Date for the diary: BLCS Annual meeting April 2025

We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Annual Meeting of the British Liquid Crystal Society (BLCS) will take place in Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre at the University of Birmingham. The meeting will take place 8-10 April 2025.

As always, the BLCS Annual Meeting welcomes researchers from all career stages across all areas of liquid crystals research, but is traditionally aimed at providing a platform especially for early career researchers – PhD students as well as postdoctoral researchers – so that they can present their work to an expert audience.

Alongside this years Annual Meeting, a Workshop will be held from the noon of Monday 7th April to the noon of Tuesday 8th April 2025 to provide education and training for the next generation of researchers in the highly interdisciplinary field of liquid crystals research by experts of the field.

For more information, please visit the meeting website 2025 BLCS Annual Meeting.

*New extended deadlines*
Abstract submission: closing date Friday 28th February 2025
Registration: closing date Monday 10 March 2025

The 2025 call for BLCS Prizes and Medals

The G.W. Gray Medal

The G.W. Gray Medal

We are delighted to announce the opening of the 2025 call for BLCS Prizes and Medals. The British Liquid Crystal Society is calling for nominations for the below listed society awards. All nominations must be sent to the Secretary (contact details and advert can be view here) by the deadline of Friday 31st January 2025. Society awards:

  • G.W. Gray Medal
  • C. Hilsum Medal
  • BLCS Young Scientist Prize
Please see the advert and the BLCS website for full rules on each award here.