The International Seminar on Deep Technology in Nanomaterials and Material Chain Pollution (NanoPol2023) was held on June 15-16, 2023 at the Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka.
The seminar brought together a great number of experts from recognized world universities, as well as industrial partners with whom the organizer of the seminar, the Chemistry Department, has long-standing cooperation.
As part of the Nanopol2023 seminar, the project DeepGreenInno: Deep Tech in Material Sciences: Greening the Balkan HEIs Innovation and Entrepreneurial Potential was presented. During the seminar, the attendees had the opportunity to hear about up-to-date topics in the field of new materials, waste valorization, achievements in the technology of surface protection of materials, as well as about issues of sustainability of the European chain of primary raw materials.
The seminar was opened by Assistant Minister for Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society, Prof. Dr. Zoran Vujković, and the participants were addressed by the Vice-rector for Material and Human Resources of the University of Banja Luka, Prof. Dr. Dalibor Kesić and Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Prof. Dr. Goran Trbić.
The opening lecture at the seminar was held by Prof. Dr. Suzana Gotovac Atlagić, who as the coordinator presented the activities of DeepGreenInno and other projects realized at Chemistry Department. Professor Jin Miyawaki from Kyushu University in Japan held a plenary lecture on the latest achievements in the field of carbon nanomaterials, as well as on the possibilities of using activated carbon in so-called Deep Tech research.
It should be mentioned that Professor Miyawaki’s visit was made possible by the Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education and Information Society, through the program of co-financing the visit of foreign scientists, as well as the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the SeconChan project activities.
Furthermore, Professor Vladimiro Dal Santo from the National Research Council of Italy, presented on the subject of the application of catalytic materials in biorefining, and Professor Maria Nikolova from University of Ruse in Bulgaria, on the subject of the application of modern technologies in protective coatings.
During two days at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, COST association, the oldest European framework for networking, was promoted, as well as the WBC-RRI.NET and RIS BRIEFCASE projects with promotional info-stands. The coordinator of the RIS BRIEFCASE project, Dr. Lidia Gullon from the Gómez Pardo Foundation in Seville, also delivered a presentation and drew attention to the worrying data on the lack of a self-sustaining chain of mineral resources in Europe.
The second day of the seminar was dedicated to the visit of the Belgrand company from Teslić, the only European factory of LED displays formatted according to the customer’s wishes. Activities continued at the International University in Sarajevo, which is one of the partners in the DeepGreenInno project consortium, where education was held for younger teachers and students.
Links:
https://eit-hei.eu/projects/deepgreeninno/
https://www.vladars.net/sr-SP-Cyrl/Vlada/Ministarstva/mnk/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.mcp.gov.ba/
https://www.cost.eu/
https://wbc-rri.net/
http://briefcase.eitrawmaterials.eu