The core objective of the â€™Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (NMP)â€™ theme is to improve the competitiveness of European industry and generate the knowledge needed to transform it from a resource-intensive to a knowledge-intensive industry.
NMP research also aims to strengthen the competitiveness of European industry by generating â€˜step changesâ€™ in a wide range of sectors and implementing decisive knowledge for new applications between different technologies and disciplines. NMP TEAM, which is an FP7 NMP funded project, is about improving the services of the NMP NCP Network through trans-national activities. They aim at an improved NMP NCP service across Europe therefore helping simplify access to FP7 calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of submitted proposals through closer collaboration between the NMP NCPs. Its aim is also the normalization of the differences in knowledge and quality of provided services across the NCP Network in Europe and beyond.
For this conference following Belgian NCP's assist in organising the matchmaking event on day 3: IWT and NCP Wallonie.