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New ECerS officers for the 2023-2025 period
During the Council meeting that was held in Lyon, France, on 2nd July 2023, the ECerS officers were renewed or changed.
The 2023-2025 ECerS President is now Thomas Graule, from EMPA, Switzerland!
Thomas Graule succeeds to Francis Cambier, who was President of ECerS from 2021 to 2023 and is, as ECerS Past-President, the new Chair of the JECS Trust, also for the 2023-2025 period.
Photo : Sébastien Ferraro - ECerS 2023.
Photo taken during the Lyon 2023 ECerS Conference Gala Dinner: on the left: Thomas Graule, new ECerS President, and on the rigtht, Francis Cambier, ECerS Past President and new Chair of the JECS Trust.
The 2025-2027 President of ECerS was also elected: it will be Richard Todd, from the University of Oxford, who will serve as President Elect until 2025.
New PEC Members were also appointed:
- Jon Binner from the University of Birmingham, UK - who was ECerS President from 2019 to 2021 and Chair of the JECS Trust from 2021 to 2023.
- Andraz Kocjan from Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia - who was YC&T leader from 2019 to 2023.
Erkka Frankberg from Tampere University, Finland, who was a former YCN committee member, was then appointed as new YC&T leader.
Check the ECerS Officers here
Check the JECS Trust board members here
Check the Working Group leaders here
Latest news
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 1st call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 50th ICACC (International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites) that will be held from 25th to 30th January 2026 in Daytona Beach - Florida - United States!
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 30th November 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before mid-February 2026. Activities submitted for the deadline of 30th November 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before Mid-March 2026.
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