BLCS Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the British Liquid Crystal Society is an informal conference that provides a platform for the UK liquid crystal community to strengthen ties and disseminate new research. The next Annual Meeting will be held Easter 2017 with details to come here soon.
Some past annual meetings:
2023 Glasgow/Strathclyde
2022 Bristol, University of the West of England
2021 University of Aberdeen
2019 University of Leeds
2018 University of Manchester
2017 Würzburg Residence, Germany
2016 University of Edinburgh
2015 Sheffield Hallam University
2014 Durham University
2013 University of Cambridge
2012 University of Strathclyde
BLCS Winter Workshop
The BLCS organises an annual Winter Workshop at the University of Hull with the basic aim of introducing the various areas of liquid crystal research to those who are new to the field.
Upcoming events in, or supported by, the UK and some international events
- BLCS Annual Meeting 2024
10-12 April 2024
University of Oxford
A calendar of international liquid crystal events can be found on the website of the International Liquid Crystal Society.
Archive of past events in the UK (since April 2022)
- BLCS Meeting for Early-Stage Researchers
20 June 2023
University of Birmingham, UK - BLCS Annual Meeting 2023
19th-21st April 2023
Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde - BLCS Annual Training Workshop
15-17 June 2022
Birmingham, UK - BLCS Annual Meeting 2022
Bristol 11th-13th April - BLCS Annual Meeting 2021
21st-24th 2021 (online)
University of Aberdeen - BLCS Annual Training Workshop
7th-8th January 2021 - BLCS Annual Meeting 2020
6th-8th April 2020POSTPONED due to pandemic – watch this space for updates
University of Aberdeen - BLCS Annual Meeting 2019
15-17 April 2019
University of Leeds - L3C Symposium
15 April 2019
University of Leeds - POEM2019 2nd Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials 2019
9th-12th April 2019
University College London - Smart NanoMaterials 2018
10-13 December 2018
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris - BLCS Annual Meeting 2018
26-28 March 2018
University of Manchester - BLCS Winter Workshop
3-5 January 2018
University of Hull - BLCS Young Researcher meeting
9 September 2017
Durham University - ‘Light Scattering for Soft Matter – Techniques and Applications’
4/5 September 2017
University of Leeds - Microdisplays: Technologies and Applications (SID)
28 June 2017
University of Oxford - BLCS Annual Meeting 2017 – Joint with the German Liquid Crystal Society
3 – 5 April 2017
Würzburg Residence, Germany. - BLCS Winter Workshop
4- 6 January 2017
University of Hull - Meeting in honour of John Goodby
22 September 2016
University of York - Liquid Crystals, Life and Languages, and other mathematical interdisciplinary studies: Tim Sluckin at 65
30 – 31 August 2016
University of Southampton - Advanced Display Systems (SID)
27 April, 2016
Southampton - Twist-Bend Nematics and Beyond
7 – 8 April, 2016
University of Southampton - BLCS Annual Meeting 2016
21 – 23 March, 2016
University of Edinburgh - BLCS Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies Workshop
13 January, 2016
University of Oxford - BLCS Winter Workshop
5 – 7 January 2016
University of Hull - European Conference on Liquid Crystals 2015
5 – 11 September, 2015
University of Manchester - BLCS Annual Meeting 2015
30 March – 1 April, 2015
Sheffield Hallam University - BLCS Annual Meeting 2014
Durham University - EuroDisplay 2013
Imperial College London - I-CAMP Summer School on Liquid Crystals
University of Cambridge