Leiden, The Netherlands

The Centre for Materials and Resilience (CMR) has been officially launched as an inter-university think tank where scientists and other interested parties collaborate on topics related to critical raw materials and resilience. The inaugural Symposium on Materials and Resilience brought together a large part of the Dutch academic CRM community, featuring presentations on the latest work across a wide range of CRM-related research and many valuable conversations.

More updates from CMR will follow. Another symposium is planned in around six months. Interested participants are encouraged to get in touch.

Many thanks to René Kleijn and his team for hosting, and to Franz Bormann, David Peck, Mike Buxton, Sybren Bosch, and Sybren Bosch, and Rossi Kevin for helping make CMR a reality.