Rite 2025
Romanian Internet Technologies Event (RITE)
The evolution of Internet
shaped by decentralization, enhanced security and traffic content dynamics
Organized by ANISP in cooperation with INTERNET SOCIETY
When
OCTOBER 28, 2025
starting 09:30
Where
Bucharest, JW MARRIOTT HOTEL
”D” hall
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
RITE 2025 main topic:
The evolution of Internet shaped by decentralization, enhanced security and traffic content dynamics
RITE is an event designed to facilitate interaction between Internet Services Providers, Internet Content Developers and various Internet users. RITE opens an interactive debate between producers and consumers on fundamental topics such as: Internet Technologies, Internet Architecture and Evolution of Content accessible today via the Internet, from simple non-structured data up to multimedia services accessible in the cloud. Recent applications including AI, cloud computing, IoT and Quantum Computing – influence not only the development of Internet services but also Internet infrastructure and architecture.
Why RITE event?
Internet technologies are now the most important vehicle for digital economy. The current trends indicate accelerated changes in business environment by transforming the old classic economy into the on-line economy. This process is irreversible. Market players like ISPs (Internet Service Providers), CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) or IEX (Internet Exchanges) ensure the users’ access to today’s complex Internet environment. These actors are influenced by rapidly evolving factors such as the future of Internet infrastructure, cyber security, content distribution to consumers, data privacy and data compliance, digital access monetization, edge computing, live-streaming transmission, global data access and sustainability of the business models as well as influences of emerging technologies.
RITE is dedicated to all these subjects and to business and market regulation topics in the field, thus enabling an open dialogue related to the above interesting developments.
RITE is dedicated to all these subjects and to business and market regulation topics in the field, thus enabling an open dialogue related to the above interesting developments.
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
George SADOWSKY
Internet Pioneer and Hall-of-FamerGeorge SADOWSKY
George Sadowsky is an American computer scientist. He studied and taught mathematics at Harvard and received his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. He has been a consultant to, inter alia, the U.S. Treasury, UNDP, USAID, W3C, the Swiss Government, and the World Bank. He served on Boards of AppliedTheory Corporation, educational networks CREN and NYSERNet, and the Internet Society where he directed ISOC’s Developing Country Network Training Workshops. More recently he was Executive Director of GIPI, the Global Internet Policy Initiative. During 2009-2018 he was a member of the ICANN Board of Directors. In 2013, he was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame and in 2022 he received ISOC’s Jon Postel award for meritorious service for the Internet. He is recognized as one of the top personalities for Internet develpment.
Tony KAY
Senior Principal Architect at Red HatTony KAY
Experienced Cloud and DevSecOps architect and evangelist/ trainer with excellent business and communication skills gained working directly with Engineering, Operations, field, customers, and partners worldwide for over 20 years. Former Executive Briefing, Press, and Analyst presenter with extensive global experience. Senior Principal Architect and Automation Lead in Red Hat’s Hybrid Cloud Team. Developing and deploying across Clouds (OpenShift, AWS, Azure, OSP, Bare Metal). Developed advanced training for OpenShift, and Cloud Automation. Strong technical and architectural background. Former C/C++ developer (learning Rust/WebAssembly). Former Security Consultant (Perimeter, Defense in Depth). DevSecOps (Automation, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD). Cloud and MicroService architecture skills. Popular EBC presenter (CTO/CSO/VP/Senior Architect level). Presenter (ContainerCon, Open World, VMworld).
Mirjam KÜHNE
RIPE ChairMirjam KÜHNE
Mirjam Kühne is currently serving as the Chair of the RIPE community – an open forum to ensure the administrative and technical coordination necessary to enable the stable operation of the Internet. Mirjam has a deep knowledge of the Internet community and collaborates regularly with stakeholders from various sectors including technical, security, academic and government. Among other roles, Mirjam has worked as Senior Community Builder and as Director External Relations at the RIPE NCC. Earlier, Mirjam worked at the Internet Society as Senior Program Manager where one of her tasks was the coordination of technical workshops all over the world. Mirjam also served as chair of the IETF Education Team for over ten years and is currently a member of the IETF LLC Board of Directors.
Bertram DORN
Principal, Office of the CISO AWSBertram DORN
Bertram Dorn is a Principal within the Office of CISO at AWS Security, based in Munich/German. In this role Bertram does help AWS internal and external
customers, and partners of all sizes in navigating AWS security related topics. As an AWS veteran of over 10 years, you can go with him on a journey of building CPUs, over coding infrastructure to diving deep on compliance and data protection topics. Bertram worked now for more than 30 years in various deep technical roles in the high tech industry with a focus on security, networking storage and database technologies. Also Bertram has been working in very demanding IT environments for removing challenges, in the areas of performance, security and availability.
Adina FLOREA
AI Professor, Ph.D.Adina FLOREA
Adina Magda Florea is a doctor in Computer Science and professor of Artificial Intelligence at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest. She is the Director of the International Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, president and founding member of the Romanian Association of Artificial Intelligence (ARIA) and president of the “Réseau de Recherche Francophone sur l’Intelligence Artificielle” (RéFIA). Adina created the first artificial intelligence course in the university and founded the Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence program in POLITEHNICA Bucharest. He was the dean of the Faculty of Automation and Computers (2012-2020) and vice-rector of the university (2020-2024).
Iurie COJOCARU
Head, Data Protection Practice, NNDKPIurie COJOCARU
Iurie Cojocaru heads the Data Protection practice of Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP), having 18 years of experience.
He advises clients from various industries on complex data protection matters related to their businesses, on data protection implications of business transfers and M&A projects, national and cross-border, as well as on a wide range of regulatory and compliance aspects, data breaches, internal audits and controls carried out by the data protection authority. His expertise also extends to helping companies navigate a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape in AI, data privacy and cybersecurity areas. Iurie is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) and a frequent speaker at relevant events. He is a regular contributor to PrivacyOutLoud, NNDKP’s blog dedicated to news and analysis in the data protection, privacy, and AI fields.
Adrian POPA
President, ANISPAdrian POPA
Adrian Popa is the president of the National Association of Internet Service Providers in Romania and is a telecommunications professional with over 20 years of experience in IT&C projects. He is currently the Technical Director of Euroweb Romania where he coordinates the technical departments, develops business plans and IT&C services. He worked in several companies in the telecom industry, holding managerial or consulting positions.
Alexandru ROTARU
ANISP & ISOC Romania Board Member, Ph.D.Alexandru ROTARU
Alexandru Rotaru is a founder of the Association of Romanian Unix Users – GURU (in 1992), the initiator and main organizer of the ROSE (Romanian Open Systems Event) series of conferences held between 1993 and 1996. He was a board member in EurOpen, being present at various events in Europe that marked the launch of Internet services on the continent. Currently he leads the Internet services company RoLink Plus SA, being a member of the ANISP board from the RoLink company and founder of ANISP, but also a member of the ISOC Romanian Chapter board. Alexandru is the chair of the organizing committee of the RITE 2025 conference.
Cristian COPCEA
President, ISOC Romania ChapterCristian COPCEA
Cristian Copcea is the president of the Romanian Chapter of ISOC and an experienced IT&C professional & entrepreneur IT&C.
Virgil TRUICĂ
Founder, Salesflow.techVirgil TRUICĂ
Founder of Salesflow.tech, Virgil has built a 16-year career dedicated to creating partnerships between infrastructure, cloud, and cybersecurity providers. He collaborates with global companies in the network security segment, contributing to the development and expansion of DDoS mitigation, threat intelligence, and AI-based network optimization solutions. Through Salesflow, he connects infrastructure, cloud, and security providers with operators and enterprises worldwide, facilitating strategic partnerships and helping technology brands grow. His current work focuses on strengthening network resilience and integrating artificial intelligence into traffic analysis and DDoS attack prevention, contributing to a safer and more reliable Internet.
Silviu TEODORU
Master Principal Account Cloud Engineer, Oracle RomaniaSilviu TEODORU
Silviu Teodoru has 23 years of experience in Cloud and Information Management, covering roles such as DWH&BI Team Leader, Data&AI Architect or Cloud Architect. He has spent the last almost 20 years within Oracle, providing technical advisory to enterprise customers in Romania – Telecommunications, Financial Services, Energy and Public Sector. Silviu has a strong focus on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning by interacting with Oracle customers and partners, academic bodies, AI&ML communities and working groups (e.g. Oracle Machine Learning Research Group). Inside Oracle Romania he founded “Data Science Ambassadors” community with the purpose to share knowledge on AI&ML related topics. He also holds a PhD in Decision Support Systems since 2009. Motto: There is no AI without IA! (AI = Artificial Intelligence, IA = Information Architecture)
Cristian POPESCU
Senior Account Cloud Engineer, Oracle RomaniaCristian POPESCU
Cristian graduated the Politehnica University of Bucharest. He began his professional career as a Database Administrator in a banking institution, where he managed and optimized business-critical database environments. He has been part of the Oracle Romania team for over six years, where he gained experience in the Systems area and later moved to the role of technical consultant. In this position, he supports companies from various industries to make the most of their Oracle database infrastructure and adopt innovative technologies. He is passionate about integrating Artificial Intelligence into Oracle Database and actively promotes the benefits that AI brings – from automating operations, to increasing security and discovering relevant insights from data. Through workshops, presentations and consulting, Cristian helps clients understand and implement modern AI solutions in the Oracle Database environment.
Bogdan PIPERNEA
CTO GTS TelecomBogdan PIPERNEA
IT leader with more than 20 years’ experience in Romania’s ICT and Banking sectors. He is passionate about Cloud Computing, AI, Cybersecurity and digital transformation programs. After leading IT organization in the 4 banks, Bogdan changed the industry and he is now Chief Technology Officer in GTS Telecom, leading the transformation of the company with the aim to become one of the best ICT integrators in Romania.
Corneliu MĂNESCU
Director, MEDATCorneliu MĂNESCU
For 14 years director in the Ministry of Communications, currently in the Ministry of Economy, Digitization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, coordinating manager of the Ro-NET national project, member of the Transatlantic Committee in the field of Quantic, national representative in the European Coordination Committee of submarine cable networks, as well as a representative in the secretariat of the National Coordination Committee of the Single National Service for Emergency Calls (CNCA-SNUAU). Graduate of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications – IPB, 1989. Since 2010 he is working in the field of research in the field of communications as a research assistant within the former Institute of Studies and Research in Communications (INSCC), currently within the Institute of Informatics Research (ICI ).
Tiberiu GÎNDU
CEO ANISPTiberiu GÎNDU
Tiberiu Gîndu is the Chief Executive Officer of the Romanian National Association of Internet Service Providers (ANISP). He is an experienced telecommunications professional, developing and leading several ISPs and alternate telcos in his capacity as CEO, Business Development Executive and/or Board Member.
Jackson SIPPE
Ph.D. Candidate | Privacy and Network Security ResearcherJackson SIPPE
Jackson Sippe is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, advised by Dr. Eric Wustrow. His research focuses on large-scale network security, censorship circumvention, and privacy-preserving systems. Jackson has contributed to several high-impact research projects, including GFW Report, which monitors and analyzes China’s censorship on DNS, TLS, and QUIC traffic affecting over a billion users, and Refraction Networking, a production censorship resistant transport that takes advantage of unused address space. His work has been published at USENIX Security, NDSS, and CoNEXT, earning recognition including the Caspar Bowden PET Award (Runner-Up) and the Best Practical Award at FOCI.
Dan GÂRLAȘU
Professor, Ph.D. Computer ScienceDan GÂRLAȘU
Dan Gârlașu is an experienced IT&C professional, with more than 40 years experience in the IT&C field (Field Operations, R&D, Sales and Management): Oracle, Nortel, Cisco, AT&T/NCR, KT Technology, Rom Control Data, IIRUC. Former Vice President of ANIS (The Romanian Software Industry Association) and former board member of the Junior Achievement Romania foundation. Currently – associated professor at the National University of Science and Technology ”Politehnica” Bucharest, Faculty of Engineering (foreign languages).
Preliminary Agenda
The evolution of Internet shaped by decentralization, enhanced security and traffic content dynamics
CONFERENCE LOCATION
JW Marriott Bucharest
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