4M July Bulletin

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*4M Network Extension*
We are pleased to announce that our Project Officer has agreed that the 4M NoE can apply for a 9 month extension to the contract, enabling us to continue working together through until 30th June 2009. The process to amend the contract has begun.

*4M2008 - Have you registered yet?*
4M2008, the 4th annual conference of the 4M Network of Excellence will be held on 9th – 11th September 2008 at the Julian Hodge, Cardiff, UK. To secure your place please register here by 13th August 2008. Full detailed programme now available.
For useful information about the conference, the city of Cardiff, travel and accommodation visit the conference website.

*4M2007*
The proceedings from our last conference has recently received a favourable book review in the IMechE Part B journal.

*Sensors & Actuators Division*
TU Vienna hosted a successful follow-up workshop on "cell handling and actuation" on June 19-20, 2008. Read about it here.

*The 4M Association*
To continue and sustain the relationships created during the lifetime of the Network we are going to form a 4M Association, which will be an Association open for membership to all from 1st October 2008. To learn more visit the 4M Association page.

*MINAM Session & Stand at MINAT*
The MINAM sub-ETP will have a Stand & Session at the MINAT trade fair in Stuttgart. The MINAM session will be on the opening day of the trade fair, Wednesday 7th of October 2008, and the opening session will be chaired by 4M. The stand will be there for the full duration of the fair and will exhibit the work of the MINAM stakeholders such as 4M and IPMMAN. We would like to invite all partners to participate in this event in Stuttgart. It is proposed to hold a 4M "sandpit" on integration in micro-manufacturing, in conjunction with the MINAM microcomponents EG. The webpage is here.

*MM Live 2008*
The 4M Network & Association will represent MINAM at this new show and exhibition on 21st and 22nd October 2008. Once again we plan to hold a "sandpit" to take advantage of the opportunity to discuss micro matters with the gathered industrialists.

OTHER NEWS and EVENTS

*Fully Funded PhD Studentships in Singapore*
Singapore is particularly keen to attract PhD students from Central and Eastern Europe and is offering fully funded studentships with an annual stipend of approx. €15,000 per year as well as a grant for airfares and settling in. As you may know, Singapore has a world class research infrastructure with no shortage of facilities. More information can be found here.

*Advance Your Career at Cranfield University*
Wholly postgraduate, Cranfield offers a unique learning environment and an established portfolio of professionally accredited MSc programmes, short courses, and funded research opportunities. Courses include:

* MSc Advanced Materials
* MSc Microsystems and Nanotechnology

For further details please call: +44 (0) 1234 754086 or email Cranfield.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

*10th - 11th July 2008*
International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics (IS-FOE)

*23rd - 25th July 2008*
CIRP ICME '08 conference in Naples. Details on the event page.

*9th - 11th September 2008 *
The 4th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2008) will be held in Cardiff, UK.

*23rd - 26th September 2008*
MICRONORA, Besancon, France

*25th - 27th September 2008*
Micro Optics Conference MOC 08, Brussels, Belgium.

*5th - 7th October 2008 *
6th International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF'08).

*7th - 11th October 2008*
MINAT 2008, Messe Stuttgart .

*21st - 22nd October 2008 *
The Micro Manufacturing Event, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK. MM Live!.