Celebration of John Harding’s Career Conference 15th January 2026
Please join us for a conference to celebrate the many and varied contributions Professor John Harding has made to science.
We will be holding a one day event on the 15th January 2026 in the Sir Robert Hadfield Building at the University of Sheffield starting around 11 am and finishing around 4-5 pm with a drinks reception. Lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the day. Thanks to generous sponsorship from CCP5 there is no charge for this event.
Location
Sir Robert Hadfield Building, University of Sheffield
Travel
Approximately 20 minutes walk from Sheffield Railway station. The nearest Tram stop is West Street.
There is a Q-Park car park opposite the Building on Portebello Street.
Schedule
Tea/Coffee/Refreshments available from 10.45am in the Turner Museum of Glass (E-floor Sir Robert Hadfield Building).
Hume Rothery Lecture Theatre 22
Colin Freeman 11.15-11.25
Welcome and Introduction
Richard Catlow 11.25-11.55
Neil Allan 11.55-12.25
MgO: onwards and upwards
Lunch 12.25-1.20 (Turner Museum of Glass)
Susan Stipp 1.20-1.50
Calcite through the years – a successful dance of molecular modelling and experiments
Dorothy Duffy 1.50-2.10
Modelling Interfaces: collaborations with John Harding
Aaron Finney 2.10-2.30
Computing Nucleation Rates from Equilibrium Simulations
Break 2.30-2.50 with refreshments (Turner Museum of Glass)
Sarah Harris 2.50-3.20
Simulations: a reterospective view
James Elliott 3.20-3.30
Reflections on Collaborations with John Harding
Rob Jackson 3-30-3.50
Computer Modelling of Nuclear Fuels: A Career Long Activity
John Harding 3.50-4.05
Concluding thoughts
4.05 onwards
Drinks Reception for all attendees in Turner Museum of Glass (Sir Robert Hadfield Building)
We already have some great contributions lined up from Professor SIr Richard Catlow (UCL), Professor Sarah Harris (Sheffield), Professor Neil Allan (Bristol) and Professor Dorothy Duffy (UCL) and if you would like to contribute a talk in any of the areas of John’s research plus potential anecdotes/pictures etc of John’s career then please get in touch with Colin Freeman (c.l.freeman@sheffield.ac.uk). All welcome!
Please register below if you intend to participate.