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Meet the VERAM Partners

Today we would like to introduce you to three of our eleven VERAM partners. Discover more of what the VERAM project represents for them below. More partners to be presented soon. Cefic is the voice of the chemical industry in Europe representing large, medium and small chemical companies across Europe, which directly provide 1.2 million…

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VERAM’s impact on raw materials innovation in Europe

Patrick Wall VERAM Coordinator Patrick Wall holds a BSc in Chemistry and a MSc in Applied Environmental Science. With experience of working in the European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation and involvement in numerous FP7 and Horizon2020-funded projects over five years with EuroGeoSurveys, he now coordinates the VERAM project for the European Technology…

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New Critical Raw Materials

In 2017, nine critical raw materials were added to the EU’s Critical Raw Materials list. While the 27 materials that have made the list are all “critical”, we have selected and will explore three of the new additions, which stand out as of particular importance to current and future European societal needs. Borates – contributing…

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VERAM Experts’ Workshop

The VERAM project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, aims to provide an umbrella and coordination function for raw materials related to research and innovation activities across Europe. The results of this project will feed into the ongoing preparation of the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, FP9. A key deliverable…

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VERAM Experts’ Workshop: Registration open!

Registration is open for the VERAM Experts’ Workshop, Europe 2050 – Preparing a Research & Innovation Roadmap for Raw Materials, which will be held at Orega – EU District in Brussels on 13 June 2017. Partners of the EU project VERAM – Vision and Roadmap for European Raw Materials will explore opportunities and develop solutions to help shape the landscape…

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VERAM RAW MATERIALS VISION AND ROADMAP 2050

Stakeholder Workshop 19th October 2016: The VERAM project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, aims to provide an umbrella and coordination function for the raw materials related research and innovation activities across Europe, in order to produce a common long term vision and roadmap to 2050 for the most relevant raw materials, including…

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VERAM Research and Innovation Portal

The VERAM Research and Innovation Portal has been launched as one of the key outcomes of the EU Horizon 2020 funded VERAM project establishing a Research and Innovation Vision and Roadmap 2050 for European raw materials. The portal is an open source database enabling to carry out searches and access the data in the field…

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VERAM Raw Materials Vision and Roadmap 2050 Stakeholder Workshop

The first major VERAM stakeholder event will place at the i-SUP2016 conference in Antwerp, Belgium, on 19 October 2016. The workshop will be hosted by VITO. During the workshop, participants will discuss the vision for the raw materials sector across value chains, in the world 2050 context, and launch the road mapping process to realise…

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SusChem Stakeholder 2016: Sustainable Water Solutions

This year’s SusChem stakeholder event takes place on 16 June in Brussels. One of the areas for discussion at the stakeholder event will be Water. In this blog Henk Pool, Cefic Innovation Manager responsible for this SusChem priority area, outlines the field, its many areas of innovation for sustainable chemistry and how you can participate…

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VERAM: A coordination and support action on raw materials

The recently launched VERAM project will deliver a long-term 2050 Vision and Roadmap for European Raw Materials. The European Union (EU) has awarded 1.4 million to the project under its Horizon 2020 programme. Patrick Wall, project coordinator, has been interviewed by Research Professional website, and has given more details on this coordination and support action…

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