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WORLD ELECTRONICS FORUM
London, September 14-16, 2005
Florin VREJOIU
Executive Vice-president
ARIES
Long tradition in mathematics and informatics
Ten years before NORBERT WINER – the Romanian scientist STEFAN ODOBLEJA had prefigured
the bases of cybernetics by his paper “The Consonant Psychology” edited in Paris. In this book the
concept of feed-back is defined for the first time.
1942 – the first computer with ENIAC electronic tubes – USA.
1957 Romania – the first computer (CIFA-1) with electronic tubes
The first country in South-Eastern Europe and the fourth in Europe
1960 – the first computers with transistors (mass production) – IBM and Data Corporation control
1964 Romania – the first computer fully equipped with transistors (CET-500)
The first country in South-Eastern Europe and the eleventh in the world
1972 – the first computers network - ARPANET, USA
1985 Romania - the first computers network (RENAC/RENOD)
The first socialist country
Exceptional geographic position
Romania is situated on the borderline of three great commodity markets:
Western Europe, the former Soviet States and the Middle East (Eurasia)
Large and accessible market
Romania is the second largest country in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of surface
area and population
Very good educational system
Annually 5000 university graduates in the software field
Cisco Networking Academy program – Romania holds the 11th place in the world
More then 3.000 students - 105 local Cisco academies.
2001 - The first Ericsson academy in Romania
2002 - Autodesk has made the biggest donation in the world for Romanian
universities - 64 Mil USD in software products.
2001 - Professor Sandu POPESCU was awarded the Adams prize by Cambridge
University
2003 - Constantin TELEMAN was awarded Senior Whitehead Prize by London
Mathematical Society
Acknowledged human resources
2002 - The team of students from the POLITEHNICA University Bucharest has won
the Computer Society International Design Competition
2000, 2001 and 2002 - Romania has won first place among nations at the World
Innovations Research and New Technology EUREKA Show
2002 - 34 Romanian pupils have gained international Olympic prizes this year in IT
and mathematics
2005 – Romania holds top spot for most medals won in the all-time International
Mathematical Olympiads nations standings.
2005 – In the all-time International Informatics Olympiads nations standings, Romania
holds third place.
Acknowledged human resources
Romania holds first place in Europe regarding the number of certified IT persons in
Brainbench studies
Absence of linguistic barriers
The English language – spoken by everyone working in the IT&C sector
The German language – strong German minority in Transylvania
The French language – since the 19th century Romania has been a Frenchspeaking country
The Italian and Spanish have the same Latin roots as the Romanian language
"Romanians are best foreign language speakers in Europe", according to the
Eastern European Translators Association.
Experienced and dynamic companies
2001 - OMNIS GROUP has won the Microsoft Retail Application Developers European Contest
2002 - The European Commission has declared SOFTWIN the most innovative high-tech
company in Eastern Europe.
2003 - SIMEDA, a Romanian-German company, was awarded the World Java Champion prize
for the best wireless application by portal Handango.
2004 - ROMSYS is the only enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe that received the certification
“Star Supplier” from the American corporation Lockhead Martin.
2004 - INTERAKT - certified as „Alliance Macromedia Partner”
2004 - GeCAD - security technology bought by Microsoft Corporation
2003 - THE NATIONAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEM (www.e-guvernare.ro) was the only
European e-Government application that received the World Summit Award (WSA) at the
World Summit for Information Society (WSIS)
2004 - Romania and Japan received The Global Information Technology Excellence Award for the
“e-Government Initiative”. The distinction was awarded by WITSA (World Information
Technology and Services Alliance) during the World Congress on Information Technology
IT&C sector
In the past years, the annual rate of growth of the Romanian IT companies exceeded 25%, while the
growth of the GDP was around 5%.
Romanian Software and IT Services, 1997-2003
Romanian Software and IT Services Export, 1997-2004
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Support from the authorities
The Romanian government has defined the IT&C sector as a strategic
priority for Romania’s development
Software employees don't have to pay salary taxes.
Opening toward foreign investors
Romania has special programs and facilities for attracting foreign investors
Ongoing investment frame in the stage of harmonizing itself with the European
Union legislation (Romania is a nominee to EU adhering)
The foreign citizens have the same status and ownerships rights as the
Romanian citizens
Foreign Companies using Romanian R&D
ALCATEL - embedded software for telecom
SIEMENS - car navigation systems
MOTOROLA - compilers
KATREIN - wireless network equipments
ALVARION BREZE - telecom equipments
ORACLE - opened (February 2004) five Global IT and Technology Centers in
Romania
INFINEON – to set up a R&D center
About ARIES
The largest IT&C association in CCE
Civil Society award for the category of "Promotion of the Business and
Professional Interests”
Innovation Relay Center (IRC) for Romania
Main partner of EICTA and ITC Geneva in Romania
ARIES' involvement in growing the competitiveness of
Romanian organizations
Integrating Romanian organizations into the European Research Network
Projects - European IST (www.european-ist.net)
- IST Bonus (www.ist-bonus.net)
- ISIS (www.isisnet.org)
Enhancing Romanian participation in the European Tehnology Transfer Network
Projects - IRC4D (www.irc4d.ro)
Mobile Technology Roadmapping
Projects - Alipro (http://alipro.eurescom.de)
European Intergration of the Romanian ICT industry
Projects: - Electranet (www.electranet.org)
Thank You For Your Attention!
Florin VREJOIU
Executive Vice-President
[email protected]