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*MicroManufacturing Magazine to sponsor 4M2008*
We are pleased to announce that the newly launched Micro Manufacturing magazine is to sponsor the 4M2008 conference. They are to offer a cash prize and will present a trophy to the first named author of the paper judged to be "Best in 4M2008". The organisers would like to thank Micro Manufacturing Magazine for supporting the conference in this way. Many of you will already receive this publication, if not you can subscribe free of charge at www.micromanu.com.

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*4M2008*
The 4th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2008) will be held in Cardiff, UK on 9th - 11th September 2008. Our thanks to all those who have submitted papers. The review process is now underway and all authors will be notified of the status of their paper on 27th March 2008.

A new record has been achieved for the aspect ratio measurement of micro structures.

Working in conjunction with a major equipment manufacturer, Prof. Lars Mattsson, leader of the Metrology Division of the 4M Network of Excellence, reports that a new aspect ratio of 50:1 was recently achieved in laboratory measurements following the optimisation of an existing optical metrology system.

The Workshop will be held at Northwestern University (located just north of downtown Chicago), October 5-7, 2008. Please visit the IWMF’2008 Web Site for detailed information. The deadline for submitting an Abstract is April 15, 2008.

On the 14th of February 2008, a 4M Technology Maturity Workshop took place at IZM-Munich. The goal of the workshop was to identify key indicators with regard to the phases of development of Technology and Applications. The organising team from the MEC, Cardiff University, would like to thank all the participants for the substantial and interesting inputs provided during the various sessions.

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*4M2008*
The 4th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2008) will be held in Cardiff, UK on 9th - 11th September 2008. The First Call for Papers is available now. Please note that YOU SHOULD SUBMIT YOUR PAPERS BY 10th FEBRUARY 2008 via the submission site.

The third Special Issue on Multi-Material Micromanufacture has now been published in print and online in the JEM (Vol.

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*4M2008*
The 4th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2008) will be held in Cardiff, UK on 9th - 11th September 2008. The First Call for Papers is available now. Please note that the SUBMISSION SITE IS NOW OPEN and can be accessed here.

The MINAM Strategic Research Agenda was published on 21st January 2008. It addresses several key areas: manufacturing of nanomaterials, processing of nanosurfaces, micromanufacturing processes and integrated systems and platforms for micro- and nanomanufacturing. The outlined trends and research and development priorities are illustrated with examples from key industrial sectors in Europe.