With over 25 years of experience in media, communication, and the online industry, Cristian Manafu is one of the most well-known advocates of social media in Romania and a highly regarded conference organizer. In 2006, he co-founded Evensys, an event planning company, and in 2008, he launched the first series of open and in-house social media training sessions. Since then, he has developed digital marketing campaigns and projects for numerous brands and communication agencies.
He received the IAA's Excellency Award for vision and skill in developing digital communications. In addition, he received a special award at Internetics 2010 for his work in educating Romania's online industry.