The 15th edition of the Aspen Junior Regional Seminar, the program dedicated to young professionals and students aged between 20 and 24 years old, took place on September 4-6, 2025, in Iasi. The Seminar was organized by the Aspen Institute Romania, in partnership with Alexandru Ioan Cuza University.

Aspen Junior Regional Seminar is a fellowship-based leadership program that aims to offer the participants a non-partisan space of dialogue and interaction, where they have the opportunity to debate and question their values and in the end reach a better understanding of values-based leadership and of their moral compass.

The Seminar was moderated by Roxana Voicu-Dorobanțu, Aspen Fellow 2008, and co-moderated by Mihai Cucu-Dumitrescu, Aspen Junior Seminar Alumnus 2019.

 

 

 

List of participants:

Mohammad Alkasem ABUMANI
| National Youth Platform for Active Participation
| President

Diana-Antonia ANTICI
| Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
| Student

Oana-Elena ARAMĂ
| The Students’ Association of the Faculty of Energy Engineering
| President

Ionuț-Flavius AUGUSTIN
| The King Mihai I University of Life Sciences
| Student / President

Remus-Bogdan BESNEA
| Purely and Simply Green Association / SNSPA
| Member / PhD Student

Ștefan BÎSTRIȚCHI
| LexChain / Technical University of Moldova (TUM)
| Co-Founder / Student

Alex BULICANU
| EcoMeal, Aroundly / Technical University of Moldova (TUM)
| Founder & CEO / Student

Matei CANAVEA
| Leiden University, The Netherlands / Romanian Students’ League Abroad (LSRS)
| Student / External Relations & Projects Coordinator

Alina CERNENCHI
| Association of Romanian Youth Abroad (ATRAG Iași)
| President

Irina DOROBANȚU
| SeedBlink
| Product Marketing Manager

Adina DUCA
| GLIA IMPACT HUB / Amicus Chișinău
| Communication Specialist / President

Rareș Matei DUMITRESCU
| The National University of Theatre and Cinematography “IL Caragiale” / Aspire Romania
| Student / Leader (Volunteering)

Aida Nicoleta GRECU
| Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy
| Student

Ali Khaled Mones JABALI
| PickTwo Studio
| Interior Architect

Dorian LESNIC
| Cardneto/ Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
| CEO/ Student

Anais MANIJEAN
| ASE – Management / SNSPA – Communication
| Student

Adrian MANOLE
| LexChain / Technical University of Moldova
| Co-Founder / Student

Elisa Valentina MAXIM
| Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
| Student

Luka PEROVIC
| RTPR SCA
| Lawyer

Carla Ioana Ana Maria POPESCU
|Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest
| Master’s Student

Elvira SÎNCU
| Alecu Russo State University of Bălți
| Student

Iulia-Elena SÎRBU
| Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest
| Master’s Student

Antonio-Cristian STAN
| Executive Unit for Financing Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation
| Public Policy Expert

Cătălina-Andreea TUFEANU
| “Carol I” National Defence University
| Master’s Student

Cosmin ȚUGUI
| Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
| Student

Anna UNGAR
| Doobeegood Association
| Program Director