Draft Programme (subject to change, abstracts will be linked to the title when available)
09:00 – Registration
09:25 – Welcome – Josie Harries / Simon Gibbon
09:30 – Professor Bill Russel, Princeton University – From Uniform Particles to Homogeneous Films: Latex Film Formation
10:00 – Wayne Hayes – University of Reading – Supramolecular Polymers – suitable materials for functional films?
10:30 – Joe Keddie – University of Surrey – Structural Design of Waterborne Coatings to Control Functional Properties
10:55 – Flash Posters – 90 second poster presentations
11:25 – Coffee + exhibition and posters
11:40 – Paul Topham – Aston University – Rendering block copolymer films amphiphilic using external triggers
12:05 – Noreen Thomas – Loughborough University – Developments in Bio-plastics for Packaging and Bio-medical Applications
12:30 – Lunch + exhibition and posters
13:15 – Andrew Mills – Queens University, Belfast – Smart Inks and Plastics
13:40 – Claire Bourdin – Domino Printing Sciences – Development of an Intelligent Indicator for Inkjet Technology
14:05 – John Batchelor – University of Kent – Passive wireless sensing
14:30 – Peter Gooden – Promethean Particles – Large volume continuous synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticle inks for Printed Electronics
14:55 – Coffee + exhibition and posters
15:15 – Dave Worsley – Swansea University – A new self-adhesive transparent electrode for high efficiency perovskite solar cells
15:40 – Neal Willams – AkzoNobel – Lower Carbon Footprint Coatings
16:05 – Andrew Slark – Henkel – Designing hot melt adhesives for application at lower temperatures
16:30 – Further networking and close
