© Inès Dupon-Lahitte, EMFL Industrial Liaison Officer and ISABEL project manager.
Members of the European Magnetic Field Laboratory went to various trade fairs and events in 2024 to meet our current and make contacts to future industrial partners. In July, we sponsored the workshop “Cryogenic Operations” (Cryo-Ops) in Grenoble. This three-day event welcomed around 80 participants. We were able to meet many of the cryogenics experts from around the world as well as to present our own expertise in this research area. We further used the opportunity to invite the participants to visit the Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses in Grenoble. October 2024 was a busy month, with EMFL being part in two large trade fairs, one in Trieste, Italy, and one in Paris, France. Every two years, the “Big Science Business Forum” (BSBF) takes place. The third edition in Trieste, from October 1 to 4, welcomed over 1300 participants from 500 organizations. During this event, 245 exhibitors and 14 national pavilions from thirty-two countries presented their science-related expertise in 163 stands. The EMFL had a stand, where the Industrial Liaison Officer and ISABEL project manager, Inès Dupon-Lahitte, and SuperEMFL project manager, Eleonora Sartori, were able to represent the EMFL and answer the questions of interested participants. BSBF 2024 also offered a platform to allow its participants to have business-to-business (B2B) meetings. Thanks to this, it was possible to showcase the EMFL in detail to numerous Big Science actors. Finally, the EMFL was also present at this year’s edition of the Rendez-vous Carnot in Massy, France. This event welcomed 1300 participants and, thanks to the B2B platform, allowed for more than 4000 meetings.
Such fairs and events are always a great opportunity to meet new potential industry partners, but also to consolidate already existing and discuss future collaborations. In March 2025, EMFL will be present at the International Metrology Congress (CIM2025) in Lyon.
