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Events at the Henry Royce Institute
And from around the Materials Community
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
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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9:00 AM - Royce Training: Analysing Your XPS Data
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The 2025 Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) organized with the Foundation Jean-Marie Lehn will be held at the Convention & Exhibition Centre of Strasbourg (France), from May 26 to 30, 2025.
The conference will consist of 23 parallel symposia with invited speakers, oral and poster presentations assorted by a plenary session to provide an international forum for discussing recent advances in the field of materials science. The meeting will be augmented by an exhibition of products and services of interest to the conference participants.
This three-day event will feature cutting-edge science from internationally renowned keynote speakers, opportunities for early career researchers to give podium and poster presentations, a “meet-the-mentor” session, and networking events on the first two nights.
The Biomedical Materials team at Royce will exhibit at this year's Tissue & Cell Engineering Society Conference and will be on hand throughout the event to answer questions about leading Materials Research expertise and capability available to access through Royce.
This workshop aims to bring together the local XPS user community to learn how to begin analysing XPS data. Through the demonstration of basic analysis principles, working with training datasets, and user-submitted examples, the content will help users of the university’s XPS facilities develop understanding of best practice approaches to exploring their own data.