NanoFutures 2022 is our annual event attended by our students, staff and industry partners. The programme for this year’s event is below.

NanoFutures 2022, Fri 25th Nov

12:15 Registration and Lunch

1:15 pm – Welcome and Introductions

1:20 pm – Prof Hiroshi Mizuta, JAIST – Research funding trends in Japan and development of silent voice sensing technology

2:05 pm – break

2:10 pm – Dr Anna Motta, Talga – From mine to EV: Building a European supply chain for advanced materials 

2:55 pm – break

3:10 pm – Introduction to NanoDTC Translational Prize / NanoFutures Leadership Awards

Talks by recent winners of the NanoDTC Translational Prize / NanoFutures Leadership Awards

3:15 pm – Dr Kate Sanders – From stable droplets to structured materials

3:25 pm – Dr Benjamin Droguet – Sparxell – Cellulose based biodegradable pigments and glitter

3:35 pm – James Meech – Non-Uniform Random Number Generation for Sensor-Driven Edge Artificial Intelligence

Talks by 2022 NanoFutures Leadership Awards Applicants

3:45 pm – Tobias Naegele – Iontophoretic devices for brain cancer therapy

4:05 pm – Ryan Parker – Automation systems for laboratory hardware and software

4:25 pm – Introduction to StoryLab 2042 workshop

4:30 pm – StoryLab 2042 Exhibition + drinks

5:00 pm – Discussion on ‘PhD 2042’ – the Future of Interdisciplinary Research training in Science and Engineering from Academic and Industry Perspectives

~5:30 pm – closing remarks