I would like to thank my co-chairs, Kilian Gericke (University of Luxembourg)
and Jan Bollen (ArcelorMittal), for their support in shaping the programme of the
conference and the members of the organizing committee, whose tireless work has
made LCM 2017 happen: Mélanie Guiton, Marylène Martin, Céline Goncalves,
Tomás Navarrete Gutierrez and Lugdivine Unfer. The Event and Communication
departments of LIST and Uni.lu are also gratefully acknowledged for their support
in the communication and dissemination actions.
A large conference such as LCM 2017 would never have been possible without
the financial help of external institutions. I am very grateful to the Luxembourg
National Research Fund (FNR), the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy and the
European Investment Bank for their invaluable support. I would also like to
acknowledge the extraordinary level of financial funding from private companies:
Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, PRé Consultants B.V., Thinkstep AG and
Kronospan Luxembourg S.A. (Platinum Sponsors); BASF SE, Ipoint Systems
GmbH and Quantis International (Gold Sponsors); Delphi Automotive Systems
Luxembourg, Plastics Europe, Nestlé S.A., Steelcase Werndl AG and Tarkett GDL
S.A. (Silver Sponsors). The sponsors contributed to shape an attractive programme
of keynote lectures and discussion panels in a fair and constructive atmosphere, to
add valuable content to the conference programme.
We acknowledge the partnership with the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
for the b2fair matchmaking event, a new feature introduced to the LCM conference
series to facilitate networking among participants.
Finally, I would like to thank all the abstract and session contributors, chairs and
reviewers, exhibitors and delegates. It is your commitment and interest that made it
all happen.
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Enrico Benetto
Chair LCM 2017
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and Jan Bollen (ArcelorMittal), for their support in shaping the programme of the
conference and the members of the organizing committee, whose tireless work has
made LCM 2017 happen: Mélanie Guiton, Marylène Martin, Céline Goncalves,
Tomás Navarrete Gutierrez and Lugdivine Unfer. The Event and Communication
departments of LIST and Uni.lu are also gratefully acknowledged for their support
in the communication and dissemination actions.
A large conference such as LCM 2017 would never have been possible without
the financial help of external institutions. I am very grateful to the Luxembourg
National Research Fund (FNR), the Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy and the
European Investment Bank for their invaluable support. I would also like to
acknowledge the extraordinary level of financial funding from private companies:
Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, PRé Consultants B.V., Thinkstep AG and
Kronospan Luxembourg S.A. (Platinum Sponsors); BASF SE, Ipoint Systems
GmbH and Quantis International (Gold Sponsors); Delphi Automotive Systems
Luxembourg, Plastics Europe, Nestlé S.A., Steelcase Werndl AG and Tarkett GDL
S.A. (Silver Sponsors). The sponsors contributed to shape an attractive programme
of keynote lectures and discussion panels in a fair and constructive atmosphere, to
add valuable content to the conference programme.
We acknowledge the partnership with the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce
for the b2fair matchmaking event, a new feature introduced to the LCM conference
series to facilitate networking among participants.
Finally, I would like to thank all the abstract and session contributors, chairs and
reviewers, exhibitors and delegates. It is your commitment and interest that made it
all happen.
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Enrico Benetto
Chair LCM 2017
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