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SUPPLEMENT MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING WEEK 2023
EDUCATION ALL AREAS AT M&E WEEK 2023!
Manufacturing and Engineering Week 2023, beginning week 5th June at the NEC, Birmingham, continues to live up to its promise of being ‘the festival of industrial innovation’, with several new events added including Smart Factory Expo and the Drives & Controls zone, and the chance to enter the Guitar Legends competition…
beginning 5th June at Birmingham’s NEC, with the centrepiece exhibitions – Design & Engineering Expo, Smart Factory Expo, Maintec and the Drives & Controls zone – taking place on 7-8th June. Other exhibitions taking place at the NEC that week include Automechanika run by Messe Frankfurt; Med-Tech Innovation Expo and TCT 3Sixty from Rapid News Group; and Subcon from the Mark Allen Group.
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regarding their sustainability challenges then this session is a ‘must see’. Closing out the conference agenda on 8th June
is a revealing and fun session called ‘Inside the UK’s race for space’. This explores space as a growing and exciting manufacturing and engineering sector for the UK. Here, members of the senior team from Spaceport Cornwall will discuss the opportunity that space offers the UK, alongside the valuable engineering lessons learned from the recent launch!
ifM Masterclasses are designed to challenge and extend the attendees’ thinking in relation to some of the most pressing challenges
On 8th June, another session addresses the
A FOCUS ON EDUCATION With two paid conferences, The Manufacturing Digitalisation Summit and The SME Growth Summit taking place, education is a big part of M&E Week. However a major attraction is the free-to-attend conference programme across two Keynote Theatres and six Solutions Theatres. Each theatre offers a comprehensive schedule of presentations delivered by manufacturing and technology experts. Solutions Theatre topics include: Automation & Robotics, Digital Transformation, IIoT & Connectivity, Industrial Data & AI, Innovation and Design Engineering. The full programme can be found at
https://www.mandeweek.co.uk/ conference-agenda.
KEYNOTE CONFERENCE THEATRES One keynote session that might catch the eye of Design Solutions readers is from Katherine Bennett CBE, CEO of the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC), on 7th June. Speaking on the topic of ‘Innovation as the Key to Business Transformation & Growth’, the session discusses the importance of innovation to change manufacturing businesses for the better and includes examples of how Katherine has seen this working with companies that the HVMC are supporting.
topic of ‘How to design for the circular economy’. With ever changing timelines, material choices, Net Zero commitments, and desire to take the full lifecycle of a product into account, this panel session featuring Libby Meyrick, CEO at the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED), discusses what design engineers need to focus on to deliver sustainable and profitable projects. Another conference session, this time taking
place in the Maintec keynote theatre, is by Engineers Without Borders UK. Their keynote session on the afternoon of Wednesday 7th June will see the launch of a Global Responsibility Competency Compass. The Compass is for those who are struggling to respond effectively to the complexity, uncertainty and challenges of the age. The action-oriented tool, developed through extensive consultation and testing, articulates the essential skills, knowledge and mindsets that engineers increasingly need to deliver the most positive impact on the four principles of global responsibility: responsible, purposeful, inclusive and regenerative. For those who want to achieve something
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MASTERCLASSES Additional free educational sessions are being hosted by the Institute for Manufacturing in the IfM Theatre. Its Masterclasses are designed to challenge and extend the attendees’ thinking in relation to some of the most pressing challenges and opportunities they face. IfM uses research and frameworks
developed at the University of Cambridge so those attending the Masterclasses can gain practical
insights and recommendations. IfM Industrial Practitioners have extensive expertise in supporting organisations across many sectors, and so are ideally placed to answer any questions and unpick problems. The final timetable for this year’s
masterclasses will be released shortly, but previous strategic masterclass topics have included: Strategic Roadmapping, Technology and innovation management, Sustainability – Scope 3 emissions, Sustainability – Reducing energy waste and Digital strategy. IfM Masterclasses require advance booking, and this can be done when registering for your ticket to visit M&E Week’s Smart Factory Expo.
GUITAR LEGENDS COMPETITION Finally, there is the opportunity for Design Solutions’ readers to enter – and possibly win – the Guitar Legends competition! Not only because the prize is a 3D printed guitar from Nexa3D but to prove once and for all that we have the UK’s coolest readers! To register for a free pass or to
enter the Guitar Legends competition, please visit the website.
www.mandeweek.co.uk
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