• A major report Chemistry: Europe and the future produced by AllChemE highlights research which is likely to lead to inventions of high significance in the future in the areas of health and agriculture, the creation of new materials, issues posed by energy consumption, and protection of the environment. Subtitled “Science and technology to improve the quality of life in Europe”, it aims to influence the future strategies of the European Commission and national bodies.

• Seminar on PhD Training in Chemistry in Europe demonstrated that despite the wide range of PhD numbers in the different countries and their different traditions, some features and problems are common to many.

• Workshop on University/Industry interaction - meeting the needs of the future through chemistry and chemical engineering set out to obtain a European view of the skills required by postgraduate (including PhD) chemists and chemical engineers in the many different employment sectors and in the many countries in Europe, in an attempt to find the best practices in Europe for meeting the employers' needs.

• Seminar on University/Industry R&D Collaboration - an analysis of why some projects succeed and others do not discussed best practice in university/industry collaborative R&D, and began to consider how universities and industry throughout Europe can best work together in collaborative R&D with a view to responding to the challenges of the future.

• Workshops on Research Proposal Evaluation/Assessment Procedures in Chemistry discussed assessment procedures and developed a suitable method of operation for the CERC3 Transnational Research Initiative.

• Workshop on The changing marketplaces for chemistry and chemical engineering in Europe: emotion, education or economics? illustrated how industry recruits and prepares younger people for leadership, how it could be assisted by universities and how industry can best provide input into the collaborative training process highlighting innovative aspects of industry/education interaction.