Over 3 days we had great quick fire presentations from Universities; Catapults; Composite Centres; County Councils and BT. The panel sessions created some very interesting discussions and we’re excited about future collaboration and engagement.
Discussions included the role of the Catapults; the role of Research & Development; training and connecting to employees; core features and attributes of 5G; the context of 5G and open network standards; where does culture come into Industry 4.0; the role of Government and involving supply chain partners; the benefits of Digital Twins; helping smaller companies scale up and adopt new technologies; communication & trust and Security….
Our thanks to Ste Ashton, Managing Director at nexGworx for sponsoring the event; Sam Turner, CTO HVMC; Paul Coles, Advalus and the Quatreus event production team.
Day 1 - Challenges and Opportunities
We'll explore both the opportunities and challenges. Will it lead to an increase in productivity driven by new capital investments and data driven insights? How do we make sure that with “connectivity” we don't encounter issues over security and cyber threats? What role does big data have to play to benefit the industry as a whole?
Please click on the speaker name for bio and presentation
Mark Stansfeld, Chair WM5G Board
Juergen Maier CBE, Chair of the Digital Catapult
Paul Ceely, Director of Technology Strategy at Digital Catapult
Panel Discussion
- Rab Scott, Professor of Industrial Digitalisation. Head of Digital at the AMRC
- Sarah Walker, Director of BT’s Enterprise business in the Midlands and North of England
- Oliver Swift, Manufacturing Engineering Team Leader at BAE Systems
- Steven Carter, Digital Manufacturing Integration Lead, Rolls-Royce
Hear about real world activities in Smart Connected Manufacturing from the likes of the High Value Manufacturing clusters and its partners.
We'll debate questions such as how do we accelerate innovation out of the clusters and into the rest of UK manufacturing? What support do we need from government to make this acceleration of manufacturing innovation happen? What do we need manufacturing supply chain partners to be focussed on?
Ste Ashton, Managing Director at nexGworx and Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity Manager at Worcestershire County Council
Prof Sam Turner, CTO HVMC
Marc Funnell, Director of Digital Engineering at the National Composites Centre (NCC)
Rab Scott, Professor of Industrial Digitalisation. Head of Digital at the AMRC
- Katherine Bennett CBE FRAeS, CEO HVM Catapult
- Marc Funnell, Director of Digital Engineering at the National Composites Centre (NCC)
- Ste Ashton, Managing Director at nexGworx and Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity Manager at Worcestershire County Council
- Sam Turner, CTO of the HVMC
- Stephen Phipson CBE, CEO at MakeUK
- Dani Anderson, 5G Engineer, University of Strathclyde
We'll take a more in-depth look at some of the research and
challenges relating to Smart Connected Manufacturing; explore issues around
security and trust and also look at example business cases for Smart Connected
Manufacturing with a view on SMEs.
Data: The oil for smart manufacturing
Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Industrial Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge
Low Cost Digital Solutions for SMEs - Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring
The Role of Trust in Unlocking the Potential of Industry 4.0
Dan Brooks, Strategy Lead for Digital Manufacturing at NPL
Confidence in data to support the adoption of Industrial Digital Technologies
Ian Bouquet-Taylor, Operations Director of AE Aerospace
Digitising the SME - A private 5G network to drive quality and efficiency
Stephen Douglas, Head of 5G Strategy, Spirent Communications
Accelerating 5G With the Network Digital Twin
Mehdi Daoudi, CRO at VRtuoso
Up-skill & Re-skill workforce with Virtual Reality
Mohammad Zoualfaghari, IoT Architect & Technical Lead at BT
Value-Added Services for Industry 4.0 (VASI4)
Gary Bruce, Research Manager and Ecosystems Architect, BT Applied Research
Digital Business Marketplace - Partner Ecosystems for the Industry 4.0 age!
⇨ What is the role of Testbed As a Service capability?
- Sam Turner, CTO HVMC
- Ste Ashton, Managing Director at nexGworx and Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity Manager at Worcestershire County Council
- Ian Bouquet-Taylor, Operations Director of AE Aerospace
- Stephen Douglas, Head of 5G Strategy, Spirent Communications
- Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Industrial Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge
- Geraldina Iraheta, Chief Commercial Officer at Digital Catapult
Meet our conference sponsor
Our journey started in 2016 when Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership along with Worcestershire County Council started to explore the potential benefits that 5G could bring to Worcestershire.
Since then we secured substancial funding, built important connections leading to world leading trials, won innovation awards and most importantly, alongside our technology partner BT, established an ongoing ‘Testbed as a Service’ with our new trading entity ‘nexGworx’ to be launched prior to this conference.
Expanding on our success stories we are proud to sponsor this conference on "Smart Connected Manufacturing", bringing together the world leaders in the field and discussing an exciting future.
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