John Davies, BT Applied Research and Visiting Professor at The Open University on "Data: the oil for smart manufacturing"

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Professor John Davies is a Senior Research Manager in BT’s Applied Research department, where he leads a team focussed on Internet of Things, Edge Computing, Data Analytics and related technologies and applications.

He is also a Visiting Professor at the Open University and University of Hull, UK. His current research interests include the application of Internet of Things and Edge Computing to smart cities, smart energy grids, business intelligence and agritech.

He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has authored over 100 scientific publications. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Chartered Engineer.

Data: the oil for smart manufacturing?

Dani Anderson 5G Engineer, University of Strathclyde on "Software Defined Radio and Shared Spectrum for Industry 4.0"

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Dani Anderson currently works on the design and implementation of private 5G networks using shared spectrum, and agile SDR implementations across (low/mid) frequency bands from 400MHz to 4GHz.

Building on key partnerships with tier2 RAN providers, Dani has worked on projects including 5GRailNext, designing a standalone 5G demonstrator for Glasgow’s Subway, and a recent NB-IoT project to connect smart meters using shared spectrum RAN solutions.

Dani is currently one of the leads on a joint project with AFRC/NMIS to create a demonstration for N77 shared spectrum networks for Advanced manufacturing environments running in 2021.

Software Defined Radio and Shared Spectrum for Industry 4.0

Stephen Phipson CBE, CEO at MakeUK on "How UK manufacturing can build a digital, global and green future"

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Stephen Phipson CBE has been the Chief Executive of Make UK since joining in 2017.

Stephen previously spent 5 years as a senior civil servant holding the position of Head of the Defence and Security Organisation within the Department for International trade delivering export support to UK defence and security businesses and prior to this Stephen held the position of Director for Security Industry Engagement within the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism at the Home Office.

Before serving in the UK Government Stephen spent 35 years in senior roles in the manufacturing industry including 15 years with Smiths Group plc as President of Smiths Detection where he was awarded a CBE in 2010 for services to the Security industry. Stephen has worked extensively abroad in high technology manufacturing businesses and started his career as an engineering apprentice with the Plessey company.

How UK manufacturing can build a digital, global and green future

Marc Funnell, Director of Digital Engineering at the NCC on "NCC - Transforming to a digital exemplar"

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Marc Funnell is Director of Digital Engineering at the National Composites Centre - NCC

With over 20 years’ experience in industry, Marc specialises in composite design and analysis with a passion, demonstrating success in the digital transformation of engineering practices throughout his career.

Following his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Stellenbosch University and research activities across the automotive and defence sectors in South Africa, Marc joined the composite research team at Airbus UK, culminating in his role as Head of Analysis for the ALCAS programme, a precursor to the A350.

After leaving Airbus, he ran a private company working across major aerospace OEMs as a specialist in composite analysis and design until joining GKN Aerospace as global Head of Engineering Methodology, responsible for driving engineering change across 56 sites globally.

In 2019 he joined the National Composites Centre as Head of Digital, leading the Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation programme where he is responsible driving the application and adoption of digital technologies to benefit the UK composite engineering and manufacturing industry.

NCC - Transforming to a digital exemplar

Duncan McFarlane, Professor of Industrial Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge on "Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring"

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Duncan McFarlane is Professor of Industrial Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge, head of Distributed Information & Automation Lab, chairman of Redbite Solutions Ltd and fellow of St John's College, Fellow of the IET, Honorary Academic Fellow at Trinity College, Melbourne and Visiting Professor at University of Melbourne.

His research work is in intelligent industrial automation, low cost digital systems, resilient control, RFID integration, track and trace systems, IoT and industrial logistics.

He was Research Director of the Auto ID Centre [2000-3]. He is founder and Chairman of RedBite Solutions Ltd - an industrial RFID and track & trace and IoT based asset management solutions company. He leads the Cambridge – Boeing research partnership is Digital Manufacturing theme lead at Cambridge. He is Principal Investigator on the Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring programme developing low cost digital solutions for small manufacturers.

From March to July 2020 he led a team which won the RAE Presidents Award for providing Industrial Engineering support to local hospitals managing the Covid-19 Epidemic.

Since August 2020 he has also been Operations Logistics lead at Cambridge for its asymptomatic student Covid-19 testing programme.

Low Cost Digital Solutions for SMEs - Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring

Prof Sam Turner, CTO HVMC on "The HVMC and opportunities for UK Smart Connected Factories"

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Professor Sam Turner is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult. Sam works across the HVM Catapult centres and stakeholders, including government, to develop manufacturing strategy for the UK. He is part of the Made Smarter strategy implementation group led by Juergen Maier and was part of the review team. In this role Sam has chaired the D4I digital industry group, the Through Life Engineering Services (TES) Council and the IMechE Manufacturing Industries Division.

He joined the HVM Catapult team in 2017 from his role as CTO of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing, where he worked on a range of projects and capabilities including the flagship digital facility Factory 2050, machining, casting and composites technology. As a founding member of the AMRC, Sam led the growth of the AMRC’s Machining Group, with successes in delivering impact to UK industry, before moving into the CTO role. Sam has over 20 years experience in manufacturing working across the aerospace, steel, defence, automotive sectors.

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Ste Ashton, MD nexGworx, Digital Infrastructure and Connectivity Manager Worcestershire CC on "5G So What? A Testbed's view on Industry 4.0 and the future with nexGworx"

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Since 2013, Ste has led the Broadband, 5G and Connectivity service at Worcestershire County Council. Including the Superfast and Gigabit agendas. Identifying the sectors of Manufacturing and wider industry along with Health and Social Care as being those with the most potential to benefit from the emergence of 5G and supported applications, whilst also having the highest potential to impact on Worcestershire’s residents and businesses.

Ste has been the lead officer throughout the DCMS supported Worcestershire 5G project, focussed around Industry 4.0 and Security by Design and the ongoing DCMS supported West Mercia 5G project which is exploring models for 5G deployment in rural areas and applications across health and social care.

Post project closure, having demonstrated the productivity benefits of 5G, in particular to the advanced manufacturing sector, Ste has led the transition from the Worcestershire 5G project into a Testbed as a Service, providing services to customers. This testbed is launching as nexGworx in June 2021.

Ste has a background in commercial, programme and project and programme management in both public and private sectors and across a range of disciplines from technology and change management to global sports events such as Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games and single sport world championships.

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