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GA no: 637045 ADALAM – Sensor based adaptive laser micromachining using ultrashort pulse lasers for zero-failure manufacturing

01/01/2017 Deliverable D8.4 – Second Year Dissemination Plan

D8.4

Second Year Dissemination Plan

Document Coordinator: David Vidal (CARSA)

Contributors: UNI, LIG, IPT, SIL, DEM DAT, XYC, SAN, LUM, FOC

Dissemination: Public

Keywords: Dissemination, Exploitation, Conferences, Fairs, Clusters

Date: 20.12.2016

Ref. Ares(2017)1448 - 02/01/2017



Dissemination: PUBLIC 2/26

VERSION HISTORY

VERSION DATE NOTES AND COMMENTS

0.1 15/06/2015 DOCUMENT TEMPLATE CREATION

0.2 30/06/2015 FIRST DRAFT

0.3 10/07/2015 SECOND DRAFT

0.4 15/07/2015 FINAL REVISION OF INITIAL DISSEMINATION PLAN

0.5 11/12/2015 UPDATED DRAFT WITH PARTENRS’ INPUT

0.6 15/12/2015 FINAL REVISION OF THE FIRST YEAR DISSEMINATION PLAN

0.7 15/12/2016 UPDATED DRAFTWITH PARTNERS’ INPUT

FINAL 20/12/2016 FINAL REVISION OF THE SECOND YEAR DISSEMINATION PLAN




Table of content

1 ADALAM DISSEMINATION PLAN STRATEGY 5

1.1 CONSORTIUM RESPONSIBILITIES 6 1.2 DISSEMINATION PURPOSE 6 1.3 TARGET AUDIENCE 6

Industrial Users 7 Scientific community 7

1.4 KEY MESSAGES 8 Accurate depth control 8 Initialization measurements 9 Integrated quality control 9 Machine and sensor evaluation 9

1.5 METHODS & TOOLS 9 1.6 DISSEMINATION SCHEDULE 10

2 RELEVANT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS 11

2.1 PROJECT WEBSITE 11 2.2 SOCIAL MEDIA 13

Twitter Account 13 LinkedIn Group 14

2.3 DISSEMINATION MATERIAL 15 Press Release 15 Leaflet and Poster 15 Roll ups 16

2.4 PUBLICATIONS 17 2.5 PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS 18 2.6 ADALAM-ORGANISED EVENTS 21

3 DISSEMINATION STRATEGY MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 21

4 POTENTIAL LIAISONS WITH OTHER EU-PROJECTS AND/OR COMMUNITIES 22

5 CONCLUSIONS 26




Index of Tables

Table 1: Consortium responsibilities in dissemination and exploitation effort 6 Table 2: WP8 Deliverables Schedule 10 Table 3: Dissemination Effort Progress 10 Table 4: List of attended events 19 Table 5: List of upcoming events 20 Table 6: ADALAM Key Performance Indicators 22

Index of Figures

Figure 1: Dissemination strategy components 5 Figure 2: Methodology steps 9 Figure 3: ADALAM Logo 11 Figure 4: Snapshot of ADALAM Website 11 Figure 5: Website analytics 12 Figure 6: Snapshots of ADALAM Twitter Account 13 Figure 7: Twitter Analytics 14 Figure 8: Snapshots of ADALAM LinkedIn Group 14 Figure 9: ADALAM Leaflet and Poster 15 Figure 10: General actions scheme 24 Figure 11: Clustering based activities 25 Figure 12: Dissemination and Communication activities 26




1 ADALAM DISSEMINATION PLAN STRATEGY

According to the European Commission, dissemination refers to the process of making the results and

deliverables of a project available to the stakeholders and to the wider audience. Dissemination is

essential for take-up, and take-up is crucial for the success of the project and for the sustainability of

outputs in the long term1.

This document presents the second year dissemination plan, based on the initial and first year

dissemination plans presented. The initial document was originally drafted after the first 6 months

from the launch of the project and is regularly updated throughout the project, building upon the

project progress and results achieved at that moment.

The plans were elaborated with the aim of ensuring the broadest impact of ADALAM on the various

stakeholders’ communities, rising awareness and stimulating the interest around the project, with

particular focus on the technical communities. They explain what has already been achieved, which

activities are ongoing and what is planned for the upcoming months.

The proposed strategy outlines specific guidelines for the dissemination activities and consists of the

following 5 core components:

Figure 1: Dissemination strategy components

In this dissemination plan, we describe and organise the activities in order to promote the widest

dissemination of knowledge from the project among all potential stakeholders - in line with the

ADALAM dissemination strategy.

In addition to the dissemination activities described in details in this document, we also intend to

maximize the project impact in the market and enhance the commercial exploitation potential of the

project results in the near future, by drawing a collective Business Plan. This will be elaborated based

on the results of the validated business model information collected and will provide a crucial

contribution in assessing the sustainability and exploiting ADALAM outcomes. The first version of the

business model was presented during the second year and will be further developed in the upcoming

months.

1 http://ec.europa.eu/chafea/management/Fact_sheet_2010_06.html

Purpose Key Messages Schedule

Methods & Tools

Target Audience




1.1 Consortium responsibilities

Although CARSA is the leader of the dissemination and exploitation strategy of ADALAM, all members

of the consortium contribute to the dissemination activities and they are “ambassadors” for the

project, helping amplify and multiply the message.

Table 1: Consortium responsibilities in dissemination and exploitation effort

Partner UNI LIG IPT SIL DEM DAT XYC SAN CAR LUM FOC Total

Planned

efforts 5 4 1 1 1 5 2 2 15 2 2 40

In order to ensure the widest possible dissemination, all consortium members will commit themselves

to:

identifying dissemination opportunities (e.g. events, conferences, etc.);

participating and/or giving presentations in relevant fairs and conferences;

publishing relevant papers and/or articles;

making use of social media;

networking and similar activities.

The most relevant events identified by the consortium are presented in section 2.4 of this document.

1.2 Dissemination purpose

While some details of the dissemination strategy proposed during the proposal preparation are

redefined when progressing through research, the dissemination goals and objectives have been clear

from the very beginning of the project.

The main goal of ADALAM dissemination effort is to deliver convincing evidence and enhance visibility

of the benefits and applications of the use of adaptive ultra-short pulsed laser based manufacturing

systems in the technical communities.

Throughout the implementation of ADALAM dissemination strategy we expect to multiply the impact

of the project results and the exploitation potential of its final products.

1.3 Target Audience

The target audience of the ADALAM project can roughly be divided into two groups. The first group is

interested in the technical developments and results, and the second group consists of the general

public and policy makers that want to know why and how public funded research is useful.

The first group can be divided in potential future industrial users of the technology and the scientific

community that is interested in the research conducted in ADALAM. These groups will be discussed in

more detail below.




Industrial Users

The most important target audience is the group of potential industrial users (and buyers) of the

developed technology. This group should already be informed about the project in an early stage,

although the results will not be commercially available on short term. This however gives the time to

identify and communicate about potential applications, which will help to better understand market

needs and technical requirements.

To identify this audience of potentially interested industrial customers, we first have defined the

exploitable results in more detail.

Within ADALAM several different exploitable results can be identified, which each address a specific

target audience. The most obvious result will be the adaptive ultrashort pulse laser micromachining

system, in which all developments of the ADALAM project are integrated. Results that contribute to

this system but that can also be exploited individually are the following:

low coherence interferometry solution developed by IPT, Demcon and Focal;

scanning lens developed by Sill;

ultrashort pulse laser developed by LUM;

calibration method developed by Unimetrik

adaptive laser processes developed by Lightmotif;

advanced pointcloud analysis developed by DATAPIXEL.

In this version of the dissemination plan we focus on the technical developments related to the

different modules enabling the adaptive laser based micromachining. The dissemination activities will

focus on communicating the project idea, goals of the project and how the components are

contributing to reach them. In the final stage, we will focus of the integrated solution and which are

the benefits based on the real experiences developed in the project.

The demand for adaptive laser micromachining can be identified in various markets such as (mobile)

consumer electronics, medical devices, automotive, semiconductor, and high-tech equipment. In

principle any company using micro-manufacturing could potentially be facing problems that can

benefit from adaptive laser processes.

The ADALAM project will therefore target a broad industrial community, by presenting the idea of

adaptive laser micromachining and highlighting the applications that are to be developed within the

project. The project targets a technical audience, such as production and product engineers. They are

aware of their production problems or future needs, and they can easily understand how adaptive

laser micromachining could help. Getting in touch with these specialists and learning about their needs

is helping us to understand technical requirements and also to identify key markets.

ADALAM addresses two key laser based process such as texturing and material removal, the real

demos to be generated during the project will be representative for other materials and cases, like

surface texturing for aesthetic applications and properties modification like optical reflection and/or

pattern based material removal.

Scientific community

In ADALAM, research and development will be conducted for:

the design of the improved inline topography measurement system;

the development of adaptive laser processes and;




the development of calibration methods.

Scientific communities that has been targeted are the ones that were linked to sensors and metrology,

and to laser micro processing. The consortium is continually identifying the most relevant events to

reach the scientific community, raise awareness and visibility of the project. In 2016, ADALAM has

been presented during several conferences, exhibitions, and fairs in Europe, and overseas. For

example, the partners attended Laser in electronics production & fine mechanics (LEF), which is

bringing together members of research facilities, manufacturers, and users in Germany, Laser Science

to Photonic Applications (CLEO 2016), international forum for scientific and technical optics gathering

all aspects of laser technology, AKL International Laser Technology Congress, the congress about laser

technology for users, manufacturers and developers, Metromeet 2016, the international conference

on industrial dimensional metrology in Spain, etc.. Furthermore, the partners represented ADALAM

during the Photonics West Exhibition in San Francisco and Laser World of Photonics China, leading

exhibition in Asia. In the academic field, ADALAM was presented during the XXX. measuring technology

symposium of the working group of university lecturers for measurement technology at the Leibniz

University in Hannover and at the University of Twente. The full list of attended events can be found

in the 2.5 section. To reach the scientific communities, several articles have been published. The

partners are identifying more opportunities for publications in journals.

1.4 Key Messages

To trigger interest from potential future industrial users the most important capabilities of the adaptive

laser micromachining system should be communicated in such way, that users can understand if the

ADALAM technology could help to solve their problems in micro-fabrication, or can help to improve

their future products. We group the capabilities of the system into four categories:

laser micromilling with accurate depth control,

initial measurements for workpiece positioning or defects detection,

integrated quality control,

definition of machine and sensor evaluation for process reliability.

The results of this project will make it possible to develop applications that need (one of) the above-

mentioned capabilities. To this end, we have to communicate that for a new application, a new process

has to be developed using the technology developed in ADALAM as a basis.

The key messages that we can now use for each of the capabilities are listed below.

Accurate depth control

By performing measurements during laser pocket milling, any process or material deviation can be

compensated for, which is especially beneficial for machining deep pockets with tight depth

tolerances.




Initialization measurements

Before machining, the surface topography or position of a workpiece can be accurately determined.

This can be used for accurate 3D calibration of the workpiece position, or for detection of deviations

that can be compensated for during the machining process.

Integrated quality control

Topography data acquisition and advanced geometry measurements can be performed after laser

machining to validate the machined product geometry.

Machine and sensor evaluation

The project is defining the methodology to characterize the status of both the sensor and the machine

to ensure that the data acquisition and machine poisoning tasks do not introduce any error during the

laser machining process.

1.5 Methods & Tools

A successful dissemination strategy relies upon the selection of dissemination methods and

sophisticated tools which are better suited to achieving the project purpose, promoting the project

messages and outcomes, raising awareness among the target audience and facilitating the

engagement of other potential stakeholders.

Overall, our methodology builds on the following steps, carefully covered along this document.

1. Clear definition of dissemination goals, messages and identification of target audience

identifying these elements is crucial for the success of the dissemination strategy.

2. Selection of relevant communication channels, dissemination tools and activities

Once defined the purpose, messages and target groups, the way in which these messages will

be delivered determine the variety of tools and activities which better contribute to achieving

the goals.

3. Continuous monitoring and evaluation of the overall dissemination effort

The appropriate methodology and measurable criteria to rate the success of the dissemination

should be accurately selected and dissemination gaps analysed and addressed.

Figure 2: Methodology steps




Based on the outlined approach, our consortium has carefully identified a set of tools which ensure

the highest level of reach and impact of dissemination activities. These tools will be described in details

in the next chapter (Relevant Communication Channels).

1.6 Dissemination Schedule

Developing a sound dissemination plan is a key part of the project planning process and needs to be

planned well in advance in order to maximize its benefits. In particular, a successful and effective

dissemination plan must incorporate a schedule that considers the specific project timeframe and the

various actions and deliverables foreseen.

The following structured and logical schedule was defined during the preparation phase and then

discussed at the kick-off meeting.

Table 2: WP8 Deliverables Schedule

Deliverable

Number Description

Delivery

Date

D8.1 Initial dissemination plan M6

D8.2 1st year dissemination plan M12

D8.3 First version of the business model M18

D8.4 2nd year dissemination plan M24

D8.5 Final version of the business model M36

D8.6 Dissemination plan M36

The table below provides an overview summarizing how the single dissemination activities described

in this Dissemination Plan are advancing.

Table 3: Dissemination Effort Progress




Creation of a project website

Use of social media

Publication of press release

Publication of project leaflet and poster, made available on the website

Participation in fairs, conferences and events

Development of a Business Plan

completed; ongoing; to be done.

2 RELEVANT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

As previously introduced in this document, our consortium has identified a set of key communication

tools considering in particular their relevance and dissemination potential.

We propose to exploit the following channels:

Online communication channels (i.e. ADALAM website, social media)

Written communication channels (i.e. press release, leaflet, poster, newsletter, roll up)

Face-to-face communication channels (i.e. presentations, conferences, seminars, events, etc.)

A central element of ADALAM’s identity is its logo. Together with the logo of the European Commission

- that clearly states the project is funded under H2020 - the project logo is used in all promotional

material, including both online channels and printed materials made available for the public or

presented to the European Commission.

Figure 3: ADALAM Logo

2.1 Project Website

In line with the logo design, ADALAM’s website (http://adalam.eu) was created and launched during

the early stage of the project and represents the main interface and link with the general public,

providing the most updated information on the project.

Figure 4: Snapshot of ADALAM Website

http://adalam.eu/




The project website is one of the main vehicles for public dissemination and its layout needs to be

simple and user friendly, ensuring easy access to the key project messages and results. Statistical

report on the website show the medium traffic, a high number of returning visitors, however also

attracting new visitors. The figure below illustrates the analytical information from the website for the

period from 1st June 2015 to 8th December 2016.

Figure 5: Website analytics

Based on this principle, ADALAM’s website is structured as follows:

Home: the homepage briefly introduces the main sections of the website.

The Project: this section provides a brief introduction

Objectives: in this part the key objectives of the project are clearly defined




Consortium: this area presents all project partners, providing a short description of each of

them.

News: the news feed shows updates on the latest news and forthcoming events related to

ADALAM project.

Contact: it provides contact details and allows users to get in touch with the project team by

filling in the contact form

2.2 Social Media

In addition to the traditional web approach, ADALAM’s visibility relies on its social media presence. In

this sense, the presence of the project on one of the major social platforms (Twitter) allows a two-way

communication with the active web community.

Twitter Account

Our consortium strongly believes in the potential of the ADALAM’s Twitter account. In particular,

through the Twitter profile, ADALAM team can easily and regularly:

- Stay connected with partners, key stakeholders and communities;

- Answer questions and doubts on the project results and its applications;

- Communicate relevant news and announcements;

- Inform about upcoming events.

Since its launch, the Twitter account (http://twitter.com/adalam_eu) has being used as a primary tool

for disseminating project-related information and in view of extending our network, it is indicated in

all the printed material produced. Twitter account informs about the attended events, latest

publications and related news. Figures below illustrate the analytics from the ADALAM Twitter

Account, more specifically the performance of Tweets with related impressions for two 91days periods

(April-June 2016; September-November 2016). Information about the number of posts, tweets and

retweets are presented in the Dissemination Strategy Monitoring and Assessment, Table 6: ADALAM

Key Performance Indicators.

Figure 6: Snapshots of ADALAM Twitter Account

http://twitter.com/adalam_eu




LinkedIn Group

ADALAM aims to generate a community around laser technology where private and public sector

entities may discuss about new technical developments or related European initiatives. A private

LinkedIn Group was created to host this forum. This activity also commented to other projects such as

LASHARE, ISLA and APPOLO in order to create a single discussion point.

Figure 8: Snapshots of ADALAM LinkedIn Group

Figure 7: Twitter Analytics




So far the Group counts 33 members and the main open discussions are related to relevant fairs and

benefits of clustering. We expect to continue publishing content in order to enhance our audience. In

parallel to this activity, our team is promoting ADALAM at events and conferences with the aim of

increasing its visibility and thus the interest in joining the LinkedIn Group.

2.3 Dissemination Material

In line with the work plan envisaged in the preparation phase, different kinds of dissemination and

promotional material were prepared in the first months of the project implementation.

Press Release

A press release was issued and shared with all partners, in order for them to circulate information

about the launch of ADALAM project, particularly in their respective dissemination activities with key

stakeholders.

Leaflet and Poster

Thanks to the valuable contribution of all consortium members, a leaflet and poster were designed.

The leaflet presents the project’s overview, objectives and expected impact, as well as the partner

information and reference contact details. The poster includes some representative pictures in

addition to the project’s main information.

Both dissemination materials were released in the first months of the project and are used in main

events – such as conferences, workshops, meetings – and project-related activities in order to enhance

its visibility. Minor changes have been made in the leaflet during the past months, which is presented

below.

The leaflet and poster are also available for download from the project website.

Figure 9: ADALAM Leaflet and Poster




Roll ups

Roll up has been produced, to be displayed as a visual support when attending relevant events, conferences, fairs, exhibitions, etc. It provides the essential information, visible from distance in attractive manner. Roll ups are substantial visual components of any conference, additional branding, an attractive stall design and moreover, easy to manipulate.




2.4 Publications

Publications are a privileged means of reaching the scientific community and are expected to be

generated by the work carried out through ADALAM.

Whitepaper related to short pulses and colour correction was printed in the March (2016) issue of the

"Laser Focus World", magazine and online platform about laser applications and optics in the US.

Laser Focus World is a monthly magazine for engineers, researchers, scientists, and technical

professionals providing comprehensive global coverage of optoelectronic technologies, applications,

and markets. ADALAM is mentioned as a tested and well working application, in the section

“Femtosecond laser optics combat pulse dispersion, colour, errors, and reflections”.

The summary of ADALAM project was published in the September edition of Impact EFFRA newsletter,

building on participation and presentation of the project during the Factories of the Future Conference

2016.

http://digital.laserfocusworld.com/laserfocusworld/201603?sub_id=EJAwk4tPsb1dS&u1=DA0316&folio=38&pg=40#pg40

http://effra.eu/attachments/article/632/Impact_Factories%20of%20the%20Future%20Newsletter_3.pdf




The summary of ADALAM project was published in the conference transcript of the ‘XXX.

Messtechnisches Symposium der Hochschullehrer für Messtechnik AHMT’, the measuring technology

symposium of the working groups of university lecturers for measurement technology, organised by

the Liebniz University in Hannover. Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT is recently

working on the publication of extended version of the article in the journal “Technisches Messen TM”.

Technical Measurement is a platform for methods, systems, and applications of measurement

technology. The article should be published in upcoming months.

Demcon used the 3D visualisation studio “Nymus 3D” (innovative dissemination tool, specialising in 3D

visualisation of results of scientific R&D projects) in order to create a video for dissemination and

awareness raising activities. The animation explains the goals of the project and the system concept

for the inline measurement system. The video has 1,726 views.

ADALAM has a prominent position in the company video of Focus, highlighting the goals of the project. Moreover, his majesty Prins Constatijn van Oranje visited Focal, and as a part of this visit the ADALAM project was presented. https://vimeo.com/168018654

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvmgs-CbY0k

Following this successful example, our consortium members are currently identifying further potential

collaborations and opportunities to contribute to scientific journals in the upcoming months.

2.5 Participation in events

As stated in our proposal, the technological and strategic results of ADALAM will be illustrated at key

industrial and scientific events, conferences and exhibitions, in order to increase the impact of the

project technical advances for future exploitation and to reach commercial, scientific and industrial

audiences.

In the previous months, the ADALAM consortium has attended the following events:

https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/476138

https://vimeo.com/170047165

https://vimeo.com/168018654

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvmgs-CbY0k




Table 4: List of attended events

Event Date Organiser Description Part

ner

Photonics West 2016

Exhibition

16-18/02/2016 SPIE Exhibition presents the latest devices,

components, and systems that are

enabling, and driving, today’s trends: state-

of-the art medical technologies, the

Internet of Things, smart manufacturing,

autonomous vehicles.

DEM,

LUM,

SIL

Metromeet 2016: 12th

International

Conference on

Industrial Dimensional

Metrology

24-26/02/2016 Innovalia

Group

Consolidated event in the field of Industrial

Dimensional Metrology where the latest

news on digital and optical developments,

metrological software, nano-technology

and calibration standards are presented.

UNI,

DAT

LEF Seminar & Ausstellung “Laser in der Elektronikproduktion & Feinwerktechnik” 2016

08-09/03/2016 Bavarian

Laser

Centre

GmbH

Bringing together members of research

facilities as well as manufacturers and

users to discuss the topic of this year,

ultrashort pulse lasers.

SIL

Laser World of

Photonics China 2016

15-17/03/2016 Messe

München

GmbH

Laser World of Photonics China is Asia’s

leading photonics exhibition. It revolves

around innovative products as well as their

industrial solutions and applications, which

reflect actual developments in the industry

around the world.

SIL

AKL International Laser

Technology Congress

2016

26-29/04/2016 Fraunhofer

ILT

A forum where users, manufacturers and

developers can exchange information

about the current status and perspectives

of laser technology.

SIL

30th Control

International Trade Fair

for Quality Assurance

2016

26-29/04/2016 P. E. Schall

GmbH &

Co. KG

Fair bringing together users from all over

the world with the international market

leaders and innovative suppliers of all QA

related technologies, products,

subsystems and complete solutions in hard

and software.

UNI,

DAT,

SIL,

DEM

29BIEMH: International

Machine-Tool

Exhibition

30/05-

04/06/2016

BEC The biggest industrial trade show in Spain

gathers together the leading

manufacturers, importers, distributors and

purchasers.

UNI,

DAT

CLEO 2016 – Laser

Science to Photonic

Applications

07-09/06/2016 OSA

The Optical

Society

CLEO is a premier international forum for

scientific and technical optics, uniting the

fields of lasers and opto-electronics by

bringing together all aspects of laser

technology.

LUM

Factories of the Future

Conference 2016

15-16/09/2016 EFFRA The conference is dedicated to the

transformation of manufacturing across

Europe.

UNI




XXX. Messtechnisches

Symposium der

Hochschullehrer für

Messtechnik AHMT

15-16/09/2019 Leibniz

University

Hannover

Presentation of Adalam during the

measuring technology symposium of the

working group of university lecturers for

measurement technology.

IPT

Mechanical Engineering

at University of Twente

23/09/2016 University

of Twente

Demonstration of 6DOF stage during the

lecture.

DEM

World of Technology &

Science 2016 (Utrecht)

04-07/10/2016 FEDA,

FHI

Industrial Automation, Laboratory

Technology, Industrial Electronics and

Motion & Drives join forces during the

WOTS exhibition. Demonstration of 6DOF

during the exhibition.

DEM

FMB2016 exhibit

Bad Salzuflen

9-11/11/2016 Clarion

Events

Deutschlan

d GmbH

FMB presents the entire spectrum of the

supply industry for machinery, plant

construction, and corresponding services

in the field of drive technology, control

technology and assembly and handling

technology. Demonstration of 6DOF

during the exhibition.

DEM

Precision Fair 2016 16-17/11/2016 mikrocentr

um

The meeting point for precision

technology, new technologies, solutions

and products. Demonstration of 6DOF

stage and oral presentation about Adalam

during the congress.

DEM

DEMCON Open Evening 23/11/2016 Demcon Demonstration of 6DOF stage during this

event.

DEM

ADALAM partners are extremely attentive to key events where both industry and academia are

involved. Our participation in this kind of events represents an essential means of transmitting

information on the project and spreading its main ideas.

Although the following list is not-exhaustive and will be extended and updated regularly, our

consortium members have already identified the most relevant upcoming conferences and events and

will represent ADALAM at:

Table 5: List of upcoming events

Event Date Partner Details

SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco

http://spie.org/conferences-and-

exhibitions/photonics-west/

31/01-

02/02/2017

SIL, LUM Exhibitor/Speaker

µLEF, Fürth

http://www.lef.info/

07 -08/03/2017 SIL Participant/Exhibitor

Metromeet 2017, Bilbao

www.metromeet.org

22-24/03/2017 UNI,

DAT

Participant/Exhibitor

31st Control – International trade fair

for quality assurance

http://www.control-messe.de/en/control/

09-12/05/2017 DEM,

UNI,

DAT


CLEO 2016 Laser Science to Photonic Applications 14-19/05/2017 LUM Participant/Exhibitor

http://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/photonics-west/

http://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/photonics-west/

http://www.lef.info/

http://www.metromeet.org/

http://www.control-messe.de/en/control/




http://www.cleoconference.org/

EUSPEN 17th International Conference &

Exhibition, Hannover (Abstract submitted)

http://www.euspen.eu/events/17th-

international-conference-exhibition/

29/05-

02/06/2017

DEM Participant/Exhibitor

Laser World of Photonics

http://www.world-of-photonics.com/

26 -29/07/2017 LIT, IPT,

LUM


Demonstration of

Adalam

FMB Zuliefermesse

http://www.fmb-messe.de/

08-10/11/2017 DEM Demonstration of

Adalam

Precision fair 2017

http://www.precisiebeurs.nl/home-en/

16-17/11/2017 DEM Participant/Exhibitor

Company days Twente, Enschede 2017 DEM Demonstration of

Adalam

Company days Delft 2017 DEM Demonstration of

Adalam

Recruitment days TU Eindhoven 2017 DEM Demonstration of

Adalam

2.6 ADALAM-organised events

The project was presented at the Factories of Future Conference 2016 with a visible roll up and

afterwards the ADALAM summary was published in the 3rd edition of IMPACT EFRA newsletter. During

the Metromeet conference 2016, several laser based projects were invited in order to present their

results with great success in terms of projects’ interaction.

ADALAM also participated in a working dinner with the rest of FoF laser projects, where all participants

discussed about how to synchronize activities to increase the impact of the projects and the visibility

of the laser technology in the society.

3 DISSEMINATION STRATEGY MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

As any other tasks of the project, dissemination activities may be more or less successful and are

subject to monitoring and evaluation as part of the ongoing quality control. In order to establish if the

selected dissemination strategy was appropriate, properly planned and implemented, it is useful to

identify a combination of criteria/indicators as well as feedback mechanisms to measure the extent to

which the dissemination plan is meeting the objectives set. This will help the assessment of the project

impact on targeted stakeholders, the quality of each dissemination activity and the overall progress in

achieving the disseminations.

The set of indicators identified should:

Be related to the overall purpose of the dissemination plan;

Be linked to the different components of each specific activity;

http://www.cleoconference.org/

http://www.euspen.eu/events/17th-international-conference-exhibition/

http://www.euspen.eu/events/17th-international-conference-exhibition/

http://www.world-of-photonics.com/

http://www.fmb-messe.de/

http://www.precisiebeurs.nl/home-en/




Enable the easy measurement of the activities’ progress.

The following table presents a list of quantitative indicators which allow quantifiable measurements

and will guide our evaluation of the project dissemination impact.

Table 6: ADALAM Key Performance Indicators

Communication

channels

Indicator description Expected

result

Achieved

result

(Y1)

Achieved

result

(Y2)

Website n. of visits to the website 250+ 350+ 1400+

Twitter Account n. of twitter followers 70+ 40 88

n. of twitter posts 60+ 38 104

n. of twitter retweets 30+ 10 129

LinkedIn Group n. of members 70+ 28 33

n. of discussions 15+ 4 4

Leaflet & Poster n. of leaflets distributed/printed 70+ 150 200

Publications n. of publications/papers

produced for journals

10+ 1 4

Events & Conferences n. of contributions

(participation, presentation,

articles, etc.) of ADALAM’s team

to relevant events and

conferences

15+ 16 31

ADALAM-organized

events

n. of ADALAM-organized events T.B.D .. ..

n. of attendees/participants in

ADALAM-organized events

T.B.D .. ..

To ensure the best performance in the different dissemination activities, regular check-in on the task progress will be carried out. All partners are requested to periodically report on their respective activities, in order to facilitate the progress monitoring against the objectives set.

Thanks to the continuous monitoring process, it will be possible to evaluate the overall quality of the

dissemination results as well as identify success factors and barriers to the full completion of activities.

Equally, the regular monitoring will enable to take action, propose corrective measures for

improvements and review specific aspects of the whole process, if needed.

4 POTENTIAL LIAISONS WITH OTHER EU-PROJECTS AND/OR COMMUNITIES

ADALAM team is also particularly interested in exploring liaison opportunities with related projects by

information sharing, privileged interactions, networking activities and event/initiative co-organization.

In particular, following the participation in the Impact WorkShop, a new initiative for clustering laser-




based projects was initiated. Initial contacts and actions have been coordinated by Fraunhofer ILT (Mr.

Ulrich Thombansen). During the dinner networking meeting, where most of the projects were

represented, we had the chance to discuss which activities should be developed and how we envision

doing it. Together with ADALAM team members, representatives from the following projects were

invited:

APPOLO (FP7-I4MS): This project focuses on emerging innovative laser

technologies and processes, which need to be customised, tested and

validated before being able to compete in the market. The project brings

together the demand of end-users and the knowledge of application laboratories with

equipment manufacturers to facilitate faster validation of the process feasibility and adaptation of the

laser technology and equipment. All activities are arranged in assessment value chains that include

testing, integration, validation and the assessment of the processes at end-user’s facilities.

Bridle (FP7): This ambitious project, also funded through FoF, is

working towards a diode laser producing >2kW from a 100 μm OD

optical fibre with an efficiency >40%.

Combilaser (H2020): COMBILASER has the vision to create a

solution that minimizes human expert intervention in setup and

operation of laser based manufacturing systems by integrating the industrial laser process with a

seamless set up and a self-learning module. In doing so, it aims to reduce process optimization loop

for new applications addressing flexibility and ever more demanding standards in industry.

Isla (FP7): Integrated disruptive componentS for 2 μm fibre Lasers (ISLA) has several

partners in common with HALO, and is working on development of technology to

establish 2 μm fibre lasers based on silica glasses. These lasers have the potential for

extremely high power applications, as well as wavelength-specific advantages of 2 μm

such as plastics material processing and bio-medical applications.

Lashare (FP7-I4MS): LASHARE establishes Laser-based Equipment Assessment

(LEA) as a tool for accelerated technology transfer. Currently, 14 LEAs focus on

an increase in Technology Readiness Level of manufacturing equipment such

as small high precision ultrafast sources for thin film processing, turnkey optical systems for parallel

processing by laser beam splitting or plug and play direct diode laser modules for energy efficient warm

forming of high strengths steels. The LEAs support 14 small and medium sized equipment suppliers

across Europe in collaboration with 14 industrial users and six research hubs.

Lift (FP7): Leadership In Fibre laser Technology. Led by Fraunhofer ILT this large Integrating

Project has been working on novel fibre lasers for several years.

MAShES (H2020) aims to develop a breakthrough compact imaging system

for RT closed-loop control of laser processing. It will be built on a novel

multispectral optics and multisensor arrangement in the VIS-MWIR

spectrum. Absolute temperature, geometry, and speed, will be imaged accurately and reliably. RT

process control, and cognitive readjustment and process quality diagnosis will be embedded.




QCoala (FP7): Quality Control of Aluminium Laser-welded Assemblies (QCoala) is

also funded through the Factories of the Future (FoF) initiative. Led by The Welding

Institute (TWI), the project concentrates on welding applications for lasers, and

there is some interesting overlap with HAL applications. Fraunhofer ILT is also a

partner in QCOALA.

UV-Marking (FP7): UV-Marking project aims at demonstrating

that unitary customization (individual configurations/designs of

each customer) is possible, by developing a new laser in the

ultraviolet (UV) range that provides high quality marking on

different materials.

Although there is no action plan defined yet, we all agree on scheduling periodic meetings and/or calls

to coordinate activities and jointly attend events and conferences.

The conclusions about which should be the required activities to increase the impact of the laser

technologies both in the industry and the society are displayed in the following pictures:

Figure 10: General actions scheme




Figure 11: Clustering based activities




Figure 12: Dissemination and Communication activities

5 CONCLUSIONS

This document has presented ADALAM’s Second Year Dissemination Plan and the progress made so

far in implementing the single activities planned.

The dissemination plan presented aims to ensure all dissemination activities are efficiently and

effectively carried out. Nevertheless, the project team intends to be flexible in order to adapt to future

developments and changes, in case this helps maximize the impact of the project results. Therefore,

the dissemination strategy might be adjusted integrating further aspects, based on the lessons learnt

throughout the project implementation.

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