Metamaterials for Sustainability Sandpit (Online Event)

Published on 11th March 2025

Event details

Date: 30 Apr 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Online Event (Microsoft Teams)
Format: Introductory speakers on the topic of what sustainability means for metamaterials and how does you're research map to the sustainability. Then breakout rooms for discussions and finding collaborations.
Registration Deadline: April 30, 2025

An online event to introduce the wider concepts of sustainability, the 17 sustainable development goals and discuss where metamaterials research shows the most promising sustainability impacts

Who is this event for?

Researchers, Industry and anyone who is interested in developing their sustainability focused activities and/or learning how to describe their impacts in terms of sustainability.

Why should I attend?

To be able to describe your research in terms of the sustainability impacts for funding applications.
To learn what sustainability means specifically for metamaterials; what are the clearest routes to sustainability impact.
To learn about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and wider sustainability research topics and networks.
To network and find collaborations with others.

This event provides and overview and introduction into sustainability and what this means for metamaterials. This event will help those researching metamaterials understand how to identify sustainability impacts their work may lead to and how best to describe their impacts in terms of sustainability for funding applications.

There will also be themed breakout room sessions to network with others.

Invited Speakers

Anshumaan Ayyangar – ‘Horizon Europe Funding Opportunities for Metamaterials’

Anshumaan is a science, technology and innovation policy professional and diplomat based at Innovate UK – the UK’s innovation agency. He is the current Horizon Europe UK National Contact Point (NCP) for industry and Global Innovation Lead for manufacturing and materials.

Juliana Panidi – ‘Sustainable Electronics with Organic Semiconductors’

Dr Julianna Panidi is a Chancellor’s Fellow/Lecturer in Climate and Environmental Sustainability at the Institute for Integrated Micro and Nano Systems at the School of Engineering. Her research includes the investigation and development of bio-renewable materials and processes for organic solar cells and photodetectors.