The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum is held annually 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.
Programme:
13.15 | Registration
13.45 | Welcoming remarks: Professor William Bonfield CBE FRS FREng FMedSci FIMM
Session I
13.50 | "Introducing Metalysis - Revolutionary Technology for Advanced Metallic Powders"
Dr Mike Ellis, Director of Strategic Projects, Metalysis Ltd, Rotherham
14.20 | "Single-Use Electrochemical Power Sources on Paper"
Dr Neus Sabaté, Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona
14.50 | "Brief Encounters"
A series of 3-minute talks by younger researchers
15.20 | Poster Display
15.50 | "The World is not Flat: Interfacing 3D Organic Electronic Devices with 3D Biological Models"
Dr Róisín M. Owens, Dept of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Cambridge University
4.20 | "Atom-Thick Compounds for Catalytic Production of Fuels and Energy-Efficient Electronics"
Professor Manish Chhowalla, Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, Cambridge University
4.50 | Armourers and Brasiers’ Materials Science Venture Prize presented by the Master of the Armourers and Brasiers’ Company
5.20 | The 21st Kelly Lecture: "Teaching Science to Politicians, The Example of Materials Science: A Hopeless but Unavoidable Challenge?"
Professor Yves Bréchet, Grenoble Institute of Technology
6.20 | Vote of Thanks