Directed Assembly Network phase three launch: a round-up of success to date and strategy for the future

To showcase the Networks’ success during phase two (2012–2016), and to set out the strategy for phase three (2017–2019), the Directed Assembly Network held a meeting at the Royal Society in London, United Kingdom on 14 and 15 December 2016. Seventy Network members from both industry and academia attended the event. The meeting, which was used as a springboard to launch and distribute the Networks’ 2017 Roadmap to Innovation, comprised of invited talks, an advisory committee meeting, a panel Q & A session and networking.