10.30hrs – 11.00hrs – Registration of participants
11.00hrs – 11.10hrs – Welcome speech by His Excellence Dr Ion Jinga, Ambassador of Romania in the United Kingdom
11.10hrs – 13.00hrs – Plenary Session
- Professor Paul Phillips, Director of Kent Business School – representative of the academic sector
- Mr George Iacobescu, CEO, Canary Wharf - representative of the business sector (TBC)
- Dame Julia Cleverdon, Special Adviser to The Prince’s Charities and Vice President of Business in the Community - representative of the nongovernmental sector
- Christopher Wyld, director of Foreign Press Association
13.00hrs – 14.00hrs – buffet lunch
14.00hrs – 15.00hrs
Panel I – How to Prepare for the Future – UK, Romania and the Financial Crisis - Moderator, Anne-Marie Martin, CEO, BRCC
The current economic environment requires that management adapts strategies and tactics to survive, due to reduced budgets and the need to develop entrepreneurial and management skills. How should one prepare for careers in this changing business environment?
“Working in the Romanian Business Environment” - Raymond Breden, Deputy Chairman, BRCC, Director of Taxation, KPMG Romania
- Short outline of the effects of the global economic downturn in Romania
- The challenges of doing in business in Romania vis-à-vis new evolving opportunities (i.e. recruitment, retention and people development), project management, expertise consultancy
- What can Romania learn from the UK business and HR development model?
- Formal management education
- Entrepreneurial skills
- Strategy consulting
- Structured market strategies
“UK/Romania Financial Sector” - Bogdan Patriniche, Chairman, RBC, Senior Vice President, Sales & Structuring, Standard Bank PLC
- The changing environment in the UK financial sector and the knock on effect in Romania
- How will the Romanian financial sector develop now? What can Romania learn from the UK experience?
- The pros and cons of choosing a career in the UK financial sector and the challenges and opportunities offered by the Romanian financial sector, today and in the future.
- What are the key attributes and skills needed to make a successful career in this sector?
Panel II - Promoting the Romanian Language and Research in the UK - Moderator Dr. Alex Petrovici, Lecturer, Kent Business School
“Increasing the visibility of the Romanian culture and language in the UK” - Mr Daniel Tomozeiu, lecturer, University of Westminster
- Creating a Romanian Language Centre at the University of Westminster; training for interpreters. The inauguration of the Masters in International Liaison and Communication, Romanian-English Department
“Difficulties and facilities in the management of biomedical research projects – a comparison between Romania and the UK” - Mr Victor Turcanu, Researcher in Paediatric Allergology at London King’s College, Member of the Romanian Medical Society
“The importance of the Romanian language for the studies of linguistics in the UK” - Mr. Martin Maiden, professor of Romance Languages, Trinity College, Oxford University
15.00hrs – 16.00hrs
Panel III: Programmes for Promoting Youth in Romania and the UK - Moderator Irina Iordachescu, PhD Student, London School of Economics and Political Science
Mr Marius Enăchescu, Vice-president, National Authority for Scientific Research
- Recognition of British higher education qualifications
- National Strategy for Higher Education – projects for coordinating education and the labour market
- The Strategy: “Engaging Youth in Sustainable Development”.
Mr Dan Stoenescu, Chief of the Division for Romanians Abroad, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Romania
- Protecting and promoting the Romanian communities abroad.
- Projects for promoting youth in Romania.
- Ways of promoting ideas developed by Romanians who have studied in the UK
Panel IV: Presentation of the Romanian Students League from Abroad (LSRS) - Ana Becheru, reprezentant LSRS –UK
- Presentation of the Romanian Students League from Abroad (LSRS); Launch of the LSRS-UK.
- Overview of the LSRS: who, what, how, why.
- Online LSRS forum – the only online forum dedicated to Romanian students abroad
- LSRS-UK.
- The launching and publishing, on the LSRS website, of the newsletter “Romanian Students in the UK”, the Travel Friends programme, The Experience Sharing programme and The Open Business Network Programme.
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