The University of Kent is holding a one day meeting in Canterbury on 15 April which is titled "Partnerships in multidisciplinary studies of disordered materials and biomaterials".� It will include several keynote talks by physicists�on materials.� The meeting is also in honour of the retirement of our Kent colleague Prof. R.J. Newport.

The programme is as follows:

"Partnerships in multidisciplinary studies of disordered materials and biomaterials�

A one day meeting celebrating the scientific career of Prof. R.J. Newport

Organised by the School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent

Date: Friday 15 April 2016

Venue: Cathedral Lodge, The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2EH

Website: will be via News on http://www.kent.ac.uk/physical-sciences/

Programme:

9:30-9:45 Welcome coffee

9:45-10:00 Prof. Mark Burchell, Dean of Sciences (University of Kent) Introductory remarks

10:00-10:30 Dr. Silvia Ramos, Head of Functional Materials Group (University of Kent) �X-ray studies of disordered materials�

10:30-11:00 Prof. Robert McGreevy, Director (ISIS Pulsed Neutron Source) �Neutron studies of disordered materials�

11:00-11:30 Morning coffee

11:30-12:10 Prof. Mark Smith, Vice Chancellor (Lancaster University) �Multi-technique studies of sol-gels�

12:10-12:50 Prof. Julian Jones, Prof. of Biomaterials (Imperial College London) �Sol-gel biomaterials�

12:50-1:30 Prof. Jonathan Knowles, Prof. of Biomaterials Science (University College London) �Phosphate glass biomaterials�

1:30-2:30 Lunch

2:30-3:00 Dr. Neil Pratt, Head of Light Sources & Neutrons Division

(Science and Technology Facilities Council) �Steering central facilities�

3:00-3:30 Prof. Alan Chadwick, Prof. of Physical Chemistry (University of Kent) �Heritage science�

3:30-4:00 Dr. Vicky Mason, Director of Outreach (University of Kent) �Reaching the next generation�

4:00-4:30 Afternoon coffee

4:30-5:00 Dr. Jacqui Cole, Head of Molecular Engineering

(University of Cambridge and ISIS Pulsed Neutron Source) �Multi-technique studies of phosphate glasses�

5:00-5:30 Dr. Gavin Mountjoy, Reader in Condensed Matter Physics (Kent) �Modelling of silicate and phosphate glasses�

5:30-5:45 Prof. Bob Newport, Professor of Materials Physics (Kent) Concluding remarks

To be followed by an evening dinner in the Cathedral Lodge