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Aspen Institute Romania is a non-profit, non-governmental association dedicated to promoting enlightened leadership in Romania and its region and to encouraging open-minded and informed debate among leaders about the challenges facing our societies.

Every strong beginning needs people who see what others cannot yet see.At the Aspen Institute Romania 20th Anniversary G...
30/05/2026

Every strong beginning needs people who see what others cannot yet see.

At the Aspen Institute Romania 20th Anniversary Gala, we honored ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง with the ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š.

His role in the early story of Aspen Institute Romania speaks about trust, vision and the kind of international friendship that helps institutions grow with meaning.

Thank you, Elliot, for being there at the beginning, and for remaining part of our Aspen journey, 20 years later.

When we talk about the Aspen Idea, we talk about more than a tradition.We talk about a way of thinking, a way of leading...
30/05/2026

When we talk about the Aspen Idea, we talk about more than a tradition.

We talk about a way of thinking, a way of leading, and a community shaped by reflection, values and meaningful dialogue.

At the Aspen Institute Romania 20th Anniversary Gala, the ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐š โ€“ ๐€ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š could not have gone to a more deserving recipient than Todd Breyfogle.

For so many Fellows and Alumni across our community, Todd is more than a mentor of the Aspen method - he is a trusted friend, a companion in reflection, and one of the people who has shaped countless Aspen journeys over the years.

Thank you, Todd, for helping generations of leaders discover not only better answers, but better questions.

Legacy is built not only through ideas, but through the moments that give them meaning.At the Aspen Institute Romania 20...
30/05/2026

Legacy is built not only through ideas, but through the moments that give them meaning.

At the Aspen Institute Romania 20th Anniversary Gala, you brought warmth, elegance and a sense of occasion to our celebration.

Thank you, Valentin ศ˜erban, Maria Procopenco, Ioana Ailenei and ศ˜tefan Ailenei, for being part of this story - and to the George Enescu International Festival for powering the closing artistic moment.

The international Aspen conversation continues, from shared experience to shared action.This panel brought together alum...
27/05/2026

The international Aspen conversation continues, from shared experience to shared action.

This panel brought together alumni from across the Aspen network to explore how the bonds created through dialogue, leadership and common values can translate into collaboration beyond borders.

๐€๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง featured ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š ๐’๐ฎ๐๐š๐ค๐จ๐ฏ๐š, Co-founder of SEOforMedia agency and NGO and Aspen Institute Kyiv Alumna; ๐™๐ฌ๐จฬ๐Ÿ๐ข๐š ๐’๐ณ๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐ค๐š, Co-Founder, Letโ€™s CEE and Madeleine K. Albright Leadership Awardee of the Aspen Institute Central Europe; ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข, Head of Real Estate Southern Europe, Partners Group AG and Aspen Institute Italia Fellow; and ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š ๐Œ๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐›๐š๐›๐ข๐œ๐ข, Independent Advisor & Board Member, UiPath Foundation and Safetech Innovations, Aspen Institute Romania Young Leaders Program Fellow.

Moderated by ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ, Executive Director, European Center for Economic Security, Technology and Resilience (ECESTR) and Aspen Romania Alumna.

The conversation moves from community impact to the power of international connection.๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ...
27/05/2026

The conversation moves from community impact to the power of international connection.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ focused on the bonds created through the Aspen experience, and on how those bonds can open new paths for collaboration, trust and action across borders.

The conversation featured ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ญ ๐†๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute and former Executive Vice President responsible for its Policy Programs and International Partners, reflecting on the strength of the global Aspen network and the role of alumni in carrying ideas beyond borders.

Moderated by ๐Œ๐šฬ†๐๐šฬ†๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ง, Aspen Institute Romania affiliated expert, Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2009 and Seminars Moderator.

The next panel brings entrepreneurship into the conversation, not only as a space for building businesses, but as a way ...
27/05/2026

The next panel brings entrepreneurship into the conversation, not only as a space for building businesses, but as a way of putting values into motion.

๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž: ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง explored how founders and business leaders make decisions when growth, responsibility and long-term impact meet.

The conversation brought together ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ข ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฎ, Partner, Central European Financial Services (CEFS) and Silmaril Storage, Aspen Seminars Moderator and Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2009; ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐๐ขฬ‚๐ซ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ, General Manager and Founding Partner, Enevo Group, Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2009 and Aspen Member; and ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐š ๐๐จ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ, Founder & CEO, Euforia Retreat & Spa and rezident.ro, Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2022.

Moderated by ๐Ž๐š๐ง๐š ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฎ, CEO & Co-Founder, Impact Hub Bucharest and Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2012, the panel highlighted what happens when entrepreneurial ambition is guided by purpose, responsibility and the courage to build beyond the immediate.

The third conversation in the ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž turns to economic empowerment as a driver of inclusi...
27/05/2026

The third conversation in the ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž turns to economic empowerment as a driver of inclusion and long-term opportunity.

๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐šฬ†๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฎ, Principal Banker, Manufacturing & Services Sector, CSEE, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2012, presents the ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, focused on supporting Roma entrepreneurs and strengthening pathways for economic participation.

Initiated together with ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šฬ† ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ, Director, REDI International and Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2012, the project reflects how targeted action can help transform access, resilience and opportunity into measurable community impact.

The full series of conversations was moderated by ๐‘๐š๐๐ฎ ๐Œ๐จ๐ญฬฆ๐จ๐œ, Executive Director, Techsoup and Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2007.

The second conversation in the ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž brings forward a project where entrepreneurship bec...
27/05/2026

The second conversation in the ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž brings forward a project where entrepreneurship becomes a tool for protection, dignity and rebuilding lives.

๐ˆ๐จ๐š๐ง๐š ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ, Chairwoman and President of ๐ž๐‹๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ž and Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellow 2016, presents ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ข โ€“ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž, an initiative focused on the prevention of human trafficking and the reintegration of vulnerable individuals.

Initiated together with ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐๐ข๐š ๐๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง, Board Member eLiberare and Movement Coach, and ๐€๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž๐ข ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ, Head of International Programs, Social Innovation Solutions, Aspen Young Leaders Program Fellows 2016, the project reflects the power of community-driven action when values meet real social need.

We move forward with the first conversation in a series dedicated to community impact.As part of ๐€ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ...
27/05/2026

We move forward with the first conversation in a series dedicated to community impact.

As part of ๐€ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ: ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž, the Aspen Ideas in Action Leadership Forum highlights initiatives born within the Aspen Romania community and carried forward into real public value.

The conversation brings together ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ฎ๐ญฬฆ๐šฬ†, Mayor, Bucharest District 1 City Hall, and ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ, Senior Lecturer, University of Bucharest, both Aspen Public Service Leadership Program Fellows 2022, around ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐šฬ‚๐ง๐ข๐š ๐Ÿ๐šฬ†๐ซ๐šฬ† ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.

A project about simplifying the relationship between citizens and the state, and a clear example of how Aspen ideas can become action with measurable impact.

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68, Aviatorilor Boulevard
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Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday 10:00 - 18:00
Friday 10:00 - 18:00

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