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Conference Format 3 Parallel Sessions

Tuesday 2nd September 2008
08.40-08.50 WELCOME - CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
08.50-09.40 PLENARY SIMON BIGGS: Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud….There's Nothing Quite Like It
  Ballroom 1. NanoParticles- Characterisation and Kinetics Session Chair: Yulong Ding 2nd Chair:Alan Rawle Blenheim Suite 2.Concentrated Dispersions and Rheology Session Chair: Richard Buscall 2nd Chair: Richard Holdich Packwood Suite 4. Measurements Methods for Size, Shape and Surface Structure Session Chair : John Dodds 2nd Chair Maurice Wedd
09.40-10.00

 

 
10.00-10.20

 

 
10.20-10.40

 

 
10.40-11.10 Exhibition Commences and Coffee
11.10-11.30      
11.30-11.50      
11.50-12.10      
12.10- 13.20 Lunch
13.20-14.10 PLENARY RICHARD BUSCALL: The shear and compressional rheology of particulate gels: how do they compare and what should we measure?
  Ballroom 1. NanoParticles- Characterisation and Kinetics Session Chair: Dominic Rhodes 2nd Chair:Phil Jackson Blenheim Suite 2.Concentrated Dispersions and Rheology Session Chair: Simon Biggs 2nd Chair:Christian Seiler Packwood Suite 4. Measurements Methods for Size, Shape and Surface Structure Session Chair: Nayland Stanley Wood 2nd Chair: Duncan Leetch
14.10-14.30      
14.30-14.50      
14.50-15.10      
15.10-15.30      
15.30-16.00 Coffee
16.00-16.20      
16.20-16.40      
16.40-17.30 PLENARY KEVIN POWERS: Engineering Design of Nanoparticles: Biomedical Applications
17.30-19.00
17.30-18.30
Poster Session, Exhibition and Drinks Reception Innovation Forum in Ballroom

 

Wednesday 3rd September 2008
08.50-09.40 PLENARY STEFAAN SIMONS: Particle Technology for Environmental Solutions: Carbon Sequestration in Solid Materials
  Ballroom 3. Bulk Powder Characterisation Session Chair: Dominic Rhodes 2nd Chair: Dave Merrifield Blenheim Suite 5. Tracking Particles in Processes Session Chair: Kevin Powers 2nd Chair: Maurice Wedd Packwood Suite 4. Measurements Methods for Size, Shape and Surface Structure Session Chair : Keith Brocklehurst 2nd Chair: Donna McKendrick
09.40-10.00

 

 
10.00-10.20

 

 
10.20-10.40

 

 
10.40-11.10 Coffee
11.10-11.30      
11.30-11.50      
11.50-12.10      
12.10- 13.20 Lunch
13.20-14.10 PLENARY ANDREI DUKHIN: Ultrasound for characterizing fluids, nano- and micro-particulates
  Ballroom 3. Bulk Powder Characterisation Session Chair: Henk Merkus 2nd Chair: K. Sanderson Blenheim Suite 6. On Line Analysis and Control of Particulate Processes and Acoustics Session Chair: James Adair 2nd Chair: Bill Meredith Packwood Suite 4. Measurements Methods for Size, Shape and Surface Structure Session Chair: David Littlejohn 2nd Chair: Mike Tucker
14.10-14.30      
14.30-14.50      
14.50-15.10      
15.10-15.30      
15.30-16.00 Coffee
16.00-16.20      
16.20-16.40      
16.40-17.30 PLENARY JOHN DODDS: Why is it Useful to Characterise Powders?
17.30-19.00 Poster Session and Exhibition Closes
20.00 - Conference Dinner

 

Thursday 4th September 2008
08.50-09.40 PLENARY JAMES ADAIR: Ceramic Colloids for Nanomedical Applications Including Drug Delivery and Surgical Instrumentation
  Ballroom 3. Bulk Powder Characterisation Session Chair: David Merrifield 2nd Chair: Graham Rideal Blenheim Suite 6.On Line Analysis and Control of Particulate Processes and Acoustics Session Chair: Andrei Dukhin 2nd Chair: Brian Miller Packwood Suite 4. Measurements Methods for Size, Shape and Surface Structure Session Chair: Ian Laidlaw 2nd Chair: Andrew Mark
09.40-10.00

 

 
10.00-10.20

 

 
10.20-10.40

 

 
10.40-11.10 Coffee
11.10-12.00 PLENARY DAVID LITTLEJOHN: PAT- What it is and why it is relevant to all
  Ballroom 3. Bulk Powder Characterisation Session Chair: David Merrifield 2nd Chair:Graham Rideal Blenheim Suite 6.On Line Analysis and Control of Particulate Processes and Acoustics Session Chair: Andrei Dukhin 2nd Chair: Brian Mille Packwood Suite 5. Tracking Particles in Processes and Modelling Session Chair: Ian Laidlaw 2nd Chair: Andrew Mark
12.00-12.20      
12.20-12.40      
12.40-13.00      
13.00- 13.20 Conference Close

 

Session Title
1 Nanoparticles- Characterisation and Kinetics
2 Concentrated Dispersions
3 Bulk Powder Characterisation
4 Measurements Methods for Size, Shape and Surface Structure
5 Tracking Particles in Processes and Modelling
6 On Line Analysis and Control of Particulate Processes and Acoustics

This is a provisional draft. In order to retain a balance of interest, we reserve the right to alter the running order at a later date

Plenary Contributors

Process Analytical Technology - David Littlejohn of Strathclyde University
Nanoparticulate Systems - James Adair, Pennsylvania State University
Acoustical Measurements - Andrei Dukhin, Dispersion Technology Inc.
Environmental Particulate Systems - Stefaan Simons, University College London
Engineering Design of NanoParticles - Kevin Powers, University of Florida
Rheology - Richard Buscall, MSACT Consulting
Why is it useful to characterise powders? - John Dodds, Ecole des Mines d’Albi
Mud Glorious Mud - Simon Biggs, University of Leeds