9. 2. 2023

Opening meeting of the NCC Supervisory Committee

On 9–10 February 2023, the first meeting of the representatives of all 24 members of the newly established National Competence Centre – Polymer Materials and Technologies for the 21st Century No. TN02000051, coordinated by T. Bata University in Zlín, took place in Milovy, the Vysočina Region. The first meeting of the Supervisory Committee of the Centre was held as planned and its chairman was elected: doc. Ing. et Ing. Ivo Kuřitka, Ph.D., Ph.D. of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Technology, TBU in Zlín. The Supervisory Committee also voted on the first changes in the membership of the consortium.

Prof. Vladimír Sedlařík, Ph.D., the chief manager of the Centre, informed the members of the Committee about the Centre’s strategy, its activities and the further procedure for managing sub-projects and announcing new calls. He also presented the focus of the NCC’s seven sub-projects that were approved by the Centre’s Board in December and the eight new ones approved in January this year. Kick-off meetings of the individual sub-project teams, networking and other meetings of the members and the Supervisory Committee of the Centre were also planned during the two days.

The Centre of Polymer Systems of TBU is the coordinator of the National Competence Centre – Polymer Materials and Technologies for the 21st Century and is the only one in the country dedicated to the issue of polymers and their impact on the environment. The Centre’s strategy is based on the ideas of circular economy, recycling and early application of new technologies in practice.  There are 24 project participants involving universities, industry partners and non-profit organisations active in the area of polymer materials, environmental impact and public outreach.