FEMS Member Society News

RubberCon 2023 programme announced

RubberCon 2023 programme announced

The full programme for both event days is released with discounted early bird tickets available. IOM3 saw a last minute rush on the call for papers deadline which passed 16 December 2022. In total the organising committee accepted 80 oral papers, these included the...

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IOM3 Sustainable Future Awards

IOM3 Sustainable Future Awards

Recognising and celebrating those championing sustainability, EDI and the need for greater circularity in the extraction, processing and use of natural resources. The IOM3 Sustainable Future Awards are a new collection of awards to celebrate our heroes from materials,...

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IOM3 welcomes new President Kate Thornton

IOM3 welcomes new President Kate Thornton

Dr Kate Thornton CEng CSci FIMMM has taken over as President of IOM3 as of 1 January 2023. Kate will give her Inauguration Address on 29 March highlighting her priorities for presidency during her term in office (2023–2024). Kate is Lead Research Scientist at Croda...

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Review of SPM 2022 Activities

Review of SPM 2022 Activities

During 2022, SPM (Portuguese Materials Society), organized or co-organized a number of meetings and enhanced the work done by their Technical Divisions. 18 January: Online conference dedicated to Biomaterials. In the same week, the SPM Materials for Energy Division...

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European Materials Day – Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais

European Materials Day – Sociedade Portuguesa de Materiais

On the 2nd of November, at NOVA-FCT, Campus da Caparica, the celebration of another European Materials Day took place. This year, the theme chosen for the lectures was Materials in the Global Health Ecosystem, with three presentations of great interest. Rodrigo...

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Cláudia Ranito awarded with Maria Manuela Oliveira Prize

Cláudia Ranito awarded with Maria Manuela Oliveira Prize

The recognition of excellence in technological innovation and scientific research in the area of ​​Materials is part of the mission of the Portuguese Materials Society (SPM). In this context, the SPM Board of Directors established in May 2019 the Maria Manuela...

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SOCIEMAT celebrates 2022 European Materials Day 2022

SOCIEMAT celebrates 2022 European Materials Day 2022

As in previous years, SOCIEMAT joined other member societies of FEMS to celebrate European Materials Day. The main event was held at the Polytechnic University of Madrid on 2 November. Members of SOCIEMAT also organized events in Seville and Ciudad Real, and a contest...

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Review of SPM 2022 Activities

SOCIEMAT Celebrates 2022 European Materials Day

SOCIEMAT will join FEMS and Member Societies to celebrate 2022 European Materials Day in Madrid on 3 November. During the event, experts will give lectures and SOCIEMAT will announce the winners of the 2022 SOCIEMAT awards: Best Thesis Degree in Materials Engineering...

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Review of SPM 2022 Activities

SPM Celebrates 2022 European Materials Day

European Materials Day was initiated by suggestion of FEMS in 2003 and occurs every first Wednesday of November and SPM has been commemorating since 2003. The event is organized in collaboration with the Materials Committee of the National Association of Engineers. A...

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Below are links to FEMS Member Society news pages on their websites (some are in local language).

Austria – ASMET
Czech Republic – CSNMT
France – SF2M
Germany – DGM
Greece – HMS
Greece – HSSTCM
Italy – AIM
Italy – ASSOCOMPOSITI
Latvia – LMRS
Norvay – NMS
Poland – PTM
Portugal – SPM
Serbia – MRS-SERBIA
Slovakia – SNMT
Spain – SOCIEMAT
Switzerland – SVMT
The Netherlands – BvM
UK – IOM3

General information on each society can be found on their profile pages here.