Wednesday 27 May 2009
EUMAT Platform’s chairmanship at CSM
During the last Steering Committee meeting of EuMaT (European Technology Platform on Advanced Engineering Materials and Technologies) held in Brussels on 27 th May 2009, Marco Falzetti from Centro Sviluppo Materiali was appointed as new chairman of the Steering Committee, succeeding Derek Allen from Alstom.
EuMaT has been launched in order to assure optimal involvement of industry and other important stakeholders in the process of establishing of R&D priorities in the area of advanced engineering materials and technologies at European level and in coordination with national programmes.
EuMaT promotes
- interdisciplinary education and training, and technology transfer and innovation
- societal considerations in the R&D (e.g. potential impacts on public health, safety, environmental risks)
- cooperation and initiatives at international level.
EuMaT is opened to all the interested new members accepting EuMaT goals, principles and statutes.
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