Else Ellermann participated in 14th ECerS Conference at Novi Sad,Serbia on 21-22 October 2021. The Society aims to promote the exchange of knowledge, ideas and experiences obtained by young scientists in the field of ceramics. They are dedicated to help them expand their network at an international level by organising various events and conferences enabling closer contacts between students and other researchers from various universities and institutes. Else came second overall out of 19 candidates. Full details of the Conference and the competition can be found at the following site: https://ecers.org/news/151/408/Report-on-the-Student-Speech-Contest-2021