Day 2 – Track 2 :: Morning
Day 1 – Track 1 :: Afternoon
Day 1 morning
10:00 - 10:25
Keynote: Closing the Gap Between Discovery and Production: The Scaling Challenge in Advanced Materials
10:00 - 10:30
The Advanced Carbons Industry in 2026 — Markets, Materials and Momentum
10:00 - 10:50
Opening Panel: An Industrialisation Exemplar – The AMRICC Centre: Showcasing How To Do Public – Private Partnerships Right
10:30 - 11:20
Panel: From Lab to Business: Navigating the Journey from Materials Breakthroughs to Real-World Impact
10:55 - 11:45
Panel: Investing in Ceramic AM: Path, Risk and Reward
11:15 - 11:45
Catalytic Effects on CNT Production and Quality
11:25 - 11:50
Keynote: Ceramics Industry 4.0 Showcase: New Products & Services from the Midlands
11:45 - 12:15
Introducing Graphene Paste: A New Format for Industrial Adoption
11:55 - 12:45
Panel: Extending Asset Life: What’s Possible Today
Day 1 afternoon
12:20 - 13:10
Panel: Ceramic Additive Manufacturing Innovations
13:30 - 14:20
Fireside Chat: Advanced Ceramics Solutions in an Ever-Harsher World
13:45 - 14:15
Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG): Bringing Products to Market
13:55 - 14:20
Material Challenges for Commercial Fusion
14:25 - 14:50
Keynote: Deploying High-Productivity L-PBF of Ti-6Al-4V for Aerospace Components
14:25 - 15:15
Panel: Advanced Materials for Battery Pack Design
14:30 - 15:00
Methane-Derived Graphene in Coatings: Performance, Cost, and Scale
14:55 - 15:20
Keynote: Advanced Materials: A Defence Perspective
15:20 - 15:45
Advanced Materials for Challenging High-Performance Engineering Applications
Stereolithography of Zirconia 8Y : an Innovative Solution to Increase Clean Hydrogen Productivity
15:50 - 16:30
Panel: Advanced Materials for Aerospace: Closing the Gap
Day 2 – Track 2 :: Afternoon
Day 2 – Track 1 :: Afternoon
Day 2 morning
Keynote: The National Materials Innovation Programme
10:00 - 10:15
From Innovation to Impact: Supporting Battery Scale-Up in the UK
Keynote: Improved Material Performance Using Rotating, Continuous Furnaces in Pilot and Production Scale
10:20 - 10:35
Innovator Pitch: Advancing Battery Technology for Wearable and Implantable Devices, the Current Challenges and Future Directions
10:30 - 11:10
Podcast Session: Behind the Scenes: Closing the Gap Between Discovery and Production
Panel: IMPACT Beyond the Hype – Tangible Real-World Benefits from the Application of Data Science & Computational Techniques
11:00 - 11:15
Partner Presentation: Hiring for Scale: How Startups Build Winning Teams
11:15 - 12:05
Panel: Advanced Characterisation for Materials Performance
11:20 - 11:35
Innovator Pitch: Advancements in Acoustic Materials
Keynote: AI-Driven Automated Experimental Platform for Accelerated Energy Materials Discovery
Panel: AI and Advanced Materials: Accelerating Discovery, Development and Production
Day 2 afternoon
12:10 - 12:35
Keynote: Advanced Characterisation – Experiments and Insight for Industry
12:20 - 12:35
Innovator Pitch: Soluboard®: A Sustainable Alternative for Next-Generation PCB Manufacturing
12:40 - 13:05
Evidence-Driven Material Development by Multiscale In-Situ Imaging, 3D Characterisation and Modelling
12:40 - 12:55
Partner – Venture Capital in Practice: Lessons from Building Startups
13:00 - 13:15
Innovator Pitch: Hybrid Composites and Multi-Material Integration with IMCs
13:30 - 14:00
Fireside Chat: The UK Metamaterials Landscape: Realising Materials Without Compromise
13:50 - 14:40
Panel: Advanced Materials Testing: New Methods, Better Outcomes
14:00 - 14:15
Partner – Scaling Up Battery Manufacturing: Enabling Battery Technologies and Developing Skills
14:05 - 14:30
From Turbine Blades to Hydrogen: How do Advanced Coatings Extend Component Life Under Extreme Environments?
14:35 - 15:30
Panel: Making Graphene Work: Science, Scale, and What Comes Next
14:40 - 14:55
Partner – Bank Perspectives on Scaling Up Innovation
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