Continuation strategy for the SFI
News from 2020
The SFI centre funding period is coming to an end in the beginning of 2023. It is important to start the in-depth discussions on how to ensure that the good results and strong research groups are maintained and prolonged. Our ambition is to develop a new SFI project based on the strong fundament of SFI Metal Production. March 2nd we organized a strategy seminar for the SFI Management team on this topic.
The small number of corona virus cases in Trondheim at the moment allowed for a physical meeting, and this was a great relief after a year of digital meetings only.
Some of the SFI industry partners were invited to give an overall perspective on: What are the main challenges facing the metal production industry in the years to come? And what are the associated knowledge needs? The answers to these questions will be crucial for the outline of a new SFI project.
It is of great importance to consider our relation to other centres and ongoing large-scale activities. A new SFI project must be unique and at the same time bridge gaps where needed. To give input in this discussion we invited Professor Knut Marthinsen who is centre manager at SFI PhysMet, a newly started SFI at Faculty of Natural Sciences at NTNU.
The conclusions and questions raised at the strategy seminar will be brought forward and further discussed at the SFI Spring meeting and Executive Committee meeting in April. We are looking forward to more discussions on SFI continuation strategy!