Introduction
Dear Colleagues, A warm welcome to the MSDE Symposium 2023: Frontiers in Molecular Engineering. Organised by Molecular Systems Design and Engineering , this event aims to discuss how molecular engineering approaches are driving significant breakthroughs across a broad range of research disciplines and applications, with a particular focus on the future of molecular engineering. This is the first in-person/hybrid iteration of this symposium since the pandemic and a great opportunity to engage with the journal’s community both in-person and virtually with our international community. We hope the hybrid nature of this event makes this symposium as inclusive as possible. The focus of this symposium is to highlight how molecular engineering is contributing to some of the biggest global challenges of our time. We have invited international experts in their area of research who will be covering topics from sustainable polymers and challenges towards net zero to machine learning approaches for molecular design and molecular design for addressing biomedical challenges. This event provides an opportunity for our valued community members to discuss and explore our most important challenges. A panel discussion on the future of molecular engineering will be a fantastic opportunity for the audience to engage with our panelists about ways in which molecular engineering can contribute to addressing current challenges. We hope you will take part in these sessions and share your experiences with us! Over the last several years, MSDE has rapidly become one of the most important publication venues for research in molecular engineering. The symposium will provide a way for our wide community to get in touch with the Editorial Board members, journal editors and fellow researchers across a broad range of topics in molecular design and engineering. It’s will also be a great way to learn more about the journal and hear about exciting new projects to look out for. We strongly encourage delegates to raise questions to our speakers and poster presenters during the discussion sessions and throughout our dedicated poster sessions. We’d like to thank each of the speakers, poster presenters and participants for all their contributions. Again, welcome to what promises to be an exciting symposium. We hope that this event will act as a springboard for future activities and that it will help in fostering new research collaborations.
Dr Maria Southall Executive Editor, MSDE Royal Society of Chemistry
Professor Juan de Pablo University of Chicago
Editor-in-chief MSDE
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