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Six editions have brought us here: an important step in our local technology ecosystem and another successful event which results in valuable knowledge for our attendees.<\/p>\n

Over these past 4 days, Cluj-Napoca burst with technology & innovation enthusiasts, all seeking new information, new networking opportunities, new ways to apply their knowledge base. We had an intense hackathon, many cutting-edge ideas at Startup Avalanche and two days during which some of the brightest minds in the world stepped on our Techsylvania stage.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at how the last day unfolded<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through our endeavors and knowledge inputs as technology professionals, we can say that we\u2019re contributing together to building a digital future. But on a more hands-on approach, Jerald Singh from Grab, launched this day by revealing how his company managed to build a digital future for 650 million people.<\/p>\n

Moving over to artificial intelligence, on topics that concern most of us: \u201cwill it outgrow our abilities or will it be a major help in our day-to-day lives?\u201d, Jatin Aythora from BBC tried to enlighten this by presenting both opportunities and threats of AI.<\/p>\n

If we stop and take a look at Romania\u2019s potential (business-wise), we\u2019ll see that more and more opportunities appear as its development has started to interest more peers. On the same page are Oren Stern from Connatix, Remus Lechintan from RoundAssist, Adrian Enache from Angels Den and Philipp Kandal from Telenav who discussed the pros of investing in Romania during a panel moderated by Ionut Bunoiu from Forbes.<\/p>\n

A subject that is somehow unattained so far at Techsylvania is the communication part. In all this technology swirl, we\u2019ve lost sight of how to market the organizations we\u2019re invested in. This is where Ted Persson from EQT Ventures intervened and tried to explain to his audience what startups get wrong when it comes to branding, comm & PR.<\/p>\n

How does the future look like?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Collaborative, we hope. When building smart cities, we reached the conclusion that collaboration is the key. Jan Ameri from Arctic Startup moderated a panel between Peter Vesterbacka, Emil Boc, Claudia Griech and Nan Zhou, which resulted in a futuristic and optimistic overview for all of us.<\/p>\n

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After this, Peter Vesterbacka took it to the next level of future innovations, revealing us his masterplan on how to create gravity and interconnecting Eurasia.<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t neglect the IoT area as we were all eyes and ears at Vlad Trifa from Ambrosus, when he presented \u201cHow to Build the Operating System for Smarter Businesses\u201d and shifted over to legal manners that have been a total haze lately \u2014 scaling new data regulations across all countries, with Peter Yared.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe splinternet is here \u2014 the internet as we know it is continuously fragmenting.\u201d Peter Yared.<\/p>\n

Want to know Koen\u2019s secret for outcompeting competitors?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to win, if you want to outcompete your competitor, focus on how to iterate faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our agenda was prolific today, having all these topics to complete it:<\/p>\n