Section A
Aula CARMEN SYLVA, Universitea Tehnică” Gheorghe Asachi” din Iași.
Chairmen: Prof. Mihail ȚÎTU, Phd. Eng., – „Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu

11:30-12.00 – Valentin BURLACU, ”PUZZLE METHOD: METAPHOR AND
COMMUNICATION TOOL. A CREATIVE AND EFFICIENT APPROACH FOR BUILDING AND PROMOTING THE TUIASI IMAGE”;
12:15 -12:30 – L. Dan MILICI, Constantin UNGUREANU, Mariana MILICI, Mihaela PAVAL, CREATIVE EDUCATION IN ENGINEERING SCHOOLS: AN ANALYSIS OF METHODS AND IMPACT;
12:30 -12:45 – Dan Theodor Andronic , Aurel Mihail Țîțu, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES: IN SEARCH OF AN ETHICAL BALANCE;
12:45 -13.00 – Claudiu-Alexandru COVACI, Aurel Mihail TITU, Emanuel BALC, Daniel BALC, TRANSPORT STRESS INDEX–BASED SMART MONITORING TAG FOR RISKBASED INCOMING INSPECTION IN AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAINS
13.00 -13.15 – Emanuel BALC, Aurel Mihail TITU, Daniel BALC, Claudiu-Alexandru COVACI, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATION IN CYBER-PHYSICAL MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS FOR CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
13:15-13.30 – Vlada ȚISARI, Alexandra Anamaria SPIRIDON, Cosmin-Gabriel GRĂDINARU, Marius-Andrei MIHALACHE, Roxana-Gabriela HOBJÂLĂ, Laurențiu SLĂTINEANU, USING THE LOTUS BLOSSOM METHOD IN THE DESIGN OF A DEVICE FOR STUDYING THE TORSIONAL BEHAVIOR OF 3D PRINTED PLASTICS SAMPLES ;
13:30-13.45 – Victor POPESCU, Mihail BALAN, Natalia ȚISLINSCAIA, Tatiana BALAN, Mihail MELENCIUC, Dragoș-Florin CHITARIU, Adriana MUNTEANU, APPLICATION OF THERMAL TREATMENT IN SUSPENSION TO THE DEHYDRATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Section B
Biblioteca Universității Tehnice ”Gheorghe Asachi” din Iași.
Chairmen: Senior Researcher Diana CIOLACU – “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry from Iași

11:30-11:45 – Andreea PRICOP, REFLECTION AS TEXT;
11:45-12.00 – Dimitrie-Cristian FODOR, Neculai-Eugen SEGHEDIN, TRENDS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL PATENT ACTIVITY;
12:00 -12.15 – Alexandru M. SERBAN, Alina G. RUSU, Diana E. CIOLACU , Loredana E. NITA, BIOBASED COPOLYMACROLACTONE MICROPARTICLES LOADED WITH CURCUMIN: DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION, AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS;
12:15-12.30 – Cristian ANDRIESEI, A NOVEL SMITH CHART DERIVATION TO ASSESS INNOVATIVE EFFORT;
12:30-12:45 – Mihai CIUPAN, Emilia CIUPAN, Cornel CIUPAN, INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR REPLACING WOOD IN UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE;
12:45-13.00 – Mara-Alina CHIFOR, Cornel CIUPAN, TRENDS IN ACADEMIC PATENTING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GLOBAL LEADERS AND ROMANIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES IN THE LAST DECADE;
13.00 -13.15 – Cristian ARTEMII, Cornel CIUPAN, COMPARATIVE AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A CONVENTIONAL REARVIEW MIRROR AND A REARVIEW MIRROR EQUIPPED WITH THE MACOFLUX SYSTEM;
13.15-13.30 – Ana Maria NICA, Irina COZMÎNCĂ, Adriana MUNTEANU,
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE SELECTION OF AN OPTIMAL  ALTERNATIVE COOLING-LUBRICATION METHOD FOR A SUSTAINABLE METALWORKING PROCESS