Black Sea Horizon International Workshop
“Applied research in chemistry: Smart materials for a smart future”
Identifying perspective areas of STI Cooperation between the European Union and the Black Sea region in the field of smart materials
Sofia, Bulgaria
31 March 2016
Venue:European Commission Representation in Sofia (124, Rakovskist., Sofia, 1000)
Agenda
9.00 – 09.30 / Registration09.30 –10.00 / Welcome and introduction to the workshop
Zoya Damianova, Programme Director of ARC Fund
Presentation of the Black Sea Horizon project: identifying priorities for S&T cooperation between the EU and the Black Sea region countries
Georgia Chantzi, Research Fellow, International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS, Greece)
10.00 – 11.15 / Plenary session/working groups
Identifying perspective areas of S&T cooperation between the EU and the Black Sea region in the field of smart materials[1]
Brief presentation on current research in the field of advanced materials in the respective country of each participant. List of suggestions for pertinent RTI topics to be included in future Horizon 2020, regional and international calls for proposals.
Moderators: Georgia Chantzi, Research Fellow, International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS, Greece)
Elena Nasybulina, Lead expert at National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE, Russia)
“Carbon nanocatalysts are novel attractive means to obtain valuable chemical products and erasing petrochemical contaminants”
Eldar Zeynalov (Institute of Catalysis & Inogranic Chemistry, Azerbaijan NAS, Azerbaijan)
“2D Hybrid materials: a tremendous potential for application in modern technology”
Pierre Rabu(Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg, France)
“Smart materials in molecular nanomedicine”
Zoltan Varga (Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, RCNS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
“Smart materials in the Republic of Moldova”
Olga Covaliova(Institute of Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Moldova)
DISCUSSION, suggestions of RTI topics
11.15 – 11.45 / Coffee Break
11.45 – 13.00 / “Nanomaterials: from Synthesis to Applications”
Agnieszka Dąbrowska (University of Warsaw, Poland)
“Smart materials for health based on spontaneous flora of Black Sea region”
Aurelia Meghea (Romanian Academy; University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Romania)
“Recent advantages in low temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells in Russia: materials development and application features”
Andrey Yaroslavtsev (Kurnakov Institute of General and Inogranic Chemistry, Russia)
„Novel materials for future energy“
Evgeny Antipov (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia)
DISCUSSION, suggestions of RTI topics
13.00 – 14.00 / LUNCH Break
14.00 – 15.15 / “Recent Progress on Solution Based Transparent Conducting Electrodes“
Fevzihan Basarir (TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Turkey)
“Progress of R&D in the areas of Smart Composites based on Ceramics and Carbon Fibers”
Andrey Ragulya (Institute for Problems of Materials Science of the Ukraininan Academy of Sciences, Ukraine)
“Agriculture as a source for advanced materials”
Richard Smits (CSI, Promoting the right chemistry, Bulgaria)
“Innovative halogen-free flame retardants an methods for use”
Lydia Kostova (Interiorprotect Ltd., Bulgaria)
“Electrically excited resonant oscillations in a pendant, liquid droplet –a potential means to realize а smart system.”
Nikolay Tankovsky (Sofia University, Bulgaria)
DISCUSSION, suggestions of RTI topics and key messages from the workshop
15.15 – 15.45 / Coffee Break
15.45 – 17.00 / Plenary session
Summary of the suggested RTI topics from the 3 thematic sessions.
Validation of the suggested pertinent RTI topicsto be included in future Horizon 2020, regional and international calls for proposals.
Moderator: Zoya Damianova, Programme Director, ARC Fund, Bulgaria
Definition of key messages from the workshop.
Moderator: Elena Nasybulina, Lead expert at National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE, Russia)
19.00 / Dinner at the Shtastlivetsa restaurant
Black Sea Horizon project has received funding from the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovationunder grant agreement no 645785.
[1]In the context of the Black Sea Horizon project smart or advanced materials include “green” materials, self-healing materials, piezoelectric materials, memory metals, advanced composites.