{"id":20,"date":"2015-09-14T13:08:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T13:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-09-23T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:06:24","slug":"current-meeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Current Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 697px;\" align=\"left\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>UKSAF Winter Meeting 2027<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Wednesday 6<sup>th<\/sup> January 2027<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hoseted by HarwellXPS<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Milton Hill House, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AF<\/span><\/h5>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Soft Matter: covering bio-applications and heritage science.<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pl-20\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pl-20\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pg-20-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\">\n<div id=\"pgc-20-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"><div class=\"rtbs  rtbs_current-meeting\"><div class=\"rtbs_slug\" style=\"display:none\">current-meeting<\/div><div class=\"rtbs_inactive_tab_background\" style=\"display:none\">transparent<\/div><div class=\"rtbs_breakpoint\" style=\"display:none\">600<\/div><div class=\"rtbs_color\" style=\"display:none\">#384be0<\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"rtbs_menu\">\r\n            <ul>\r\n                <li class=\"mobile_toggle\">&zwnj;<\/li><li class=\"current\"><a style=\"background:#384be0\" class=\"active current-meeting-tab-link-0\" href=\"#\" data-tab=\"#current-meeting-tab-0\">Registration Information<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-tab=\"#current-meeting-tab-1\" class=\"current-meeting-tab-link-1\">Programme<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-tab=\"#current-meeting-tab-2\" class=\"current-meeting-tab-link-2\">Accommodation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-tab=\"#current-meeting-tab-3\" class=\"current-meeting-tab-link-3\">Travel and Venue<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-tab=\"#current-meeting-tab-4\" class=\"current-meeting-tab-link-4\">Social Events<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" data-tab=\"#current-meeting-tab-5\" class=\"current-meeting-tab-link-5\">Sponsors<\/a><\/li>\r\n            <\/ul>\r\n        <\/div><div style=\"border-top:7px solid #384be0;\" id=\"current-meeting-tab-0\" class=\"rtbs_content active\"><h4><strong>Registration can be made online - <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/?page_id=228\">Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Payment should be in GBP Sterling in advance. We now charge a single registration fee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is no meeting fee for invited speakers, whilst the meeting fee for students and unemployed\/retired members is discounted.<\/p>\n<p>VAT receipts cannot be provided as there is NO VAT content in the costs of the meeting.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:30px; clear:both;\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"border-top:7px solid #384be0;\" id=\"current-meeting-tab-1\" class=\"rtbs_content\"><table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"x_mj-column-per-100 x_mj-outlook-group-fix\">\n<table role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>UKSAF Winter Meeting 2027<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Wednesday 6th January 2027<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Organised by HarwellXPS<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Milton Hill House, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AF.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>09:00\u201310:00 <strong>Registration, Tea &amp; Coffee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10:00\u201310:30 <strong>Arthur Graf, HarwellXPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003FS-Laser Ablation XPS: Ablating through history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10:30\u201311:00 \u00a0<strong>Klaudia Hradil (TU Vien)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003(title TBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11:00\u201311:20 \u2013 <strong>Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11:20\u201311:50 <strong>Susan Nehzati, Diamond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003Hard X-rays, Soft Surfaces<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>11:50\u201312:20 <strong>Barbara Shollock, Kings College London<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003(title TBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>12:20\u201313:50 \u2013 <strong>Lunch &amp; Vendor<\/strong><strong> Exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>13:50\u201314:20 <strong>Kevin Lovelock, University of Bath<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003(title TBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>14:20\u201314:50 <strong>Paul Donaldson, Central Laser Facility (CLF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003Advanced vibrational spectroscopy techniques at the Central Laser Facility for surface analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>14:50\u201315:10 \u2013 <strong>Coffee break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15:10\u201315:40 <strong>Jacob Pattern, Cardiff University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003Beyond Topography: Mapping the Chemistry and Mechanics of Biological Interfaces at the Nanoscale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15:40\u201316:10 <strong>Matthew Sharpe, Ion Beam Centre \u2013 Surrey University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003(title TBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>16:10\u201316:30 <strong>Maximilian Skod, ISIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2003\u200f\u200e\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003Neutron Reflectometry: Linking Structure and Function at Buried Interfaces<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Harwell-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2146 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Harwell-scaled.png\" alt=\"Logos for HarwellXPS\" width=\"1121\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Harwell-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Harwell-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Harwell-1024x155.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Harwell-768x116.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Harwell-1536x232.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Harwell-2048x310.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:30px; clear:both;\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"border-top:7px solid #384be0;\" id=\"current-meeting-tab-2\" class=\"rtbs_content\"><p>The Winter meeting is a single day event.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:30px; clear:both;\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"border-top:7px solid #384be0;\" id=\"current-meeting-tab-3\" class=\"rtbs_content\"><div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The UKSAF Winter 2027 Meeting is being hosted by HarwellXPS at:<\/b><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Milton Hill House<\/strong>, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AF<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uksaf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Milton-Hill-House-Hotel-scaled.png\" alt=\"Three pictures of the venue, Milton Hill House Hotel.\" width=\"663\" height=\"241\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:30px; 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