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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Dear Colleague,</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">We are pleased to invite you to the<i> UK Nitrides Consortium Winter Meeting (UKNC2025),
</i>our annual two-day conference, which this year will be held from 8th to 9th January 2025 at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, UK. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">The UK Nitrides Consortium (UKNC) exists to give industrial and academic researchers the opportunity to discuss ideas and progress on nitrides in the UK. It also seeks to gain maximum intellectual and commercial
return for UK investment in this area by encouraging self-coordination of the UK programmes; by exploiting the skills, expertise and relevant equipment already available; and through an agreed strategy for research on nitride materials and devices in the UK. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">The UKNC meets biannually with a two-day winter conference held in early January and a one-day summer meeting. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">This event will include both oral and poster session where researchers and students can communicate their work in the field of metamaterials. Moreover, the conference will give young researchers and students
an excellent opportunity to enhance their knowledge through interaction with experts in the field.</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Contributions for oral and poster presentations to be submitted online by 1 December 2024. Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, including figures and references to be submitted online. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">[<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/iop.eventsair.com/uknc2025/abstract-submission__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!G5ORY32idXQMdUCB6G1PkcVIjySWtGzqEy8lcSGNsv_6l96ZVAHEpSlXtMNFGj4xdhIEwmM3CQl3MaEhcDPAR9Ruz1fz$" title="https://iop.eventsair.com/uknc2025/abstract-submission">Submit
your abstract [iop.eventsair.com]</a>]</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Key Dates:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Abstract submission deadline: 1 December 2024</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Registration will open: Early November 2024</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">For further information, please visit the website at
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/iop.eventsair.com/uknc2025/__;!!PDiH4ENfjr2_Jw!G5ORY32idXQMdUCB6G1PkcVIjySWtGzqEy8lcSGNsv_6l96ZVAHEpSlXtMNFGj4xdhIEwmM3CQl3MaEhcDPAR4LUVZfb$">
https://iop.eventsair.com/uknc2025/ [iop.eventsair.com]</a> or email <a href="mailto:fatima.kanu@iop.org">
fatima.kanu@iop.org</a>. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof David Binks<br>
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy<br>
University of Manchester<br>
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK<br>
tel: +44 161 2754234</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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