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From 2010 we energize our local community of experimentalists & innovators in order to engage with ideas and each other to generate change, innovate attitudes and become change agents through this we are shaping now the so much needed future role-models of our communities.
The TEDxCluj Conference and events are held annually in the multicultural town of Transylvania in Romania gathering in 2 years over 1000 participants. This year over 1500 experimentalists will attend. The breadth of content includes science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our communities.
We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, our community. So we're building a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from our local/regional most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.
TEDxCluj Team
TEDxCluj is curated by a team of highly motivated young professionals, having various business and educational backgrounds.
Cristian Dascalu / curator
cristian@tedxcluj.com
"You will never see the top of the mountain until you have climbed each hill". "Before you can see the beauty of any situation, you must go through trials and tribulations" said Cristian. He strongly beliefs in the power of the network therefore,
Cristian is a creative thinker, strategist and passionate networker. His professional background and capabilities in sales, management and personal relationships makes him a professional business developer. Because, he really believes that sustainable "ideas worth spreading" he qualified to be the TEDxCluj Conference Curator starting with 2010. Cristian has a Master in Economy–"Strategies and Policies in Marketing and Management" at the Babes-Bolyai University, he is an alumni of the international organization AIESEC and volunteered with the Romanian Scouts.
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Paula Tonea / speakers liaison
paula@tedxcluj.com
"Life is too much of a simple complexity to put a label on it." Paula is the speaker liaison at TEDxCluj and does not like labels - neither on people, nor on anything else. What she does like is discovering what is best and worst in the ones around
her. She strongly does not believe in extensive bio's and long presentations, but in facts - real life stories and outstanding achievements, and even more in the humble heart that created them. As the Romanian Coordinator of the Glocal Tour project (http://glocaltour.org/), she supports Global Education and the rise of ideas put to the work of changing individuals, communities and the world. She is also a follower of the "service above self" motto of Rotary International, as President of the Rotaract Club of Cluj-Napoca.
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Gloria Csiszer / marketing and PR
gloria@tedxcluj.com
"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living." Gloria is a SocialButterfly and she is the story behind the flash (http://www.flashme.ro). Her enthusiasm is contagious just because she is someone who is
very social and easygoing; Usually, these people don’t belong to a particular group, but rather jump from one group to another. They are somewhat accepted in all of them. She isfriendly,pretty and she always looks on the bright side of life. Dedicated to her work in marketing and PR, Gloria SocialButterfly has a strong experience in PR and Marketing Online and social media through projects like: Cosmetic Plant, Perpetum, Libero events and AV MEDIA. She is involved in TedxCluj Team because she believes that it's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. Gloria has a Master in PR and Advertising at the Babes-Bolyai University, and she is member in AIESEC and IAA YP.
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Stefana Giurgiu / marketing and PR
stefana@tedxcluj.com
"Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true." Stefana is an experienced communications practitioner and PR affairs. She has wide-ranging skills across external communication, strategic planning, media
and stakeholder relation, writing, editing.She is abled to understand a variety of people, being confident, a good team leaders, and quick learner and thinkers.From reputation management, social media and PR to idea generation, media liaison and copywriting, Stefana’s talents have proven invaluable in developing PR strategy as an integral part of her clients’ successful business practice.She graduated Marketing and Administrative Political Science and Communication at Babes-Bolyai University.
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Paul Bucovesan / graphic & concept design
paul@tedxcluj.com
"Everything is designed. Few things are designed well." Paul had the vision about the effects of visual communication at TedxCluj. He has a strong ability to work in various tasks in the field: graphic designers or illustrators layouts. With his work, Paul
can amuse or persuade someone in an easy way and just because "graphic design is a part of your daily life" said Paul. Being a creative proccess, through graphic design, Paul combines art and technology to communicate ideas. He 's call is to works with a variety of communication tools in order to convey a message from a client to a particular audience. He graduated Art and Design University, from Cluj-Napoca.
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Alexandra Guna / graphics junior
contact@tedxcluj.com
"Designers are meant to be loved not to be understood." "Images can be incredibly powerful and compelling tools of communication" said Alexandra. She is a graphic designers junior and she is a great listener and therefore she can unnderstand the
client's needs. Being able to stay organized and know how long it takes to finish tasks make Alexandra a great teamworker. All graphic design projects have obstacles, but she knows how to overcome them. She is self-disciplined, creative and an excelent ability ti deal with the pressure of constant deadlines. Her remarcable willingness is to keep up to date with new developments in the graphic design field.
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Raluca Vontea / guests coordinator
contact@tedxcluj.com
Tudor Hossu / event logistics
contact@tedxcluj.com
Tudor Tarlev / international collaborations
prize@tedxcluj.com
Alina Crancau / bloggers coordinator
contact@tedxcluj.com
Cristina Chereches / volunteers coordinator
volunteers@tedxcluj.com
Bogdan Colceriu / adviser
contact@tedxcluj.com
Vlad Stanescu / web adviser
vlad.stanescu@mindmagnetsoftware.com
Vlad is the CEO and founder of MindMagnet, a full service web agency in Cluj, and with his team is the mind behind the TEDxCluj website and web presence.
Cluj-Napoca -
Romania's technopolis
The city spreads out from St. Michael's Church in Unirii Square, built in the 14th century and named after the Archangel Michael, the patron saint of Cluj-Napoca. The boundaries of the municipality contain an area of 179.52 square kilometres (69.31 sq mi). An analysis undertaken by the real estate agency Profesional Casa indicates that, because of infrastructure development, communes such as Feleacu, Valcele, Martinesti, Jucu and Baciu will eventually become neighbourhoods of the city, thereby enlarging its area.
Cluj-Napoca experienced a decade of decline during the 1990s, its international reputation suffering from the policies of its mayor of the time,Gheorghe Funar. Today, the city is one of the most important academic, cultural, industrial and business centres in Romania. Among other institutions, it hosts the largest university in the country, Babes-Bolyai University, with its famous botanical garden; nationally renowned cultural institutions; as well as the largest Romanian-owned commercial bank.
Monocle magazine identified Cluj-Napoca as one of the top five places worldwide that are due their turn in the international spotlight during 2008. According to the American magazine Information Week, Cluj-Napoca is quickly becoming Romania's technopolis.
