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The plan looked perfect. Then reality stepped in. What does a leader do next?

Meet Anda Antal, Engineering Delivery Manager at @Thales, joining the 3rd edition of Empower Tech! With over 10 years of experience in software delivery, Anda combines project delivery with people leadership, helping teams find direction when priorities shift and the answers are still taking shape.

In her keynote, “When the perfect plan meets reality: leading through complex transitions,” she explores how leaders can create clarity across generations, balance delivery commitments with people’s needs, and set healthy boundaries amid external pressures.

A conversation for anyone navigating change while supporting the people moving through it.

🎟️ Late Bird tickets are available now!
Secure your place at empower-tech.ro and join the conversation.

#EmpowerTech2026 #WomenInTech #ThalesRomania

🎤 SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT
👤 Alexandru Bularca, Senior Systems Architect at EveryMatrix

📌 Eight Days in Purgatory and a Thread Dump

💡 A Kafka pipeline broke on and off for eight days, and what cracked it was five AI sessions working in parallel. Alexandru shares the wrong turns and a practical playbook for AI agents in a live incident.

📆 November 12th, Bucharest
📍 EveryMatrix Office Building, Tudor Arghezi 4

🔗 Save your spot: bit.ly/4s4zN4U

When AI changes the way we work, how we communicate our impact matters more than ever.

Meet Raluca Minea, Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft, joining the 3rd edition of Empower Tech 2026.

As AI makes it easier to create, build, and deliver at unprecedented speed, a new challenge emerges: How do we make the value of our contribution visible and meaningful?

In her session, “How to Communicate for Impact When AI Changes the Game,” Raluca will explore how clarity, influence, and authentic communication can help us connect our work to meaningful outcomes and create impact that goes beyond output.

Drawing on her experience in engineering leadership and building high-performing teams, Raluca brings a human perspective to the AI conversation, one grounded in how we communicate, lead, connect, and grow as technology continues to reshape the way we work.

🎟️ Join us at Empower Tech 2026 and discover why, in the age of AI, creating value is only part of the story.
Making that value understood matters too.

Tickets available now: bit.ly/3Wi9KeV

AI is changing what we do. What makes us valuable is how we think, learn and work together. 🧠

On 17 November, Romana Baia, Research & Development Consultant at Trend Consult ( part of PITA – Program de Învățare și Training Avansat” (SMIS 311737)), takes the stage with “Human Skills in the Age of AI”, a 20-minute session on the skills that matter most as technology keeps evolving.

Romana builds learning programmes tailored to the people and organisations they serve, and she turns the latest research on psychology, leadership and organisational behaviour into practical ideas for business. Her belief: learning is the main engine of growth, for individuals and for organisations.

Thank you, Romana, and the Trend Consult team, for bringing science into the conversation about the future of work.

📍 17 November, NORD Events Center by Globalworth, Bucharest

#EmpowerTech #WomenInTech #HumanSkills #FutureOfWork #Bucharest

What better way to start your morning than with good coffee and a conversation worth having?
Meet @ defy.ink, our Coffee Partner at Empower Tech 2026, bringing a little extra energy to a day dedicated to your ambitions, your career and the connections you’ll make along the way.
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📅 November 17 | Empower Tech 2026
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