Nanotechnology in Europe: CeNTech coordinates Industrial Contacts
23 January 2005 - 25 January 2005
Belgium
The central aim of FRONTIERS is the overall European integration in research, education and scientific infrastructure, stresses the FRONTIERS network coordinator, Jan-Willem Weener of the MESA+ Institute in the Netherlands. Through this approach, we support the motion to overcome a fragmentation of nanotechnology in Europe and strengthen the European economy landscape.
FRONTIERS unites 192 scientists from 12 world-leading research institutes in 8 different EU member states, in order to pool resources and know-how in collaborative research projects. The Science to Industry working party, headed by the CeNTech GmbH, emphasises the application-oriented purpose of all the research projects and orchestrates the return of marketable products. It combines the forces of academic scientists, and representatives of large-scale and small and medium sized enterprises in Europe. Within the course of this working party, industrial partners can participate in seminar series and discussions about European patent law, in order to accelerate technology transfer. The core element of the working party comprises a high-profile application-committee, which will help us to evaluate the market value of current research projects and to steer future developments into the right direction, explains Frank Schoeder-Oeynhausen, CEO of CeNTech GmbH.
Meanwhile, the Gender Issues working party looked at how to improve both the overall number and the positions of female scientist within the FRONTIERS partner institutions. The scientific community is still far away from fully recognising its female members, despite recent achievements within several European states, notes the working party leader, Steffi Friedrichs of Cambridge University. The FRONTIERS network, however, enables us to identify the fundamental intra-European differences of both cultural and employment-related origin that inhibit or support women to pursue careers in research related positions. The working partys conclusions will be implemented in all research groups participating in the FRONTIERS network, and provide recommendations to the European Commission.The Frontiers network of Excellence is coordinated by MESA+.,Mesa+ is the multidisciplinary micro-and nanotechnology research institute of Twente University, The Netherlands. It houses approximately 440 people, including over 200 Ph.D. students and post docs and has a yearly turnover of 31 Million Euro.
FRONTIERS unites 192 scientists from 12 world-leading research institutes in 8 different EU member states, in order to pool resources and know-how in collaborative research projects. The Science to Industry working party, headed by the CeNTech GmbH, emphasises the application-oriented purpose of all the research projects and orchestrates the return of marketable products. It combines the forces of academic scientists, and representatives of large-scale and small and medium sized enterprises in Europe. Within the course of this working party, industrial partners can participate in seminar series and discussions about European patent law, in order to accelerate technology transfer. The core element of the working party comprises a high-profile application-committee, which will help us to evaluate the market value of current research projects and to steer future developments into the right direction, explains Frank Schoeder-Oeynhausen, CEO of CeNTech GmbH.
Meanwhile, the Gender Issues working party looked at how to improve both the overall number and the positions of female scientist within the FRONTIERS partner institutions. The scientific community is still far away from fully recognising its female members, despite recent achievements within several European states, notes the working party leader, Steffi Friedrichs of Cambridge University. The FRONTIERS network, however, enables us to identify the fundamental intra-European differences of both cultural and employment-related origin that inhibit or support women to pursue careers in research related positions. The working partys conclusions will be implemented in all research groups participating in the FRONTIERS network, and provide recommendations to the European Commission.The Frontiers network of Excellence is coordinated by MESA+.,Mesa+ is the multidisciplinary micro-and nanotechnology research institute of Twente University, The Netherlands. It houses approximately 440 people, including over 200 Ph.D. students and post docs and has a yearly turnover of 31 Million Euro.