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 2018</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> is the premier conference organised by the UK and Rol magnetism community.  It welcomes and
 encourages participation from Europe and further afield, and from industry. It follows the highly successful conferences in 2014, 2015 and 2016.  </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FEB813;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Magnetism 2018 is the premier conference organised by the UK and Rol magnetism community. It welcomes and
 encourages participation from Europe and further afield, and from industry. It follows the highly successful conferences that have been held annually since 2014.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A mixture of invited talks and submitted contributions will showcase the breadth
 of magnetism research in the UK and Rol covering the areas of thin films and nanostructures, spintronics, permanent magnetic materials, correlated electrons, nanoparticles and biological/biomedical applications of magnetism, computational magnetism and general
 magnetism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 working in all aspects of magnetism and magnetic materials. The meeting will include oral sessions on a range of subjects including spintronics, spin textures (domain walls, dynamics, vortices, skyrmions), permanent magnetism and energy efficiency, correlated
 electrons and topological systems, spin ice and 2D materials, nanoparticles, ab initio and micromagnetic theory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 the conference provides an excellent opportunity to showcase latest research in a collegiate and stimulating environment.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h4 style="margin-top:0cm;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Key dates<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Abstract submission deadline: 2<sup>nd</sup> Feb 2018<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Early registration deadline: 23<sup>rd</sup>  March 2018<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Registration deadline: 3<sup>rd</sup>  April 2018<o:p></o:p></span></h5>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information please follow the link: <span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="http://magnetism2018.iopconfs.org/home">http://magnetism2018.iopconfs.org/home</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">=====================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr C. J. Kinane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ISIS, Room 1.49, Building R3,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Science and Technology Facilities Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Rutherford Appleton Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Harwell Science and Innovation Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Oxon OX11 0QX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel: +44 (0)1235 446043<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Fax: +44 (0)1235 445720<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">e: <a href="mailto:christy.kinane@stfc.ac.uk">
christy.kinane@stfc.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">w: <a href="http://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/groups/large-scale-structures/">
http://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/groups/large-scale-structures/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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