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COLLABORATION// The HZDR Research Magazine WWW.Hzdr.DE 34 35 communication activities. "Now, the EMFL project takes things one step further to include structural and organizational aspects, giving it an advanced research-political importance," explains HLD’s director Joachim Wosnitza. The EMFL is on the ESFRI list – the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures – aimed at identifying and strengthening Europe’s most important future research infrastructures. Since early 2011, international working groups have been examining how the three sites might be united in terms of technology, science, and personnel, through a series of EMFL work packages. Not exactly an easy task: "The three labs have markedly different origins and have developed in different directions, have different organizational structures, and should of course keep their roots within their respective parent organizations," says Joachim Wosnitza. Despite their collaboration and close connection, the three labs will remain independent. The plan for next year at the latest is to declare the EMFL an association under Belgian law. "Which will make us more clearly perceived as a single unit to the outside world, and which in turn will strengthen our competitiveness," explains Wosnitza. Shake hands, make friends 2011 saw the first ever "3to1" EMFL staff meeting. The underlying idea: From three to one. Over 150 scientists, technicians, engineers, and administrative staff from France, Germany, and The Netherlands spent three days in French La Colle-sur-Loup and got to know each other and each other’s work. Across the board, the consensus was: "Awesome!" The next 3to1 meeting is scheduled for late 2013. ContaCt _Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory at HZDR Prof. Joachim Wosnitza j.wosnitza@hzdr.de _EMFL Communications Sara Schmiedel s.schmiedel@hzdr.de www.emfl.eu 1 HFML Nijmegen 2 LNCMI Toulouse 3 LNCMI Grenoble 4 HLD Dresden 1 2 3 4 Diagram: Oberüber | Karger Kommunikationsagentur GmbH

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