Boosting frontier research in Romania

11 June 2026
15.00 - 18.15 EEST
Politehnica Bucharest, Rectorate Building, Radu Voinea Amphitheatre
Politehnica Bucharest and ERC
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Boosting frontier research in Romania
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ERC President Maria Leptin will visit Bucharest on 11-12 June 2026 to meet with science policy makers, ERC grantees and the wider Romanian research community. Several ERC grantees will take part in the programme, including Mihaela Constantinescu, the Ambassador for the ERC in Romania. The ERC President will, amongst other things, highlight the best practices analysed in a recent White Paper issued by the ERC Scientific Council.

The Politehnica University of Bucharest will host an event 'Boosting frontier research in Romania' featuring a speech by Prof. Leptin and other figures in the world of research, presentations by ERC grantees, as well as a roundtable discussion with multiple stakeholders of the Romanian research and science policy-making community. See the detailed programme below. 

To attend the event, please register.

 

Programme

 

15.00 - 16.00 | Opening Addresses

Speakers

  • Mihnea Costoiu, Rector, University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Mihai Dimian, Minister of Education and Research of Romania
  • Professor Sorin Cîmpeanu, President of the National Council of Rectors
  • Maria Leptin, ERC President

16.00 - 16.30 | Presentations by ERC Grantees 

 

Speakers

  • Alina-Mihaela Bădescu, Professor of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology, University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Mihaela Constantinescu, Professor of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest

  • Costin Raiciu, Professor of the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest

     

16.30 - 16.45 | Presentation by Maria Siomos, ERC Scientific Officer

16.45- 17.00 | Coffee break

17.00- 18.00 | Roundtable Discussion: How to Boost Frontier Research in Romania

Moderator: Mihaela Constantinescu, Professor of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest

Speakers

  • Maria Leptin, ERC President
  • Mihnea Costoiu, Rector, University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Călin Ur, Project Director, Extreme Light Infrastructure – Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP); Director, PhD School on Engineering and Applications of Lasers and Accelerators, University Politehnica of Bucharest
  • Adrian Curaj, General Manager, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
  • Maya Simionescu, President, Section of Biological Sciences, Romanian Academy

  • Valentina Sandu-Dediu, Rector, New Europe College

     

18.00 | Closing Remarks

18.15 | Reception