Meeting Free

Elastomers ATDM: Tyre Wear & the Environment

1.30pm – 4pm 11 December 2026

Tyre wear and the Environment.

Our final event of 2026 is an Afternoon Technical Discussion Meeting run jointly with the TyPE Network (An Interdisciplinary Solution to Tyre Emissions), led by Loughborough University. It will be held on Friday 11 December 2026 at IOM3 HQ, 297 Euston Road, London NW1 3AD, and online.

The event will consider different aspects of tyre wear, from creation through to health impacts, and how these can best be recreated within a laboratory environment. Attendees will learn about the different disciplines involved in generating and using representative tyre emissions material, from the materials science of tyre wear creation through to how nanoparticles are used in laboratories to understand health impacts.

The meeting is free to attend thanks to the generous support of the TyPE Network and the IOM3 Elastomer Group technical programme sponsors: Avon Protection, ACE Laboratories, Zeon and Rubber Heart. In-person delegates are welcome to join us for a networking lunch and our customary Christmas drinks reception.

Programme

12:00	Arrival and networking lunch
12:30	Welcome - Prof James Busfield, Chair, IOM3 Elastomer Group
12:35	TyPE Network update - Dr James Knowles, Loughborough University
12:45	“A particularly good idea? Working together to establish an open repository of materials to support tyre wear toxicology research” - Dr Mark Miller, University of Edinburgh
13:15	Talk: wear mechanisms and particulate formation - Prof James Busfield, Queen Mary University of London
13:45	Talk - David Gisbourne
14:15	Talk: the role of the tyre in particulate formation - Dr James Knowles, Loughborough University
14:45	Coffee break
15:00	Panel discussion: “Challenges and opportunities in particulate creation for research”, with elevator pitch presentations
16:30	Drinks reception and canapés
18:00	Close