“Bridge between environment and industry designed by membrane technology - MemBridge” is supported by the European Commission in the framework of FP7. This project aims to create strong links between EU and Russia at the levels of institutions, laboratories/research centers and companies in the broad field of membrane technologies, and also develop new R&D partnerships through joint projects. The First Partnering Conference on MemBridge project was held in Brussels (Belgium), December 7, 2009.

The aim of the Conference was to make an exchange of information in order to create micro-consortia for further development of cooperation in the field of membranes. Among the participants there were 30 representatives (researchers and industrials) of all directions of membrane science and applications. They got an opportunity to obtain the information on the state-of-the-art from the first hands. The agenda included the presentations on electromembrane, baromembrane, gas-separation and inorganic/hybrid membranes.

The main topic was dedicated a dissemination of the project results.
For the website, the consortium shall endeavour to create strong synergy between the ones already existing (EMH - European Membrane House and EMS - European Membrane Society website) and the new website on the Russian side www.rusmembrane.net