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E-Commerce & Digital Marketing GPeC Winter School

Agenda

Wednesday, feb. 11 Thursday, feb. 12 Friday, feb. 13 Saturday, feb. 14
10:00-11:00

Welcome to GPeC Winter School / Ice Breaking

We’ll meet on Zoom at 10:00 AM and welcome you with “open arms” for a short get-to-know-each-other session (Ice Breaking) — all in an informal setting, just like the overall atmosphere of GPeC Winter School.
Make sure to have your webcam and microphone on so we can chat “face to face”, and don’t forget to bring a relaxed, positive vibe! 😊

11:00-13:00

The current state of the e-commerce market. Challenges and opportunities for 2026

We kick off GPeC Winter School with a debate on the current state of the Romanian e-commerce market, its challenges and opportunities for 2026, together with special guests — representatives of some of the top companies in the industry: Arthur Rădulescu (CEO & Founder, MerchantPro), Cristi Movilă (President, ARMO & Founder, OptiComm.AI), Laurențiu Țigăeru Roșca (Owner, MaxxOnline.ro), Oana Dumitrescu (Industry Head & Retail Lead, Google), and Tudor Manea (CEO, eMAG).

Topics to be covered:

  • The e-commerce market overview for 2025

  • Challenges and opportunities for online stores in 2026

  • Own channels vs. selling through marketplaces

  • Changes in online consumer behavior

  • 2026 trends and growth recommendations

Arthur Rădulescu

Founder & CEO | MerchantPro

Cornel Morcov

Chief Commercial Officer FAN Courier

Cristi Movilă

ARMO President & CEO EMEA & APAC, ITGlobers

Laurențiu Țigăeru Roșca

E-commerce Entrepreneur

Oana Dumitrescu

Industry Head & Retail Lead, Google

Tudor Manea

CEO eMAG

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break

14:00-15:30

Growing an eCommerce business in 2026: What I would do NOW if I were an eCommerce Manager again after 20 years of experience

After 20 years in eCommerce — from a $700 startup to $14M in revenue, and then working with over 300 clients including brands like Jack & Jones, Patagonia, and Sephora — I know what truly works.

In 2026, costs are skyrocketing, AI is changing the rules, and customer loyalty is fragile.

If I were an eCommerce manager today, I wouldn’t chase cheap traffic. I would build a comprehensive system based on AI, data, customer insights, automation, and rapid experimentation.

You will leave this session with:

  • A growth experimentation checklist for 2026

  • The 3 mistakes that kill 80% of your budget

  • How to use AI to grow your business — with automations you can launch on your own

This is not theory. It’s the playbook that has generated over 70,000 experiments across more than 5,000 online stores worldwide.

Valentin Radu

Founder Omniconvert

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00-17:00

Content Distribution in the Age of AI

  • How to build a repeatable, scalable content distribution engine that actually works in today’s landscape

This talk breaks down how to leverage both traditional and modern AI distribution tactics tools so your content consistently reaches the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

English Session

Ross Simmonds

Top Influencial Marketer & Bestselling Author

17:05-18:05

Legendary Story Types that Sell in an AI-Driven World

  • What businesses must do to align, connect, and persuade real people in the age of automation

English Session

Bryan Eisenberg

Award-winning, Internationally recognized authority in Marketing

10:30-12:00

Digital Marketing in 2026: From Campaigns to Digital Growth Systems

In 2026, in an era where AI is no longer just a trend but a strategic partner, digital marketing is no longer just about ads and channels.

It’s about digital systems that think, measure, and learn — powered by data, insights, and AI. In this strategic workshop, we will walk step by step through the framework that helps you transform your marketing from a series of isolated campaigns into a coherent growth system based on data, AI, and integrated strategy.

What you will learn in practice:

  • How the role of digital marketing is changing in 2026 — from data-driven to data-smart — and how you can use AI to analyze audience behavior, predict performance, and generate relevant creative ideas;

  • How to build an efficient digital system by combining platform data with user behavior insights, and how to connect channels — from Ads and Social Media to Email and Content — so they work together as an integrated mechanism;

  • How to rapidly test creative ideas, which KPIs truly matter, and how to iterate intelligently based on performance;

  • What a real digital marketing plan and budget for 2026 looks like, built on predictability, data, and efficiency.

Raluca Georgescu

Founder & CEO MTH Digital

12:00-13:00

Lunch Break

13:00-14:30

How to practically build a brand’s identity and strategy

Brand, branding, and strategy are talked about a lot, but rarely built and applied in a concrete, practical way.

The workshop led by Roxana Hurducaș presents the real way to build or optimize your brand identity and strategy — beyond definitions and slides.

In 90 minutes, you will go through the theoretical framework of the process and see how it is applied in practice: from the questions that truly matter to the decisions that shape direction.

The workshop combines applied theory with a real use case, built around a real brand selected by Roxana from among the participants. You will see how a brand takes shape in real time, how relevant information is separated from noise, and how a functional strategic core is structured: positioning, direction, and communication pillars.

By the end, you will have:

  • A clear understanding of the brand strategy process;

  • A set of practical questions applicable to your own brand;

  • A working logic you can use across different contexts and industries.

Roxana Hurducaș

Auditor & Consultant Marketing

14:30-15:00

Break

15:00-16:00

Risk is the spice of life

Without taking risks — in our careers, our hobbies, our eating habits, our friendships or our romantic relationships — nothing new and good can emerge. We remain static, unable to grow or discover what might be possible.

Of course, risk is double-edged. When we take risks, things might improve, but they might also deteriorate. This uncertainty is precisely what makes risk-taking so challenging.

In this talk, I want to begin with a premise: most of us don’t take enough risks. I’ll explore why this is the case by examining three key factors—our psychology, our social context, and our environment. Then I’ll propose three broad approaches to help us take more risks, offering concrete strategies within each approach to guide us toward a level of risk-taking that serves our long-term wellbeing.

Before you decide if this talk is for you or not, consider this question: In ten years, what will you regret more — taking too many risks, taking too few, or maintaining your current level of risk-taking? If you suspect you’ll regret not taking more risks, then this discussion is for you.

English Session

Dan Ariely

Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Economics

16:05-17:05

A live, 1 Hour „Ask Me Anything” session with Avinash Kaushik on the hottest topics for Romanian Marketers

English Session

Avinash Kaushik

Digital Marketing Evangelist

13:00-13:30

Four areas where human marketers will thrive and survive in an AI world

(the only pre-recorded session within GPeC Winter School / Bonus Session)

English Session

Mark Schaefer

World's Leading Marketing Futurists & Bestselling Author

13:30-15:00

E-Commerce Autopilot: How to automate repetitive processes with AI to increase profit without enlarging your team

AI is no longer just a marketing tool or a trending topic. In 2026, the difference between online stores that grow sustainably and those that stagnate will be defined by how well they automate their critical operations

In this session, we will explore how artificial intelligence can be used to automate key eCommerce processes.

You will learn:

  • which types of eCommerce operational processes can already be automated with AI
  • how AI agents (including GPTs) can be used to reduce manual workload and response times
  • how AI solutions can be integrated with existing systems (CRM, ERP, OMS, email, ticketing)
  • which KPIs are worth tracking to measure the real impact of automation
  • straight-forward automation examples that reduce costs and increase efficiency without negatively affecting the customer experience

Lucian Pântece

Marketplace Operations Director eMAG

15:00-15:30

Break

15:30-17:00

SEO & GEO Trends and Non-Trends in 2026

Steffen Heringhaus

CEO five elements digital

17:00-17:30

Break

17:30-19:00

Better Than Prompts: How to Build Custom GPTs for Marketers

As marketers explore the potential of generative AI, many quickly discover the limitations of using simple prompts in ChatGPT. While helpful, prompts alone fall short when tackling complex or repeatable marketing tasks that demand nuance, consistency, and context.

Enter Custom GPTs,  tailored AI tools that combine memory, instructions, and uploaded data to function less like reactive bots and more like expert assistants. These advanced versions of ChatGPT enable marketers to streamline workflows, enhance quality, and drive scalable results.

In this session, Andy Crestodina, Co-Founder and CMO of Orbit Media, will guide you through how to build two practical types of Custom GPTs:

  • The “Process GPT” … which runs a series of prompts in sequence like a program
  • The “Advisor GPT” … which provides advice on a range of role-specific topics

Learn how to build smarter tools, not just better prompts, and get ahead in the AI-driven future of marketing.

English Session

Andy Crestodina

Co-Founder & CMO Orbit Media

19:05-19:35

Boosting Story Views – How to get your Most viewed Story Ever!

This short training would take the participants through Brock’s 3-step formula for boosting Story views and making more sales.

English Session

Brock Johnson

Instagram Growth Coach

11:00-13:00

Hot trends in eCommerce and Digital Marketing that are changing the rules of the game

Technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and the eCommerce landscape as we know it today is changing fast.

On January 11, Google announced the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), marking a new phase for online commerce and a step toward conversational shopping. Agentic commerce is already here, OpenAI has announced a 4% commission for every transaction made through ChatGPT Instant Checkout on Shopify, SEO may fundamentally change, and more.

We will discuss all these changes and how they impact us — both from a business and a personal perspective (including legal considerations) — together with some of the top experts in Romania: Bogdan Manolea (Executive Director, ApTI & Co-Founder, TRUSTED.ro), Liviu Taloi (Director of Data Analytics, DWF), Mihai Vînătoru (Managing Partner, DWF), and Ștefan Chiriacescu (Co-Founder & CEO, eCommerce Today Agency).

Bogdan Manolea

Co-Founder TRUSTED.ro & Director Executiv APTI

Mihai Vînătoru

Managing Partner DWF

Liviu Taloi

Director of Data Analytics DWF

Ștefan Chiriacescu

Co-fondator, CEO eCommerce Today Agency

13:00-14:00

Lunch Break

14:00-15:30

E-Commerce in 2026 – Looking Forward by Learning from the Past

We’re used to marketing evolving constantly: increasingly effective omnichannel campaigns, data-driven decisions with direct impact on KPIs, and predictable funnels. But then 2026 arrived, and the AI revolution seems to have overturned everything we thought we knew about eCommerce. Or has it?

In this 90-minute workshop, we will take a concrete look at how digital marketing mechanisms for eCommerce are changing when AI directly influences discovery, comparison, and purchase decisions. We’ll explore which strategies, tactics, and tools actually work in this new context, how you can transform your brand into a truly AI-native one, and why, to understand what’s next in eCommerce, we need to look forward… by looking back.

We’ll cover:

  • What to do when AI “steals” your clicks and traffic becomes a by-product rather than the main goal
  • How AI “thinks”: how it can undermine your brand—and how to make it work in your favor
  • The “black box” problem: can we still talk about data-driven marketing when we no longer have access to all the data?
  • How AI has “killed” the classic acquisition funnel and replaced it with the messy middle
  • Why marketing costs have skyrocketed even when you haven’t done anything wrong
  • What it really means to build an AI-native brand, rather than just chasing trends

Horia Neagu

Founder Napoleon Digital

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00

What still matters — and what no longer does — in Digital Marketing, Influencer Marketing, and Social Media – an open discussion with Cristian China-Birta

  • Wrap-up GPeC Winter School & See You Again Soon!

Cristian China-Birta

Antreprenor, Autor, Blogger & Trainer

10:30-12:00

SEO Trends & Non Trends in E-Commerce 2023

Pseudo trends:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Voice Search
  • Mobile Friendly Website

Real Trends:

  • Content Helpful content update, core updates
  • Domain level signals vs. Link Building, Link spam updates, brands, entities
  • EEAT Experience -> content keeps getting more expensive, but also makes the internet a better ecosystem
  • Long form content
  • Reduced Crawling and Indexing Frequency

Steffen Heringhaus

CEO five elements digital

12:00-13:00

Lunch Break

13:00-14:30

E-Mail Marketing – modul 1

E-Mail Marketing-ul – acceptat în industrie ca fiind canalul de comunicare cu cel mai mare ROI – poate funcționa și pentru tine eficient dacă respecți principiile de bază.

Descoperă aspectele de care trebuie să ții cont în planificarea acțiunilor de e-mail marketing pentru a-ți îndeplinii obiectivele:

  • Cum să îți crești bazele de date
  • Organizarea și segmentarea bazei de date
  • Planificarea și crearea mesajelor pentru comunicările periodice
  • Folosirea automatizărilor

Andrei Georgescu

Managing Partner White Image

14:30-15:00

Break

15:00-16:30

E-Mail Marketing – modul 2

  • Trenduri în e-mail marketing
  • Implementarea noilor standarde tehnice
  • Folosirea sistemelor de AI
  • Impactul Apple MPP
  • Optimizarea e-mail-urilor pentru Dark Mode
  • Optimizarea proceselor de customer journey
  • Folosirea tehnolgiei AMP

Andrei Georgescu

Managing Partner White Image

16:30-17:00

Break

17:00-18:30

Profit First: How To Thrive During A Recession

Strategies for running a thriving e-commerce business during a recession.

Find out how to protect your store from the latest Apple privacy update, supply chain issues, inflation, and more.

Ezra will show you how to maximize your resources, uncover the advertising strategies that are working in 2023, and let you walk away with his most powerful funnel to date.

English Session


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