The Showcase offers:

• The opportunity to meet with leading academics,large multinationals and specialist companies involved in polymer science and soft-nanotechnology.
• Expert academic and industrial speakers from the UK and abroad focusing on issues faced in researching and developing new technologies.
• Networking opportunities throughout the event providing the opportunity to make new contacts.
• Free registration to make the meeting as inclusive as possible.

Confirmed Showcase Speakers

Quentin Cooper, Science Journalist; Phil Coates, University of Bradford; Tim Gough, University of Bradford; David Lidzey, University of Sheffield; Michael Butler, Unilever; Jean-Baptiste Bannadier, Solvay; Karen McKinlay, DePuy; Doug Anderson, Lynwood Products; Richard Smith, Yorkshire Forward; John Holman, National Science Learning Centre; Ralph McNeill, Safeglass UK; Peter Styring, EPSRC Media Fellow; Hazel Assender, Oxford University; Jimmy Mays, University of Tennessee; Qi Wang, Cheng Du University; Don Baird, Virginia Tech.

IOM3 Swinburne Lecture at the UK Polymer Showcase, 17th September

Process Structuring of Polymers

P D Coates FREng Professor of Polymer Engineering, Polymer IRC, School of Engineering, Design & Technology, University of Bradford, UK

Professor Phil Coates, winner of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining 2008 Swinburne Award will present the Swinburne Lecture at the UK Polymer Showcase on the afternoon of 17th September.

The award is given to recognise the achievement of a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement and knowledge of any field related to the science, engineering or technology of plastics.

It is a requirement of acceptance that the recipient shall prepare and deliver the Swinburne Lecture on an occasion selected by the Institute.

Swinburne Lecture (Adobe .pdf 9kB).

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