NeuMat Kick-Off Meeting

Launch of UK-wide neuromorphic tech network, focussing on project scoping, strategic plans, and engaging discussions with experts.

The NeuMat Kick-Off Meeting marks the exciting beginning of the UK-wide NeuMat network, bringing together key stakeholders and experts in the field of neuromorphic technologies. This meeting aims to set the stage for future collaborations and outline the strategic direction of the project. The agenda is packed with engaging discussions with renowned invited speakers from government, academia and industry, plus information on upcoming workshops and engagement initiatives. This kickoff meeting is a crucial step in fostering innovation and advancing research in the science and technology of neuromorphic computing. The meeting will be focussed on scoping this 5-year Network grant to maximise success toward its four central aims:

NeuMat Network Aims:

1. Foster and Educate the Community: Create an ecosystem of researchers at varying career stages, representing diverse scientific, ethnic, and gender backgrounds, and encompassing all geographic regions.
2. Strengthen Academic-Industry Ties: Enhance collaboration between academia and the private sector.
3. Catalyse Research & Development Funding: Initiate new funding proposals on subjects that emerge directly from idea cross-fertilisation within the network.
4. Ensure Continuity: Build a cohort of early-career researchers and a long-term vision for the future beyond NeuMat.

Event Schedule 

The Arrival and registration will be in the Blue Boar Common Room which is next to the Winstanley Lecture Theatre. All talks will take place in Winstanley Lecture Theatre, whilst the poster exhibition will be in the Old Combination Room (OCR). Tea/Coffee breaks and reception drinks will be served in the OCR. Dinner will take place in the Hall. Please see map below.

Day 1 – 23 September 2025:

2.00 pm Check-in for people being accommodated at Trinity College

2.30 pm Posters to be put up in OCR (before 6 pm)

3.00 pm Arrival and registration with Tea/Coffee in Blue Boar Common Room

3.30 pm Welcome in Winstanley Lecture Theatre

3.45 pm Lecture 1. Judith Driscoll, University of Cambridge, Intro to NeuMat and Welcome.

4.15 pm Lecture 2. Glenn Goodall, EPSRC, "Neuromorphic Computing and the National Semiconductor Strategy"

4.45 pm Lecture 3. Abu Sebastian, IBM

6.00 pm Reception Drinks and poster session 1 viewing in OCR

7.30 pm Dinner in Hall

Day 2 – 24 September 2025:

8.15 am Breakfast in Hall

9 am. Put Poster session 2 posters up.

9.15 am Lecture 4. Joshua Yang, USC, "Memristive Devices for Computing"

10.00 am Lecture 5. Andrew Mallinson, Intel

10.45 am Tea/Coffee break in OCR

11.15 am Initial roundtable brainstorm - Where should the network go? How can it be most effective?

12.30 pm Lunch in Hall

1.30 pm Poster session 2 in OCR

3.00 pm Lecture 6 Luca Larcher, Applied Materials, "Technologies for Neuromorphic Computing"

3.45 pm Coffee/Tea break

4.15 pm Lecture 7 Sergei Turitsyn, the new UK Neuromorphic Centre

4.45 pm Lecture 8 Paul Larcey, Innovate UK

5.15 pm Researcher flash talks (6 x (6+1))

6.15 pm Reception Drinks and Posters 2 in OCR

7.30 pm Dinner in Hall

Day 3 – 25 September 2025:

8.15 am Breakfast in Hall and Poster session 2 viewing.

10.00 am Check-Out if accommodation at Trinity College

Remove posters before 12 pm

9.30 am Lecture 9 Tony Kenyon, UCL, "Overview of the UK Neuromorphic Computing Ecosystem"

10.00 am Lecture 10 Themis Prodromakis, APRIL hub, "Innovation opportunities across the Semiconductors – AI spectrum"

10.30 am Coffee

10.45 am. Roundtable wrap up discussion. How can the network be most effective? Report to be written.

11.45 pm Researcher flash talks (6 x (6+1))

12.30 pm Best posters and flash talk prize giving.

1.00 pm Lunch in Hall and End

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neumat-kick-off-meeting-tickets-1341904756249?aff=oddtdtcreator