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<p>Dear All,</p>
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<p>This year’s Winter Conference will be held in the Cardiff National Museum on 8-9th January 2020.</p>
<p>The meeting will start at approximately 10.15 am on the Wednesday and finish on the Thursday at around 5 pm.</p>
<p>We currently have three invited speakers:</p>
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<li>Dr Zlatko Sitar from North Carolina State University<em><br />‘Defects In Nitride semiconductors’ </em>(The Humphreys Lecture)</li>
<li>Prof. Elison Matioli from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)<em><br />‘Towards the limits of GaN electronics’</em></li>
<li>Prof. Michael Uren from the University of Bristol, <em><br />‘Challenges for GaN to achieve its theorectical promise for power electronics’ </em>(The Foxon Lecture)</li>
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<p>You can register to attend the conference via <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uknc-winter-conference-2020-registration-63655994794">Eventbrite</a>.</p>
<p>Abstracts on any aspect of nitride science and technology can be <a title="Abstract submission" href="http://www.uknc.org/submit-abstract/">submitted online</a> until <strong>Tuesday 3rd December </strong>for oral or poster presentations. The organisers will review the abstracts before creating the final programme.</p>
<p>This conference is the premier UK event for showcasing your work on III-nitride semiconductors. Open to industry and academia, it provides the opportunity to hear from distinguished plenary speakers, discuss ideas with other delegates and initiate new collaborations.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Please note the key dates below:</p>
<p>Registration opens: <strong>1st November 2019</strong></p>
<p>Early registration deadline: <strong>15th November 2019</strong></p>
<p>Final registration cut-off: <strong>3rd December 2019</strong></p>
<p>Abstract deadline:<strong> <strong>3rd December 2019</strong></strong></p>
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<p>I look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting!</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Rachel Oliver.</p>
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