Save the Date – AM Motion Summer School registrations opens March 2018

The AM Motion* European H2020 Project is proud to announce the NEW AM Motion Summer School The AM Summer School is to be held from the 4-7^th September at PRODINTEC, Gijon, Asturias, Spain. This new and exciting AM Motion Summer School focuses on main AM concepts, existing materials and processes as well as design and manufacturing paradigms, market relevance and specific best practice examples. The AM Motion Summer School will allow students to gain a thorough insight into the world of Additive Manufacturing, whilst spreading knowledge and giving rise to several vocations.

Registrations will be online and are set to open in March 2018.

There will be 20 funded spots of max. €300 – this will be on a first come first served basis. Terms &conditions apply**. Please check them below. Further students can apply to attend without any restriction but space is limited and further funding will not be given, we recommend to register as early as possible.

For more information on the AM Motion Project please visit: http://www.am-motion.eu

Please feel free to contact Miss Scarlett Williams, Event coordinator at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any further queries.

* This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme (H2020) under grant agreement nº 723560

**Terms and conditions

• Only one applicant per company/ organisation/ educational body are eligible for the funded application.

• Applicants will be diversely chosen on a first come basis based on gender/country/age (below 30 years old) and organisation.

• Applicants receiving funding must attend the full AM Motion Summer School and provide travel expenses receipts

• If the applicant is not in attendance for the start of the AM Motion Summer School without notification to Miss Scarlett Williams, their funding may be removed and given to another student on the waiting list

The call, with a deadline of 28 February 2018 is now published!

 Sector Skills Alliances aim at tackling skills gaps with regard to one or more occupational profiles in a specific sector. The following activities are supported:

 -Lot 1 - Sector Skills Alliances for skills needs identification

 -Lot 2 - Sector Skills Alliances for design and delivery of vocational education & training

-Lot 3 - Sector Skills Alliances for implementing a new strategic approach (“Blueprint”) to sectoral cooperation on skills

 • More info about the Erasmus+ Calls for proposals

 https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/news/2018-erasmus-call-guide-published_en

 •More information about the Sector Skills Alliances on Additive Manufacturing and Steel on page 147 of the Guide 
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/sites/erasmusplus2/files/files/resources/erasmus-plus-programme-guide_en.pdf

DG RTD, the Directorate for Industrial Technologies, cooperates with DG GROW to organise the 2nd European Industry Day on 22 and 23 February 2018 in Brussels.

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/content/second-european-industry-day_en

 There, there is the possibility to organise:

·        Stakeholders Workshops<https://ec.europa.eu/growth/content/organise-stakeholder-workshop-part-eu-industry-day_en> in Brussels on 22 February – deadline to apply for the call for expressions of interest is 10 December 2017

·        Local events<https://ec.europa.eu/growth/content/organise-local-event-part-eu-industry-week_en> across Europe during that whole week – deadline to apply is 8 January 2018

Information on the first European Industry Day, including the Summary of the discussions and videos can be found here<https://ec.europa.eu/growth/content/european-industry-day-0_fr>.

The Publication "Industry in Europe" which was released on the occasion the 1st EU Industry Day, is now available in almost all EU languages<https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/354c1e8b-1db0-11e7-aeb3-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-search>.