23^rd - 25^th June 2010

The 3-Day International ‘HIDA - 5’ Conference

"PLANT INTEGRITY, DEFECT ASSESSMENT FITNESS-FOR-SERVICE, RISK BASED INSPECTION & MAINTENANCE"
Power, Petrochemical, Oil, Gas and other Industrial Applications

will take place on
23-25 June 2010 in Guildford, UK

http://www.hida5.com

Please find the 2nd Announcement and Call for Papers using the link on the right side.

announcement

1^st - 5^th March 2010

ENERGY MATERIALS:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT MISSION
1-5 March 2010, Radisson SAS Hotel, Manchester Airport, UK

The UK is hosting an international Trade & Investment mission to showcase UK capability, and explore potential R&D linkages in the area of advanced materials technology for energy generation, storage, transmission and conservation. It will also explore the role of advanced materials in the drive towards a low carbon economy.

The focal point of the event will be a two day conference consisting of presentations, discussion and business-to-business meetings and will provide a unique opportunity to learn about drivers, capabilities and future aspirations in the UK and for companies, organisations and investors active in this rapidly developing high technology area to develop and build business relationships.

For overseas attendees, a number of visits are also being arranged to High Technology UK Companies involved in Energy Materials. For further details please visit http://www.energymaterialsuk.biz

Please find the Announcement and Invitation using the link on the right side.

announcement

invitation

17^th - 18^th September 2009

FP7 NMP/INCO Brokerage Event in Warsaw, 17-18 September 2009

The event was organized under two FP7 projects: NMP TeAm and IncoNet EECA with collaboration with European Technology Platform EuMaT and was directed to research organisations and enterprises from European Union and Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries (EECA: Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbejdzan, Moldova, Belarus, and Georgia) interested in active participation in the Seventh Framework Programme.

The main aim of the event was to bring together the skills and knowledge of the potential consortia members from the EU and EECA region and to present concrete project ideas for future successful proposals within NMP 2010 calls.

The Event was focused on the following specific research areas:

• Hybrid materials for electronic and photonic applications
• Bio- and chemosensing materials in health, safety and security applications
• materials for energy applications, including energy thermo conversion and energy storage
• Nanocrystalline materials with novel functionalities and tools for their development
• Nanomaterials characterization.

announcement

August 2009

EuMaT cooperation with other ETPs

EuMaT is one of a small number of cross-cutting Platforms that supports technologies which underpin the interests of a number of other ETPs. Whilst it is not their main activity, many of the Platforms have an interest in Materials and Technologies. We would like to understand what the priority areas for materials R&D are within other ETPs so that a coordinated response can be given to the Commission.

Therefore, EuMaT has initiated bringing together selected ETPs with potential interest in Materials Technologies with the purpose to:

• understand the priority areas of Materials Technology which are of interest to other ETPs,
• understand how these align with EuMaT’s priorities,
• use these to help define future priority areas for EuMaT and its recommendations to the EC,
• discuss possible links between Platforms with mutual interests in Materials Technologies.

The European Commission will be regularly informed by EuMaT about the progresses of this activity, and a workshop with a number of ETPs is being planned (expected period Autumn 2009), with the support of the Materials Unit, Directorate G, to have a discussion regarding the coordination and prioritisation of Materials activities across various ETPs. The results of the workshop will be used by the Commission as elements of advice to the definition of future programmes and actions on Materials Research, including possible joint initiatives with other parts of the FP.

So far positive responses to this initiative have been received from:

⇒ European Technology Platform on Future Manufacturing Technologies (MANUFUTURE)

⇒ European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry (SUSCHEM)

⇒ European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP)

⇒ European Technology Platform for Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing (MINAM)

⇒ European Technology Platform for Industrial Safety (ETPIS)

⇒ European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (TEXTILE ETP)

⇒ European Technology Platform for Wind Energy (TPWind)

9^th - 11^th June 2009

NANOFORUM V Edition.

EuMaT will be represented at the 5th edition of Nanoforum to be held in Turin, Italy, June 9-11, 2009.

Nanoforum is confirmed as the first-rate meeting point to promote the new possibilities offered by nanotechnologies and to foster the process of technological transfer from the academic world to the entrepreneurial one. It is an important occasion to know state of art at world level and to establish contacts with Italian and foreign researchers.

More details on: http://www.nanoforum.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=5&lang=en

15^th May - 28^th June 2009

European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) launches a call for proposals in the field of Energy (15 May to 28 June 2009).

More details: EMRP Call 2009 Information

16^th March 2009

A European Call on Materials Science and Engineering Opened: MATERA+ Call 2009

MATERA+ Call 2009 for transnational, innovative projects on materials science and engineering is now opened. The Call is for industry, universities and research centers in 15 European countries participating in MATERA+. The Call topics are Multi-functional Materials, Engineering Structural Materials, Bio-based and Bio-inspired Materials. The volume of the Call is about 20 million euros.

MATERA+ offers a simplified introduction to the initiation and participation in R&D projects at the European level. The added value is the opportunity to easily access international know-how, to gain technology and market expertise and to integrate into international value chains.

MATERA+ is an ERA-NET Plus action which is initiated by the European Commission in the seventh Framework Programme. With the additional EC financial support MATERA+ integrates the national and regional programmes in the field of materials. Individual project partners seek funding from their national/regional funding agencies.


The deadline for Pre-Proposals is the 15th May 2009.

More information on the MATERA+ Call 2009 is available via www.matera.fi and in the Call Flyer (see link on the right side).

MATERA+ Call 2009 flyer.pdf

30^th - 31^st October 2008

The fourth Edition of the International Symposium
PRIORITIES OF CHEMISTRY FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT "PRIOCHEM",
is organized by the NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY AND PETROCEHMISTRY – ICECHIM.

The event will be hosted by the ICECHIM building in 202 Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest Romania.

For Invitation, announcement, and the pre-registration form see the link on the right side.

invitation

announcement

pre-registration form

15^th October 2008

The workshop
"Novel surface processing technologies for the automotive industrie"
will be held on October 15, 2008 during the Materialica Tradefair (http://www.materialica.com/) in Munich.

ENIWEP will also be present at booth N°106 in Hall C4 – SURFACE

If you would like to participate, please send a message to Ben Juez-Ponce or to contact@eniwep.org giving your name and contact details, indicating that you will attend the workshop.
You can fill the guest ticket (link on the right side) and present in the entry of the Materialica Tradefair; you will receive an admission card free of charge.

ENIWEP Guest ticket

16^th - 26^th September 2008

The KMM-NoE 5th Intensive Session of the Integrated Post-Graduate School (PhD Path) will be held in Udine.

There is no registration fee but the cost of travel, accommodation and board in Udine are to be covered by the participants.

The organizers offer reduced rates for hotel room and board (please see announcement).

The detailed session programme and registration form are given on the right side.

announcement

registration form

3^rd - 8^th July 2008

The KMM 3rd Skill Path course titled "Experimental techniques and fatigue modelling of metal-matrix composites" will be held at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield from the 3rd to the 8th of July 2008.

The lecturers are Professor Han Zhao (LMT-Cachan) and Dr Serge Kruch (ONERA).

No financial support can be offered for EuMaT participants but no registration fee will be required.

In order to register for the course please follow the instructions given in the documents on the right side.

announcement

travel leaflet

10^th - 11^th April 2008

The IEA implementing agreements Solar Heating and Cooling and Energy Conservation through Energy Storage have supported the initiative to start a new task on

Compact Thermal Energy Storage
Material Development and System Integration

The joint Task/Annex will work on researching and developing more compact thermal energy storage materials and systems, to be applied for solar thermal energy primarily, but as well for other applications, such as (micro) cogeneration and district heating will be held on 10 and 11 April at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands.

If you are working as a materials expert or an applications expert for thermal energy storage and interested in collaborating in this task, you are cordially invited to join the Task Definition Meeting.

For the program and more information, please visit the website http://www.ecn.nl/ieamaterials/

7^th - 9^th November 2007

C3P AND NASA TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
PARTNERING FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
will be held by Portuguese Center for Pollution Prevention in Peniche, Portugal.
Workshop flyer see the link on the right side.

workshop flyer