Meet the winners of the Romania Insider Awards, the 2018 edition

After a months-long selection and two rounds of judging, the winners of the Romania Insider Awards 2018 were revealed in front of over 200 top managers, business people and diplomats at the Romania Insider Awards Gala on October 16 at the Intercontinental Hotel Bucharest.

The first edition of one of the most rigorous awards organized in Romania offered 8 jury prizes, 7 public prizes and a prize from the young generation of professionals under 30. The selection process had two stages: first, the Board of Advisors reviewed over 90 nominations in seven categories, and the top 3 ranked in each category moved to the Jury vote. The top half ranked nominees in each category also went to the public vote, which happened online.

The Jury prizes went to:

• The trophy for Best Innovation Award powered by Bayer, handed over by Mr. Catalin Radu, Country Commercial Lead Pharmaceutical Division of Bayer Romania, went to XVision- an automated x-ray analysis system built by a team of students from Timisoara. This application uses artificial intelligence to interpret radiographies with the same accuracy as a radiologist.

• The trophy for Best Rural Development Award powered by Crédit Agricole, handed over by Mr. Luc Beiso, the CEO of Crédit Agricole, was received by T ransylvania Mountain Bike Trail by Fundatia Adept. The winning project is a 100-kilometer bike trail connecting 8 villages in Central Romania, together with a dedicated yearly Mountain Bike Trail competition.

• The trophy for the Most Scalable Social Responsibility Project powered by Janssen Romania was handed over by Ms. Ioana Nainer, Patients Engagement & Advocacy & CSR Lead with Janssen Romania. The winning project was the Generations Community Centers created by the Fundatia Principesa Margareta a Romaniei. These centers bring together the elderly with children from modest-income homes in former after-school centers.

• The trophy for Best Promotion for Romania Abroad Award powered by One United Properties went to Wild Carpathia & Flavours of Romania Series. This series covers Romania’s natural beauties, its people, its culinary richness. Mr. Charlie Ottley, the host and co-producer of these series, has received the trophy from Ms. Beatrice Dumitrascu, VP residential Sales with One United Properties. A second Jury Award in this category went to Ms. Simona Halep, Romania’s top-ranked tennis player of all times.