9:30 −

Registration

10:00 −

Opening of the Conference

10:20 −

Presentation 1: "Romania - the newest EU member" - Pietro L. Pavoni, Consul General of Romania in New York

10:40 −

Questions to the presenter

10:50 −

Presentation 2: "Network for Success, a practical guide to personal and professional networking" - Ovidiu Bujorean, MBA student, MIT

11:10 −

Questions to the presenter

11:15 −

Networking and Coffee break

11:45 −

Presentation 3: "Romania - through the eyes of a young American artist" - Caroline Kent, MFA candidate, University of Minnesota

12:05 −

Questions to the presenter

12:10 −

Presentation 4: "What is the Price for Romania's Energy Security?" - Robert Uzuna, fellow in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and Denisa Maria Albu, Junior in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

12:30 −

Questions to the presenter

12:35 −

Lunch break

  1:35 −

Afternoon remarks: Mona Momescu, Lecturer, Nicolae Iorga Chair, Columbia University

  1:40 −

Presentation 5: "Re-thinking Romanian education is re-thinking its future" - Diana Hasegan, Lafayette College and Corina Murafa, New York University

  2:00 −

Questions to the presenter

  2:05 −

Interactive game: "Coming home"

  3:05 −

Debate: "Rise & Shine Romania - The one thing that would change my country forever" - Moderator: Tony Gruia, MBA student, Columbia University

  3:35 −

Networking and Coffee break

  4:05 −

Presentation 6: "Why you (and I) would ever want to return to Romania" - Theodor Brasoveanu, Alex Petrescu, Andrei Radulescu, students at Princeton University

  4:25 −

Questions to the presenters

  4:35 −

Conclusion of the Conference