During the 22nd - 23rd of October 2009 the 17th year of the International Scientific Conference CO-MAT-TECH 2009 took place in Trnava at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology of the SUT in Bratislava which has it's residency in Trnava. The conference took place in patronage of the following:
Minister of the SR Economy - Associate Professor Ing. Lubomir Jahnátek, PhD.
The chairman of the autonomous region in Trnava - Ing. Tibor Mikuš,
The Mayor of Trnava - Ing. Stefan Bosnak
The conference focused primarily on the following areas:
- Starting point from the global crisis for industry,
- Socially Responsible Business,
- Sustainable production, consumption and marketing,
- Quality Management,
- Management of Human resources in a multicultural environment,
- Clusters and their role in the environment of innovation.
Presentations, discussions and negotiations in the plenary section and three
parallel working sections were attended by experts from seven European
countries. A new event took place discussing the topic of "Young women and
science". This event was part of the seventh frame program "Improving
gender diversification (equality of women and men) in management of material
research institutions."