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The Romanian-American Strategic Partnership Forum in New York

On Thursday, April 30, 2009, “The Romanian-American Strategic Partnership Forum” (RASPF) took place in the financial district of New York City, organized by the MIC & Associates Company.

The Forum had the purpose to address different aspects of the national security and defense concept, business opportunities in infrastructure and renewable energy and the way in which companies can cope with the current economic crisis.

The Romanian representation to the Forum included general Constantin Degeratu, state counselor on national security at the Presidential Administration, Oana Petrescu, vice-president of the Romanian Commercial Bank, Ioan Rusu, Director General of Transgaz Company, Aurel Cazacu, director of defense production in the Ministry of Economics, Adrian Cosmin Vierita, Ambassador of Romania to Washington, Pietro Pavoni, Consul General of Romania in New York.  Leaders of American companies in the above-mentioned fields, already involved in Romania (Raytheon, ITT, VSE etc), participated in the Forum.

Rudolph Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, and Robert Engle, university professor, Nobel Laureate in Economics were invited as honorable guests to the event.

The Forum was also attended by companies specialized in worldwide infrastructure programs (the Dynamic Group and Atkins), as well as representatives of the Romanian-American Commerce Chamber.

In the period of the Forum, on Saturday, May 2, 2009, the MIC & Associates Company together with Ziua USA weekly organized the 10^th edition of the Romania Day Festival on Broadway.