Tech Events in Bucharest

Join us on November 12, at 6:30 PM, at Lenovo in Bucharest, for our next RO AI Alliance event, where two entrepreneurs will share how they've built their own agentic organisations, with dozens of AI agents working together on real business tasks.

Corina and Radu are not developers. Even so, each of them has built an agentic organisation: dozens of AI agents working every day on market analysis, marketing, sales, legal, and HR, and the two organisations also work with each other, with a human approving at the end. They show concretely what this looks like, what works and what doesn't, what the freedom to experiment as a founder means outside a large organisation, and what changes for a person when their team is made of agents.

Meet our speakers
Radu Voinescu is Managing Partner at Sol Associates and co-founder of Kosmosis Energy, with nearly 20 years of experience in renewable energy. He has built an agentic organisation supporting market analysis, publishing and sales.
Corina Ghiațău is the founder of Inner Hero, an executive coach and psychotherapist with 20 years of experience in leadership, HR and organisational development. She has built her own agentic organisation, which regularly collaborates with Radu's AI team.

Neither comes from a programming background, and that's precisely what makes their experience interesting. We'll wrap up with an open Q&A and discussion, giving you the opportunity to ask questions, challenge ideas, and explore what agentic AI could mean for your own work.
See you soon!
📅 Thursday, 12 November 2026
🕡 6:30 PM
📍 Lenovo, Bucharest

Join Incremental Community at Criteo on November 18, starting 6 pm, for an evening of shared experiences and open conversations about scaling delivery.

Secure your spot using this registration link: https://luma.com/y8rq6wq8
How do you scale software delivery while keeping teams flexible, autonomous, and ready to adapt?

As teams grow, so do dependencies, coordination needs, and the pressure to deliver. Finding the right balance between structure and flexibility becomes an everyday engineering challenge.

We’ll start with a joint keynote by Nicu Murgu and Anca Bărar, followed by a panel discussion with Ionuț Moldovan, Răzvan Căciulă and Magda Miu.

Bring your questions and perspectives, and stay for networking, snacks and drinks!

Agenda
18:00–18:30 | Welcome & check-in
Arrive, meet fellow community members and settle in.
18:30–18:45 | Opening remarks
A welcome from the organizers and our hosts at Criteo.
18:45–19:15 | Keynote with Nicu Murgu and Anca Bărar
Technical Program Management at Scale
19:15–20:15 | Panel discussion with Ionuț Moldovan, Răzvan Căciulă and Magda Miu
Starting at 20:15 | Networking, snacks & drinks
Continue the conversations, exchange experiences and connect with fellow tech professionals.

Sessions & speakers
Technical Program Management at Scale
Abstract: As technology organizations grow, Technical Program Management becomes less about managing a backlog and more about aligning teams, priorities, and leadership around measurable outcomes. Drawing on the practices and lessons of Criteo R&D’s EPM group, this talk explores how to connect strategy with engineering work, make trade-offs visible, keep planning flexible, break down complex initiatives, and influence decisions without formal authority. It offers practical patterns for improving cross-functional delivery in any growing technology organization.
Nicu Murgu is an Engineering Program Manager Lead at Criteo with more than 20 years of experience in software development, software delivery and engineering leadership. He started as a software developer and moved into project, program and department management, leading cross-functional teams and multi-team programs. He is passionate about engineering excellence, user-centered products and helping teams stay autonomous and flexible as they scale.
Anca Bărar is a Senior Engineering Program Manager with more than a decade of experience across enterprise software, online advertising, telecommunications, and data analytics. Her career spans technical consulting, business intelligence, and program leadership. She combines a strong technical foundation with the versatility to navigate different industries, organizational environments, and delivery challenges. Her expertise lies in connecting engineering and business teams, aligning distributed stakeholders, and turning complex goals into clear, actionable plans. Anca holds a PhD in Computer Science focused on telemedicine, complemented by certifications in project management and Agile practices.

Panel discussion with Ionuț Moldovan, Răzvan Căciulă and Magda Miu
About Ionuț

Ionut Moldovan is Head of Engineering Program Management at Criteo, where he leads Engineering Program Management and Product Operations. With nearly two decades in technology, he has moved from software engineering and architecture through project and engineering management to organizational leadership. He helps shape how Criteo’s technology and product roadmaps are built, prioritized, and delivered, connecting strategy to execution across R&D. He is passionate about building scalable teams, improving developer productivity, simplifying ways of working, and enabling measurable business impact through clear ownership and effective collaboration.
Răzvan Căciulă is a seasoned technology executive currently serving as the VP of Engineering and Head of the Bucharest Office at Showpad. Tasked with building a world-class engineering hub from the ground up, he leads cross-functional teams focused on developing cutting-edge, AI-powered revenue enablement platforms.
With more than two decades of experience in the software industry, Razvan brings profound expertise in organizational scaling and complex systems architecture. Previously, he served as a Director of Engineering at Adobe Romania, where he played a pivotal role in scaling one of the largest EMEA engineering sites and leading the development of Adobe Experience Manager. A passionate advocate for ecosystem growth, Razvan is the founder of the Bucharest DevOps community and an active mentor in the startup ecosystem, dedicated to fostering engineering craftsmanship across the region.
Magda Miu is an innovative Senior Engineering Manager at Adobe with over 15 years of experience in software development and technology leadership. She has a proven track record of scaling engineering organizations, delivering high-impact products, and developing top-performing leaders. Magda is currently spearheading AI-first initiatives across Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) and Apps flows, embedding Machine Learning capabilities and Agentic skills to drive intelligent, autonomous experiences for customers. A passionate advocate for technology and leadership excellence, she also shares insights as a blogger, trainer, and public speaker, inspiring the Romanian tech communities and shaping the future of digital innovation.

👥 Who should join?

Software engineers, tech leads, engineering managers and anyone involved in helping teams deliver software as they grow.

Whether you’re navigating these challenges today or preparing for your team’s next stage, join us to exchange ideas and learn from different perspectives.

Hosted by Criteo. Organized by Incremental Community.

Looking forward to seeing you for another evening of learning, inspiration and good conversations! 🚀

Cybersecurity / InfoSec conference in Bucharest, Romania

AI Adoption: The Real Challenge Is Not Technical. It's Human - a joint community meetup.

What happens when AI challenges our sense of competence, confidence, and professional identity? How do we deal with uncertainty, resistance, and change? And what does it really take to build organizations where AI adoption is more than just another transformation initiative?

Agenda

18:00–18:15 | Welcome & Opening
18:15–18:45 | Psychological Effects or Comfort Crisis? An interactive workshop with Anne Dumitrache – Trainer, Coach & Psychologist.
18:45–20:45 | Interactive Panel: AI Adoption: Psychological & Organizational Effects (including a networking break, because some of the best conversations happen offstage).
Moderated by Anne Dumitrache.

Our panelists:
Vlad Herescu – Engineering Manager at Booking Holdings Romania
Loredana Ciurlău – IT Area Lead for Global Products & Technology Services at ING Hubs Romania
Cătălin Stoiovici – Engineering Leadership at PortSwigger (former Senior Director / Head of Engineering for UK&I at NTT DATA)

Vlad Herescu is the Engineering Manager leading the Identity and Access Management team at Booking Holdings Romania. His team is responsible for implementing a unified, state-of-the-art IAM solution for the company’s systems. With a background in software engineering, Vlad has led teams across both consultancy and product-based companies, tackling diverse challenges in complex environments. Passionate about understanding software “under the hood,” he frequently collaborates with development teams to uncover technical challenges and identify innovative solutions that push beyond the status quo.

Loredana Ciurlău has been with ING Hubs Romania since 2023 and brings more than 20 years of experience across banking, technology and organizational transformation. She has built her career around helping organizations connect strategy with execution, navigate change, and enable teams to perform at their best in complex, international environments. At ING Hubs Romania, she leads a local engineering team and drives transformation initiatives within Financial Markets IT, working closely with global stakeholders across ING.A strong advocate for the responsible use of AI, she actively promotes practical experimentation and knowledge sharing, helping colleagues discover how AI can enhance productivity, collaboration and the way they work every day.

Catalin Stoiovici is an engineering leader with more than 20 years of experience building software and the teams that ship it. He has scaled engineering practices from tens to hundreds of people and led architects and engineers across financial services, insurance and consulting, including senior engineering roles at J.P. Morgan, Elsevier and leadership of a major UK consulting engineering practices at Capco and NTT DATA UK&I. His work focuses on developer productivity, engineering operating models and the impact of AI across the SDLC. He writes and speaks regularly on these themes and coaches technology leaders, from CTOs to Heads of Engineering, on building high-performing teams. He now works at the intersection of application security and modern software delivery as Engineering Leader at PortSwigger, the company behind Burp Suite and the Web Security Academy, where AI is reshaping how code is written, reviewed and secured.

Join us at ING Hubs Romania for another thought-provoking, interactive, and definitely no-sugar-coated Upskilling event. We don't promise to have all the answers.

But we do promise to ask some good questions.
Because maybe the biggest challenge of AI adoption isn't what technology can do. It's how ready we are to change.

Atacurile cibernetice nu vizează doar site-urile mari. Orice site WordPress poate deveni o țintă, indiferent de dimensiune sau de traficul pe care îl are. Atacurile automatizate sunt tot mai frecvente, iar inteligența artificială aduce noi provocări de securitate.

Cum îți protejezi site-ul WordPress și, mai ales, ce faci dacă descoperi că a fost compromis?

La următorul WordPress Bucharest Meetup vom discuta despre cele mai frecvente riscuri de securitate, măsurile concrete prin care poți preveni atacurile și pașii pe care trebuie să îi urmezi pentru a recupera un site hackuit.

Va fi o prezentare interactivă în care vom încerca să acoperim topicurile de mai jos. Întrebările din public sunt binevenite pe tot parcursul întâlnirii, așa că vino cu propriile întrebări și experiențe!

1. Peisajul amenintarilor

• Atacuri automatizate si de ce si site-urile mici sunt tinte
• Impactul AI: exploatare accelerata, phishing si atacuri tintite
• Principalii vectori de compromitere in ecosistemul WordPress

2. Hosting si infrastructura

• Modelul de responsabilitate partajata: furnizor vs. proprietar
• Shared, VPS si managed hosting: diferente de securitate
• Controale la nivel de server: izolare, WAF, rate limiting, backup
• Criterii de evaluare a unui furnizor de hosting

3. Core, pluginuri si teme

• Managementul update-urilor
• Increderea in ecosistem: procesul de review al repository-ului oficial
• Riscurile componentelor nulled, abandonate sau neutilizate
• Cod generat cu AI si pluginuri cu integrari AI

4. Autentificare si controlul accesului

• Politici de parole si autentificare multi-factor
• Protectia wp-login.php si xmlrpc.php
• Expunerea utilizatorilor prin REST API
• Least privilege, managementul conturilor si al sesiunilor

5. Hardening si configurare

• Dezactivarea editorului de fisiere
• Directory listing si fisiere sensibile expuse
• HTTP security headers si configurarea cookie-urilor
• Protectia wp-config.php si reducerea informatiilor expuse

6. Monitorizare si detectie

• Monitorizarea integritatii fisierelor
• Activity logs si alertare
• WAF in cloud si limitele pluginurilor de securitate
• Semnale externe: alerte de la hosting, Google Search Console

7. Raspuns la incident si recuperare

• Izolarea site-ului si pastrarea dovezilor
• Identificarea vectorului de compromitere
• Curatare, restaurare si rotirea credentialelor
• Comunicare, obligatii GDPR si eliminarea din blacklist-uri
• Planul de recuperare: backup-uri testate si roluri clare

8. Concluzii si Q&A

Pentru cine este această prezentare: proprietari de site-uri WordPress, bloggeri, freelanceri, agenții, dezvoltatori și oricine administrează sau întreține site-uri WordPress. Nu ai nevoie de cunoștințe tehnice avansate.

🗓 JOI, 19 noiembrie
🕖 19:00 – 21:00
📍 Impact Hub (Zona Universitate), Strada Tudor Arghezi 8-10
📍 Link Google Maps
🙏✨ Mulțumim Impact Hub pentru suportul oferit în organizarea acestui eveniment.
🌟 Sponsor: Uprise.ro
📢 Parteneri media: LumeaSEOPPC.ro, Hackout.ro

📋 Agenda WP Meetup Noiembrie:
18:45 Arriving Time
19:00 Welcome, Luminița Ciobanu, Web Designer, Automattic
19:05 WordPress News, Sabin Briciag, Web Developer și fondator AstronautulRoz.ro
19:20 Prezentare interactivă: Securitatea WordPress în era AI: prevenire, detecție și răspuns la incidente.
Invitat: Patrik Potcoavă, Cybersecurity Consultant | AppSec | Penetration Testing | Secure by Design
Host: Alex Spătaru, Web Developer, alexspataru.com
20:10 Networking

Tech Insights 2.0 - ​Hosted by Cognyte Romania

Join us on Wednesday, November 25, starting 6 pm, for an evening of insights, discussions, and networking with fellow developers who thrive on curiosity and challenge.

Secure your spot using this registration link: https://luma.com/wprv6gsy
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​AI Beyond the Hype: Real Applications, Real Engineering Challenges
AI is transforming how we build software, solve complex problems, and make decisions. But what does it really take to move beyond the hype and put AI to work?

We invite you to Tech Meetup 2.0, an evening of technical insights, real-world experiences, and conversations with people who share a passion for technology.

Together, we'll explore how AI is being applied to renewable energy forecasting, integrated into software products, and used to accelerate the development of scalable applications.

Join us for three tech talks, practical examples, and the opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow developers, engineers, and tech enthusiasts.

​Agenda
​18:00 – 18:30 – Welcome & check-in
18:30 – 18:45 – Opening remarks
18:45 – 19:15 – Talk #1 by Cosmin Jalba | Data Analyst - Predicting Tomorrow: How AI Can Power a Greener Future
19:15 – 19:45 – Talk #2 by Marius Delcea | Full-Stack Developer - From Questions to Actions: Building an AI-Powered Assistant
19:45 – 20:15 – Talk #3 by Mihai Cuatu | R&D Team Lead - Building Scalable Software in the Age of AI
Starting 20:15 – Networking, snacks and drinks
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​More details on each presentation and speakers’ bio are also available here: https://luma.com/wprv6gsy

This is an in-person event and presentations will be conducted in English.
​​Looking forward to sharing insights and ideas with you!