Organised by the University of Bath’s Physics Department, this is a three-day meeting which will take place at the Apex City of Bath Hotel. The conference will focus on emerging new science, as well as new technology that is not mature yet but has significant potential to be.
The topics covered by the conference will include: specialty optical fibres, quantum photonics, two dimensional materials and application, functional and quantum materials and devices, lasers and emitters, nano and photonic platforms, sensing technology, nonlinear photonics, biosensing methods, etc. We would particularly welcome submissions on the topics of advanced energetics, advanced structures and materials, autonomy, navigation, control, seekers and sensors, aerodynamics, semiconducting (nano)materials, such as gallium nitride, single photon processes.
This international conference aims to bring together academia, industry and other stake holders, such as fund-managers, scientific editors and policy makers. The programme will include talks, poster sessions and an industrial exhibition. There will be a best poster competition, judged by the Awards Committee.
The first day will begin with plenary talks and will end with social events (trip to Stone Henge and welcome dinner). There will be three parallel sessions running on the second and third day.
The industrial exhibition will run from the second day of the conference (set up will be during the afternoon of the first day). The exhibition is free to access for conference attendees. The organisers aim for this exhibition to be an excellent forum for discovering new products, for seeking industrial involvement and collaboration, as well as for discussing potential discounts.
Sponsors
We are grateful to the following sponsors for supporting this event:
- Toptica
- Thorlabs
- NKT Photonics
- EKSPLA
- HORIBA
- Laser 2000
- Quantum Design
- Nanoscale Horizons Journal, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Nanoscale Journal, Royal Society of Chemistry
- Nanoscale Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry
Programme
A downloadable copy of the Eureka 2025! Physics for Security programme is available at this link: Eureka 2025! Physics for Security programme.
Monday 7 July 2025
| Start | Finish | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 10:00 | Arrival and Coffee | |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | Plenary Talks | Lansdown Suite 1 |
| 12:00 | 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 | 17:30 | Visit to Stonehenge | Departing from and returning to the Apex City of Bath Hotel |
| 18:00 | - | Delegate Dinner | Lansdown Bar, Apex City of Bath Hotel |
Tuesday 8 July 2025
| Start | Finish | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 10:00 | Arrival and Coffee | |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | Session 1 | |
| - | - | Photonics for Security | Kingsmead 1 |
| - | - | Novel Optical Fibres | Camden Room |
| - | - | Materials in Quantum Technologies | Walcot Room |
| - | - | Exhibition | Lansdown Suite 1 |
| 12:00 | 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | 15:30 | Session 2 | |
| - | - | Advances in Nanophotonics, Quantum Materials, and Light-Matter Interactions Part I | Kingsmead 1 |
| - | - | Organic Electronic Materials and Devices Part I | Kingsmead 1 |
| - | - | Quantum Systems and Future Networks | Camden Room |
| - | - | New Phenomena in 2D Materials: Theory and Experiments | Walcot Room |
| - | - | Exhibition | Lansdown Suite 1 |
| 15:30 | 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | Poster Session and Exhibition | Lansdown Suite 1 |
Wednesday 9 July 2025
| Start | Finish | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 10:00 | Arrival and Coffee | |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | Session 3 | |
| - | - | Advances in Nanophotonics, Quantum Materials, and Light-Matter Interactions Part II | Kingsmead 1 |
| - | - | Organic Electronic Materials and Devices Part II | Camden Room |
| - | - | Remote sensing, machine learning and fluid dynamics: astronomers’ toolkit for industrial collaboration | Walcot Room |
| - | - | Exhibition | Lansdown Suite 1 |
| 12:00 | 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 | 15:30 | Session 4 | |
| - | - | Advances in Nanophotonics, Quantum Materials, and Light-Matter Interactions Part III | Kingsmead 1 |
| - | - | Bioelectronics | Camden Room |
| - | - | Materials and novel imaging techniques for security and defence | Walcot Room |
| 15:30 | 16:00 | Break | |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | Session 5 | |
| - | - | Advanced Materials and Structures | Kingsmead 1 |
Confirmed Speakers: Monday 7 July 2025
Plenary Talks
- Prof Jeremy Baumberg (University of Cambridge)
- Prof Sandrine Heutz (Imperial College London)
Confirmed Speakers: Tuesday 8 July 2025
Photonics for Security
- Dr Monica Allen (Air Force Research Laboratory)
- Dr Jeffery Allen (Air Force Research Laboratory)
- Dr Philip Soan (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
- Dr John Robertson (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
Novel Optical Fibres
- Dr Austin Taranta (University of Southampton)
- Dr Peter Mosley (University of Bath)
- Robbie Mears (University of Bath)
- Dr Ian Davidson (University of Southampton)
Materials in Quantum Technologies
- Prof Hannah Stern (University of Oxford)
- Dr Stephen Church (University of Manchester)
- Dr Jan Tomczak (King’s College London)
- Prof Simon Bending (University of Bath)
Advances in Nanophotonics, Quantum Materials, and Light-Matter Interactions Part I
- Prof Ortwin Hess (Trinity College Dublin)
Organic Electronic Materials and Devices Part I
- Prof Henning Sirringhaus (University of Cambridge)
- Prof Christian Nielsen (Queen Mary University of London)
Quantum Systems and Future Networks
- Prof Patrick Gill (National Physics Laboratory)
- Prof Dmitry Skryabin (University of Bath)
- Dr Alex Davis (University of Bath)
- Prof Ruth Oulton (University of Bristol)
New Phenomena in 2D Materials: Theory and Experiments
- Dr Akhil Rajan (University of St Andrews)
- Dr Michele Pizzochero (University of Bath)
- Dr Marcin Mucha-Kruczynski (University of Bath)
- Dr Habib Rostami (University of Bath)
Confirmed Speakers: Wednesday 9 July 2025
Advances in Nanophotonics, Quantum Materials, and Light-Matter Interactions Part II
- Prof Alexander Tartakovskii (University of Sheffield)
- Dr Said Ergoktas (University of Bath)
- Prof Euan Hendry (University of Exeter)
- Pieter Keenan (University of Bath)
Organic Electronic Materials and Devices Part II
- Dr Saverio Russo (University of Exeter)
- Prof Kamal Asadi (University of Bath)
Remote sensing, machine learning and fluid dynamics: astronomers’ toolkit for industrial collaboration
- Dr Hendrik Van Eerten (University of Bath)
- Rebecca Huffee (Space West)
- Dr Philippe Blondel (University of Bath)
- Marcus Donnelly (Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd)
- Business Partnerships at Bath
Confirmed Speakers: Wednesday 9 July 2025 Continued
Advances in Nanophotonics, Quantum Materials, and Light-Matter Interactions Part III
- Prof Anatoly Zayats (King’s College London)
- Prof Daniel Wolverson (University of Bath)
- Dr Soraya Caixeiro (University of Bath)
Bioelectronics
- Prof Rylie Green (Imperial College London)
- Prof Monica Craciun (University of Exeter)
- Dr Adelina Ilie (University of Bath)
- Prof Alain Nogaret (University of Bath)
Materials and novel imaging techniques for security and defence
- Dr Robert Simpson (University of Birmingham)
- Prof Mark Farries (University of Nottingham)
- Dr Ken McEwan (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
- Dr James Almond (Cambridge Consultants)
Advanced Materials and Structures
- Dr Matthew Cole (University of Bath)
- Dr James Roscow (University of Bath)
- Prof Pedro Estrela (University of Bath)
- Prof Xiaoze Pei (University of Bath)
- Dr George Neville (University of Bath)
