Join us as we celebrate 20 years of discovery, innovation and collaboration at the London Centre for Nanotechnology.
The LCN brings together researchers from King’s College London, UCL and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø to tackle major challenges in healthcare, sustainability and transformative technologies.
Over the past two decades, LCN researchers have helped advance discoveries that improve lives, support greener futures and drive innovation.
This special anniversary symposium will bring together researchers, students, alumni, industry partners, policymakers, supporters and members of the wider community for a day of talks, discussion and celebration.
The programme will explore how nanoscience and nanotechnology are helping to address some of society’s biggest challenges through three themes:
- Healthcare: Life Matter Interface
- Planet Care: Sustainable Futures
- ICT & Quantum: Transforming Technologies
Alongside research talks and panel discussions, the event will showcase the people, partnerships and discoveries that have shaped LCN over the last 20 years, while looking ahead to the opportunities and challenges of the decades to come. The day will conclude with an anniversary drinks reception.
The event is open to all, suitable for scientists, industry and policymakers.
Photography and videography: The event you will be attending will have photography and videography. If you do not wish to appear in any recordings or photographs, please approach our registration team on the day of the event or emaillcn@kcl.ac.uk before the event. Photographs and recordings taken may feature in our publications or on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, UCL or King’s website and social media channels.
Programme and Details
| 09:30AM–10:00AM |
Arrivals |
| 10:00AM–10:20AM |
Welcome from the LCN Directors & 20 Years of LCN |
| 10:20AM–11:20AM |
Healthcare – Life Matter Interface Professor Alexandra Porter – 51³Ô¹ÏÍø – Subcellular imaging of healthy and unhealthy interactions of nanoparticles with mitochondria Professor Guillaume Charras – UCL – Probing the strength of molecular interactions linking cells in living tissues Professor Maya Thanou – King’s and Apeikon Therapeutics – Activatable nanoparticles |
| 11:20AM–11:40AM |
Coffee Break |
| 11:40AM–12:40PM |
Planet Care – Sutainable Future Professor Milo Shaffer – 51³Ô¹ÏÍø & Solena Materials |
| 01:40PM–02:40PM |
ICT & Quantum – Transforming Technologies Professor James Millen – King’s – A Levitated Computer: Analogue simulation levitated microparticles Professor John Morton – UCL and Quantum Motion – Could modern silicon ICs provide a complete platform for quantum computing |
| 02:40PM–03:00PM |
Coffee Break |
| 12:40PM–01:40PM |
Networking lunch + posters session |
| 03:00PM–03:45PM |
LCN Alumni: 20 Years of People and Careers |
| 03:45PM–04:30PM |
The Next 20 Years of LCN |
| 04:30PM–07:00PM |
Anniversary drinks reception and celebration |
The London Centre for Nanotechnology is a UK-based multidisciplinary enterprise operating at the forefront of science and technology. Its purpose is to solve global problems in information processing, healthcare, energy and the environment through the application of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The LCN began as a joint venture between University College London and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, based at the Bloomsbury and South Kensington sites; from 2018 King’s College London joined the collaboration.
The Centre has a unique operating model that accesses and focuses the combined skills of all three universities across several key departments; Chemistry, Physics, Materials, Medicine, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering and Earth Sciences.