09:30 - 15:30, Advanced Composites Group, Heanor DE75 7SP
09:30 - 15:30
Advanced Composites Group
Heanor, DE75 7SP
Want to get closer to your customers' new technology thinking?
Want to develop new technologies in a lower-risk environment?
Want to get the right kind of help on new aerospace product and manufacturing technologies?
The national technology centres may be for you!
National technology centres (NTCs) are becoming increasingly important for UK industry in attracting significant funding for developing new technologies and applying those technologies into industry.
You will learn what they are and how you can benefit whatever the size of your business.
This event will also show you the technology specialisms and leading industry partners of the NTCs and will demonstrate how you can get involved with an NTC and its industrial partners to benefit from new technologies.
The speakers are executives of the UK's key NTCs including:
Denzil Lawrence, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)
Clive Hickman, Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)
Peter Chivers, National Composites Centre (NCC)
Bill Ion, Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC)
Andrew Walker, National Composites Certification and Evaluation Facility (NCCEF)
In addition, Peter Flinn from the Technology Strategy Board will speak about the forthcoming Technology & Innovation Centres and Simon Barker from Freeth Cartwright will be discussing Intellectual Property and how to protect it.
Agenda
09:30 - 10:00 Registration and refreshments
10:00 - 11:40 Session 1
- Stan Payne, Technology & Innovation, MAA - Welcome
- John Frodsham, Director, East Midlands Transport iNet - iNet overview
- Denzil Lawrence, AMRC with Boeing, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre - How to get involved with the AMRC
- Prof Andrew Walker, National Composites Certification and Evaluation Facility - How to get involved with the NCCEF
11:15 - 11:30 Break & networking
11:30 - 13:00 Session 2
- Simon Barker, Senior Associate, Freeth Cartwright - The importance of IP and how to protect it
- Clive Hickman, CEO, Manufacturing Technology Centre - How to get involved with the MTC
- Andrew Mair, CEO, Midlands Aerospace Alliance - MTC networks for small companies
13:00 - 13:45 Lunch & networking
13:45 - 15:30 Session 3
- Bill Ion, Operations Director, Advanced Forming Research Centre - How to get involved with the AFRC
- Peter Chivers, Executive Director, National Composites Centre - How to get involved with the AFRC
- Peter Flinn, Technology Strategy Board - UK technology funding strategy and the future of NTCs
- Stan Payne, Technology & Innovation, MAA - Summary
15:30 Close
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