PERCAT Postdoctoral Researcher Conference 2021

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The conference will take place online and is split over two days, Thursday 1st July, 12.45-4.30pm, and Friday 2nd July, 9.30am-1.45pm.

We are very pleased to announce that the Keynote Speaker for the Conference will be Professor Emma Kendrick, Chair of Energy Materials in the School of Metallurgy and Materials, talking about her varied career spanning both academia and industry.

Prof Emma Kendrick CChem FIMMM FRSC is Chair of Energy Materials in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham. Previously Reader in Electrochemical Energy Materials within the Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) at WMG. She has 10 years of industrial research experience in new battery technology development, latterly as Chief Technologist in Energy Storage at SHARP Laboratories of Europe Ltd (SLE) and prior to that for two highly innovative SME’s, Her research over the last 20 years has focused on translation of novel functional materials to industry relevant device demonstrators. She holds a PhD from Keele University and CERAM research, MSc in New Materials from the University of Aberdeen and a BSc from the University of Manchester.

Learn about the exciting research being undertaken by postdocs and early career research staff across the two Colleges through our programme of research presentations and poster sessions.
All delegates have the opportunity to vote for the Delegate’s Choice Poster Prize.

To support the development of our postdoctoral community the conference includes:

• Talks on different aspects of the postdoctoral career journey
• Sponsor presentation
• Cross-disciplinary networking

The conference is open to postdoctoral and early career research staff in the Colleges of LES and EPS.  We also welcome doctoral students, academics, postdoctoral staff from other Colleges and professional services staff.

Registration for the Conference is free of charge.  To register please visit the Eventbrite page for the conference. The deadline for general registration is 12 noon on Thursday 10th June 2021.

The call for posters has now been extended on a first come first served basis.

• Prizes of up to £150 for best posters.
• All postdoctoral and early career research staff in the two colleges are eligible to apply to present a poster at the conference.
• If you wish to submit a poster please read the Call for Posters document and submit the abstract of your poster by email to Jennifer Thomson.
• The final deadline for receipt of abstracts is 12 noon on Thursday 10th June 2021.  However posters will be allocated on a first come first served basis, please submit your abstracts as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Submission of abstracts for oral presentations is now closed.