The first awareness session on the LOSTESC project was held on 12 December 2000 in Portugal. It took place at OGMA Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal S.A., the main Portuguese industrial group in the aeronautics-aerospace sector, and had over 64 participants representing 27 different organisations. Among the keynote speakers were: Mr Jean-Pierre Lentz from the European Commission DG Research, Mr Detlef Reimers from IMG3, the Aerobus Industrial Consortium and Ms Paola Chiarini, the coordinator of the AeroSME Accompanying Measure. Mr Eurico Neves of Printinova presented the LOSTESC project.