The first workshop of the BeMAGIC project entitled “Fundamentals of magnetoelectricity and how it can boost energy efficiency” took place the 9th-10th of September 2020. The Consortium was forced to organize this event online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The workshop was organized by CNR, assisted by the Coordinator team (UAB), and it gathered together the recruited ESRs (Early Stage Researchers) and at least one representative from each Beneficiary and Partner organizations.
The first session of the event was devoted to welcome the participants and present the project to the network members. Afterwards, the representatives of the network organizations delivered short talks to introduce their institutions. In the afternoon, the ESRs introduced themselves, their educational and scientific background and their project. During the management session, the following management aspects were tackled: deliverables and milestones, events, reporting, financial management, secondments, dissemination and outreach. The training for ESRs was scheduled on Thursday 10th of September. Dr. Cheng Song (Tsinghua University, China), Prof. Nicoleta Lupu (NIRDTP, Romania) and Prof. Paulo Freitas (INL, Portugal) delivered scientific lectures and Dr. Alba L’Astorina and Dr. Rita Giuffredi (IREA, CNR, Italy) provided training on RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation).
