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Dear participants,

We have the pleasure to invite you to an event organized for the first time by our university:

International Conference of LIFE Sciences and Technology for WELLBEING (LIFE2018) 30.05 - 01.06 2018,

in partnership with Romanian Academy, Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Transylvania LifeStyle Cluster and Transylvanian Tastes Cluster by APM Cluj, Transilvania Business Center Cluj, Council of Danube Cities and Regions;

with the support of prestigious networks and agencies such as: Cosmetic Clusters International Network (CCIN), European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP), Cosmetics4Wellbeing Consortium / COSME / ESCP-4i of EU, Francofone University Association (AUF-BECO), CLUJSTER - Transylvanian Clusters Consortium and Romanian North-West Region Developement Agency (ADRNV), 80 supporting partners and sponsors.

The two research institutes of our university, the Advanced Horticultural Research Institute of Transylvania (ICHAT) and the Life Sciences Institute (ISV) will be involved not only in organizing scientific sessions and collaborations, but also in creating multidisciplinary interactions with business representatives, who will have the opportunity to present their products/services and interact with our researchers and PhD students.

The complex and interdisciplinary program includes 2 plenary sessions, 4 sections and 16 parallel creative activities, as follows:

PLENARY SESSION - Opening Ceremony

Content: Key speakers in life sciences, applied research, advanced technologies

Coordinator: Academician Doru Pamfil, PhD, Prof. Eng.

SECTION 1: Horticulture, Landscaping, Spatial Planning

Content: presentation of research papers, creative workshops, expo-demo, B2B-Matchmaking, FLORIcultural FESTIVAL in collaboration with companies in the field of research, cultivation and exploitation of flowers, vegetables, fruits, etc.

Coordinator: Professor Viorel Mitre, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Horticulture, Cluj-Napoca

SECTION 2: Healthy Nutrition / Food

Content: presentation of research papers, creative workshops, expo-demo, B2B-Matchmaking, FOOD FESTIVAL in collaboration with companies from the Transylvanian Tastes Cluster;

Coordinator: Professor Maria Tofana, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Cluj-Napoca

SECTION 3: Healthy Beauty / Cosmetics - COSMETOPEE

Content: presentation of research papers, creative workshops, expo-demo, B2B-Matchmaking, COSMETOPEE FESTIVAL regarding plant, extracts, cosmetics in collaboration with companies from Transylvania LifeStyle Cluster;

Coordinator: Professor Carmen Socaciu, PhD., Director of Life Sciences Institute, Cluj-Napoca

Co-chair: Ivan Borrego Valverde, Director General, Beauty Cluster Barcelona

SECTION 4: Multisensory Creative Economy, Research & Technology, Products & Services

Content: presentation of research papers, creative workshops, B2B-Matchmaking with companies, RD-I units, textile-fashion, wood-furniture, ceramic-glass, handicraft, ICT-robots, green economy, environment ...

Coordinator: Professor Stelian Brad, PhD, Robotics and Innovation Management and President of ClujIT Cluster, Cluj-Napoca

Co-chair: Elise Drurey, Project Manager, France Clusters, Lyon

FRANCOPHONE COLLOQUY for Healthy LifeStyle of Youth

Content (FR): Comportements alimentaires et éducation pour la santé des jeunes - communications scientifiques, interventions des acteurs institutionnels et économiques, table ronde, débats

Coordinator: Professor Cristina Bianca Pocol, PhD., Head of Francophone Office and CRU of USAMV Cluj (FR - Invitation)

Co-chair: Ségolène Leloutre, Directrice Relations Internationales et Project Manager Cosmetic Valley Cluster, Chartres

Co-chair: Mohamed Ketata, Directeur Régional, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie-Europe centrale et orientale, Bucharest

TRAINING session: GO International - GO Multisensory

Content: Healthy Food & Cosmetics of SMEs and RD-I Units

Study case: 16 engines of Cluj multisensory economy; working Questionnaire

Coordinator: Radu Adrian Mlesnita, PhD. Ass.Prof, President of Transylvania Business Center and Transylvanian Clusters, Cluj- Napoca

BUSINESS LINKS, B2Bmatchmaking for companies and RD-I Units from the country and abroad

Coordinator: Pharm. Roxana Cadar, Transilvania LifeStyle and Transilvania Taste Clusters Cluj-Napoca

International Relations:

Coordinator: Mr. Eric Bartha, General Secretary of the Council of Danube Cities and Regions, Bucharest

MULTISENSORY FESTIVALS DAYS: 4 EXPOs and 6 Workshops of Multisensory Creative Economy

Content: products and services offered by companies and RD-I units from food processing, beauty industry, textile-fashion, wood-furniture, ceramic-glass, handicraft, ICT-robots, green economy, environment (water and air quality, etc.) and more.

Coordinator: Ec. Augustin Fenesan, President of APM, First Vice-President of the National Council of Small and Medium Private Enterprises in Romania, Cluj-Napoca

EXPO of Gastronomic Culture and Culinary Art "International Transylvanian Tastes"

Content: Cluj-Napoca's best Transylvanian, European, Asian, American cuisines and master chefs presentation

Coordinator: Paul Siserman, Regional Director of A.N.B.C.T ( National Association of Chefs and Confectioners from Turism), member and Ambasador of Romania to: World Gastronomy Institute, World Masterchef Academy of Israel, World Masterchef Society, Professor and administrator at Inkchef Academy

FLORIcultural Festival and Workshops

Content: 2 flowers' worshops with demo

Coordinator: Associate Professor Erzsebet Buta, Phd, Vice dean, Faculty of Horticulture, Cluj-Napoca

FOOD Festival

Content: the presentation of the license and dissertation papers of the students from the Faculty of Food Science and Technology

Coordinator: Lecturer Laura Stan, PhD, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Cluj-Napoca

Multisensory Workshops: Healthy Beauty/Cosmetics & CULINAROMAtherapy

Coordinator: Pharm. Camelia Misiriantu, PhD. stud., USAMV Cluj

COMPETITIONS:

• Young Creators & Innovators, selection and award of scientific papers of the young researchers-innovators;
• Selection of 2 Innovative PhD Students for <THE COSMETIC VICTORIES> Paris, with awards of 10,000 Euro (working papers to be sent by 25 MAR 2018);
• Selection of 2 SMEs for participation in EXPO Innovations+Solutions Cosmetic360 (17-18.10.2018, Carrousel du Louvre Paris) and 1 SME for partnership with a Spanish company of healthy beauty / cosmetics ( 1 JUN 2018)

We invite you to visit our site http://life.usamvcluj.ro, to register on line and to contact for details:

Conference Secretariat, Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St, RO-400372, Tel / Fax: +40364402446

Email: life@usamvcluj.ro

We are glad to receive you with as many collaborators as are interested in our unique event.

Sincerely yours,

Professor Cornel Catoi, Phd.

Rector of USAMV Cluj-Napoca

General Coordinator of LIFE18 Conference