Alianta Honorees 2014 to Date
Michael Carroll
2014 Humanitarian Award - Michael Carroll, Award-winning photographer, founder Romanian Children’s Relief
Leslie Hawke, Maria Gheorghiu and Ethan Hawke
2016 Humanitarian Award - Leslie Hawke and Maria Gheorghiu, cofounders of Asociatia OvidiuRo
Anastasia Soare
Anastasia Soare, Founder and CEO, Anastasia Beverly Hills, will receive the Entrepreneurship Award
Radu Georgescu, founder of Gecad Group
2015 Business Innovation Award: Radu Georgescu, Founder of Gecad Group
President George W. Bush
2017 Public Service Award: George W. Bush
Safra Catz, Oracle Corporation
2016 Tech Innovation Award - Safra Catz, Oracle Corporation
Ford Motor Company
2018 Business Award - Ford Motor Company
Lt. General Frederick ‘Ben’ Hodges
2017 Security Award - Ben Hodges
Norman Manea
2018 Arts and Letters Award: Norman Manea
Robert Kaplan
2015 Arts and Letters Award - Robert Kaplan, best-selling author and journalist
Dennis Deletant
2017 Arts and Letters Award – Prof. Dennis Deletant, Georgetown University
Adrian Bejan
2015 Award - Prof. Adrian Bejan, J.A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University
Ileana Orlich
2014 Award - Dr. Ileana Orlich, Director Romanian Studies, Arizona State University
Daniela Rusu
2014 Tech Innovation Award - Dr. Daniela Rus, Director Artificial Intelligence, M.I.T.
Nicolae Ratiu
2018 Public Service Award – Nicolae Ratiu/Ratiu Foundation
John Rakolta Jr.
2016 Business Award: John Rakolta, Honorary Consul to Detroit, Chairman and CEO of Walbridge
2019 Alianta Gala and Summit
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See the program for what our main events were.2019 Alianta Gala Honorees
UiPath, the first Romanian tech unicorn
UI Path
2019 Business Innovation Award
Anastasia Soare, founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills
Anastasia Soare
2019 Entrepreneurship Award
US House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer
Steny H. Hoyer
2019 Public Service Award
Special Musical Guest
Paula Seling
Sponsor Showcase
Platinum Level Sponsor ($25,000)
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Gold Level ($10,000)
- Oracle
- Walbridge Corporation
- Concelex
- Prof. Allan Cruse (ret.)
- Highlander-Partner
- Grampet
- UiPath
- Franklin Templeton
- DFM Solutions
Silver Level ($5,000)
- Amb. Mark Gitenstein (ret.)
- DAW Benta Romania
- Chang Oh-Turkmani
- Hon. Consul Dan Dimancescu
- Vulpoi & Toader Mgmt.
- Maramures County Council
Small Business Sponsor ($2,500)
- OLM Advisors, LLC
- Market Data Diligence
- Katie and Alex Vasilescu
- Charles Frank / Eleanor Sebastian
- Amb. Jim / Sheila Rosapepe
- Liviu Tudor
- CulinArt Srl
- Repcom Srl
- Concelex Construction
- FWEI
- Aurachain
- CyBourn
Host Committee Sponsor ($1,000)
- Tiberius / Elena Vadan
- Edward Ip
- Eugene Vasilescu
- Law Office Andrei Popovici
- Romanian United Fund
- Ro-Am Society Wash. State
- Nicholas, John and Radu Florescu
- Ratiu Family Foundation
2019 Program
Evening Program - October 3
6th Annual Alianta Gala
Time: 6:00 PM – 10.00 PM (and later)
Venue: The Conrad Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Program:
- 6.00-7.30 - Cocktail Reception - second floor ballroom lobby
- 7:30-9:30 Dinner Program – second floor ballroom
- 10:00-01:00 AM: Afterparty
Friday, October 4, 2019
2019 Alianta Gala Roundtables
Location: Romanian Embassy
Thanks to the Romanian Embassy leadership and staff for their generous support!
Program:
- Security Roundtable
- TechBridge Event
- Cultural & Community Roundtables
- Alianta Romanian-American Cultural Awards
Tech Bridge Agenda
- Tech Bridge Part One: Romanian entrepreneurs experience
- Part two: VC's and Accelerators
- Part three: Defining Romania's Hi-Tech Brand
Romanian entrepreneurs share their experience in scaling their market presence in the US.
· Moderator - Radu Georgescu, Bucharest Founder Gecad Ventures
· Calin Vaduva - CEO and co-founder, Fortech
· Razvan Atim- Head of Sales Eastern Europe, UiPAth
· Florin Banateanu, Founder and CEO, FTapp
VC's and Accelerators and event ecosystems outline the biggest needs of Romanian start-ups and how the Tech-Bridge network can support.
· Moderator: Iulian Calinov, Facebook
· Mike Costache, TaaS Capital Partners
· Ionut Georgescu, FWEI
· George Rotariu - BTR Exchange
Defining Romania's Hi-Tech Brand: AI, Security or Niche?
· Moderatror: George Roth, UIPath
· Cristina Scheau - Director of Engineering in AI/machine learning Facebook
· Valentin Bercovici – Founder, Pencildata Cyber Security firm;
· Daniela Florescu - Mathematician, Computer Scientist, Entrepreneur in Database Architecture
Gala Leadership
Gala Chair
Lauren Rakolta
Lauren is President and Chief Executive Officer of DFM Solutions. She also has extensive experience as a strategic consultant to political and legislative clients and has successfully served on numerous statewide and congressional campaigns for elected officials.
Honorary Chair
Eleanor Sebastian
Eleanor Sebastian was born in Bucharest and immigrated to Chile at age 15. She has a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Chile and has worked at the World Bank and various UN agencies in the US. In the early 90s she assisted in the founding of the Agency for Privatization in Romania and in 2006 she got the license and published TimeOut in Bucharest.
Gala Vice-Chair
Dana Tolici
Dana has a PhD in Knowledge Management, and an MBA from the University of Wales, UK, She is also teaching Personal Branding and Professional Development at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania, as Associate Professor.
Gala Vice-Chair
Alex Vasilescu
Romanian-American entrepreneur and investor. Founder of Val Design & Development SRL and ARL1 LLC. Co-founder of ITS, LLC, Construct + Cross, Co.,and INVARSTA LLC.
Gala Vice-Chair
