Materials are everywhere, for everyone, materials for a future society!
Looking back at a successful conference….. join us and watch the aftermovie!
The MaterialenNL Platform has joined forces again to unite the entire materials community at the second edition of the MaterialenNL Conference. At the start of the MaterialenNL Conference 2024, the core team of the MaterialenNL Platform addressed the audience:
“Advanced Materials is one of the key enabling technologies: Materials for a Future Society! Therefore, the Netherlands needs to invest in education, research, and innovation. And we need to communicate about the value of materials for society. Do people know how many materials they use each day? Do people know how many people are working in the field of materials each day? What we all do in our labs is only one thing, but we also need to tell the story. A multidisciplinary story, and a story of sustainability.”
With two plenary lectures, four themes, twelve parallel presentations, demo’s and plenty of opportunity to network and to make plans for collaboration, this story was told en masse: to academics, to industrial partners, to politicians, to fund providers, to each other. And constantly telling this story we all have one joint goal: cross over and apply the knowledge, towards a sustainable future!
The energy and materials transition towards a CO2-neutral and economically healthy society requires a high level of materials awareness in all sectors and layers of society. In this process, the scientific and industrial materials community heavily relies on policy, economic and societal factors: companies need support from the government; scientific knowledge development and transfer is critical. The MaterialenNL Conference brought all aspects together and offered a broad package of activities.
The conference was centered around the main theme Materials for a Future Society and was a resounding success, attracting 200 visitors from industry, academia, and research institutions. The event showcased the latest advancements in materials innovation and fostered collaboration among experts and practitioners in the field.
The parallel sessions were organized around four sub-themes.
The future of …
– materials in the energy transition
– materials in sustainability
– functional materials
– materials for life / consumer materials
Program
The programme can still be found here.
Keynote speakers
- Moniek Tromp – The quest for sustainable and circular battery technologies
Chair of Materials Chemistry, University of Groningen
Director Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
- Martijn Cox – Materials for Life: Transformative vascular implants gradually replaced by patient-own tissue
Co-founder Xeltis
Organisation
Organising team:
Luc Kikkert (TNO) – project leader
Marcella Klouwens (M2i) – event assistant
Reina Boerrigter (4TU.HTM) – coordinator
The organisation can be reached by e-mail: conference@materialennl-platform.nl
Programme committee (PC):
Matt Baker (Maastricht University)
Monica Morales (University of Twente)
Marieke Havermans (TNO)
Peter Korevaar (Radboud University)
Lars Bannenberg (Delft University of Technology)
Andrew den Bakker (M2i)
Leon Govaert (Eindhoven University of Technology)
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