The workshop "materials and new technologies" was organized at the University of Basilicata after one year from the beginning of the CLaN project. The workshop represented an important opportunity to discuss on very actual issues, representing the scientific activities carried out in Basilicata and at the international cooperation level too. International partners involved in the CLaN project, Dr P. A. Loukakos of the IELS-FORTH Institute of Heraklion (Greece) and Dr A. Szegedi of the Department of Catalysis and Environmental Chemistry of the Budapest University (Hungary) have presented their activities and cooperation research addressed within the CLaN project framework.