The Formulation Science and Technology Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry is excited to be organising Formula X - Understand, Formulate, Innovate in Manchester, following on from the first Formula in Asia, Formula IX - Multiscale Structures and Functionalities for Future Formulation which happened Beijing in October 2017. The first Formula conference was held in 1987, 31 years later Formula X will continue the tradition of bringing together the best industrial and academic science and engineering which are accelerating the application of formulation across Europe.
The conference theme of "Understand, Formulate, Innovate" highlights the direction of travel for the formulating industries where more research and development is now aimed at developing the understanding before formulation occurs, which is driving new types of innovation. While traditional formulation science research is still important it is now being applied to more and more complex formulations, and even for the most complex formulation digital techniques are being used to limit the formulation space that needs to be explored. Formula X will once again cover a broad range of formulating industries and the domain specific understanding which is key to successful formulation will be continue to a focus, the session chairs will also be tasked with highlighting cross-domain learning.
The conference theme of "Understand, Formulate, Innovate" highlights the direction of travel for the formulating industries where more research and development is now aimed at developing the understanding before formulation occurs, which is driving new types of innovation. While traditional formulation science research is still important it is now being applied to more and more complex formulations, and even for the most complex formulation digital techniques are being used to limit the formulation space that needs to be explored. Formula X will once again cover a broad range of formulating industries and the domain specific understanding which is key to successful formulation will be continue to a focus, the session chairs will also be tasked with highlighting cross-domain learning.
