The Armourers and Brasiers’ Cambridge Forum is hosted annually by 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 inaugurated in 1999.
Programme
1:15: Registration
1:45: Welcoming remarks
1:50 Session I
Precision polymer nanomaterials, Prof. Rachel O’Reilly FRS FRSC, Head, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham
SUPERMAGNETS: How space rocks are helping the search for sustainable permanent-magnet materials, Prof. Richard Harrison, Head, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Brief Encounters! ― a series of 3-minute talks by younger researchers
3:20 Tea and Poster Display
3:50 Session II
Title to be confirmed, Prof. Julian Jones FIMMM FSGT FACerS, Associate Head, Department of Materials, Imperial College London
Spinning out under pressure: barocaloric materials for zero-carbon heating and cooling, Dr Xavier Moya, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge; Founder and CEO of Barocal Ltd
The Armourers & Brasiers’ Materials Science Venture Prize 2022, presented by The Master of the Armourers & Brasiers’ Company
5:20 THE TWENTY-FOURTH KELLY LECTURE
Materials Science: Key opportunities and challenges by 2035, Prof. Victoire de Margerie, Founder and Vice-Chairman, World Materials Forum
6:20 Closing Vote of Thanks
June 20 2023
