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Events at the Henry Royce Institute

And from around the Materials Community

Henry Royce Institute Conference 2025
03
September

03 September 2025 - 04 September 2025
All Day

Discover the transformative power of materials innovation at our biennial two-day event. The National Conference 2025 will delve into how collaboration between industry and academia is revolutionising materials innovation and driving advancements across sectors.

Materials are at the heart of high-value manufacturing and are critical for addressing society’s grand challenges in mobility, healthcare, energy, and more. This conference offers a unique opportunity to engage with experts and explore the pivotal role materials innovation plays in innovation and sustainability.

As a global leader in materials research, Royce is driving and supporting solutions that shape national and regional priorities. By combining world-class expertise, cutting-edge facilities, and technical skills, we assist academia and industry in solving real-world challenges.


Event Type: Conference


Lead Partner:University of Manchester


Location: Nancy Rothwell Building, The University of Manchester

NTPMI Conference: Technicians in Materials Innovation
04
September

04 September 2025 - 05 September 2025
All Day

This event will bring together Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) from the materials innovation community for a one-day programme of workshops, career talks and networking opportunities.

Commencing with an optional introductory networking event from 16:30 on Thursday 4th September, followed by an evening meal at an exclusive Manchester location, the main Friday programme will include sessions on a wide array of RTP focussed topics; career talks and panel sessions with RTPs from a diverse range of career paths; and a showcase of the opportunities NTPMI can offer.

Date: Thursday 4th September (PM – optional) – Friday 5th September (All day)

Format: In-person

Location: Royce Hub Building, University of Manchester

Cost: Free

As a part of the NTPMI mission we aim to celebrate and empower RTPs within the UK’s materials science community. This event will bring together RTPs from across this group, providing an opportunity to network, foster collaborations and exchange knowledge. Our goal is to enable RTPs to build a stronger community and help celebrate and communicate their achievements with each other.

There will also be workshops providing learning opportunities applicable to RTPs at all stages of their career, as well as a variety of talks from leading RTPs in the community. Attendees will be able to ask questions during Q&A panels and contribute their own ideas for the future direction of NTPMI.

The event is for Research Technical Professionals working in materials science in the UK. Accommodation and travel costs for RTPs from outside of the Greater Manchester area will be covered.

After the course participants should be able to:

  • Contribute to a network of RTPs within the materials innovation community
  • Identify different career pathways available to RTPs
  • Have a greater understanding of NTPMI and the opportunities it can offer
Programme

The full programme will follow soon but the below timings will apply:

Day 1: 16:30 – 22:00 (Optional networking event and evening meal)

Day 2: 09:00 – 15:45


Event Type: Conference


Lead Partner:University of Manchester

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Cancelled: Open research and publishing
29 October 2024    
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
This event has been cancelled.  For further information about training opportunities available with Royce, contact training@royce.ac.uk
MaDE Advanced Engineering Hackathon
30 October 2024 - 31 October 2024    
All Day
To solve the grand challenges our society faces, we need to think differently. This is particularly true in established industries that produce the materials that form the basis of our economy – i.e. the Foundation Industries1. Inter-disciplinary collaboration between students and researchers will open up the possibility of innovative approaches to climate change and other global problems.
Protecting Your Materials Innovations: Patent Strategies for Growth
05 November 2024    
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Discover how materials SMEs can develop their patent portfolios to safeguard R&D investments and fuel business growth.
An Introduction to Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS)
06 November 2024    
All Day
This course will provide an introduction to energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) analysis for alloys.
Nuclear Institute 7th Modelling in Nuclear Science and Engineering Seminar
07 November 2024 - 08 November 2024    
All Day
This Seminar aims to promote the development and applications of computational methods in nuclear sciences and engineering. This is to share good practices with the nuclear industry in developing numerical methods and computer simulations. The Seminar includes invited speakers, special technology leaders and presentations from the nuclear industry, national institutions and academia.
Royce Training: Backscattered Electron and X-ray (BEX) Imaging
07 November 2024    
9:30 am - 4:00 pm
This course will introduce BEX, a new analytical technique for scanning electron microscopes. The content will explore how the technique combines data from two imaging techniques to give topographic, crystallographic, atomic number and elemental information. 
Royce Training: Thermo-Calc for Alloys Researchers
18 November 2024 - 19 November 2024    
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
This course will provide an overview of the use of Thermo-Calc for the modelling of alloy systems. The content will  provide an overview of Thermo-Calc's key functions and how to conduct thermodynamic calculations.
Royce PhD Student Research Sandpit
20 November 2024 - 21 November 2024    
All Day
Royce Student Sandpits present a unique opportunity for PhD students at the start of the careers to convene, gain experience of working collaboratively across disciplines and to address challenges that could change the world as we know it.
Hydrogen Conference 2024
21 November 2024    
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Hydrogen Conference brings together participants from industry and academia to celebrate the results of research which the Henry Royce Institute has supported, helping to address the key materials challenges for the hydrogen supply chain.
Unlock access to £797m facilities and expertise in atoms to devices innovation
29 November 2024    
10:30 am - 5:30 pm
The Henry Royce Institute's 'Atoms to Devices' research area is looking to network and get to know businesses that work in semiconductors, device manufacturing, photonics, optoelectronics, printed photovoltaics, nanolithography, thin film manufacturing or quantum dots, devices and computing. 
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