preserve independent judgment, critical
thinking and human responsibility
Together, speakers and participants will explore the forum’s central question:
What happens when human judgment meets intelligent systems?