Date/Time
Date(s) - Thursday, February 1, 2018 - Friday, February 2, 2018
All Day
Categories
Date
February 01-02, 2018
Venue
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Sala Giunta, Rettorato, Politecnico di Torino
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin – Italy The meeting room is very close to the main entrance: |
Workshop chair
Pietro Asinari – Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Industrial experts
Jerome Bikard – SOLVAY, France
Joakim Jämbeck – ABB, Sweden
Marc Meunier – 3DS/BIOVIA, United Kingdom
Maxime Guillaume – SOLVAY, Belgium
Ludovic Briquet – JOHNSON MATTHEY, United Kingdom
Francesco Frigerio – ENI, Italy
Robert Janssen – DSM, The Netherlands
Evangelos Voyiatzis – DSM, The Netherlands
Mauro Sgroi – FCA Group (CRF), Italy
EMMC members & experts
Kersti Hermansson – Uppsala University, Sweden
Roy Chantrell – University of York, UK
Volker Eyert – Materials Design, France
Erich Wimmer – Materials Design, France
Luca Bergamasco – Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Natalia Konchakova – HZG, Germany
Daniel Höche – HZG, Germany
Kurt Stokbro – SYNOPSYS, Denmark
Umberto Martinez – SYNOPSYS, Denmark
Tom Verbrugge – DOW, Belgium
Daniele Marchisio – Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Chao Zhang – Uppsala University, Sweden
Peter Klein – FRAUNHOFER, Germany
Purpose and objective of the workshop
The rapid evolution of current technologies requires continuous development of new and advanced materials in a wide range of industrial sectors. In this view, modelling techniques can serve as valuable and powerful means to accelerate research and development of new and tailored materials. Thus, the European Commission, through the European Materials Modelling Council, is strongly committed to promote the use of materials modelling by the European industry. With this goal, understanding the current situation and eventual obstacles which may prevent the widespread use of materials modelling at the industrial level is of critical importance. In particular, the current gaps in the available models with respect to the industrial requirements and/or the limits of the available techniques must be identified and properly addressed. This critical assessment requires close cooperation and synergy between the industrial researchers and the academic model developers.
The objective of the meeting is to provide a discussion platform for industrial researchers and academic model developers. Materials modelling experts from the European industry will present and share their view on current model gaps and limits with the EMMC academic model developers. These inputs will promote the discussion between industrial and academic delegates, which is expected to provide a good overview and a critical review of the current industrial needs vs available modelling technologies. In this meeting, particular emphasis will be given to discrete models (electronic and particle-based models) and to the current needs and available strategies for coupling and linking of models.
Participants
The Workshop is an ‘invitation-only’ event for about 20-25 academic and industrial materials modelling experts discussing about
Discrete Materials Models
electronic, atomistic & mesoscopic
and
Industrial Applications Sectors
Molecular soft matter & polymers, Energy conversion & storage, Specialty materials
Programme & Flyer
Thursday, February 1, 2018
09:00 – Welcome coffee & Registration opening
09:30 – Welcome: Emilio Paolucci (Deputy Rector for Technological Transfer)
Opening: Pietro Asinari (Workshop Chair & EMMC Board)10:00 – 12:00 Session 1: Molecular soft matter & polymers (part I)
Chair: Pietro Asinari
10:00 – 10:15 Introduction by Chair
10:15 – 11:00 Jerome Bikard – SOLVAY, France
11:00 – 12:00 Discussion
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Session 1: Molecular soft matter & polymers (part II)
Chair: Kurt Stokbro
13:00 – 13:15 Introduction by Chair
13:15 – 14:00 Joakim Jämbeck – ABB, Sweden
14:00 – 14:30 Discussion
14:30 – 14:45 Coffee Break
14:45 – 16:15 Session 1: Molecular soft matter & polymers (part III)
Chair: Erich Wimmer
14:45 – 15:00 Introduction by Chair
15:00 – 15:45 Marc Meunier – 3DS/BIOVIA, UK
15:45 – 16:15 Discussion
16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00 Session 2: Wrapping up the first day
Chair: Erich Wimmer
16:30 – 16:45 Introduction by Chair
16:45 – 17:45 Discussion
19:00 – Walk to the restaurant through city center (optional)
20:00 – Conference dinner
Friday, February 2, 2018
09:00 – 11:00 Session 3: Specialty materials
Chair: Volker Eyert
09:00 – 09:15 Introduction by Chair
09:15 – 10:00 Maxime Guillaume – SOLVAY, Belgium
10:00 – 10:30 Discussion
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:15 Session 4: Catalysis
Chair: Kersti Hermansson
10:45 – 11:00 Introduction by Chair
11:00 – 11:45 Ludovic Briquet – JOHNSON MATTHEY, United Kingdom
11:45 – 12:15 Discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Session 5: Discussion, model gaps, strategic vision, networking and funding opportunities
Chair: Pietro Asinari
13:30 – 14:00 Closing (P. Asinari) Final wrap up and conclusions
14:00 End of meeting
Meeting organisation
Department of Energy – Politecnico di Torino
Prof. Pietro Asinari & Dr. Luca Bergamasco & Dr. Claudia Sibilla
Travel
There are possible direct flights to the Turin airport (Caselle). From the Caselle airport (A. Pertini) to the City Center there is a bus which takes around 45 min to downtown (stops at Porta Susa Station and Porta Nuova Station). Information can be found here.
Taxi service is available at the airport: the duration is about 30-40 min and the price around 30-35 € (indicatively and depending on the traffic).
If no direct flight to Turin is available, the Milan airport can be chosen. From the Milan Malpensa airport to Turin city center buses are available. The duration of the trip is about two hours. Information can be found on the company website.
Accommodation
The following accommodations are suggested:
Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 104, 10121 Torino TO
Walking distance from the meeting venue (10 min)
Via Sacchi, 14/B, 10128 Torino TO
This Hotel is very close to the Porta Nuova central rail station. In order to reach the meeting location, the easiest way is by Metro from the “Porta Nuova” station to the “Vinzaglio” station – direction “Fermi”, then 15 min walking.
Corso Inghilterra, 33, 10138 Torino TO
This Hotel is very close to the Porta Susa central rail station. In order to reach the meeting location, the easiest way is by Metro from the “Porta Susa” station to the “Vinzaglio” station – direction “Lingotto”, then 15 min walking.
In general, Politecnico can be reached by public transport in 20 min from the city center (e.g. Piazza Castello or Piazza Vittorio Veneto).
You may want to consider other accommodations.
Info on public transport is available at: http://www.gtt.to.it/cms/
Event Funding and Sponsors
This event has received funding via the EMMC-CSA Project from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 723867