Pharmaceuticals Sector - Solvay

Meeting
The Science Days
organized at Neder-over-Heembeek
(Belgium) gave more than
140 advanced materials and
nanotechnology specialists
an opportunity to meet, express
opinions and exchange know-how.
The research program is
concentrated on three particular
nutritional areas: intestinal health,
mineral balance and weight
management.
An alliance with a world-scale food
group is being examined in order to
speed up deployment.
Solvay Science Days
A fi rst internal Solvay conference
on nanotechnologies and advanced
materials was organized at
Neder-over-Heembeek (Belgium) in
October 2005. More than
140 researchers, technicians and
engineers from the three Sectors
and from across the world were
“ NBD teams are focusing their
efforts on advanced materials.”
drawn together by the conference
theme, “On the frontiers of matter”
to meet, express opinions and
exchange know-how. To set the
tone and spark off debate, university
researchers and well-known
New Business Development
industrialists presented their work.
Following the conference, concrete
proposals were submitted to the
Executive Committee, which has
selected several lines of investigation
to prepare the Group for future
trends in materials sciences, and
in nanotechnologies and
advanced materials in particular.
With its many opportunities for
interactivity and discovery, this
event contributed actively to the
Group’s innovation drive.
New Business
Development
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Solvay Global Annual Report 2005