About this Event
This live event will be a great opportunity to meet and network with the members of the Natural Materials Association committee, as well as find out what designs were sent in for our design competition. You will hear from expert speakers in natural materials.
The Competition challenge was to source natural material waste and transform it into innovative products, emphasising recycling, upcycling, and repurposing.
The competition is at the core of the NMA’s mission to develop a focus for knowledge exchange between materials scientists, product designers, innovators and those in education utilising the properties of natural materials.
Venue kindly sponsored by Institute of Healthy Urban Living, University of Westminster
Prizes donated by S'Investec and Woolcool.
Agenda
🕑: 02:00 PM
Introduction to NMA - Angela Morris Woolcool
Host: Dr Angela Morris
Info: Dr Angela Morris, Founder and Chair of Woolcool, has been named Woman of the Year – Retailer and Manufacturing Category at the inaugural Women in Packaging Excellence Awards 2025.
🕑: 02:15 PM
Current Chair Dr Parvez Alam - summary of current work
Host: Dr Parvez Alam
Info: Reader in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Edinburgh, UK. Activities and interests are in the fields of biomimetic design, mechanical metamaterials, comparative biomechanics, and composites engineering.
14:30 – Committee members all give an overview of their work
15:00 – Q&A
15:15- Introduction to the competition
15:30 - Presentation by competition participant 1
15:40 - Presentation by competition participant 2
15:50 - Prizes awarded
16:00 – Drinks & Networking
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
University of Westminster - Cavendish Campus, 115 New Cavendish Street, London, United Kingdom
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