UK Fluids Conference
The UK Fluids Conference 2025 aims to bring together all those involved in fluid mechanics research in the UK. PhD students and post-doctoral researchers are encouraged to attend as well as established researchers. There will be a lively programme of invited and contributed talks, and poster sessions, to foster communication amongst the community
The Conference will be held at the University of Liverpool, located within one of Europe's most vibrant cities, from Tuesday 2 September – Thursday 4 September 2025.
The conference is organised by the Fluid Mechanics Research Cluster within the School of Engineering, University of Liverpool and will take place at the University of Liverpool’s main campus, close to the heart of Liverpool’s world-famous city centre.
Important dates
Opening of submissions | Tuesday 1 April |
Submission closes | Wednesday 11 June |
Notification to authors | Monday 16 June |
Early bird rate registrations | Monday 3 March – Monday 30 June |
Registrations at full price | Tuesday 1 July – Friday 1 August |
Invited speakers
We have a range of invited plenary speakers, showcasing internationally leading research activity taking place within the UK including:
- Professor Deborah Greaves, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Plymouth University
- Professor Rich Kerswell, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
- Professor Prof Halim Kusumaatmaja, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh
- Dr. Steve Lawson, Head of Aerodynamics UK, MBDA
- Winner of 2025 UKFN Thesis Prize (TBC).
At the conclusion of the conference, Professor Julia Yeomans (Department of Physics, Oxford University) will deliver the Tom Duke prize lecture awarded by the Biological Physics Group UK.
The full programme will be downloadable from here: UK FLUIDS Speakers Programme 2025, and, in time, the conference book can be downloaded here: Conference book.
Presentation details
Oral presentations will be 15 minutes in duration with three minutes for questions and answers and two minutes changeover. Please keep to time. Presentations can be made using PowerPoint or Adobe Reader and should be provided on memory stick to the session chair immediately before the session for uploading before the session starts.
Poster boards to accommodate posters up to A0 in size will be available. Pins will also be available. If you would like to fix your poster to the board by another means, please bring appropriate material with you. Posters will be displayed in the GFLEX area in the Central Teaching Hub (CTH). You will be able to access the room from 08:30 on 2nd September.
The programme will be available on the conference website from 18th August 2025.
Conference venue and getting here
The conference will be held within the Central Teaching Hub on the University of Liverpool’s campus (map reference F7 on attached campus map) registration will include a conference dinner overlooking the River Mersey in Liverpool’s iconic Liver Building.
Read full details on how to travel to the central campus.
Accommodation
There are a number of hotel options available, all within easy walking distance to either the conference venue or the dinner location (the Liver Building is a 25-minute walk from the conference venue).
- Novotel Paddington: (5 minute walk from campus): Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village | Accor Hotels – ALL
- Hope Street Hotel: (10 minute walk from campus): Boutique Hotel Liverpool | Hotel in Liverpool City Centre (hopestreethotel.co.uk)
- Philharmonic Hotel: (10 minute walk from campus): Philharmonic Hotel Liverpool
- Premier Inn Central (Lime Street): (15 minute walk from campus): Liverpool City Centre (Lime Street) | Premier Inn
- The Liner Hotel: (10 minute walk from campus): Liverpool City Centre Hotel | The Liner Hotel Liverpool
- For information on other hotels in the city please visit: www.visitliverpool.com.
Exhibitors/sponsors
We have a range of sponsorship packages available, so if you are interested in supporting this event and engaging with a wide range of fluids research, and related disciplines, scientists then please get in touch.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our current sponsors and look forward to hearing about their latest products/technologies during the conference. In particular, we would like to thank the generous support of the UK Fluids Network and EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Fluid Dynamics via the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics.
Sponsors