The European Ceramic Society
Event
12/24 - STOP Antimicrobial Coatings Conference
The STOP (Surface Transfer Of Pathogens) research project and ECerS are co-organising the Antimicrobial Coatings Conference on Thursday 5th December and Friday 6th December 2024 at Van der Valk hotel, Mons, Belgium.
FREE EVENT - the participation fees are covered by the STOP project but participants may choose to attend (and pay 60 € for) the conference dinner on Thursday evening.
Tentative programme:
Sessions
- Introduction
- Prof. Artemis Stamboulis, Scientific coordinator of the STOP project
- Mr. Dimcho Dimov, European Commission “The need for novel antimicrobial nanocoatings”
- Keynote speaker, TBD
- Innovative antimicrobial materials and structures. (On metals, plastics, glass, textiles…).
- Modes of action: how to kill microbes or prevent their spread via surfaces (fomites)
- From lab to market: use cases, scale-up, sustainability, safety, & regulatory approval
Deadline to register is 21st November : Register here!
Check here for the list of hotels available in Mons
For more information, please check the STOP website: https://stop-pathogens.eu/?page_id=334
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2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!
In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2025 International Symposium on Green Processing for Advanced Ceramics (IGPAC 2025), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, from 5th to 9th October 2025 in Ise-Shima/Mie, Japan.
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 31st August 2025!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of October 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st August 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before November 2025.
Information
Contact us for any information: info@ecers.org - We will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.
ECerS office
Av. Gouverneur Cornez , 4
7000 Mons
Belgium