The CANEUS 2002 workshop had the following objectives, which were met with a great measure of success:

1. Assemble technical experts and programming decision makers from Canada, USA, Europe and Asia.
2. Foster research and development collaborations among the participating countries.
3. Identify and discuss strategies for focused MNT investment for Aerospace Applications.

The CANEUS 2004 Conference has the following objectives:

1. Provide participants with a complete understanding of the process required to advance radically innovative MNT concepts though to Aerospace system implementations of great commercial importance.
2. Bring together Aerospace MNT communities from Canada, Europe, USA and Asia and, in the context of proposed system-level projects (point 3. below), identify synergies of great potential value that result from the combining of complementary skills, expertise, techniques, and basic technologies.
3. Select promising MNT concepts and develop plans for pilot programs to advance their maturity and bring them, perhaps in useful combination, to the system level. 

1. CANEUS has a worldwide mission of fostering successful collaborations leading to the cost-effective transition of emerging MNT concepts to system-level application. 
2. CANEUS 2006 will solidify the foundation that we laid in CANEUS 2004. We expect announcement of real partnerships within regions as well as internationally, aimed at transitioning MNT to Aerospace applications.