"Solutions to Real World Problems: -
Challenges and Opportunities"

Host: The University of Ulster
Venue: The Assembly Hall, Jordanstown Campus, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Wednesday 2nd July 2008
10.00 am - 5.15 pm

Meeting Programme

Registration – Coffee/Tea

Welcome & Introduction
Dr. Dave Sykes, UKSAF Chairman

Surface Engineering Strategies for the Control of Cellular Responses to Biomaterials
Professor Brian Meenan
Nanotechnology & Integrated Bioengineering Centre (NIBEC), University of Ulster


Thin Films & Surfaces – Critical to the Disc Drive Industry
Dr. Rob Hardeman
Seagate Technology (Ireland), Springtown Industrial Estate, Londonderry

Young Surface Analyst Competition - Oral Presentations

UKSAF AGM

Lunch and Young Surface Analyst Competition - Poster Viewing (including judging)

Characterising the Active Surface of Gold Based Water Gas Shift Catalysts
Professor Chris Hardacre
School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University, Belfast

Surface Analysis Opportunities at the Diamond Light Source
Dr. Chris Nicklin
Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire

Applications of TOF-SIMS and LEIS to Real World Samples
Dr. Derk Rading
ION-TOF GmbH, Munster, Germany

Young Surface Analyst Competition Results & Award of the 2008 Riviere Prize

Coffee/Tea

Computer-Assisted Interpretation of TOF-SIMS Data: Fun With Raw Files
Dr. Steve Pachuta
3M Corporate Research Analytical Laboratory, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Close of UKSAF Meeting

Transport to Belfast Castle

Joint UKSAF- NPL Meeting Dinner