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Manufacturing Digitalisation Summit, brought to you by The Manufacturer magazine, brings together the UK’s most senior digital-minded manufacturers. Now in its second year, the event provides an inspiring opportunity for industry leaders to come together to discuss the role of smart technology in their business and learn about new opportunities.
Now more than ever – manufacturers need to be able to implement a robust digitalisation strategy. Manufacturing Digitalisation Summit will show you how!
100
Attendees
29
Speakers
10
Key Topics
10
Sponsors
4
Keynotes
1
Panel Debate
Ideas and inspiration from every sector…
Manufacturing Digitalisation Summit is designed for the UK’s largest defence, automotive, aerospace, electronics, machinery, chemical, pharmaceutical, FMCG, food and drink manufacturers.
Manufacturers will be discussing how to successfully plan and implement a digitalisation strategy across their businesses, covering key issues such as organisational and operational change, upskilling the workforce, and when and where to implement enabling technologies.
Manufacturing Digitalisation Summit features an innovative and interactive conference format featuring both plenary session presentations and interactive discussions with industry leaders. This allows you to:
- learn from thought leaders and case-study experiences
- receive direct advice from digitalisation experts relating to your specific questions or issues.
WHO'S SPEAKING
Catriona Booth
Catríona is a chartered engineer and winner of The Manufacturer’s Young Manufacturer of the Year award 2021. Catríona spent nearly 7 years in manufacturing in the automotive industry working in new product introduction and manufacturing programme management delivering new vehicles into mass production at Jaguar Land Rover. Now a Systems Engineering Manager, Catríona has moved into the defence industry working in the Integrated Airspace Protection Systems division. Catríona champions diversity within engineering and manufacturing. She is passionate about changing the perception of manufacturing and engineering within the next generation, ensuring that young girls see themselves reflected back in engineering roles.
David Forrest
David started at Nissan in 1992 as a trainee maintenance technician and following completion of an engineering degree worked as a production engineer. From 2001 he led the introduction of 3D CAD systems to NMUK and became the CAD/CAE subject matter expert, managing the PLM tools for engineering at Sunderland, along with support for the new model digital phase and leading the in-house design and simulation team. He spent 5 years in IS and IT with roles covering PLM systems, contract management and leading the strategy around Industry 4.0 and factory of the future initiatives. More recently he has been working in the European Engineering function leading various digital innovation projects and acting as the program manager for the Innovate UK backed Smart Connected Shop Floor consortium program with other leading UK manufacturing companies.
Suranjan Ghosh
Operational lead for a division, consisting of 2 distinct global business units with 4000 people, with 35 manufacturing sites globally delivering £ 500m revenue. Divisional executive responsible for Operations, procurement, continuous improvement and capital spend.
David Wheatley
David has over 20 years’ experience driving organisational change and leading large teams for Leonardo, across Europe, in operational, supply chain and engineering business functions. In 2018 his focus shifted towards digital transformation, leading the company DevOps department, charged with building web applications to deliver internal operational efficiencies and enhanced customer value. He is currently working on a range of projects to extend these tools to exploit advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to provide enhanced predictive and policy optimisation capabilities for the company.
Event Information
Manchester Central, Manchester UK
13 July 2022
Tickets currently £75
EVENT SPONSORS
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