Working Groups (WG)

Working Groups will be set up by the Steering Committee to take up specific ‘time-limited’ activities with clear deliverables related to the work of the Group. Working-group membership will be open to any stakeholder or individual experts who can make a useful contribution. The Working Groups will comprise a chairman or co-chairmen (who ideally will be a member of the Steering Committee) and a core team of experts in the relevant field.

Initially, four WGs will be established to develop R&D priorities and strategy for the EU covering:

• "Current status/value to the EU"
• "SWOT analysis"
• "Drivers"
• "R&D needs"
• "Barriers"
• "Recommendations"

These Groups will form the basis on which EuMaT recommendations to the EU will be made in order to provide input into the FP7 programme.

The initial four WGs are:

WG 1: Modelling and Multiscale
Chair: Marco Falzetti (CSM)

WG 2: Materials for Energy
Chair: John Oakey (Cranfield University)

WG 3: Nanomaterials and Nano-Assembled Materials
Chair: Daniele Pullini (CRF)

WG 4: Knowledge-based Structural and Functional Materials
Chair: Michal Basista (IPPT)

WG 5: Lifecycle, Impacts, Risks
Chair: Aleksandar Jovanovic (Steinbeis R-Tech)

WG 6: Materials for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Chair: Wanda Wolny (MEGGITT)