The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) is launching a Keynote Paper Award at its forthcoming Euro PM2013 Congress & Exhibition. The Keynote Paper Award is designed to discover the ‘best of the best’ technical papers from throughout Europe relating to Powder Metallurgy. The selected Technical Papers will be shortlisted from all of the submitted technical abstracts, against strict criteria.
‘It is our aim to continuously maintain and improve the quality of the technical content at Euro PM events, and the introduction of the EPMA Keynote Paper Award is part of this objective’ explained Kate Blackbourne, Congress Manager. She went on to add ‘When the Technical Programme Committee meet in March, they will carefully shortlist a selection of submitted abstracts, of which five will go on to earn the prestigious accolade of Keynote status at Euro PM2013.’
Each Keynote paper will receive a 30 minute slot for their presentation at the beginning of the relevant session and the paper will be published in the industry journal ‘Journal of Powder Metallurgy’, who are sponsoring the award and also providing €250 for each of the five successful Keynote papers selected.
For a paper to be considered for the EPMA Keynote Paper Award, it should report original research or review a topic of interest to the PM community. It must not have been published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The final day for submitting abstracts, via the Euro PM2013 website, is 6 February 2013.
More information on Euro PM2013 and the Keynote Paper Award, including a full set of Terms and Conditions, the Call for Papers and topic lists can be found on the www.epma.com/pm2013 website.