Keynote: Advanced Characterisation – Experiments and Insight for Industry

Friday, 15 May 2026

This talk explores how state-of-the-art characterisation is bridging the “Interpretation Gap” between raw data and actionable business intelligence. We move beyond static, “post-mortem” snapshots to reveal the “real” internal structure of intact objects and commercial devices—exactly as they function in the real world. Industrial exemplar studies will be presented including applications across energy, chemical and emission sectors.

Discussion Points:

Beyond the Lab Bench: Why standard laboratory tools often fail to capture the dynamic phase transitions and structural evolutions critical to performance.

Operando Insights: How high-energy beams penetrate solid steel reaction vessels and battery casings to map chemical changes in real-time (in situ and operando).
Solving the “Data Deluge”:

Utilizing innovative algorithms and Machine Learning to translate terabytes of raw facility measurements into clear engineering solutions.

Quantifying the Invisible: Identifying the fundamental mechanisms behind degradation, aging, and manufacturing defects.