The 2016 edition of this conference was held at Cranage Hall in Cheshire from 27th - 30th June and was primarily organised by members of the Manchester-based NoWNANO DTC and Graphene NowNano CDT.

Invited speakers at this conference included:

Prof. Amalia Patane (Univerity of Nottingham)
Prof. Diego Ghezzi (EPFL Centre for Neuroprosthetics)
Prof. Robin Nicholas (University of Oxford)
Dr. Gerard Tobias (ICMAB-CSIC)
Prof. Dan Hewak (University of Southampton)
Prof. Mark Green (King's College London)
Dr. Amaia Zurutuza (Graphenea)
Dr. Jean-Christophe Leroux (ETH Zurich)
Prof. Alberto Striolo (University College London)
Prof. Saverio Russo (University of Exeter)

The conference also featured Jorge Cham, the creative author of PhD Comics, as guest speaker after the formal dinner.