From advanced materials research to innovation and growth : workshop final report

Our society is profoundly influenced by advanced materials and technologies. Materials have helped to raise our standard of living, but new challenges steadily emerge and novel materials and properties are demanded, representing a key element of the commercial success of tomorrow's industrial products and competitiveness of European industry. The workshop brought together venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investment specialists and research policy makers and was intended to provide an insight into technology-driven investment strategies and future market opportunities for advanced materials and to set out various technical and economic scenarios linked to their potential development and use.