The 1st EELISA International Conference: uniting 400 participants and 100+ global speakers

The 1st international conference took place from 4 to 6 October 2023 at the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest.
The conference’s programme of activities offered 27 sessions with over 100 speakers – from prominent researchers, academics, students and staff members from EELISA institutions to representatives from other European universities and international organizations.

the 1st EELISA International Conference has marked the culmination of the initial three years of EELISA's transformative and impactful journey. It featured two high-level plenary sessions and 27 workshops, abstract presentations, and roundtables that addressed various crucial topics. These encompassed topics such as the new European engineering model, the university of the future, innovative pedagogies, entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as fostering sustainable cooperation and promoting gender equality and inclusion.

These elements were carefully curated not only to commemorate the accomplishments of the first three years of the alliance, but also to promote collaboration and cultivate a collective understanding of the context and prospects for the next four years of the Alliance. "I have had the opportunity to speak with many of the participants, ranging from speakers to attendees, and I truly believe that this goal has been fully achieved," remarks Sofia d'Aguiar, EELISA Executive Director and a  member of the conference's organizational team One of the pivotal highlights of this year's conference was the presentation of the EELISA Diversity Award by EELISA InnoCORE to Prof. Dr. Hatice Köse, a distinguished Professor of Computer Engineering at ITU, for her groundbreaking initiative, "Artificial Intelligence-Based Assistive Systems for Children with Disabilities."

► EELISA re-cap video
► Gallery of images
► Booklet of abstracts presented during the conference

The French Delegation from École nationale des ponts et chaussées