This workshop focuses on the path to be followed in order to obtain innovative products from innovative materials, taking into account their behavior, properties, availability, cost of synthesis and manufacturing methods but also issues such as environmental impact, safety and disposal. The workshop will also give special importance to the concept of Innovation: Material-Design-Application. Other topics of interest would be: Metrology, Durability and Resistance.
The purpose of the workshop will be consolidate the interactions between the researchers and other important players in the development of products from research and the development of processes on one hand and public policy issues related to research and also start-up companies on the other. It will also consolidate the existing relationships between researchers and companies in Europe and BRAU and/or giving rise and setting up new ones. Furthermore, the activities carried out during these days will be performed in order to build contacts and confidence between the researchers and economic and social actors. Representatives from interested industrial companies and from government agencies will be invited to actively participate in these workshops.