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 Prof. Leptin, Minister of Education and Research Mihai Dimian 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 BucharestMihai Dimian, Minister of Education and Research of RomaniaProfessor Sorin Cîmpeanu, President of the National Council of RectorsMaria 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 BucharestMihaela 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
18.00 | Closing Remarks
18.15 | Reception