Date for the Diary: One day SID technical meeting: Advanced Display Systems, 27 April 2016

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Timothy Spencer

This is a one day meeting focusing on advanced display systems taking place on 27^th April 2016 in Southampton. The event will include the SID UK and Ireland Chapter Annual General Meeting and presentation of the Ben Sturgeon award. See here for a programme or visit the website.

BLCS Annual Meeting 2016: abstract submission and registration now open

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Timothy Spencer

The BLCS Annual Meeting 2016, will take place 21^st -23^rd March at The University of Edinburgh. This year the British and German Liquid Crystal Societies have joined forces to bring together an exciting joint meeting. The conference will cover cutting edge research across all elements of liquid crystal science, including chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, materials science and bio-science.

Abstract Submission and Registration are now open via the conference website.

Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 29^th February.

(Also please note that a “late registration” surcharge will apply after Monday 29^th February.)

Date for the Diary: BLCS Workshop on Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies, Oxford 13 January 2016

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Timothy Spencer

A one day meeting focused on current and emerging liquid crystal technologies for a range of display and non-display applications is being held on 13th January, 2016, at the Department of Engineering, University of Oxford. The meeting will consist of a mixture of invited and contributed orals and will include all aspects of the research activities ranging from the synthesis of new compounds to the development of new devices. The workshop organiser is Stephen Morris. Registration can be done here.

BLCS Liquid Crystals Workshop at Hull

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Timothy Spencer

The BLCS Liquid Crystals Workshop at Hull will be held from lunchtime Tuesday 5th January 2016 to lunchtime Thursday 7th January 2016. The Workshop is designed for those relatively new to the field of liquid crystals, particularly for PhD students working in liquid crystals and related materials across all areas of science and technology, but also for other researchers in university or industry. Thanks to the generosity of an EPSRC research grant, the Workshop is free of charge for all PhD students registered with a UK university, and the cost for others is relatively inexpensive at 150 pounds (Academic) and 250 pounds (industrial and commercial). Anyone interested please see the website below, and send the appropriate registration form, or an e-mail with the same information, to Mike Hird (m.hird@hull.ac.uk). http://www.hull.ac.uk/chemistry/BLCS/wwindex.htm

Date for the Diary: Twist-Bend Nematics and Beyond Workshop 2016

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Timothy Spencer

An exciting workshop entitled Twist-Bend Nematics and Beyond is taking place 7 – 8 April, 2016 at the University of Southampton, UK. The workshop is organisers are Geoffrey Luckhurst, Tim Sluckin and Giampaolo D’Alessandro.

Date for the Diary: BLCS Annual Meeting 2016

Posted on May 21, 2015 by admin

The BLCS Annual Meeting 2016 will be held 21–23 March at the University of Edinburgh, chaired by Dr. Philip Hands. Further details and website to be launched in due course.

EPSRC presentation at Annual Meeting

Posted on April 24, 2015 by admin

At the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society, a representative from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council gave a presentation regarding the UK funding landscape for liquid crystals, the slides of which are made available here: EPSRC_LC_talk.

European Conference on Liquid Crystals

Posted on March 16, 2015 by admin

The website for the European Conference on Liquid Crystals is now live and accepting abstract submissions.

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BLCS Annual Meeting 2015: abstract submission and registration now open

Posted on January 30, 2015 by admin

The BLCS Annual Meeting 2015, will take place 30 March – 1 April at Sheffield Hallam University. The conference will cover cutting edge research across all elements of liquid crystal science, including chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering, materials science and bio-science.

Abstract Submission and Registration are now open via the conference website.

Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 6 March.

(Also please note that a “late registration” surcharge will apply after Monday 16 March.)

Date for the Diary: European Conference on Liquid Crystals 2015

Posted on October 31, 2014 by admin

The BLCS is pleased to announce that the next European Conference on Liquid Crystals will take place 5 – 11 September, 2015 at the University of Manchester, UK. This conference is co-chaired by Andrew Masters and Helen Gleeson.

Further details will follow in due course.