CAR 2026 – Mobility Engineering and Sustainability

CAR 2026
Programme

36th SIAR International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering · Mobility Engineering and Sustainability · 5–7 November 2026, Pitești, Romania

Organized by

SIAR – Society of Automotive Engineers of RomaniaEndorsed by FISITA

With the support of

ASTR – Academy of Technical Sciences of RomaniaSIA – Société des Ingénieurs de l'AutomobileACAROM

Hosted by

NUST Politehnica Bucharest – Pitești University CentreNUST Politehnica BucharestDepartment of Automobiles and Transports

Partners

HORSEFEVFord OtosanRenault GroupAVLEuroAPASForvia ArgeșLaguna TechnologySpectromasGrupul Industrial ComponenteCADWORKSINASRomturingiaComponente Auto TopoloveniModern ImpexAKATDXCompact IndustrialI.S.A.R. Engineering CompanyALC Inject PolistirenElemente Comandă AutoCom Divers Auto

Other sources of support

Registrul Auto Român (RAR)UNTRR
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Programme

Wednesday, 4th of November

18h00
Welcoming Cocktail
NUSTPB, Rectorate of the Pitești University Centre, 1, Tg. din Vale Street

Thursday, 5th of November

07h45 – 08h45
Registration
Pitești University Centre, 1st floor of the Central building, 1, Tg. din Vale Street
08h45 – 10h00
Opening speeches
Central building, Main amphitheatre, 1st floor
  • Mihnea COSTOIU, Rector of NUST “POLITEHNICA” Bucharest
  • Nicolae BURNETE, SIAR President
  • Cristian GENTEA, Mayor of Pitești City
  • Lucian BOGDAN, Tuning & Software Director, HORSE Technology Division
  • Dan GHIRIŞAN, Vehicles Operations Manager, FORD OTOSAN
  • Thierry HILAIRE, General Manager, Renault Technologie Roumanie (RTR)
  • Sabin BULARDA, Manager, FEV Romania
  • Virgil RADU, Director of Individual Homologation, Romanian Auto Register (RAR)
  • Adrian CLENCI, Chairman of the Congress
10h00 – 10h30
Coffee break
10h30 – 11h15
Keynote presentations, 1st part
Central building, Main amphitheatre, 1st floor
  • Guillaume TUFFIER, Vice President of Innovation at HORSE Powertrain Ltd: Ultra Low Emission Engine: optimizing decarbonization and air quality
  • Christoph MENNE, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of FEV Europe GmbH: Virtualization, AI and smart testing - key ingredients to manage complexity and cost in automotive R&D
11h15 – 11h30
Coffee break
11h30 – 12h15
Keynote presentations, 2nd part
Central building, Main amphitheatre, 1st floor
  • Andrei-Eduard NEGRU, Project Manager HORSE Powertrain Romania: Renewable Fuels - A Pathway to a Sustainable Future
  • Morgan LE COSSEC, Department Manager at AVL List, Austria: A Practical Path to Virtual Powertrain Development and Validation
12h30 – 14h15
Lunch
Restaurant Hotel Ramada
14h45 – 15h30
Panel discussion: Future of passenger cars in Europe: electrons or molecules?
Library Room. Experts: Guillaume TUFFIER (HORSE), Christoph MENNE (FEV), Morgan LE COSSEC (AVL), Türkan EDEGE (FORD Otosan). Moderator: Adrian CLENCI (NUSTPB).
15h30 – 19h00
Oral presentations on sections
Rooms 1-5, 2nd floor. Sections S1–S10 (15h30–16h50 and 17h00–18h40)
16h00 – 17h00
Student Workshop: RDE via PEMS
Tiberiu MELENCU, Romanian Auto Register (RAR). Central building, Main amphitheatre, 1st floor
16h00 – 17h30
Automotive Computer Aided Design Student National Contest: preliminary phase
Room T004
17h45 – 19h45
SIAR Meeting and Meeting of the Academic Alliance for Automotive and Transport Engineering (ALIAT)
Central building, Main amphitheatre, 1st floor
20h00
Dinner
Restaurant Hotel Ramada

Friday, 6th of NovemberNUSTPB, Pitești University Centre, Central building, 1, Tg. din Vale Street

08h00 – 12h15
SIAR Student National Contests
Vehicle Dynamics (Room T309) and Automotive Computer Aided Design (Rooms T004 and T015)
08h30 – 09h30
Keynote presentations, 3rd part
Central building, Main amphitheatre, 1st floor
  • Marius IONDA, Lead Vehicle Engineering for Derivative Programs, and Florin FILCESCU, Project Platform Leader, RENAULT Group: Hybrid G150 4x4 delivering accessible performance, lower emissions and real customer value
09h15 – 09h40
Coffee break
09h40 – 11h00
Workshops
Central building, Main amphitheatre, 1st floor
  • Iulia MIHAIL, Institute of Physical Chemistry “Ilie Murgulescu”: Brilliant Idea, Empty Wallet? The EU Might Have Your Answer - EU policies and funding opportunities for sustainable mobility
  • Diana RĂDULESCU, Deputy Managing Editor at MDPI Romania: Ethics and AI in Publishing
11h00 – 12h40
Oral presentations on sections
Rooms 1-5, 2nd floor. Sections S11–S15
12h30 – 14h00
Lunch
Restaurant Hotel Ramada
14h30 – 18h00
Oral presentations on sections
Rooms 1-5, 2nd floor. Sections S16–S25 (14h30–15h50 and 16h00–17h20)
18h15 – 19h15
Awarding ceremony for the student contests and Congress Closing Ceremony
Central building, Main amphitheatre, 1st floor
20h00
Congress Gala Dinner
Restaurant Hotel Ramada

Saturday, 7th of November

08h30 – 14h30
Touristic visits
1 group, max. 30 persons; free of any extra charge but based on prior subscriptions by email to car2026@upit.ro. National Museum Brătianu - Vila Florica; Golești Museum

Motto: “Academia, Industry and Government. Together for Automotive Engineering Development”

Oral presentations: room × time slot

25 sections · 107 papers · 20 min per paper, 10 min break between sections. Select an entry to jump to the section.

ARA Accident Research and Analysis · SAF Active and Passive Safety · AEM Advanced Engineering Methods · MAT Advanced Materials, Manufacturing Technologies and Logistics · TRT Advanced Transport Systems and Road Traffic · HSV Heavy and Special Vehicles · HEV Hybrid & Electric Vehicles · ICE Fuels, Lubricants and Internal Combustion Engines · TSYS Transmission Systems · VES Vehicle Electronics and Software