On 16th of December at University of Latvia Academic Centre of Natural Science

Innovative Materials for the Development of the Baltic Region National Economy conference will take place.
The aim of the conference is to identify cooperation possibilities between Latvian scientists and business representatives and foreign scientists in terms of development and improvement of new materials.

Conference is dedicated to the following subfields of material sciences

Optical materials
Carbon based materials
Composite materials and material radiation resistance

Leading specialists of material sciences
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Germany, Denmark, Russia, Italy, Romania, Sweden and Latvia have been invited as speakers. Furthermore, representatives from Fraunhofer Institute, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Kaunas University of Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, business representatives from the material sciences industry, as well as members of Baltic Innovative Research and Technology Infrastructure (BIRTI) and its supporters will be attending the conference

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Guest Speakers

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Sergey KubatkinProf.

Head of Quantum Device Physics Laboratory, Chalmers University of Technologies, Sweden

Milan ZmitkoPhD

Technical Coordination Officer in Test Blanket Modules and Materials Development Project Team, ITER Department, Fusion for Energy, Barcelona

Indrikis MuiznieksProf.

BIRTI: Member of the Council; Rector of the University of Latvia

Andrejs ErglisProf.

BIRTI: Chairman of the Board; Chairman of the Board of Latvian Regenerative Medicine Association

Andris SternbergsProf.

Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia

Donats ErtsAsoc. Prof.

Director of the Institute of Chemical Physics, University of Latvia

Gunta KizaneDr. Chem.

Head of Laboratory of Radiation Chemistry of the Institute of Chemical Physics, University of Latvia

Ilze Beverte Dr.

Leading researcher at Institute of Polymer Mechanics; University of Latvia

Dr. sc. ing. Dagnija Loca (Leading researcher in Riga Technical University Faculty of Material Science and Applied Chemistry Institute of General Chemical Engineering); Asoc. Prof. Janis Locs (Vice director of the Institute of General Chemical Engineering, Riga Technical University); Artūrs Medvics; Prof. Mart Tamre (Head of Department of Mechatronics on newest projects in material science, Tallinn University of Technology); Dr. Med. Dent. Frank Brückner (Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS) in Germany); Prof. Leonids Ribickis (Rector, Riga Technical University); Prof. Irina Pilvere (Rector of Latvian University of Agricultural); Dr. Chem. Osvalds Pugovics (Director of Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis); Prof. Ivars Kalvins (Head of scientific council of Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis); Prof. Ojars Sparitis (President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences); Inna Steinbuka (Head of Representation, The European Commission Representation in Latvia); Prof. Talis Juhna (BIRTI: Member of the Council; Vice-Rector for Research, Riga Technical University); Dr. Med. Vet. Aivars Berzins (Director of Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment – “BIOR”); Dr. Chem. Osvalds Pugovics (Director of Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis); Prof. Ivars Kalvins (Head of scientific council of Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis)