Download or read book European Research and Innovation in Materials Science and Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third Materials Summit brought together representatives of main industrial and research stakeholders in materials science and engineering. This time we also had the honour of hosting representatives from Member States as observers, upon request of the Programme Committee in the "NMP configuration" as established for the EU 7th Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration activities (FP7). Whereas the first Summit had a constitutive character and the second one defined ideas and proposals for the optimal features for supporting materials research and innovation at Community level, the third Summit discussed more in detail the possible use of diverse instruments and tried to extract possible "champions", i.e. topics that could represent examples of areas of research and innovation which would give the best value of working at the EU level in the immediate future. To set the scene, the Summit opened with introductory presentations on the portfolio of materials research and innovation topics in FP7, lessons learned from a specific call for projects on the way from research to innovation, perspectives for materials research in Horizon 2020 as proposed by the European Commission, a presentation of the FET (Future Emerging Technologies) scheme as proposed for Horizon 2020, and the NanoFutures roadmap, as reported in the agenda. It was acknowledged that the minutes from the previous Materials Summits were uploaded on the Materials Blog and opened for input. Many inputs were received from associations, companies and researchers. A main recommendation for the future has been to concentrate on areas of research and innovation where materials are the key factor for success, where the market is growing or a high-value or strategic niche, and where "things will happen in Europe."