On Friday 18th March 2005, the British Society of Rheology held a Micro symposium on Rheology and Crystallisation at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge.

The conference organiser was Prof Malcolm Mackley and the speakers were

• Professor Roger Tanner, from the University of Sydney, who gave the BSR Gold medal lecture on Rheology of Crystallizing Polymers
• Professor Gerrit Peters, from the Technical University of Eindhoven, who discussed Flow induced crystallization and resulting anisotropic properties
• and Gabriela Hernandez Fernandez del Castillo, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, on Experimental observations on flow induced crystallisation.

Left to right: Professor Gerrit Peters, Gabriela Hernandez Fernandez del Castillo and Professor Roger Tanner