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he IV edition of TST, Trends in Surface Technology, the symposium on advanced research in the field of surface finishing and coating was held on Thursday, May 18, 2017 at the premises of the Politecnico di Milano (Fig. 1). The several speeches have focused on the sector at the international level and on the assessment of the state of the art of research applied to the surface treatment industry; the interesting scientific programme saw the prestigious contribution of prominent personalities of university and industry. This free conference was organised by Poliefun, the association that since 2000 has been working for an effective relationship between university and companies’ R&D departments through training events and the dissemination
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POLIEFUN-TST 2017: the World of Surfaces at the Politecnico di Milano
of business culture (Fig. 2). The firms that have joined TST’17 were called to active participation and involved in a lively debate with the academic world through direct, effective and constructive contributions (Fig. 3). A few scientific papers were also presented, which were really appreciated by the audience (Fig. 4). The speech reports and the papers have been collected in a volume for sale at the Poliefun secretariat. For further information: segreteria@poliefun.org
Figure 2: The audience during the conference.
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