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20th May 2019
09:30 to 10:00 Registration, Tea and Coffee
10:00 to 10:10 Welcome and Introduction Christie Marr (Isaac Newton Institute)
Jane Leeks (Newton Gateway to Mathematics)
10:10 to 10:20 Outline and Summary of INI Research Programme 'The Mathematical Design of New Materials' Miha Ravnik (University of Ljubljana ), (Jozef Stefan Institute)
Session 1: Photonics and Electronics (Chair: Miha Ravnik, University of Ljubljana)
10:20 to 10:55 Design Innovations and Challenges for Photonics and Electronics Materials Tim Wilkinson (University of Cambridge)
10:55 to 11:25 Design Challenges in Transistor Technologies for Flexible Displays and Thin Film Applications Henning Sirringhaus (FlexEnable), (University of Cambridge)
11:25 to 11:45 Tea and Coffee
11:45 to 12:15 Help! Liquid Crystal Device Physicist Without Mathematical Skill Seeks Solutions to Various Problems Cliff Jones (Dynamic Vision Systems Ltd), (University of Leeds)
Session 2: Biological Sciences and Drug Design (Chair: Helena Godinho, New University of Lisbon)
12:15 to 12:50 Mathematical Innovations for Drug Design Lucy Colwell (University of Cambridge)
12:50 to 13:50 Lunch
13:50 to 14:20 Plasmonic Mathematics Jeremy Baumberg (University of Cambridge)
14:20 to 14:50 Where Do New Medicines Come From? Mechanistic Modelling and Simulation for Bispecific Antibodies Armin Sepp (GlaxoSmithKline)
Session 3: Novel Soft Matter Materials (Chair: Jayasri Dontabhaktuni, Mahindra Ecole Centrale)
14:50 to 15:25 Mathematics of Self-Healing Materials with Exchangeable Bonds Eugene Terentjev (University of Cambridge)
15:25 to 15:45 Tea and Coffee
15:45 to 16:15 Controlling Dynamic Interfacial Self-Assembly in Functional Materials Oren Scherman (University of Cambridge)
16:15 to 16:40 Developing Liquid Crystalline Aerogels for Thermal Insulation in Buildings Ivan Smalyukh (University of Colorado)
16:40 to 17:00 Dicussion and Questions
17:00 to 18:00 Networking and Drinks Reception