43rd Solid State Chemistry Group Christmas Meeting
16-17 December 2024, Birmingham

  • Speakers and programme

    2 international and 2 UK plenary speakers spanning solid-state chemistry of MOFs, hybrid glasses, inorganic materials and mechanochemistry.

    12 contributed speakers.

    download programme and book of abstracts

  • Registration

    Registration is now open:

    REGISTER HERE

    DEADLINE EXTENDED: Register by 14 December 2024.

    Please note that as of 8 December, the dinner space is fully booked. If you register after this date, please make alternative dining arrangements. Birmingham city centre offers a wide range of restaurants to choose from.

    Registration fees:

    RSC member: £110
    Non-member: £120
    Student RSC member: £60
    Student non-member: £70

    Register

  • Abstract submission

    Abstract submission is now open:

    SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE

    Oral abstracts deadline: 24 November 2024

    Poster abstracts deadline: 1 December 2024

    Submit an abstract

SPONSORS

This meeting would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. We are grateful for their contributions!

MERCK battery pins for your lab coat for the first 40 attendees to register their interest at the link below!

If you would like to receive a battery pin for your lab coat, generously sponsored by MERCK, click below and pick it up from the MERCK booth at the conference.

Plenary speakers

  • Mónica Giménez Marqués

    University of Valencia (Spain)

  • Ferdi Schüth

    Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany

  • Lauren McHugh

    University of Liverpool

  • Rob Palgrave

    University College London

Programme

Monday 16th December, 2024

12:00 Registration and Lunch

13:00-14:45 Session 1

14:55 Coffee break

15:30-16:45 Session 2

16:45 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

17:45 Poster session and drinks

19:30 Conference dinner (Aston Webb)

Tuesday 17th December, 2024

8:30 Coffee

9:00-10:45 Session 3

10:45 Coffee break

11:15-13:00 Session 4

13:00 Closing and prize giving ceremony

Venue

The meeting will take place in the Teaching and Learning building on the University of Birmingham campus (postcode B15 2SB).

Getting here

By rail

The campus has an excellent railway connection and we encourage attendees to prioritise this means of travel. Most cross-country services to Birmingham arrive at New Street Station. Up to six trains an hour depart for the University on the cross-city line (ten minutes to University station, final destination Bromsgrove or Redditch). The Teaching and Learning Building a five-minute walk from University Station.

Visitor car parking

A pay and display car park is available:

  • North East Multi Storey car park (access via Pritchatts Road) Sat Nav Postcode B15 2SA

  • The Ground Floor bays are reserved exclusively for Hotel Guests only. Please note that this car park does not have a lift. 

  • Chargeable Period is Monday - Sunday 08:00am - 6:00pm. This includes weekends. Parking at the University of Birmingham is free of charge after 6.00pm.

Visitor charges:

  • Up to 1 hour £3.40

  • Up to 3 hours £5.20

  • Up to 4 hours £6.10

  • Up to 5 hours £7.00

  • Up to 6 hours £7.90

  • Up to 8 hours £8.70

  • Up to 10 hours £10.00

Weekend charge £2.50 daily rate (chargeable hours are 8am - 6pm)

Accommodation

Edgbaston Park Hotel

Located on campus and housing 185 bedrooms, this hotel is only a 5 minutes walk from the venue.

Other hotels

There are a large number of affordable hotels in the city centre of Birmingham which can be reached within 6 minutes by the University railway link.

Organising committee

  • Dominik J. Kubicki

    Chair

  • David Scanlon

  • Phoebe Allan

  • Lucy Clark

  • Deborah Crawford

  • Josh Makepeace

  • Adam Michalchuk

  • Javier Castells-Gil

  • Peter Slater

    Incoming chair of the RSC Solid-State Chemistry Group

  • Paul Anderson