Softech, as an innovation oriented company, is always keeping on its radar the tech events around innovation. In the end of March beginning of April, our city was the host of Cluj Innovation Days (CID), an annual event organized by Cluj IT Cluster aiming at consolidating the IT sector and creating new innovation based bridges among businesses, academia and the public sector.
Cluj Innovation Days 2016 counted for the 4th edition of the conference and has been designed to address two major topics: digital medicine and digital governance. As these areas are one of the most pressing issues of our modern society, the conference tries to outline how these are more and more intervened with digital technology.
The venue was the well-known University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, from Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Spreading over two days the Cluj Innovation Days conference program included presentations and workshops designed to explore current trends, new approaches and innovations in Digital Medicine and Digital Governance.
More than 400 participants attended the event: representatives of the Romanian Government and of the European Commission, members from the Academia, but also businesses and business organizations from Romania and abroad interested in the topics proposed for Cluj Innovation Days 2016.
Innovation Topic #1: Digital Medicine
Digital medicine has emerged in the last years as one of the fastest growing interdisciplinary sectors, right at the intersection of technology and medicine, creating both opportunities, but also moral questions. The conference explored the multifaceted character of Digital Medicine by bringing together policy makers, practitioners and users to contribute to a better understanding of how digital medicine is already or is going to affect our lives.
Innovation Topic #2: Digital Governance
In the age of rapid technology development, the act of governing has become more transparent and performant. However, adoption of technology, although desired, is lagging, especially in countries where administration is still very much centralized. During the two days of Cluj Innovation Days 2016 there has been showcased solutions that can significantly contribute to improving the way in which governance caters to the challenges of our modern society.
Innovation as a Business Model
Cluj Innovation Days 2016 has also included a new conference side event: Connecting The Dots. This event is focused on Business Development Innovation and brings together experts and specialists that talk about growing local start-ups and businesses at a global level.
In the end, we strongly support the mission of Cluj Innovation Days and we hope that it was an enriching event for all the attendees. Since Cluj-Napoca is emerging as one of the most innovative tech hubs in South-Eastern Europe, we are glad that CLUJ IT cluster is set to develop key events for the innovation in software development and IT.
