Ileana Rotaru, Senior Associate Expert at the New Strategy Center, was invited as a speaker at BEYOND Expo Athens, held on June 17–19, one of Europe’s most prominent events dedicated to technology, innovation, and the impact of digital transformation on society.

Ileana Rotaru participated as an academic expert (WUT & NSC) in a series of key discussions on the future of democracy, technology, and security in an increasingly interconnected and complex world, while also sharing her perspective on the situation in Romania:

Strategic Dialogue III – Trust, Democracy and Governance in the Age of AI
Human Agency, Digital Rights and Institutional Resilience

Digital Power, Sovereignty and Regional Security
Technology, Cyber Resilience and Strategic Cooperation in a Fragmented World

The discussions highlighted some of today’s most pressing challenges: the growing and potentially irreversible erosion of trust in the democratic institutions of the rule of law; the protection of digital rights; strengthening societal resilience against disinformation and hybrid threats; and the development of effective mechanisms for strategic cooperation in a rapidly evolving geopolitical and technological environment.