Florin MINDIRIGIU
Biography
POSITION
Public events producer with 20 years experience in the events industry of South East Europe (Romania, Poland, Hungary, Republic of Moldova).
President and founder of PRO EVENT Association, an NPO at the forefront of the cultural and creative festivals and events industry. Event producer of over 300 events in the fields of education, culture, architecture.
Co-founder and CEO ABplus Events, a company at the forefront of the cultural and creative festivals and events industry, company founded in 1997.
Member of the Managing Board of Rotary District 2241 Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2013 International Festival of Education (FIE), Director of the Festival
The International Festival of Education developed a cultural field new in Romania and put the city of Iasi among the most creative cities in Europe through a new concept, that of „outdoor education, culture and art” and, most of all, „education and entertainment”.
In numbers, FIE 2013-a high-profile festival, represented: 303 events in 10 days, 100,267 direct participants, 1.056 guests and participating artists, 107 people on the team and 250 volunteers.
2008 – 2016 Est-European Network of Architecture Events–Events Producer
Bucharest – Kraków – Warsaw – Budapest
Supporting contemporary creation in architecture, promoting young architects, facilitating the exchange of experience and the continous training in architecture. The Architecture Expo Conferences – INGLASS, GIS, RIFF, LAUD are about the future of architecture-they present the latest award-winning projects,innovative solutions and ideas. The participants are laureates of recent architecture competitions, academics and leaders of the community of architects.
Each event also includes a session dedicated to young talents– a Junior Section which encourages and supports artistic debut. PRO EVENT has created and organized over the past six years international expo conferences dedicated to architecture and architectural heritage, with over 5.500 architects from over 35 countries, with guests and speakers who have won international architecture competitions.
1997 – 2008 Romanian Network of Construction B2B Events, CAMEX – Events Director
CAMEX is a direct marketing and communication solution focused on events for the construction market (exhibitions, conferences, award ceremonies) CAMEX marks the beginning of the modern industry of trade events and exhibitions in Romania and has set new standards in the industry of organizing events.