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including Smart Factory Expo and the Drives & Controls zone. The week beginning 5 June 2023 is Manufacturing & Engineering Week with the centrepiece exhibitions Design & Engineering Expo, Smart Factory Expo, Maintec and the Drives & Controls zone taking place at Birmingham’s NEC on 7 and 8 June. Other exhibitions are also taking place at the NEC during the week, and these 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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Education is a big part of M&E Week with two paid conferences, The Manufacturing Digitalisation Summit and The SME Growth Summit taking place, but 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 free- to-attend 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
www.mandeweek.co.uk/conference-agenda .
KEYNOTE CONFERENCE THEATRES Something that might catch the eye of UK Manufacturing readers is a keynote from Juergen Maier CBE who will provide his perspective on manufacturing in the UK and the opportunities and challenges it is facing in a session titled What Next for UK Manufacturing? In addition to his former position as advisor to the government on industrial strategy Maier is also former chief executive of Siemens UK.
Make UK CEO Stephen Phipson CBE will be taking the stage for a keynote speech entitled State of the Nation. This session seeks to provide an overview of how manufacturers can be in the best position to succeed.
The Maintec Conference Theatre will see the launch of a Global Responsibility Competency Compass by Engineers Without Borders UK. 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
anufacturing and Engineering Week 2023 continues to live up to its promise of being ‘the festival of industrial innovation’ with several new events added for 2023
EDUCATION ALL AREAS AT M&E WEEK 2023!
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.
CELEBRATING INNOVATION, PEOPLE AND SKILLS
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 regarding their sustainability challenges then this session is a ‘must see’. Finally, leaning on his experience as both managing director of Siemens Digital and co- chair of Made Smarter, Brian Holliday tackles the question How Can Manufacturers Take Advantage of Innovation and Industry 5.0? This keynote session will cover the importance of digitalisation and Industry 5.0 for business improvement and growth, as well as the current opportunities available to manufacturers to support them on this journey. Additional free educational sessions are being hosted by the Institute for Manufacturing in the IfM Theatre. These Masterclasses are designed to challenge and extend the attendees' thinking in relation to some of the most pressing challenges and opportunities they face. Previous strategic masterclass topics have included: Strategic Roadmapping, Technology and
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Highlighting innovation is one of the key aims of M&E Week. Made Smarter’s Innovation Alley, for example, will showcase new and developing technologies that will change the landscape of manufacturing over the next five to ten years. Similarly, the Innovation Village, run by the seven High Value Manufacturing Catapult research and technology centres, is an immersive and interactive demonstration area that will take visitors on a journey from fossil fuels to renewables, demonstrating the technological advances that will transform industry for a sustainable world. As well as looking to manufacturing’s future,
M&E Week will also celebrate its current leaders be they businesses, individuals or products. A Best of British showcase will celebrate domestic manufacturing, featuring world-beating new designs, innovative modes of manufacture, products that redefine categories and export successes that plant the flag in overseas markets. Finally, the team at M&E Week hope that many of UK Manufacturing’s readers will enter the Guitar Legends competition to be in with the chance to win a 3D printed guitar from Nexa3D! To register for a free pass or to enter the Guitar Legends competition visit:
www.mandeweek.co.uk
Manufacturing and Engineering Week
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