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Avilés, Spain: the final conference of nano4m.
The project has reached its final phase: nano4m, funded by INTERREG IVC, began in October 2008 and is going to end in December 2011. On the 29th September the final conference will take place in Avilés, Asturias (Spain) – where the Spanish partners Idepa, Cinn and Fundación Prodintec come from -, at the ITMA Foundation facilities. The conference will take place in the morning; important characters will be present, such as a representative of Interreg IVC Programme (Ms. Marie Lebre), the Regional Minister of Economy and Employment of the Principality of Asturias Mr. José Manuel Rivero Iglesias, Mr. Santiago García Granda - Vice-Chancellor for Research (University of Oviedo), Mr. Nicolas de Abajo – ArcelorMittal, director of Global R&D Asturias Centre and Global R&D Spain, president Fundación ITMA, Mr. Christophe Choserot - Regional Councilor of Lorraine Region. The conference will also be a good opportunity to present some of the regional initiatives paving the way for future collaborations. The second part of the conference will be devoted to project results, with a panel with Technological and Research Centers. In the afternoon, the final Steering Committee meeting will take place. In the morning of Friday 30th, there will be two interesting study visits: one to Asturfeito and another one to Arcelor-Mittal, both companies based in Avilés.
The programme of the final conference of Nano4m

Metz (Lorraine – France): important political representatives at the “Think Tank” of Nano4m.
Experts and political representatives met in Metz (Lorraine – France) on the 15th June 2011 for a European round-table, which focused on the development of guidelines for technology transfer and on improving services and research centers. This event – called “Think Tank” - was an important step of the transnational project Nano4m - Nanotechnology for Market, which is funded by the European Programme INTERREG IVC (with an ERDF contribution). The “Think Tank” was attended by representatives of local political and technical authorities of the Regions participants in the project (Asturias in Spain, Tuscany in Italy, Lorraine in France, and North Westphalia in Germany). Policy makers, who attended the event, belong to different areas of responsibility, such as industrial policy, clusters, technology transfer, entrepreneurs. Authorities discussed new tools and plans that might help RT Centres to find their way into the market.

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Nano4m Newsletter n.3 - July 2011
Nano4m - Nanotechnology for Market a transnational project, which involves 12 European partners from Tuscany (Italy), North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), Lorraine (France) and Asturias (Spain), has a three-year-duration. The project, funded by INTERREG IVC, began in October 2008 and now it is in its last phase.
Its total budget is € 1,845,892.00 with an ERDF contribution of € 1,384,419.00.
This European Project addresses to all the Regional and Local Institutions and the Research Centres involved in the partnership, which will easily access the information concerning the state and the methodology of nanotechnology development. It also addresses to policy-makers and Local, National, European stakeholders, Companies and their Associations, Universities, Research Centres, as well as private citizens.

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The final version of the Guidelines is online, click here!
The Guidelines are a key tool for defining market oriented strategic plans for Research & Technology Centers, aiming at providing introductory notions on most aspects that emerge when implementing a market-oriented strategy.
The final draft of the “Guidelines for Nanotechnology and Microtechnology Research and Technology Centres for improvement of market-oriented strategies” was approved during the meeting in Münster, in February 2011, and the final version was ready in June 2011. The main purpose of the Guide is to inspire RTC leadership into adopting best practices that have proven to work in peer RTCs that have become familiar with in Nano4m project.

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