SECTION 1
Steve Peirce
Technical / Business
Bio:
Steve is an entrepreneur with a deep respect for science, which fits extremely well into today’s competitive food and supplement ingredient industry. A graduate in Agricultural Business from Louisiana State University, his background of formal education blended with corporate experiences provided a unique platform to launch RIBUS over 29 years ago. Steve brings a global perspective of the demand for “clean label” ingredients and excipients. He loves people and his wealth of business experiences provide a unique insight to doing business in some 40 countries around the world.
Ing. sef Nicolae Popescu
Agricultural Research and Development Station of Braila
Romania
Bio:
Born in the rural area of Braila county, in a family of thrifty people.
The passion for agriculture was instilled in me since childhood, accentuated in high school, where, as an olympian in chemistry, I gave up a college scholarship for pharmacy to the detriment of agronomic studies.
Qualified as an engineer, before finishing my studies, since 2012, I worked in the private system in the largest farm in Europe, the Big Island of Braila, until 2017, after which I became chief engineer at the Station of Agricultural Development Research in Braila, being responsible for the development sector.
CS ing. Alin Ionel Ghiorghe
Agricultural Research and Development Station of Braila
Romania
Bio:
Ghiorghe Ionel Alin, is a scientific researcher at the Station of Agricultural Development Research Braila, a unit in which he has been active since 2016. He works in the Laboratory “Pedology, Land Improvements and Agrophytechnique of Crops on Degraded Soils” and is currently a member of five research projects and published in co-authored eleven scientific papers.
ICRESB Chairman – Dr. Ing. Daniela Trifan
Agricultural Research and Development Station of Braila
Romania
Bio:
Daniela Trifan has her expertise in agricultural and horticultural crops, and her passion is to improve the quality of crops by using the natural resources. She has completed her PhD in Plant Breeding, and has worked as a teacher in Agricultural Faculty. Currently, she is Research Scientist and Director of Agricultural Research and Development Station of Braila, President of AGROSMART Cluster with 12 members from farmers to research institutes, biofertilizers factory to ITC firm. From 2019 she is director in four national and international research projects, and, in the past, she was director in other 3 national research projects and member in five national research projects. She has published more than 90 scientific papers in reputed journals and three books. She is a Reviewer and Editorial Board Member of more than 6 international journals.
Ing. Ionel Ivan
Agricultural Research and Development Station of Braila, Polizesti
Romania
Acs. ing. Drd. Florin Mocanu
Agricultural Research and Development Station of Braila
Romania
Bio:
Florin Mocanu, born in 1993, in Braila in a family attracted to agriculture.
He graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at USAMV Bucharest in 2016.
He currently works at SCDA Braila as a Scientific Research Assistant and is a PhD at the same USAMV Bucharest University, being passionate and dedicated to this field.
Professor Dr. Isabelle Metaxa
”Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati
Romania
Bio:
Isabelle Metaxa is a graduate of the “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați, specialized in Fisheris Technology. She has extensive practical experience in pond fish farming gained in managing fish farms in the Danube Delta and also in national and international research aquaculture projects. Currently, she is associate professor at Department of Food Science, Food Engineering, Biotechnology and Aquaculture of the University “Dunărea de Jos” in Galați. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary approach of sustainable fish farming for aquatic environment protection and conservation.
Contributions to the integration of rice with pond fish farming
SECTION 2
Dr. ing. Niculai Hauk
Universitatea ”Dunărea de Jos” Galați/Facultatea de Agronomie și Inginerie Brăila
Romania
Bio:
Conferențiar Universitar
Activităţi şi responsabilităţi principale
Realizarea de laboratoare didactice și de cercetare
Activități didactice :
- Laborator;
- Proiect;
- Curs (Mecanisme, Motoare Termice și Compresoare, Protecția la Poluarea Produsă de Motoarele Termice);
- Elaborarea de cursuri, proiecte didactice și lucrări de laborator
- Activități de cercetare
Lidership – am funcționat ca secretar științific al Facultatii de Inginerie din Brăila.
Coordonez funcționarea si dotarea unor laboratoare din cadrul facultații. Asigur coordonarea colectivelor care realizează activități în aceste laboratoare.
Coordonare activități tehnice în cadrul proiectelor științifice.
Drd. ing. Valentin Bardahan
Bio:
Valentin Bardahan, has his expertise in Precision Agriculture and agricultural software. He works for the largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery. From his position, he provide Agricultural Management Solutions to support farmers to improve performance, efficiency and profitability, to overcome their increasing demands.
It is a passionate drone constructor and a certified Open Category drone pilot. Following the collaboration with ”Dunărea de Jos” University and Agricultural Research and Development Station of Braila, he became a participant in several projects regarding Agricultural Drones usage. The intended purpose is to allow farmers to obtain access to a wealth of data they can use to make better management decisions.
For a more in-depth study of drone design and construction, he is completing his doctoral studies at ”Dunărea de Jos” University.
Dr. ing. Ancuta Barbieru
Fundulea National Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
Romania
Bio:
Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Agricolă Fundulea 03.02.2020 – prezent – Șef laborator Ameliorare plante furajere și proteice .
Creeare de soiuri la plantele leguminoase pentru boabe.
Responsabilități de coordonare la nivel național în tematica de ameliorare a plantelor leguminoase, după cum urmează:
– din 2012-prezent director la 4 proiecte de cercetare și responsabil de temă la 4 proiecte de cercetare.
În sinteză, realizările cele mai importante pe care le-am obținut în ameliorare până în momentul actual sunt primele soiuri de mazăre de toamnă din România (Lavinia F și Ghittia F), omologate, și alte două in curs de omologare, la care sunt unic autor, desigur sunt autor și la alte 8 soiuri, 5 de soia (Camelia F, Anduța F, Florina F, Ilaria F, Safta F) și 3 de mazăre de primăvara ( Evelina F, Ștefania F, Anastasia F).
Autor a 10 brevete de invenție, din care la 3 soiuri autor principal și la 7 soiuri în colectiv de autori.
Autor a 21 lucrări științifice în domeniul geneticii și ameliorării plantelor. Participăre cu lucrări științifice prezentate în plen sau postere la manifestări științifice în țară.
– întocmirea rapoartelor de cercetare privind rezultatele obţinute, anual sau ori de câte ori sunt cerute;
– întocmirea documentaţiei şi înscrierea la ISTIS a liniilor de perspectivă și întocmirea dosarelor de brevetare pentru soiuri.
Dr. ing. Maria Joita Pacureanu
Research Institute for Cereals and Technical Plants (National Institute for Agricultural Research and Development) Fundulea
Romania
Bio:
Institutul de Cercetari pentru Cereale si Plante Tehnice ( Institutul
National de Cercetare Dezvoltare Agricola ) Fundulea , Departamentul de Ameliorarea florii soarelui
Crearea de linii consangvinizate de floarea soarelui cu caracteristici
valoroase ( continut ridicat de ulei, o anumita configuratie a acizilor grasi
din ulei, rezistență buna la factorii de stres biotic si abiotic, o foarte bună
capacitate combinativă ); obţinerea de hibrizi de floarea soarelui cu
potential ridicat de productie de seminte, continut ridicat de ulei în
seminte, rezistenti la cele mai importante boli ale florii soarelui si la
parazitul Orobanche cumana, toleranti la secetă si arsiță; transferul unor
noi caracteristici solicitate de piața de seminte de floarea soarelui, în
prezent ( continut ridicat de acid oleic, rezistenta la erbicide , rezistență la
lupoaie ), în liniile valoroase de floarea soarelui.;
Coordonarea activitații de colaborare cu diferite universitati, institute de
cercetare si companii private din strainatate, în domeniul florii soarelui;
Resposabilitati în cadrul Asociatiei Internationale a Florii soarelui ( ISA )
– membru al Comitetului Executiv; Membru și vicepreședinte al
Asociației pentru Cultura Florii soarelui în Romania; Membru al
Colectivului de redacție al revistei „ Helia” publicată în strainatate;
membru al colectivului de redacție al unor reviste științifice din Bulgaria
(Bulgarian Agricultural Research), Serbia (Field and Vegetables Crops
Research Journal), Romania (Agronomy Journal USAMV-AGRONOMY), Anale
INCDA.
Autor sau coautor la 28 hibrizi omologaţi, de floarea-soarelui ( Favorit,
Splendor, Venus, Sandrina, Top-75, Neptun, Fundulea 708, Fundulea 911,
FD15C44, FD15C27, FD16C50, FD18E41, FD18CL58 si altii ); brevete
hibrizi – 21
138 lucrari ştiinţifice publicate în ţară sau în strainatate.
Drd. George Toader
Bio:
George Toader has an experience of approx. 7 years in the agricultural and agribusiness sector. A graduate of USAMV Bucharest, Faculty of Management and Economic Engineering in Agriculture, holds a master’s degree in Intercultural Management, organized by UNESCO Chair in Romania, a master’s program in English, accredited by ARACIS in the field of Sociology. He currently holds the position of Agriculture Products Manager within Romvac Company S.A., coordinating the activities of production, promotion and sale of products for agriculture, as well as preparation of files for accreditation, authorization and marketing of new products for agriculture. At the same time, George Toader is a PhD student in the third year at the Faculty of Agriculture, USAMV Bucharest, his doctoral thesis being on the use of biological fertilizers based on bacterial cultures in agricultural crops.
Mr. Alexandru Coman
Agricultural Engineer (graduate of USAMV Bucharest)
Bio:
Profession: Agricultural Engineer (graduate of USAMV Bucharest)
Experience: For the last 13 years –focusing on the agricultural land and energy plants domain For the last 13 years in renewable energy domain 5 years in Project Management Educational experience in real estate, agricultural and renewable energy domain § current position : Shareholder and Executive Manger of AER ( Alliance for Renewable Energy )
Alexandru Coman trough his companies and collaborators is currently conducting the following activities:
Different activities with energy crops for protecting the environment
Promoting and marketing for energy crops
Related to energy plant Miscanthus Giganteus:
We are one of the leading suppliers in Romania for Miscanthus Giganteus We entered in a new market, being a pioneer in the commercialization of this product and we developed long term relationships with universities, various state institutions.
In Romania, trough us and our collaborators, more than 1000 ha are planted with Miscanthus Giganteus.
We tested Miscanthus on different degraded soils and found different ways to protect the environment trough the establishment of Miscanthus crop. Invented and the patent holder for Method for Ecological Restoration of Coal Ash and/or Sterile Dumps by planting with Miscanthus Giganteus
Mr. Adrian Mares
CEO of BlueNote Communications S.A. Iași
România
Bio:
- Computer and Automatic Control Engineer
- Specialized în Large area design and deployment of remote telemetry & control applications.
- IEEE Industry Applications Society member since 2009
- IEEE Control Systems Society member since 2009
- Developer of BlueMonitor SCADA platform
- CEO of BlueNote Communications S.A. Iași, România
Presenter: Dr. Costin Trandafirescu
Business Development Manager
BlueNote Communications S.A. Iași, România
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ecaterina Daniela Zeca
”Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati
Romania
Bio:
Giving adds meaning to our life we grant it with our insight, showing people around that we respect their expectation, believes and needs(…)
Graduated in Economics and Engineering, Dr Zeca hold a Doctor degree in Economics and a Postdoctoral Diploma Marketing in Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development, Romanian Academy.
The activity is carried out in the field of fundamental analysis, applied marketing research and management, oriented towards generating new knowledge, substantiating and supporting policies and strategies for sustainable development by means of Globalization.
Founder (2011) and CEO of European Research Centre for Marketing and AgriInd (CDEAMIA), and editor_PortAll Journal.
Under her tenure CDEAMIA research tracks are : Academic marketing strengthen the linkage between universities, mostly SE Asia, industry and society; establishing connections between throughout universities of the world. Applied IoT, AI in the SE Romania aiming streamlining innovation in national agriculture, for supporting strengthen Europe’s capacity; Knowledge Alliance for sustainable and entrepreneurial European Universities –ongoing process under project;
