The Materials Science & Technology 2023 Technical Meeting and Exhibition was held in Columbus, OH, USA from 1-4/10/2023. As part of the "Biomaterials" session, Prof. El Fray gave a lecture entitled Next generation Injectable Biomaterials for Soft Tissue Repair. Prof. El Fray, together with Prof. Jose Avila of Washington State University, also chaired a session entitled "Next generation biomaterials," during which 11 papers were presented.