A big ‘Thank you’ from the Conference Chairs to all 168 participants for making this a great conference !
Reminder: Submit your manuscripts for the special issue of Crystal Growth and Design by 30 April 2011. Follow this link for instructions.
We are looking forward to seeing you again at the BACG 2011 meeting, which will be held in London, 10-12 July 2011.
The 2010 Annual Meeting of the British Association for Crystal Growth was held 5-7 September 2010 (Sunday to Tuesday) at the Manchester Conference Centre.
Our speakers included
- J. Michael McBride, Yale University (BACG Annual Lecture 2010)
- Simon Black, AstraZeneca
- Gerard Coquerel, Université de Rouen
- Roger J. Davey, The University of Manchester
- Michael F. Doherty, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Angelo Gavezzotti, The University of Milan
- Joop ter Horst, Delft University of Technology
- Chris Hunter, University of Sheffield
- Martin Jansen, Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
- Marco Mazzotti, ETH Zürich
- Angelos Michaelides, University College London
- Lian Yu, University of Wisconsin
- Bill Jones, University of Cambridge
Conference Programme
The meeting commenced with registration and a drinks reception on Sunday 5 September and finished in the afternoon of Tuesday 7 September. A conference banquet was held in the evening of Monday 6 September.
Alongside plenary, invited and contributed lectures the Conference included
- The BACG Annual General Meeting
- The presentation of the BACG Annual Lecture
- The BACG Young Scientist award.
The 2010 meeting specially recognised the scientific work of Professor Roger Davey of the University of Manchester. In 2009 the BACG appointed Professor Davey as its President and the meeting was held in honour of his scientific work in the field of nucleation and crystal growth.
The programme included sessions on:
- Crystal Chemistry in Action: Industrial Crystallisation and Pharmaceuticals
- Fundamentals of Crystal Growth
- Crystallisation in Extreme Conditions
- Nucleation and Growth of Inorganic Materials.
Conference Chairs
Dr Sven L.M. Schroeder (S.Schroeder@manchester.ac.uk)
Dr Ghazala Sadiq (Ghazala.Sadiq@manchester.ac.uk)
School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science
The University of Manchester
PO Box 88
Manchester, M60 1QD
United Kingdom
