About
The fifth EMP User Meeting will be held as an in-person event at Lancaster University between the 12th and 16th June, 2023 . The aims of the user meeting are to bring together current and potential users of experimental facilities provided by the EMP consortium. The meeting will include sessions focussed on joint research activities of the consortium, industrial innovation and technological advances. It is a forum to share recent achievements, obtained results and challenges encountered with implementation of consortium activities. It will encourage academic, technical and industrial partners to share developed techniques and technologies and their transfer from the lab bench to commercial products.
Venue and Travel
The scientific programme will be held at the Frankland Lecture Theatre of Lancaster University. Lancaster University is located in the picturesque North West England
Lancaster is just over two hours from London and Edinburgh on the West Coast Line, and is just over an hour from Manchester and Liverpool. Detailed directions to Lancaster University can be found on our Maps and Travel pages. There is the possibility to travel from nearest airports (Manchester and Liverpool) to Lancaster University using an airport shuttle/taxi which we are happy to book on request.
The meeting users will be accommodated in housing provided by the University facilities in the form of our Guest Bedrooms.
About the University
A beautiful location
Set in the beautiful Lancashire countryside ten minutes outside of the city of Lancaster, Lancaster University boasts a sprawling, green campus with stunning views of the nearby Forest of Bowland.
Green spaces
Our campus is full of green spaces; we have a woodland walk which circumnavigates the campus, an outdoor trim trail, as well as our very own EcoHub where we grow our own fruits and vegetables!
Complete amenities
Our campus has a complete array of amenities including a number of supermarkets, fast food restaurants, coffee shops, laundrettes, and a post office.
Outstanding in Physics
Our Physics Department is one of the most highly-ranked in the country; we were ranked 4th in the Guardian University Guide 2024 and 6th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024 for our undergraduate courses, whilst 98% of our research was ranked world-leading or internationally excellent in REF 2021.
Our facilities
We have a wide variety of state-of-the-art research facilities situated within the Department, including Ultra-Low Temperature fridges, a suite of three Isolabs, and are home to the Quantum Technology Centre.