ECerS
About ECerS
The European Ceramic Society (ECerS) is a non-governmental, nonprofit federation of national ceramic societies each representing the ceramists of a member country. Individuals who want to be member of the ECerS have:
- to apply for membership of one of the member societies;
- to fill in the Format Membership
The ECerS (see Statutes) was established in 1987 in order to co-ordinate and promote the study of ceramics and in particular:
- To encourage education, training and research.
- To consult with and bring together individuals and representatives of members, research establishments, academic bodies and institutions of governments and other bodies including the Commission of the European Community.
- To collect, disseminate and exchange information with other organizations
- To promote planning, promotion and organization of conferences and meetings
- To procure planning, printing, publication and circulation of technical papers,
The Councilof the ECerS consists of the presidents of the Member organizationsand one more member of each national organization.
The President is elected by the Council for a period of two years. The President is assisted by the Executive Committee and an Advisory Group. Six Working Groups have been established for specific objectives: Education, R&D, Communication, Editorial, Industrial and Art, Design and Tradition .
Every two years the ECerS organizes a general Conference in one of the member countries.
HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY - (by Rudy Metselaar)
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President Prof. Dr. Juergen G. Heinrich (President) Clausthal University of Technology Institute of Nonmetallic Materials, Zehntnerstr. 2a 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany Tel. +49 5323 72 2354 Fax +49 5323 72 3119 Email heinrich@naw.tu-clausthal.de Internet: http://www.naw.tu-clausthal.de |
Secretariat Ms Véronique Huart Belgian Ceramic Society Ave. Gouverneur Cornez 4 B-7000 Mons, Belgium Tel. +32. (0)65.403421 Fax +32.(0)65. 403458 E-mail: v.huart@bcrc.be or ecers@bcrc.be |