As well as celebrating the arrival of the new equipment, we will host a series of talks from leading academic and industry speakers covering the application of Electron and X-ray microscopy to a variety of fields.

The day will also include the opportunity to tour of the facility and see the capability of the brand new Zeiss CrystalCT and the Crossbeam Laser FIB.

The provisional agenda for the day is as follows:

09:45 - Registration & Coffee

10:30 - Welcome & Hercules Introduction (Professor Bo Chen & Dr Gareth Douglas)

10:45 - Theme 1: XCT & DCT - Invited speakers and panel discussion (Invited Speakers: Dr Julia Behsen, University of Liverpool, Professor Katherine Dobson, University of Strathclyde, Dr Parmesh Gajjar, InformixPharma, & Dr Jette Oddershede, Xnovo Technology)

11:25 - Tea Break

11:40 - Theme 2: FIB & 3D-EBSD - Invited speakers and panel discussion (Invited Speakers: Dr Jack Donoghue, University of Manchester, Dr Dikai Guan, University of Southampton & Dr Pat Trimby, ZEISS)

12:20 - Theme 3: Correlative microscopy - Invited speakers and panel discussion (Invited Speakers: Professor Timothy Burnett, University of Manchester, Professor Richard Johnston, University of Swansea & Dr Ria Mitchell, ZEISS)

13:00 - Welcome from Pro-Vice Chancellor & Head of College of Science & Engineering (Professor Sarah Davies)

13:05 - Lunch & tour of Hercules Facility

14:10 - Table discussion sessions

15:00 - Closing Statement (Professor Bo Chen)

Hercules Facility Launch Event