Richard Kydd, a PhD Student of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Functional Nanomaterials, was one of the five candidates selected from over 30 Australian applicants to attend the inaugural HOPE meeting for Nanotechnology in Tsukuba, Japan.

Organised by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, the meeting was an opportunity for PhD candidates from 12 Asian-Pacific nations to meet and discuss their research with Nobel laureates and other distinguished nanoscience researchers.

The all expenses paid trip also included visits to NEC's quantum computing and nanophotonics research facilities