4M September Bulletin

4M NEWS and EVENTS

*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 NOW! Full detailed programme now available.
For useful information about the conference, the city of Cardiff, travel and accommodation visit the conference website.

*4M HotSpot at MINAT!*
Pieter Bolt of TNO will lead one of the "HotSpots" at MiNaT on behalf of 4M and the MINAM Expert Group on Microcomponents. Entitled "Integration in Micro Manufacturing" it features in the HotSpot programme on 9th October 2008 and takes place between 1400 and 1630hrs in room C4.2. For full programme and speakers see the event 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. The MiNaT 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. COME AND VISIT US AT STAND A7. 4M will also host two workshops at this event, both in the "Jaguar Room" of the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK. On 21st October 2008 the Sensors & Actuators and Ceramics Divisions will host a workshop on manufacturing microwave components based upon their cross-divisional project 4MMW. On 22nd October 2008 the Polymer Division is holding one of its series of sandpits, this one is on "Concurrent micro/nano process and materials design”.

*4M Workshop on Microdosing*
Hosted annually by the 4M Microfluidics Division, this year the theme is "Micropumps - Research, Industrialisation, Applications - a one day view into dynamic innovations". For full details visit the event page.

*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.

OTHER NEWS and EVENTS

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* MSc Advanced Materials
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

*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 . Including 4M HotSpot on 9th October 2008. See above.

*21st - 22nd October 2008 *
The Micro Manufacturing Event, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK. MM Live!. Includes 4M workshops on both 21st & 22nd October 2008. See above.