Organised by the University of Bath’s Physics Department, this is a three-day meeting which will take place at the Apex City of Bath Hotel. The conference will focus on emerging new science, as well as new technology that is not mature yet but has significant potential to be.

The topics covered by the conference will include: specialty optical fibres, quantum photonics, two dimensional materials and application, functional and quantum materials and devices, lasers and emitters, nano and photonic platforms, sensing technology, nonlinear photonics, biosensing methods, etc. We would particularly welcome submissions on the topics of advanced energetics, advanced structures and materials, autonomy, navigation, control, seekers and sensors, aerodynamics, semiconducting (nano)materials, such as gallium nitride, single photon processes.

This international conference aims to bring together academia, industry and other stake holders, such as fund-managers, scientific editors and policy makers. The program will include talks, poster sessions and an industrial exhibition. There will be a best poster competition, judged by the Awards Committee.

The first day will begin with plenary talks and will end with social events (trip to Stone Henge and welcome dinner). There will be three parallel sessions running on the second and third day.

The industrial exhibition will run from the second day of the conference (set up will be during the afternoon of the first day). The exhibition is free to access for conference attendees. The organisers aim for this exhibition to be an excellent forum for discovering new products, for seeking industrial involvement and collaboration, as well as for discussing potential discounts.

Technical organising committee

Members of the 2025 technical organising committee:

• Ventsislav Valev
• Kristina Rusimova
• Jonathan Knight
• Simon Bending
• Alain Nogaret
• Enrico Da Como
• Hendrik Van Eerten
• Chris Bowen
• Gary Stevens
• Carrie-Anne Johncock

Sponsors

We are grateful to the following sponsors for supporting this event:

• Toptica
• Thorlabs
• NKT Photonics
• EKSPLA
• HORIBA
  
• Nanoscale Horizons Journal, Royal Society of Chemistry
• Nanoscale Journal, Royal Society of Chemistry
• Nanoscale Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry

Confirmed Speakers

Please see below a list of our confirmed speakers:

• Jeremy Baumberg (University of Cambridge)
  
• Patrick Gill (National Physics Laboratory)
  
• Ruth Oulton (University of Bristol)
  
• Ian Davidson (University of Southampton)
  
• Austin Taranta (University of Southampton)
  
• Hannah Stern (University of Oxford)
  
• Jan Tomczak (King’s College London)
  
• Michele Pizzochero (University of Bath)
  
• Akhil Rajan (University of St Andrews)
  
• Anatoly Zayats (King’s College London)
  
• Alexander Tartakovskii (University of Sheffield)
  
• Hendrik Van Eerten (University of Bath)
• Rebecca Huffee (Space West)
  
• Philippe Blondel (University of Bath)
  
• Robert Simpson (University of Birmingham)
  
• Mark Farries (University of Nottingham)
• Ken McEwan (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
• James Almond (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Consultant)
• Henning Sirringhaus (University of Cambridge)
  
• Kamal Asadi (University of Bath)
  
• Adelina Ilie (University of Bath
  
• Alain Nogaret (University of Bath)
  
• Christian Nielsen (Queen Mary University of London)
  
• Rylie Green (Imperial College London)
  
• Matthew Cole (University of Bath)
  
• James Roscow (University of Bath)
  
• Xiaoze Pei (University of Bath)
  
• Pedro Estrela (University of Bath)
  

Our past events

This year marks the fifth edition of the EUREKA conference, following the success of EUREKA 2018, EUREKA 2022, EUREKA 2023, and EUREKA 2024.

Code of conduct

We kindly ask all delegates to adhere to the University conference Code of Conduct.

How to get to the conference?

Apex City of Bath Hotel is conveniently located on James Street West, in the heart of the city. The hotel is within walking distance of Bath Spa train station and all the main attractions. Once you arrive in Bath, the best way to get around is by walking - everything is close by. Detailed information on how to get to the hotel by air, train, or bus is available on the hotel webpage.

Accommodation

You will find a huge range of hotels in and around Bath's city centre. For suggestions on where to stay please click here.

If you book directly with the Apex Hotel you can receive a 10% discount.
Please use code EUREKA to claim your discount.