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Industry 4.0 Summit 2017
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Industry 4.0 Summit 2017 4th & 5th April 2017 The Industry 4.0 Summit aims to be the leading...From Innovate UK Network
Launch of Centre for Energy Efficient Materials (CEEM)
09:00 until 17:00
KTN is working with York University to launch a National Centre for Energy Efficient Materials...
5th International conference ICNBS Egypt 2017
Mar 24 / 09:00 until Mar 26 / 17:00
Naqaa Foundation for scientific Research, Technology and Development is organizing the fifth...
Joining of Composites
09:30 until 16:30
Much of the research effort in composites in recent years has focused on their manufacture - to...From Materials
UK Workshop on Data Metrology & Standards
10:00 until 16:00
This is a one-day workshop being held at the University of Cambridge, designed to identify UK...Upcoming Events
UK Space Conference 2017
May 30 / 09:00 until Jun 01 / 17:00
The most influential event for space in the UK The 2017 UK Space Conference is set to be the best and biggest ever. Held every two years, this flagship event brings together the entire space...From Space
Probabilistic Perspectives in Nonlinear PDEs
Jun 05 / 09:00 until Jun 09 / 17:00
Organisers Name Institution Friedlander, Susan University of Southern California Glatt-Holtz, Nathan Tulane University Oh, Tadahiro University of Edinburgh Pocovnicu, Oana Heriot-Watt University...
New Mathematics for Safer World
Jun 12 / 09:00 until Jun 16 / 17:00
New mathematics for a safer world: wave propagation in heterogeneous materials Jun 12, 2017 - Jun 16, 2017 ICMS, 15 South College Street Organisers Name Institution Croxford, Anthony University of...
SB 7.0: The 7th International Meeting on Synthetic Biology
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Mark your calendars for SB 7.0, brought to you by the BioBricks Foundation and SynBioBeta, and hosted by the National University of Singapore. The SB Conference Series (SBx.0 Conference) is the...
Linking Noncommutative Rings and Algebraic Geometry
Jun 19 / 09:00 until Jun 23 / 17:00
Organisers Name Institution Bell, Jason Univeristy of Waterloo Sierra, Susan University of Edinburgh Spenko, Spela University of Edinburgh Zhang, James University of Washington It has been...
Statistical Foundations of Uncertainty Quantification for Inverse Problems
Jun 19 / 09:00 until Jun 22 / 17:00
Center for Mathematical Sciences University of Cambridge, June 19th – 22nd , 2017 Scientific Organisers Richard Nickl (University of Cambridge) Markus Reiß (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) Andrew...From Uncertainty Quantification and Management in High Value Manufacturing
Applications of Operator Algebras: Order, Disorder and Symmetry
Jun 26 / 09:00 until Jun 30 / 17:00
Organisers Name Institution Larsen, Nadia University of Oslo Lawson, Mark Heriot-Watt University Skau, Christian Norwegian University of Science and Technology Whittaker, Mike University of Glasgow...
16th European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials - FRPM17
Jul 03 / 09:00 until Jul 06 / 17:00
The University of Bolton and University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) are delighted to be hosting the 16th European Meeting on Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials. Fire research at the University of...From Materials
Workshop on BSDEs, SPDEs and Their Applications
Jul 03 / 09:00 until Jul 07 / 17:00
Organisers Name Institution Cohen, Samuel University of Oxford Crisan, Dan Imperial College London dos Reis, Gonçalo University of Edinburgh Ottobre, Michela Heriot-Watt University Siska, David...
13th International Conference on Materials Chemistry
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The 'MC' conference series has provided a showcase for materials chemistry for two decades, and is the flagship event of the RSC's Materials Chemistry Division. Held in the ACC Arena in Liverpool...From Chemistry