We are going through a pivotal period in which composite materials will have a key role to play, both nationally and internationally.

At the national level, the development of high-performance composite materials is a necessary step for the creation of value from petrochemical resources and the development of advanced industries in the fields of aeronautics, civil engineering, and automotive. These sectors, among others, will benefit from the desire to relocate a number of manufacturing facilities in the kingdom and will require the creation of new technological solutions to ensure their competitiveness. Composite materials have a prime place.

At the international level, the major challenge of developing mobility while ensuring low energy consumption will require increasingly optimized, light structures, integrating many functions through the use of intelligent and multifunctional equipment. Smart composites, capable of self-diagnosis and communications to ensure optimized control of clouds of structures, will become more and more common. On another aspect, the challenges of recycling and optimizing the service cycle or the end of life of structures are still open problems.

SASCOM brings together scientists, engineers, and industrial partners from all aspects of the science and engineering of composite materials. We collaborate with chemists, engineers, and scientists of materials, mechanics, designers, mathematicians, numericians, experimenters, and modelers in order to find new solutions to the major problems that our modern society must face.

We are pleased to welcome you to the Saudi Arabian Society for Composite Materials.

Gilles Lubineau

Chairman of the SASCOM, Saudi Arabian Society for Composite Materials.