Octavian was a session chair of the Next Generation Pathology session at the International Pathology Conference of the Victor Babes Institute, in Bucharest Romania, on November 4, 2021, having as guests three internationally recognized professors and excellent speakers:
- Professor Yongxin Zhao (Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, USA): Expansion Pathology
- Prof. Rajan Dewar (Medical Director & Chief of Pathology at McLaren Greater Lansing, Michigan State University, USA): Digital Pathology
- Prof. Mohamed Salama (Chief Medical Officer at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, USA): Digital Pathology and AI