Explore the event’s past, from its origins to today. History of the RAMS conference series RAMS has been running since 2010 and has been hosted by universities across the UK, including Leeds, Bristol, Glasgow, Bath, Warwick, Lancaster, Exeter, Cardiff, Liverpool, Bradford, Lincoln, Brunel University London, University College London and now the University of Edinburgh. RAMS 2026 continues this national series by bringing recent appointees in materials science together in Edinburgh for two days of research, networking and collaboration. RAMS 2010 - September 1–3, 2010, University of LeedsRAMS 2011 - September 14–16, 2011, University of BristolRAMS 2012 - September 5–7, 2012, University of Strathclyde, GlasgowRAMS 2014 - September 11–12, 2014, University of BathRAMS 2015 - September 16–17, 2015, University of WarwickRAMS 2016 - September 22–23, 2016, Lancaster UniversityRAMS 2017 - September 10–11, 2018, Cardiff UniversityRAMS 2019 - September 9–10, 2019, University of LiverpoolRAMS 2022 - September 5–6, 2022, University of BradfordRAMS 2023 - September 11–12, 2023, University of LincolnRAMS 2024 - September 5–6, 2024, Brunel University LondonRAMS 2025 - June 17–20, 2025, University College LondonRAMS 2026 - July 9–10, 2026, University of Edinburgh This article was published on 2026-06-01