2nd Edition National Manufacturing Summit: A Net Zero Future 2022 | Manufacturing Technology Centre | 7 February 2022 | TBA
Venue
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| Event Date |
Tue Feb 8 GMT - Wed Feb 9 GMT (almost 3 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Feb 7 7:00pm - Tue Feb 8 7:00pm |
| Location | TBA |
| Region | EMEA |
Details
This summit will help create a vision of partnership and collaboration, driven by emerging technologies to ensure our world-class industries can innovate to meet the challenges ahead and deliver a successful, sustainable future.
At this summit, you will hear from key influencers, who will provide a state-of-the-nation reviewing the progress on emerging technologies and give an opportunity to hear about new sectors that will help grow the UK's global manufacturing footprint whilst achieving a Net-Zero future.
The National Manufacturing Summit is a national platform that brings together the many voices of manufacturing industry as one and serves to demonstrate through emerging technologies, the UK’s world-class industries and their contribution to the UK economy.
Through emerging technologies, our existing world-class industries, such as aerospace and automotive, and growing sectors, such as space and med-tech, we will showcase manufacturing’s contribution to the economy and the opportunities these sectors and other growth areas provide the UK PLC.
Aims and Objectives
• A renewed confidence in the manufacturing sector, through access to opportunities in new sectors and markets.
• The dissemination of best practice, knowledge and strategic thinking.
• Engagement with the latest tools and techniques to increase productivity and competitive advantage.
• A national forum for discussion and collaboration and to be part of setting the national manufacturing agenda, hearing from industry leaders, politicians and academics.
• Access to opportunities in new sectors and markets.
Speakers
2022 Speakers
Andy Pye
Consultant Editor, DFA Media
Andy Storer
CEO, Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Andy Street
Mayor of the West Midlands
Brian Holliday
Managing Director, Siemens Digital Industries
Dame Judith Hackitt
Chair, Make UK
Dr Clive Hickman
CEO, Manufacturing Technology Centre
Dr Rick Robinson
Director of Smart Places, Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure, Jacobs
Hugo Spowers
Chief Engineer & Founder, Riversimple
James Warren
Commercial Director, Lunaz Group
Jonathon Porritt
Co-Founder, Forum for the Future
Katherine Bennett
Chief Executive Officer, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Kevin Craven
CEO, ADS Group
Lord David Willetts
President, Resolution Foundation
Lord Karan Bilimoria
President of the CBI
Lucy Siegle
Journalist and Broadcaster
Nik Spencer
CEO, Heru
Paul Rose
TV Presenter
Richard Bramley
Chair, NFU Environment Forum
Robin Budenberg
Chairman, Lloyds Bank
Vaughan Gething Ms
Minister for Economy, Welsh Government