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UKCCM 2027 – UK Colloquium on Composite Materials

Date:

Wed, 07 Apr 2027 - Thu, 08 Apr 2027

A new cornerstone event in the UK composites calendar 

The UK Colloquium on Composite Materials (UKCCM) is a unique forum for UK composites innovation. The dynamic event format combines talks, posters, roundtable discussions, and debate, with session topics and themes determined by delegates.

How it works

We welcome expressions of interest of up to 100 words on a topic of your choice. Submissions can be multi-author research updates, but we particularly encourage single author submissions focusing on anything from research, challenges, and proposals for collaboration or new research interests.

A selection of keywords attached to your submission will enable us to co-create the session themes, and from each theme a number of presenters will be selected by our scientific committee.

Don’t miss this opportunity to shape the UK composites discussion!

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Provide a short 100 word summary and select your keywords

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UKCCM 2027 – Key details
7th-8th April
2027
University of Bristol
Wills Memorial Building
Conference programme
Coming soon
Registration
Coming soon: Delegates can expect a registration fee in the range of £120-250 with reduced fee options available

Sponsors and partners

Delivered by NCC and backed by UK academia and industry, UKCCM will bring together expertise from across the composites community.

Meet the organisers

UKCCM is chaired by Dr Neha Chandarana. Details of the Scientific Committee will be shared soon.

Dr Neha Chandarana – Conference Chair

Dr Neha Chandarana is a Senior Lecturer in Bio-based and Sustainable Composites and the Faculty of Science and Engineering Lead for Athena Swan at the University of Bristol. She is based in the School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering and also Bristol Composites Institute (BCI).

Dr Giuseppe Dell'Anno

Dr Giuseppe Dell'Anno leads the academic engagement activities at NCC, and he is Industrial Fellow at the University of Bristol. He has been involved composites research for over two decades, holding a mix of academic and industrial positions, always in the polymer and composites space, and often focussing on the low end of the mid-readiness-level scale.

Meet the scientific committee

Alex Skordos

Alex Skordos is a Consultant in Polymers and Composites Performance Characterisation at TWI with over 25 years’ experience bridging academic and industrial research. His work spans composite process science, simulation and optimisation, thermosets and vitrimers, process monitoring and sensing, multi-functionality and asset integrity and durability.

Professor Andy Long

Andy Long is the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at Northumbria University, with over 30 years of experience in composites manufacturing research for the automotive and aerospace industries. Andy has published over 350 papers and been principal investigator for research grants totalling around £33million.

Scott Millen

Dr Scott Millen is a Lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast, specialising in high-fidelity modelling and experimental testing of composite materials under extreme conditions, including lightning strike, thermal, electrical and impact loading, with research spanning aerospace and maritime applications.

Dr Ioannis Katsivalis

Dr Ioannis Katsivalis is an Assistant Professor (UK Lecturer) in Structural Engineering, focusing on the damage and fracture of materials and structures, and employing both experimental and numerical methods.

Steve Eichhorn

Steve Eichhorn is a Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Bristol. He works on the physical properties of, and applications for cellulosic materials, with particular emphasis on its use in composite materials.

Dr. Antigoni Barouni

Dr. Antigoni Barouni is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Technology, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portsmouth. Research interests include sustainable composites development, structural health monitoring, and composites structural integrity.
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