The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum 2026

The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum is hosted annually by the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy in Cambridge with the aim of raising the profile of materials science in the UK academic and industrial communities, while being international in scope. The Forum attracts high-level involvement from industry, research councils and other influential bodies. It incorporates the Kelly Lecture inaugurated in 1999.

Programme

1:15: Registration

1:45: Welcoming remarks

1:50 Session I

Dr Eleanor Scofield FREng FIMMM, "The Mary Rose: The science that preserves a Tudor time capsule", Head of Conservation and Collections Care at the Mary Rose Trust & Honorary Lecturer, Department of Materials, Imperial College.

Prof. Serena Cussen FRSC FIMMM, "Title to be confirmed", School of Chemistry, University College Dublin

Brief Encounters! ― a series of 3-minute talks by early-career researchers

3:20 Tea and Poster Display

3:50 Session II

Prof. Claire Davis FREng, "Sustainable steel: Reuse, remanufacturing and recycling", Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick

Prof. David M. Knowles FREng, "Materials Matter: a National Strategy for the Next Industrial Age", CEO, Henry Royce Institute

5:20 THE TWENTY-SEVENTH KELLY LECTURE

Prof. A. Lindsay Greer, "Seeing ‘through a glass, darkly’: benefits from glasses that are metallic", Director of Research Relations (Physical Sciences and Technology), Professor Emeritus of Materials Science, University of Cambridge.

6:20 Closing Vote of Thanks

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