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This workshop will celebrate the academic work, and legacy of Tom McLeish (1962-2023). Tom worked in many different fields, crossing disciplinary boundaries and encouraging us to engage with one another. This meeting held in his honour will cover several of his main fields of study:

• Polymer Physics and Rheology
• Physics of Life
• The Science-Humanities Interface

About the Meeting

The meeting will start mid-morning on Monday (2 September) and finish around lunchtime on Wednesday. There will be a dinner on the Tuesday evening, which we hope will lead many to random interdisciplinary encounters of just the kind that Tom loved.

Confirmed Speakers 

Polymer Physics and Rheology (Monday 2 September) 

Physics of Life

Science-Humanities Interface

• Giles Gasper (¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp)

Organising Committee

• Colin Bain (¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp)
• Mike Cates (University of Cambridge)
• Giles Gasper (¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp)
• Mark Leake (University of York)
• Daniel Read (University of Leeds)
• David Wilkinson (¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp)

Registration

Attending the meeting will cost £135 including the conference dinner, lunch and refreshments. The registration link is below and in the right hand side bar. When registering you will be asked to confirm which of the days you will attend the meeting to allow us to plan for catering.

For those wanting to attend talks only on Wednesday (i.e. not attending the other days or the conference dinner) the option is provided to register for free.

Registration link: 

Location 

The sessions will be held in the , Rosemary Cramp lecture theatre (CLC202) with refreshments served in the adjacent Derman Christopherson room (CLC407). 

Accommodation

A limited amount of accommodation is available in Grey College at £52.50 pppn B&B and will be provided on a first come first served basis.  If you wish to take up this accommodation please indicate this during registration. 

We can also offer a conference rate at the of £129 for single occupancy B&B per night or double/twin occupancy at a rate of £139 B&B, for the nights of the 1^st – 4^th September 2024. The cut-off date for this accommodation rate will be 21^st July 2024. To claim this special discount rate please enter the code: MEM0924 when booking. 

There are various other options close to the conference site (Premier Inn, Indigo, Marriott, Victoria Inn) that guests can book directly.

Monday 2^nd September 

09.45     Registration with refreshments

10.35     Welcome: Mike Cates (University of  Cambridge)

10.45     

11.25     

12.05     

12.45     Lunch

13.45     

14.25     

15.05     

15.45     Refreshments 

16.15     

16.55     

17.35     Close

Tuesday 3^rd September 

9.00     Registration

Session 1

9.35     Welcome: Mark Leake (University of York)

9.40     

10.20   

11.00   Refreshments 

Session 2

11.30   

12.10   

12.50    Lunch

Session 3

13.50    Philip Nelson (Pennsylvania, USA)

14.30    Hannah Smithson (University of Oxford)

15.10    Refreshments

Session 4

15.40   

16.20   

17.00    Break

Session 5

17.45   

18.45    Pre-Dinner Drinks

19.30    Symposium Dinner

Wednesday 4^th September 

The Science-Humanities Interface

Chair: David Wilkinson (ECLAS, ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp)

 9.00     Keynote:

10.00    Break 

10.15   

10.45    Giles Gasper (¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp) 

11.15   

11.45    Break 

12.15    Panel discussion

13.00    Lunch

Downloadable version available at this link:

Programme McLeish Conference 2024