BDSS 2026 "Accelerating Energy Transition towards Net Zero" is a 4-day event from 15th - 18th June, aiming to bring early career researchers and engineers to work together on a technical solution and business model for a real-world Energy Transition challenge.

Participants will have two days of workshops (technical presentations, workshops, and soft skill training sessions) with opportunities of working in groups to develop their technical solution and business model, and then pitch to a judging panel mainly formed by industry experts on the Final Pitch day.

Participants will have the chance to visit the Tyseley Energy Park to understand more about best practices of Net Zero. This year's BDSS brings academic researchers and industry engineers together to collaborate with each other, aiming to strengthen the knowledge and experience sharing between academia and industry, and facilitate the personal development and networking for summer school participants. 

IEEE EMBS Bionanotechnology and BioMEMS Conference

The annual Symposium for the UK Microsystems Network, hosted by University of Birmingham. This will be held at Homerton College at University of Cambridge on Tuesday 7th July 2026. A welcome dinner will be held for all delegates on evening of Monday 6th July 2026.

The UK Microsystems Network, based at University of Birmingham, is hosting a PhD Summer School in 2026. This will be held at Homerton College at University of Cambridge from Wednesday 8th - Thursday 9th July 2026.