On the occasion of the First EELISA Conference in Bucharest, held in October 2023, a team led by Professor Emrah Acar from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) visited our laboratory at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Robotics (Smart Pneumatics Lab). Bogdan Rosca, the leader of ITU’s UPBAIR team, delivered a presentation on the laboratory’s most noteworthy projects and actively participated in discussions aimed at fortifying the professional ties between ITU and UNSTPB, both esteemed members of the EELISA alliance. During the meeting, Professor Emrah Acar and Professor Mihalache Ghinea, the supervisor of SPL, in their capacity as new members of the SEFI Board of Directors, deliberated on prospective initiatives to advance the collaborative efforts between the two institutions. These discussions took into account the shared engagement within this globally esteemed engineering society.