Monday, 23 February 2009
Time	Topic	Speaker
9.00-9.30	Documentation Hand-out to Participants
9.30-10.30	Official Welcome	Carmen Peláez Martinez Vice-President of Scientific and Technical Research, Spanish Council for Scientific Research CSIC
		Juan José Moreno Navarra General Director Planning and Coordination, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
	Module 1: Materials Process & Product Development Strategy Module Responsible: Prof. Ramón Torrecillas, CSIC (Spain).
10.30-11.15	“Why IP Nanoker?” Release Documentary: IP Nanoker	Prof. Ramón Torrecillas, CINN-CSIC (Spain)
11.15-12.00	Functionality 1: Biocompatibility	Dr. Jenny Fäldt, Nobel Biocare AB (Sweden)
12.00-12.45	Functionality 2: Transparency	Marta de la Fuente, INDRA SA (Spain)
12.45-13.45	Lunch
13.45-14.30	Poster Session
14.30-15.15	Functionality 3: Null CTE + Low Density + High E-Modulus	Laurent Blanchard, ThalesAleniaSpace SA (France)
15.15-16.00	Functionality 4: Ultra Hardness	Prof. José Serafin Moya, ICMM-CSIC (Spain)
16.00-16.45	Functionality 5: Electrical Conductivity	Dr. Miguel Ángel García, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)
16.45-17.15	Coffee break
17.15-18.00	Functionality 6: Creep Resistance	Prof. Javier Belzunce, University of Oviedo (Spain)
18.00-18.45	Functionality 7: Wear Resistance	Dr. Claes Frennfelt, Volvo Technology AB (Sweden)
18.45-19.00	Next Day Programme Overview	Christopher Lillotte, CINN-CSIC (Spain)

Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Time	Topic	Speaker
9.00-10.00	Keynote Speech: Ni Reinforced Alumina Matrix Nanocomposites	Prof. Wayne D. Kaplan Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Israel)
10.00-10.30	Questions & Debate
	Module 3. Processing of Nanocomposites Module Responsible: Dr. Frank Kern, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
10.30-11.15	Introduction to Processing of Ceramics	Prof. Rainer Gadow, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
11.15-12.00	Conditioning and Compounding	Prof. Paul Bowen, EPFL (Switzerland)
12.00-12.45	Slip Casting	Prof. Rodrigo Moreno, ICV-CSIC (Spain)
12.45-13.45	Lunch
13.45-14.30	Poster Session
14.30-15.15	Thermoplastic Forming (CIM/Extrusion)	Dr. Frank Kern, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
15.15-16.00	Rapid Prototyping	Dr. Bruno Verlee, SIRRIS (Belgium)
16.00-16.45	Natural Sintering of Nanocomposite Ceramics	Dr. Guillaume Bernard-Granger, Saint-Gobain CREE (France)
16.45-17.15	Coffee break
17.15-18.00	Pressure Assisted Sintering (HP,HIP, SPS) of Nanocomposites	Prof. Mats Nygren, Stockholm University (Sweden)
18.00-18.45	Surface Functionality and Layered Composites	Prof. Tapio Mäntylä, Tampere University of Technology (Finland)
18.45-19.00	Next Day Programme Overview	Christopher Lillotte, CSIC (Spain)

Thursday, 26 February 2009
Time	Topic	Speaker
9.00-10.00	Keynote Speech: Advanced Processes to Fabricate Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering	Prof. Tony Tomsia Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California (USA)
10.00-10.30	Questions & Debate
	Module 4. Characterization & Behaviour of Nanocomposites Module Responsible: Prof. Gilbert Fantozzi, INSA Lyon (France)
10.30-11.15	Microstructure Characterization of Ceramic Nanocomposites by Electron Microscopy Techniques	Dr. Thierry Epicier, INSA Lyon (France)
11.15-12.00	Electromagnetic Properties of Nanocomposites: Not only Tricks of the Light	Dr. Carlos Pecharromán, ICMM-CSIC (Spain)
12.00-12.45	Thermal Properties: Conductivity	Prof. David Smith, University of Limoges (France)
12.45-13.45	Lunch
13.45-14.30	Poster Session
14.30-15.15	General Overview to Mechanical Behaviour	Prof. Gilbert Fantozzi, INSA Lyon (France)
15.15-16.00	Mechanical Behaviour: Strength and Toughness	Prof. Jerome Chevalier, INSA Lyon (France)
16.00-16.45	Mechanical Behaviour: Slow Crack Behaviour	Prof. Jerome Chevalier, INSA Lyon (France)
16.45-17.15	Coffee break
17.15-18.00	Mechanical Behaviour: Creep Behaviour	Prof. Gilbert Fantozzi, INSA Lyon (France)
18.00-18.45	Ceramics for Medical Applications: a Picture of the Next 20 Years	Prof. Jerome Chevalier, INSA Lyon (France)
18.45-19.00	Next Day Programme Overview	Christopher Lillotte, CINN-CSIC (Spain)