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20 March 2025

YEFC VIPCOAT consortium - Open Innovation Platforms for science webinar

online

The YEFC and the VIPCOAT (Virtual Open Innovation Platform for Active Protective Coatings Guided by Modelling and Optimization) consortium invite you to a webinar on open innovation platforms for science. 
Marko Horvat (Wikki Ltd., UK), Lisa Sahlmann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, DE), Katja Schladitz (Fraunhofer Institute, DE), Nourhan Abdelrahman (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE), and Mats Meeusen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE) will share their experience in how to create an open innovation platform, and explain why it is important for contemporary scientific-societal collaborations.
Some of the following topics will be covered:
  1. What is an open-innovation platform (OIP)? (Marko Horvat)
  2. Case study of VIPCOAT OIP pipeline
    Corrosion inhibitor selection and efficiency prediction (Lisa Sahlmann)
    Inhibitor leaching performance from a coating matrix (Katja Schladitz, Fraunhofer)
    Inhibitor performance in a coating defect (Nourhan Abdelrahman, VUB)
    Inhibitor performance under accelerated corrosion conditions (Mats Meeusen, VUB)
    Design of an AI based workflow for coating performance prediction (Lisa Sahlmann, Hereon)
  3. Open discussion
It is free of charge.
Registration will open soon.
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24 April 2025

Corrosion Awareness Day 2025

online

The World Corrosion Organization (WCO) has designated the 24th of April as “Corrosion Awareness Day”.

The YEFC encourages you to join our sixth edition and organize outreach activities, such as photo competition, lectures, workshops, visits … to spread awareness of corrosion in our societies and industries

The YEFC also supports the WCO, AMPP and EFC in a campaign of social media posts “corrosion around the clock” to raise corrosion awareness. 

Follow it on social media: #CorrosionAroundTheClock #WCAD 

So mark April 24th in your calendar, organize or simply join an activity, and let's work together towards raising awareness about corrosion!

9 - 13 June 2025

CREATE CORRECT and YEFC Corrosion Summer School

online

The YEFC and CREATE CORRECT are happy to invite you to their Corrosion Summer School.

It will be hold in person in Canada and online for the rest of the world, with common online activities during Canadian mornings and European afternoons.

We will discuss the issues related to ethics and politics in corrosion science and engineering:

- corrosion issues and management related to nuclear power plants

- corrosion issues and monitoring in the oil and gas industry

- corrosion considerations to advance preservation of cultural heritage

- implications and perpectives of the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the corrosion field

 

Preregistration, YFC

4 - 6 September 2025

EFC summer school

Stavanger, Norway