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DevTalks Cluj-Napoca 2025

DevTalks Cluj-Napoca is the premier conference uniting developers, IT professionals, tech leaders, and entrepreneurs for a full day of technical talks, coding sessions, and community building. The 2025 edition will feature 50+ international and local speakers across three stages (Main, Java, Programming), covering AI, IoT, Machine Learning, Robotics, Securit…

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50Speakers
111Sponsors
12Exhibitors
10On the bill · sessions
138Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at DevTalks, in alphabetical order.
Adam Urban
Senior Fullstack Engineer · Camunda
Adina Panduru
Senior Product Manager · Tchibo
Adina Rusu
Product Owner — Digital Experience Monitoring Squad Workplace Services · Allianz Technology Romania
Adnan Olmez
General Manager · AD/01, part of Ahold Delhaize
Adrian Postelnicu
Head of Product · Tchibo
Adrian Tamas
Principal Product Manager · UiPath
Aleodor Tabarcea
Engineering Manager · Stripe
Alexander Günsche
Senior Solutions Architect · Amazon Web Services
Alexander Sokolov
Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer · SPD Technology
Alexandra Badea
AI Strategy & Implementation Lead · Talent Center & AI Apply Center
Alexandru-Cătălin Diniș
CTO · BMW Techworks Romania
Alexandru Cozma
Principal Engineer · Lenovo
Alexandru Dejanu
Site Reliability Engineer · Alchemy
Alexandru Gheara
Site Reliability Engineer · VOIS
Alexandru Gheorghe
Founder · Data Trail
Alexandru Oancea
Full stack Developer · AD/01
Alex Lakatos
Moderator Future of Engineering Stage · CTO Interledger Foundation
Ana-Maria Masoud
Country Manager · TQA Romania
Anca Grigoras
Data Privacy Services Team Lead · Allianz Services Romania
Anca Luca
Chief Growth Officer · InnovX
Anda Spataru
BI Developer · PPC Romania
Anders Lybecker
Principal Architect · Microsoft
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AccentureGold
AccesaGold
BCRGold
BNPGold
CriteoGold
EAGold
EpamGold
In The PocketGold
IonosGold
Ipsos Interactive ServicesGold
LSEG RomaniaGold
METRO.digitalGold
P&GGold
scorGold
Sigma SoftwareGold
SiriusXAdswizzGold
Soc GenGold
SystematicGold
TchiboGold
ThalesGold
TremendGold
TrendGold
UniCreditGold
VOISGold
8x8Gold Partner
ad/01Java Stage Partner
AmazonAI Product Stage Partner
ANISInstitutional Partner
Atelierele TamareiTech Edu Area Partners
BizPlusMedia & Strategic Partner
BMW TechworksMain Partner
BoioMedia & Strategic Partner
BoltAgenda Supporters
Booking HoldingsAI Stage Partner
bricoNetworking Lounge Partner
Bright SpacesGrow Your Idea Area Partners
BursaMedia & Strategic Partner
Cabina TrasnitaPhoto Booth & Fun Partner
Cartea DalieiCommunity Partner
CatalystMedia & Strategic Partner
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Agenda

Selected from 10 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 to 10:10

    Intro Speech powered by eMAG

    Main Stage | Day 1
  • 10:15 to 11:00

    From Padawan to Master: AI Context Management with Kipi

    Yoda is right, but by the 5th prompt iteration.. no patience is left, just frustration.Why does this happen? Because AI sees code: not the constraints and edge cases discussed in m…

    Main Stage | Day 1
  • 11:05 to 11:35

    Beyond the search box: building iZi, eMAG's conversational shopping agent

    Most conversational AI demos look great and break in production. Conversational shopping isn't search with a chat skin. It's a different product entirely, with different success me…

    Main Stage | Day 1
  • 11:40 to 12:10

    Practical Engineering in Naval Defence: Solving What Matters

    What happens when software must perform in the most demanding environments imaginable? Modern naval defence systems are built in a world of constant change, rising complexity and z…

    Main Stage | Day 1
  • 12:15 to 13:00

    The 10× Boost: AI, Judgment, and the Future of the Software Engineering Profession

    AI‑assisted coding has delivered a dramatic productivity boost. Engineers can now generate working code, tests, and infrastructure at a pace that was unthinkable just a few years a…

    Main Stage | Day 1
  • 13:00 to 13:20

    How to choose your AI based on your zodiac sign

    Main Stage | Day 1
  • 14:00 to 14:45

    Think. Act. Repeat. — Agentic AI with Microsoft Foundry

    AI agents don't just answer questions — they think, act, and keep going until the job is done. In this session, we'll cut through the hype and show what agentic AI looks like in pr…

    Main Stage | Day 1
  • 14:50 to 15:20

    Craftsmanship in the age of AI

    AI is causing perhaps the biggest disruption in the field of software engineering since its conception. One that raises existential questions for software engineers. Are we at the …

    Main Stage | Day 1
  • 15:25 to 15:55

    Engineering the Journey: AI across the Consumer Goods lifecycle

    Explore the digital transformation of the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry in our insightful presentation, " Engineering the Journey: AI across the Consumer Goods lifecyc…

    Main Stage | Day 1
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 138 companies show up — and 20 bet on three roles at once?

138 companies. twenty are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
20All threespeak · spons · exh
91Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
27Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

8x8·eMAG·EPAM Romania·IDS Consulting·SPD Technology·BMW Techworks·Cognizant·Deloitte·Google·ING Hubs·MassMutual Romania·MHP·Microsoft·msg·Tchibo·ad/01·InThePocket·P&G·Thales·VOIS

Speakers by seniority

28% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite36%
  • Founder / Owner48%
  • Director / Head of714%
  • Manager / Lead1326%
  • Product48%
  • Engineer · IC1530%
  • Other roles48%

Of 50 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 018x8Sp·GEx2V
  2. 02eMAGSp·M3V
  3. 03EPAM RomaniaSp·GEx1V
  4. 04IDS ConsultingSp·TEx1V
  5. 05SPD TechnologySp·GEx1V
  6. 06BMW TechworksSp·MEx
  7. 07CognizantSp·GEx
  8. 08DeloitteSp·GEx
  9. 09GoogleSp·TEx
  10. 10ING HubsSp·GEx
  11. 11MassMutual RomaniaSp·TEx
  12. 12MHPSp·GEx
  13. 13MicrosoftSp·F2V
  14. 14msgSp·GEx
Sponsors by tier
gold24
22% of 111
vip & speakers lounge partner1
1% of 111
production partners1
1% of 111
ai product stage partner1
1% of 111
country partner1
1% of 111
future of engineering stage partner1
1% of 111
agenda supporters5
5% of 111
fullstack & cloud stage partner1
1% of 111
grow your idea area partners11
10% of 111
photo booth & fun partner1
1% of 111
institutional partner1
1% of 111
tech area partner1
1% of 111
working lounge partner1
1% of 111
internet partner1
1% of 111
tech supporters5
5% of 111
media & strategic partner16
14% of 111
tech edu area partners3
3% of 111
gold partner8
7% of 111
networking lounge partner1
1% of 111
track partner2
2% of 111
fit-out & creative spaces1
1% of 111
hydration partner1
1% of 111
power tech area partner1
1% of 111
community partner12
11% of 111
java stage partner1
1% of 111
ai stage partner1
1% of 111
test my device partners4
4% of 111
main partner2
2% of 111
ai bigdata stage partner1
1% of 111
wellbeing partner1
1% of 111
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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