TEDxTractorul

Speakers

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• Aliz Kosza

  Business Mentor & Strategist

  With a 46-year career, Aliz Kosza is one of Romania’s most experienced businesswomen. She led companies like MOL Romania, Orkla Foods, and Fabryo, driving growth in 25 industries and building iconic brands: Poiana, Tomi, Wiesana, Bunica, Ardealul, Linco, MOL, Savana. Since the ’90s, she has shaped modern retail and trained top leaders. Since 2012, as Business Mentor and Strategist, and EBRD consultant, she has revitalized over 120 Romanian businesses. She created “Inward Business Mentorship” and the “Soul in Business” conferences, now in their 10th year.

• Anca Băcanu

  Director & Profesor, Coordinator of the “Amprente” Theatre Troupe

  Anca Maria Băcanu is a unique voice in Romanian theater, seeking inner truth over spectacle. With 20+ years as a social sciences teacher and leader of the “Amprente” troupe at “Grigore Antipa” College, she bridges education, art, and human growth. A pioneer of non-formal educational theater, she inspires reflection and empathy among youth. Currently pursuing a master’s in directing at the University of Arts, Târgu Mureș, she has staged 23 acclaimed shows with “Amprente,” winning 90+ awards and performing at major festivals including FITS and the National Theater Festival. Working at the crossroads of directing, playwriting, and facilitation, she sees theater not as escape, but as a space for vulnerability, humanity, and connection. 🎭 “Everything is possible; the important thing is not to give up believing in what you feel you must do.”

• Bogdan Moldovan

  Senior Consultant in General Surgery, Coordinator of the “Professor Gilles Mentha” Renal Transplant Center

  Bogdan Moldovan is a discreet yet visionary leader in Romanian medicine. A specialist in general surgery and renal transplantation, he built a center of excellence in Brașov with international partners like Prof. Gilles Mentha, placing Romania on Europe’s transplant map. A UMF Târgu Mureș graduate with training in France and Switzerland, he returned home to prove top medical standards can thrive beyond university hubs. Leading the Renal Transplant Center, he bridges the public system with modern innovation. Known for combining surgical skill with empathy, he listens, explains, and reassures, restoring the doctor-patient relationship as a foundation of healing. Modest and rigorous, he trains new generations and drives change in a system resistant to it. 🫀 His belief: medicine is not just about organs—it’s about people, teams, and trust.

• Dan Dinu

  Photographer & Filmmaker, Founder of Wild Romania

  Dan Dinu is one of Romania's most respected nature photographers, known for how he transforms wild landscapes into visual stories that move and educate. With a career dedicated to documenting biodiversity, Dan has become an essential voice in promoting the country's natural values, blending art with scientific documentation. He is the initiator of the "Wild Romania" project, the most extensive endeavor to promote Romanian nature, which includes an educational platform, a traveling exhibition, and an award-winning documentary. The project has become a national benchmark for visual communication dedicated to nature. Dan is also a founding member of Forona – the Romanian Nature Photographers' Organization, through which he encourages a community of professionals and enthusiasts to explore nature with respect, patience, and awareness.

• Florența Simion

  Psychologist, Vice President of Hera Foundation

  Florența believes in the power of awareness, gentleness, and presence. Her work is dedicated to emotional healing and to creating a more conscious world — one where people live more in tune with themselves and with one another. In her practice, she blends psychotherapy with deep introspection and meditation, supporting authentic transformation — a journey from mask to essence. 🌀 “Healing doesn’t mean becoming someone else, but remembering who you are.”

• Ioana Stănescu

  Sleep, Parenting & Online Wellbeing Specialist

  Ioana Stănescu is a consultant in baby sleep and conscious parenting, an online safety coach for parents, founder of the Nani Nani Bebeluș platform, and a guide for thousands of families seeking balance. For over 7 years, she has been helping parents—especially mothers—navigate challenges related to sleep, boundaries, and real needs in a gentle, informed, and deeply connected way. Her mission stems from a strong belief: a mother's sacrifice to the point of exhaustion is not an ideal, but an inherited burden that can be transformed. Ioana guides mothers to rediscover themselves as women, starting with the most basic act of care—sleep. She believes that rest is a right and a need, not a luxury, and that a child can learn to sleep without unnecessary crying when the parent is supported, not judged. Her approach brings clarity to a world of informational chaos and offers a space to return to oneself, to an authentic parent-child relationship, and to a conscious and settled way of living.

• Ionuț Stancovici

  Adaptive Sports Coach, Founder of the Caiac SMile Sports Club Association

  With a genuine passion for water sports and a clear vision for accessibility, Ionuț Stancovici is the man behind some of the most courageous and innovative social integration projects in Romania. Through the Caiac SMile Association, he has created initiatives that have adapted lakes, beaches, slopes, and mountain trails for people with disabilities, truly changing the lives of thousands. He has trained coaches with disabilities, facilitated legislative changes, and brought courage where others saw limits. For Ionuț, sport isn't just movement—it's freedom, equality, and self-confidence. 💬 "Any of my friends with special needs can do everything that I can do."

• Melania Medeleanu

  Voice and Public Speaking Coach, Founder of Zi de BINE Association

  After more than 15 years in television, she chose to dedicate her voice and energy to causes that truly change lives. She is an expert in meaningful communication, empathetic storytelling, and social mobilization. Melania has built bridges between those in need and those who can help — not just through words, but through action. Deeply curious about human nature and what makes people say “yes” to challenges, she continuously explores the intersection of emotion, action, and community. When she’s not speaking about hope, she’s actively bringing it to life.

• Oana Gheorghiu

  Co-Founder Dăruiește Viață Association

  Oana Gheorghiu is a remarkable example of personal transformation and deep civic engagement. After leading the Romanian operations of a French company, she chose to dedicate her energy and experience to a greater cause: the common good. In 2012, together with Carmen Uscatu, she co-founded the NGO Dăruiește Viață, making a decisive contribution to shifting paradigms within Romania’s healthcare system. Under her coordination, the construction of the first independent pediatric oncology hospital in Romania was launched. This groundbreaking project, funded entirely through donations and sponsorships, serves as a beacon of hope for Romanian society. Active, determined, and deeply empathetic, Oana fights not only against bureaucracy but also for reminding people that civic involvement is a transformative force. Her voice remains powerful, credible, and mobilizing, whether on stage at a conference or out in the streets among people.

• Pierre Bortnowski

  Architect, Co-Founder of Kraft Campus

  After studying architecture in Brussels and completing an MBA at HEC Paris, Pierre Bortnowski settled in Romania in 2009, drawn by the potential of reconnecting education with the practice of craftsmanship. He coordinated the PRISPA project (2010–2013), the first Romanian student team to qualify for the Solar Decathlon Europe—an international sustainable architecture competition. For over a decade, through Artis Peritia, he organized summer restoration workshops, learning directly from master craftsmen—carpenters, blacksmiths, and earth builders—and blending on-site experience with architectural office work. Today, he is the co-founder of Kraft Campus, a vocational school for construction developed with Marius Soflete—a project that redefines how constructive skills are passed on in Romania.

• Teodora Mețiu

  Communication Expert, Founder of the Școala de oratorie

  Teodora Mețiu is a warm and powerful presence in the fields of alternative education, transformational coaching, and the art of communication through words, voice, and movement. She has created personal development programs for women, teenagers, educators, and emerging leaders — offering spaces where authenticity, vulnerability, and trust can truly flourish. With a strong background in television, government communication, and public speaking, Teodora guides people through journeys of inner reconnection and conscious expression. She is the founder of Romania’s first School of Oratory, where more than 5,000 people have learned to express their ideas clearly, discover their authentic voice, and build confidence in their personal presence. Working at the intersection of emotional intelligence, conscious voice, and personal leadership, she brings to each process a rare combination of gentleness, clarity, and the courage to be yourself — with both light and shadow.

• Timea Lőrincz

  Aerospace Engineering Student (TUM), 1st Place Winner – NSS Space Settlement Contest 2022

  Timea Lőrincz is currently studying aerospace engineering at the prestigious Technical University of Munich (TUM). She is deeply passionate about aeronautics, space exploration, and modern physics. In 2022, she won first place in the international NASA NSS Space Settlement Contest for designing a sustainable human habitat in space — a bold vision inspired in part by Romania’s only cosmonaut, Dumitru Prunariu. She was officially recognized by the Romanian Government during the “Henri Coandă” Awards Gala, representing a new generation of young Romanians who dream and act for the future of humanity beyond Earth. 🎯 Her ambition is to contribute to the next wave of international space missions — and perhaps, one day, continue the tradition born in Brașov: to reach the stars.