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The 2024 Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum will be held on Tuesday 18th June 2024. The afternoon programme includes talks, the award of the Armourers & Brasiers’ Materials Science Venture Prize, displays of current research, and the 25th Kelly Lecture.

Promoting Materials Science to Industry and Academia

The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum is held annually at the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy in Cambridge with the aim of raising the profile of materials science in the UK academic and industrial communities, while being international in scope. The Forum attracts high-level involvement from industry, research councils and other influential bodies. It incorporates the Kelly Lecture and the Gordon Seminars, inaugurated in 1999 to mark the opening of the Gordon Laboratory in the Department. It is generously supported by the Armourers and Brasiers' Livery Company and a number of other sponsors.

Our Annual Conference brings together an audience of policy professionals, academic experts and business leaders for a day of talks and presentations, and to share and discuss issues and ideas on a range of topics from innovation and economic growth to climate and sustainability. Speakers from government, academia, and industry will present examples of how we are working together to address new and emerging policy challenges.

Networking sessions

In addition to keynote talks and panel discussions, this year our conference will provide a forum for attendees to participate in small group discussions on topics of particular interest led by academics and policy professionals in our network. Sessions will also provide an opportunity for tech companies and university researchers to showcase their work and its benefits to public policy.

Register: https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/2024-csap-annual-conference

Agenda

Morning sessions (10am-1pm)

• Innovation and economic growth
• Future of quantum
• Net zero
• Built environment

Afternoon sessions (1pm-6pm)

• Networking with demos and themed discussions
• AI in health
• Biodiversity
• Future of science and technology in the UK

Followed by drinks reception.

On behalf of the organising committee, we invite you to the Warwick Battery Days (WBD) Workshop, scheduled to take place at the University of Warwick (UK), between 20-21 June 2024. 

WBD 2024 will be the first of the annual workshop series that is co-organised by the Warwick Chemistry and Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG). WBD 2024 will bring together leading experts from the experimental and computational battery research community as well as the from the industry, aiming to facilitate discussions on the current state-of-the-art in the field and the future directions based on industrial and societal needs. We expect the conference to attract around 100 participants.

For more details, please visit our website [WBD 2024].

WBD 2024 will cover an array of scientific topics, including (but not limited to):

• Multi-scale Modelling of Battery Materials and Systems
  • Materials discovery through crystal structure predictions

• • Atomistic modelling of chemistry at the surfaces and interfaces
  • Machine-learning applications in  battery modelling
  • Continuum and larger-scale modelling
• Experimental characterisation of Battery Materials and Systems
  • Electrochemical performance, structure-property relations, microstructures, surface/interface morphologies, and alike.
• Role of Additives and Coatings in Enhancing Battery Performance
  • Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and CVD in Battery Applications
• Industrial Perspectives on Scaling up Next-gen Battery Systems and related applications

Keynote speakers

Professor Sir Peter Bruce FRS, Chief Scientist of the Faraday Institution and Wolfson Professor of Materials at the University of Oxford

Professor Kristin Persson, Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley

Professor Shinichi Komaba, Professor of Applied Chemistry at Tokyo University

Faraday Institution’s largest and most open science dissemination and networking event to date. This will be a large-scale event; we’re expecting over 500 delegates. We’re delighted to be working with Newcastle University to host this year’s event.

Register now: https://cconline.eventsair.com/faraday-institution-conference-2024/regis...

Call for abstracts

Scientists and engineers from across the battery energy storage research, development and innovation ecosystem to express their interest in presenting at the Faraday Institution Conference. We are looking for submissions for oral and poster presentations under the below scientific themes:

• Battery Safety
• Materials, Electrode and Battery Characterisation
• Modelling and Engineering
• Next Generation Chemistries and Technologies
• Recycling and Re-use
• Sustainability

Innovate UK are delighted to co-run this years GRIPS 2024 event with the British Plastics Federation.

Register: https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/global-research-and-innovation-in-plastics...

Why visit?

Now in its fourth year, the Global Research and Innovation in Plastics Sustainability conference, GRIPS 2024, is focussed on bringing together companies, individuals and change makers to highlight the best of UK – and select international – innovations and business models that will lead to plastics being more sustainable.

This one-day event will be hosted by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures with support from the Worshipful Company of Horners.

What’s on

The event’s focus is on the positives of plastics whilst ensuring they are less likely to reach landfill sites, end up incinerated or become fugitive in the environment. The Grantham Centre’s academic research tells us that switching away from plastic to alternate materials will, in most cases, increase carbon emissions and therefore hasten climate change.

Over three parallel streams consisting of presentations and panel discussions, GRIPS 2024 will highlight innovations And core topics, including:

• plastic packaging – including reuse
• new recycling infrastructure – both mechanical and depolymerisation
• the role of AI in plastics sustainability
• green chemistry for polymers of the future
• emerging business models
• the role of additives in plastics sustainability
• the impact of legislation
• mitigating the effect of plastic on our oceans
• the world view of plastic – Global Plastics Treaty

The conference keynote sessions will be delivered by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures plastics sustainability experts: Professor Tony Ryan, Professor Rachael Rothman and Dr Fanran Meng. These promise to be engaging, informative and show that plastics are valuable in a sustainable future.

Who attends?

The conference is free to attend, so please register today to ensure you secure your place at this respected event. Conference delegates have access to all streams across the venue and have the chance to visit exhibitors, plus engage in networking opportunities. GRIPS 2024 takes place 19 September in Sheffield University’s building ‘The Wave’.

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