Scope of Euromat

The Euromat Series
Engineering progress essentially depends on the availability and the intelligent use of materials. For many key industry areas, Europe constitutes a premier place for the development of new materials and their applications. EUROMAT, the biennial meeting of the Federation of European Materials Societies with its 24 member societies, sets out to become the most comprehensive European event to demonstrate the wide range of materials science and technology.

The Euromat series so far has in turn been organised by the FEMS member societies and represents by this a showcase of the competence of the European materials community. It includes the following venues:

1989: Aachen, D
1991: Cambridge, UK
1993: Paris, F
1995: Padua, I
1997: Maastricht, NL
1999: Munich, D
2001: Rimini, I

Euromat 2003
In order to demonstrate an even more dynamic European character,
Euromat 2003 will jointly be run by the French, German and Swiss materials societies.

The conference is essentially focused on new fundamental approaches and processing related aspects for unconventional materials. At the same time, tailoring materials for applications with high innovation potential are addressed. There is hardly a better opportunity for materials scientists in the European materials arena to present and to discuss their work.

The conference will take place at the sites of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the University of Lausanne on the banks of Lake Geneva that provide an excellent environment for hosting quite a number of parallel sessions together with appropriate exhibition facilities.

Proceedings
There will be no publication of a complete set of proceedings. Instead papers will be recommended to reputed scientific magazines for publication. Authors will receive further information together with the confirmation of their abstract in late April.