Event

MMA25 – Magnetic Materials and Applications 2025

UKMagSoc

MMA25

Oct 8th 2025 - Oct 9th 2025

Niš, Serbia

Updated 05.08.25

 

MMA25 is still in the early stages of exciting developments; the confirmed dates are 8 & 9 October 2025, but there may also be additional activities on 7 & 10 October. Watch this space for more information!

WHY SERBIA? WHY EASTERN EUROPE?

Holding MMA25 in Niš, Serbia will be the furthest east event the Society has ever held. But why hold it there? What is it about Eastern Europe that makes us want to take the Society there?

In short, the opportunity. Holding MMA25 in Niš will act as an introduction to the skills, facilities, and huge opportunities of Eastern Europe.

This region of Europe hosts a dynamic ecosystem of companies and research institutions advancing magnetic technologies in electrical machines, sensors, and other applications, across sectors including industrial, air conditioning, automotive, aerospace, energy, maritime, and others.

We’ve identified more than 50 companies and universities based in Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and beyond, some of the world’s leading companies, such as
Audi, Nidec, Domel, Škoda, SENIS; other relevant companies include Johnson, RVmagnetics, Magnetix, Dimagnetica, EMS Power Machines, Posco International, Rotex Electric, Emrax, VYBO Electric, Rosenergomash, and in the materials sector Magneti Ljubljana, JFE Steel, Mkango Resources, KOLEKTOR, and Neo Performance Materials.

There are several factories and facilities delivering magnet recycling, magnetic encoders, electrical steels, materials for or complete SmFeN and NdFeB magnets, design and production of electrical machines for robots and hand tools up to locomotives and wind turbines, flux-gate and induction magnetometers, linear position sensors, separators, and more.

In the academic fields, the countries of Eastern Europe host the Technical Universities of Niš, Novi Sad, Košice, Kharkiv, Warsaw, Kraków, Bialystok, Łódź, Varna, Prague, Ostrava, Bucharest, Budapest, and the Jožef Stefan Institute, amongst others.

All these organisations and more offer a collection of knowledge and practice relatively untapped by the Society. We will be making major efforts to engage with as many of these organisations as possible, so that MMA25 will be an opportunity find out more about what is going on in this exciting region, making connections for the future for the Society and for our members.

DAY VENUE

Science and Technology Park Niš (NTP)

Aleksandra Medvedeva 2a, Niš 18000, Serbia

DINNER VENUE

Nacionalna Klasa

Aleksandra Medvedeva 2a,

18000 Niš

TRAVEL

Getting to Serbia

We recommend that delegates travelling by air fly into Belgrade Airport.

Please note that Niš also has an airport however the flights are less likely to be direct from some countries.

Getting to Niš

There will be the option for you to book our organised bus from Belgrave Airport to Niš. If you do not book this, it will be your responsibility to organise your own travel to and from Nis.

If you are travelling by train, the closest main train station is Niš železnička stanica which is a 10 minute drive to the venue.

Getting around Niš

Getting to and from the day venue will be your responsibility. The dinner venue is within the Science park and therefore delegates will be escorted on foot.  A bus will be provided for transporting delegates to the tours.

ACCOMMODATION

We have a special rate at  Hotel Ambassador , Niš, Trg Kralja Milana 4

 

Price for premium single room per night with breakfast and city tax is 94 euro.

Superior double room single used per night is 98 euro

Parking place is 10 euro per night.

 

To book, please email hotel@ambasadorhotel.com advising it is for the UK Magnetic Society to receive our preferential rate.

TOURS

During the day there will be scheduled opportunities to go on a tour of IRC SENIS doo.

IRC SENIS doo

Knjaževacka 38,

18103 Niš

DIETARY REQUIREMENTS

Please let us know as soon as possible if you have any dietary requirements we need to be aware of.

DRESS CODE

The dress code for the event is business attire / smart casual.

CONTINUING CONTACT / GDPR

Please note, by providing contact details during registration, you authorise us to

  • use these contact details to let you know details of this event, and
  • add your contact details to our contact database to let you know about future events that may be of interest.

Please let us know at enquiries@ukmagsoc.org at any time if you do not wish to be contacted in this way. Also, we can remove you from our contact schedule at any point in the future.

We will also be taking photos at the event. If you do not wish to have your photo taken during the event, please contact events@ukmagsoc.org

SPONSOR PACKAGES

Sponsor packages are available. They are still an excellent way to promote your organisation!

Note sponsorship does not guarantee a speaking slot.

  • Ceramic Sponsor: 2 attendees, Exhibiting space, Logo and link on website
  • Ferrite Sponsor: as Ceramic, Logo and link on our marketing material, Listed on our presentations
  • Samarium Sponsor: as Ferrite + 3 attendees in total, 1 item of promotional material or USB or advert included in delegate pack and available at Registration, Thanked during session introduction and closing comments, Pop-up banner displayed at Registration
  • Neodymium Sponsor: as Samarium + 4 attendees in total, Advert shown during breaks, Logo on delegate badges, Sponsorship of MMA24 Dinner, MMA24 title sponsorship

EVENT SPONSORS


Speakers

Welcome
by of NTP

Next-Level Magnet Inspection: SENIS 3D Magnetic Field Mapping System and Pure 3D Magnetic Camera SENCAM
by Dragana Popovic Renella of SENIS Group, Switzerland

Accurate magnetic field measurement is essential for industries requiring precise magnet inspection in R&D, QA, and production. SENIS provides two cutting-edge solutions: the MMS-1A-RS Magnetic Field Mapping System, which measures Bx, By, Bz, and Btotal at a single point in space, and the SENCAM, a matrix of pure 3D Hall sensors, each measuring Bx, By, Bz, and Btotal at a single point. The MMS-1A-RS mapper is primarily used in R&D, QA, and small-volume production, offering automated, high-resolution mapping of magnetic fields in permanent magnets, electromagnets, and electronic components. It utilizes a non-magnetic Cartesian platform and advanced 3D Hall probes. The SENCAM features over 16'000 pure 3D magnetic sensors (or 3-axis magnetic field pixels) for unparalleled resolution in capturing magnetic field strength and direction in QA and production. Its ultra-small field-sensitive volume (27 × 9 × 4 µm³ per 3D pixel) and high-speed imaging (7 full images per second or image partitions of interest per millisecond) enable detailed inspection on production lines, even for complex magnet geometries and high magnetic field gradients. Both systems provide traceable accuracy, ISO 17025-certified calibration, and seamless software integration, making them invaluable tools for quality control, advanced magnetic engineering, and production line inspection.

Zeljiko Sopalović of Nidec - Serbia

IEEE

SAL - Silicon Austria Labs

PFM's
by James McKenzie of Hirst Magnetics

Transfer of Complex Polarization Distributions in Permanent Magnets to Customers
by Thomas Schliesch of MAX BAERMANN GMBH

Some specific manufacturing methods for permanent magnets, as those as injection molding, often lead to complex distributions of inherent parameters like remanent polarization or recoil permeability. Knowledge about those distributions can be crucial for the magnet’s customers when doing their own simulations and predictions about the performance of the final application. Examples are simulations of complex magnets in electrical machines, magnetic sensors or magnetic couplings. In many cases it can be difficult to do a direct transfer of data from the magnet’s manufacturer to the end customer due to the use of different simulation systems or by restrictions by the customer’s software. The presentation will start with descriptions of how related distributions of magnetic parameters can be gained by adequate simulations at the manufacturer’s site. It will then explain the various ways how sufficient transfer of data to the customer’s end can be performed. When not using same simulation systems by the magnet producer and the customer, a transfer by use of discrete local distributions can be an option. Unfortunately, many commercial software packages have problems with implementing respective distributions by element or volume-wise changing of material data. As a solution, sometimes heuristic models provide sufficient results, but often with poor accuracy. Instead of that, many numerical packages can handle distributions of inherent magnetic parameters like the polarization vector by mathematical equations. So, the talk will provide various attempts for mathematical approximations to feed respective software systems with magnetic distributions of periodic as well as non-periodic kind. A variety of simulations of different sorts of magnets will be presented together with comparative measured data.

TBC - Motors for pumps
by Badri Veluri of Grundfos


Registration

Type Standard Fee Group Discount
(3+ delegates)
ERD Member £225.00 20%
ERD Non-Member £340.00 20%
ERD Students £140.00 20%
Speaker £195.00 20%
Ceramic Sponsor £1,995.00 20%
Ferrite Sponsor £2,495.00 20%
Samarium Sponsor £2,995.00 20%
Neodymium Sponsor £3,295.00 20%
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