{"id":43,"date":"2013-05-15T23:32:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T23:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blcs.eng.cam.ac.uk\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:01:59","slug":"meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">BLCS Annual Meeting<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Annual Meeting of the British Liquid Crystal Society\u00a0is 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\u00a02017 with details to come here soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some past annual meetings:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/uobevents.eventsair.com\/british-liquid-crystal-society\/\">2025 University of Birmingham<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eng.ox.ac.uk\/blcs\/\">2024 University of Oxford\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/events\/conferences\/blcs2023\/\">2023 Glasgow\/Strathclyde<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cfpr.uwe.ac.uk\/11-13-april-2022-annual-conference-of-the-british-liquid-crystal-society\/\">2022 Bristol, University of the West of England<\/a><br \/>\n2021 University of Aberdeen<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs2019.org\/\">2019\u00a0University of Leeds<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.confercare.manchester.ac.uk\/events\/blcs2018\/\">2018\u00a0University of Manchester<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de\/germanbritishlc2017\/home\/\">2017\u00a0W\u00fcrzburg Residence, Germany<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blcs2016.eng.ed.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">2016 University of Edinburgh<\/span><\/u><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blcs2015.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015 Sheffield Hallam University<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/community.dur.ac.uk\/mark.wilson\/blcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n2014 Durham University<\/a><br \/>\n2013\u00a0University of Cambridge<a href=\"http:\/\/www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk\/blcs\/blcs2013\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a>2012 University of Strathclyde<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathstat.strath.ac.uk\/blcs\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">BLCS Training Workshop<\/h1>\n<p>The BLCS endeavours to organise an annual Workshop with the basic aim of introducing the various areas of liquid crystal research to those who are new to the field. Sign up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs.org.uk\/?page_id=49\">mailing list<\/a> to hear the latest news on these.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Upcoming events in, or supported by, the UK<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0and some international events<\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/sci\/eng\/blcs-2026\/\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2026<\/a><br \/>\nDates: 14-16 April 2026<br \/>\nLocation:\u00a0University of Warwick<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spie.org\/epe26\/conferencedetails\/liquid-crystals-optics-and-photonic-devices-ii\">The 2nd Liquid Crystals Optics and Photonic Devices SPIE<\/a><br \/>\n12-16 April 2026<br \/>\nLocation: Strasbourg, France<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ilcc2026.org\/en\">ILCC 2026 &#8211; 30th<\/a><br \/>\n21-26 June 2026<br \/>\nQuebec City, Canada<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spie.org\/OP26P\/conferencedetails\/liquid-crystals\">Liquid Crystals Conference LCXXVIII SPIE<\/a><br \/>\n23-28 August 2026<br \/>\nSan Diego, California, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcinet.kent.edu\/ILCS\/main\/page27\/\">calendar of international liquid crystal events<\/a>\u00a0can be found on the website of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lcinet.kent.edu\/ILCS\/main\/\">International Liquid Crystal Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Archive of \u00a0past events in the UK (since\u00a0April 2022)<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flcc25.co.uk\/\">19th International Conference on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals<\/a><br \/>\n17-19 September 2025<br \/>\nLeeds, UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.ox.ac.uk\/blcs\/\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2024<\/a><br \/>\n10-12 April 2024<br \/>\nUniversity of Oxford<\/li>\n<li>BLCS Meeting for Early-Stage Researchers<br \/>\n20 June 2023<br \/>\nUniversity of Birmingham, UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/events\/conferences\/blcs2023\/\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2023<br \/>\n<\/a>19th-21st April 2023<br \/>\nUniversities of Glasgow and Strathclyde<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blcs.eng.cam.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BLCS_ATW_2022_Announcement.pdf\">BLCS Annual Training Workshop<\/a><br \/>\n15-17 June 2022<br \/>\nBirmingham, UK<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cfpr.uwe.ac.uk\/11-13-april-2022-annual-conference-of-the-british-liquid-crystal-society\/\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2022<\/a><br \/>\nBristol 11th-13th April<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs2020.org\/\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2021<\/a><br \/>\n21st-24th\u00a02021 (online)<br \/>\nUniversity of Aberdeen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blcs.eng.cam.ac.uk\/?p=1357\">BLCS Annual Training Workshop<\/a><br \/>\n7th-8th January 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs2020.org\/\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2020<\/a><br \/>\n<del>6th-8th April 2020<\/del>\u00a0POSTPONED due to pandemic &#8211; watch this space for updates<br \/>\nUniversity of Aberdeen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs2019.org\/\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2019<\/a><br \/>\n15-17 April 2019<br \/>\nUniversity of Leeds<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blcs2019.org\/l3c\">L3C Symposium<\/a><br \/>\n15 April 2019<br \/>\nUniversity of Leeds<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poem2019.com\/\">POEM2019<\/a>\u00a02nd Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials 2019<br \/>\n9th-12th April 2019<br \/>\nUniversity College London<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snaia2018.com\/\">Smart NanoMaterials 2018<\/a><br \/>\n10-13 December 2018<br \/>\n\u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure de Chimie de Paris<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.confercare.manchester.ac.uk\/events\/blcs2018\/\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2018<\/a><br \/>\n26-28 March 2018<br \/>\nUniversity of Manchester<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hull.ac.uk\/chemistry\/BLCS\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">BLCS Winter Workshop<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n3-5 January 2018<br \/>\nUniversity of Hull<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blcs.eng.cam.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ad-flyer.pdf\">BLCS Young Researcher meeting<\/a><br \/>\n9 September 2017<br \/>\nDurham University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lightscatteringleeds17.eventbrite.co.uk\">&#8216;Light Scattering for Soft Matter \u2013 Techniques and Applications&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n4\/5 September 2017<br \/>\nUniversity of Leeds<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sid.org\/Chapters\/uki\/UKIForthcomingMeetings.aspx\">Microdisplays: Technologies and Applications (SID)<\/a><br \/>\n28 June 2017<br \/>\nUniversity of Oxford<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de\/germanbritishlc2017\/home\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2017<\/span><\/u><\/a> &#8211; Joint with the German Liquid Crystal Society<br \/>\n3 &#8211; 5 April 2017<br \/>\nW\u00fcrzburg Residence, Germany.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hull.ac.uk\/chemistry\/BLCS\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">BLCS Winter Workshop<\/span><\/u><\/a><br \/>\n4- 6 January 2017<br \/>\nUniversity of Hull<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.york.ac.uk\/chemistry\/events\/seminars\/2016\/alifeinliquidcrystals22-09-16\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Meeting in honour of John Goodby<\/span><\/u><\/a><br \/>\n22 September 2016<br \/>\nUniversity of York<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sluckinfest.wordpress.com\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Liquid Crystals, Life and Languages, and other mathematical interdisciplinary <\/span><\/u><\/a>studies: Tim Sluckin at 65<br \/>\n30 &#8211; 31 August 2016<br \/>\nUniversity of Southampton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sid.org\/Chapters\/uki.aspx\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Advanced Display Systems (SID)<\/span><\/u><\/a><br \/>\n27 April, 2016<br \/>\nSouthampton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tbnw.wordpress.com\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Twist-Bend Nematics and Beyond<\/span><\/u><\/a><br \/>\n7 &#8211; 8 April, 2016<br \/>\nUniversity of Southampton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blcs2016.eng.ed.ac.uk\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2016<\/span><\/u><\/a><br \/>\n21\u00a0\u2013 23 March, 2016<br \/>\nUniversity of Edinburgh<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blcs.eng.cam.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Flyer_BLCS-Workshop_Registration.pdf\">BLCS Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies Workshop<\/a><br \/>\n13 January, 2016<br \/>\nUniversity of Oxford<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hull.ac.uk\/chemistry\/BLCS\/wwindex.htm\">BLCS Winter Workshop<\/a><br \/>\n5 &#8211; 7 January 2016<br \/>\nUniversity of Hull<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meeting.co.uk\/confercare\/eclc2015\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">European Conference on Liquid Crystals 2015<\/span><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n5\u00a0\u2013 11 September, 2015<br \/>\nUniversity of Manchester<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blcs2015.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2015<\/a><br \/>\n30 March\u00a0\u2013\u00a01 April, 2015<br \/>\nSheffield Hallam University<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"BLCS Annual Meeting 2014 Durham\" href=\"http:\/\/community.dur.ac.uk\/mark.wilson\/blcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BLCS Annual Meeting 2014<\/a><br \/>\nDurham University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eurodisplay2013.iopconfs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EuroDisplay 2013<br \/>\n<\/a>Imperial College London<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/i-camp.colorado.edu\/i-camp2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I-CAMP Summer School on Liquid Crystals<\/a><br \/>\nUniversity of Cambridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLCS Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the British Liquid Crystal Society\u00a0is an informal conference that provides a platform for the UK liquid crystal community to strengthen ties and disseminate new research. 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