Michael Bodie
Principal Research Engineer at GKN Aerospace
Charlie Clark
Technical Sales Manager at 3D Ceram Sinto
Enya Collier
Defence & Nuclear Product Marketing Manager at Lucideon
Dr. Jafar Daji
Technical Manager at Parkinson-Spencer Refractories
Arya Hakimian
Subject Matter Expert at C-Therm Technologies
Gerardo Igler
Business Developer at Lithoz GmbH
Tony Kinsella
Chief Executive Officer at Lucideon
Prof. David Knowles
CEO at Henry Royce Institute
Lucy Smith
Head of Commercial and Co-Director at FISC, Glass Futures
Thomas Strohmer
QATM: Sales & Product Management Hardness Testing at Verder Scientific
Dr. Fran Synnott
Technologist - Structures, Manufacturing and Materials at Aerospace Technology Institute
Dr. Mandar Thakare
Associate Director at bp
Viktor Zólyomi
Computational Scientist at STFC Hartree Centre
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10:00 – 10:25: Opening Keynote from Sponsor
The Advanced Materials Landscape: Current State and Direction
10:30 – 11:20: Panel: From Lab to Business: Navigating the Journey from Materials Breakthroughs to Real-World Impact
11:25 – 11:50: Keynote: Ceramics Industry 4.0 Showcase: New Products & Services from the Midlands
11:55 – 12:45: Panel: Extending Asset Life: What’s Possible Today
Defence and Aerospace
13:30 – 14:20: Fireside Chat: Advanced Ceramics Solutions in an Ever-Harsher World
14:25 – 14:50: Keynote: Deploying High-Productivity L-PBF of Ti-6Al-4V for Aerospace Components
14:55 – 15:20: Keynote: Advanced Materials: A Defence Perspective
15:25 – 15:45: Keynote: TBC
15:50 – 16:30: Panel: Advanced Materials for Aerospace: Closing the Gap
10:00 – 10:50: Opening Panel from Sponsor: An industrialisation exemplar – The AMRICC Centre: Showcasing How To Do Public – Private Partnerships Right
The Ceramic Additive Opportunity
10:55 – 11:45: Panel: Investing in Ceramic AM: Path, Risk and Reward
11:50 – 12:15: Keynote: Ceramic Additive Manufacturing
12:20 – 13:10: Panel: Ceramic Additive Manufacturing Innovations
Materials Energy and Batteries
13:55 – 14:20: Keynote: Material Challenges for Commercial Fusion
14:25 – 15:15: Panel: Advanced Materials for Battery Pack Design
15:20 – 15:45: Keynote: TBC
15:50 – 16:30: Panel: Advanced Materials for Energy Storage: Enabling the Next Generation
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Materials Testing and Characterisation
10:00 – 10:50: Panel: Advanced Characterisation for Materials Performance
10:55 – 11:20: Keynote: TBC
11:25 – 12:15: Panel: Advanced Materials Testing: New Methods, Better Outcomes
12:20 – 12:45: Keynote: Advanced characterisation – Experiments and Insight For Industry
Industrial and Construction Applications
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AI and Machine Learning for Materials
10:00 – 10:25: Keynote: Improved Material Performance Using Rotating, Continuous Furnaces in Pilot and Production Scale
10:30 – 11:15: Panel: IMPACTTM Beyond The Hype – Tangible Real-World Benefits From The Application of Data Science & Computational Techniques
11:20 – 11:45: Keynote: AI-Driven Automated Experimental Platform for Accelerated Energy Materials Discovery
11:50 – 12:40: Panel: AI and Advanced Materials: Accelerating Discovery, Development and Production
Advanced Ceramic Innovations
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