Dr. Catherine MAIERON started her career in 1995. She held various production and R&D roles at Daum (crystal glass), and Saint Gobain Desjonqueres (glass) in France until 2011. Since 2012, she works at Materalia, the materials cluster for North Eastern France and she was nominated the Materalia Managing Director in 2014. She holds a PhD in Materials Science from Université de Nancy 1.