Westminster Business Forum Keynote Seminar
The future for UK manufacturing – challenges ahead for policy following the Foresight Project
with
Professor Sir Mark Walport, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government and Head, Government Office for Science (subject to diary)
Janice Munday, Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Services, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Dirk Pilat, Deputy Director, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
and
Dick Elsy, High Value Manufacturing Catapult; Professor Steve Evans, University of Cambridge; Professor Richard Hague, University of Nottingham; Professor Richard Harris, University of Durham; Professor Alan Hughes, University of Cambridge; Mike Hutchinson, Tharsus Group; Mike Rigby, Barclays and Bill Twigg, Semta
Chaired by:
Chris White MP, Co-Chair, Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group
Morning, Thursday, 28th November 2013
Central London
The 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2013)
The International Conference on Manufacturing Research is a major event for academics and industrialists engaged in manufacturing research. Held annually in the UK since the late 1970s, the conference is renowned as a friendly and inclusive environment that brings together a broad community of researchers who share a common goal; developing and managing the technologies and operations that are key to sustaining the success of manufacturing businesses.
ICMR2013 will take place on the 19-20 September 2013 at Cranfield University.
The ICMR2013 is running back to back with the 2nd Annual EPSRC Manufacturing the Future conference which runs from 17-18 September 2013. Both conferences are integrated events within the ‘Manufacturing Week’ 16-20 September 2013 at Cranfield. The ICMR 2013 will have a strong emphasis on industrial relevance and senior executives from leading manufacturers will be attending.
We now have a strong programme for our 10th annual meeting around the theme ‘The Future of Manufacturing’.
Speakers will include the manufacturing heads from BIS, EPSRC and TSB, industrialists from key industries of the future including Medical Technology, Synthetic Biology and Food as well as a Manufacturing Futures Workshop facilitated by the Government Office of Science Manufacturing Foresight team, and a pre-dinner address by David Willetts.
Follow the link Forum Agenda to see the programme.
Please email Ella Davey (erd30@cam.ac.uk) to let her know if you can attend both the Forum and Dinner.
As this is our 10th Anniversary year we are keen to make it a rather special occasion, so do please join in if you can. Do please also let us know if there are any senior industrialists you would like us to invite for the dinner, and any new Professors we should be encouraging to come along to both the Forum and Dinner.