MAA members meeting -- with FlyZero, Collins, Leonardo, Meggitt, more . . .

You will be able to join this virtual meeting using Microsoft Teams. You can register right up to the start of the meeting. We will then send you a link to join.

If you don't have Teams, you don't need special software, or to download anything, you will be able to join on the web in a couple of clicks; for any issues on the day email joanne.cole@midlandsaerospace.org.uk.

These meetings are a great way to connect to your industry colleagues

On the bumper agenda today . . .

• Latest aerospace industry news and its impact on the Midlands, with Andrew Mair, Chief Executive, MAA

• FlyZero: become part of the UK project to realise zero-carbon emission commercial flight, with Chris Gear, FlyZero Project Director and Lauren Hadnum, FlyZero Industrial Strategy Manager

• What your peer companies are using their Aerospace UP grant funding to do, with MAA Technology Manager (tbc)

• New ways to work more closely with our supply chains, with Gareth Bates, Capability Director - Operations & Supply Chain - Actuation Systems, Collins Aerospace and Director, MAA

• Explore business opportunities in the Midlands Aerospace Alliance supply chain, the MAA’s virtual industry showcase, July 2021, with Maxine Oatridge, General Manager, MAA

• Introducing an opportunity for suppliers on an upcoming Leonardo project, with Michael Hyde, Airframes Solutions, Procurement & Supply Chain, Leonardo (more information at the June MAA members meeting)

• Exhibit at the Farnborough Airshow 2022 with the MAA, with Maxine Oatridge

• How you can get support to take on new apprentices, with Marie Smart, Head of Early Careers, Meggitt (more information at the June MAA members meeting)

• Funding now available for West Midlands companies to transfer technologies and innovations into aerospace and aviation from other sectors (the new MAA's new PIVOT programme), with Andrew Mair

Opportunity! You can promote your company by sponsoring this event

You will benefit from:

• Logo included in pre-event marketing in MAA e-letter

• Logo included on event web-page, hyperlinked to your website

• Company introduction included on event web-page 

• Presenting your company to the delegates in a presentation slot 

• Your company brochure, flyer or website shared (linked to) in the meeting chat

• Inclusion in any post-event publicity

The cost is £950 + VAT. 

If you are interested please select the option below or contact Emma Burgess, emma.burgess@midlandsaerospace.org.uk.

More on the new events

We devoted most Thursday mornings during 2020 to Aerospace UP Hour, which brought our community together regularly during months of huge uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. For 2021 we're making some changes.

• Aerospace UP hour will continue on some Thursday mornings, focused on the Aerospace UP programme for Midlands aerospace suppliers, and all things innovation, technology, R&D funding, the University of Nottingham (and other universities), the Manufacturing Technology Centre (and other Catapult Centres). Aerospace UP hour will continue to be free and welcome all participants.

• Meanwhile, new MAA Members Meetings, in the same slot other weeks, will focus on all the business requirements of MAA members. Aerospace UP Hour's regular update on world, UK and regional aerospace industry news and forecasts, and its invitations to VIP guests from industry, will migrate across to the MAA Members Meetings.

• Oh, and a regular Additive Hour on Tuesday mornings will continue the good work started on the DRAMA additive manufacturing programme which finished in January.

We look forward to seeing you there!

This event is for MAA members.  Costs below for non-members:

Click here to see if you are members. Click here for more information about joining the MAA, subscription starts at only £595.

You will be able to join this virtual meeting using Microsoft Teams. You can register right up to the start of the meeting. We will then send you a link to join. (If you don't have Teams, you don't need special software, or to download anything, you will be able to join on the web in a couple of clicks; for any issues email joanne.cole@midlandsaerospace.org.uk)

Come along with your coffee! Arrive five minutes early if you can -- like a "real" meeting -- to help us start on time. In fact, feel free to join from 11:15 onwards to say hello.

You’ll be able to send us your questions and comments and network with other participants during the meeting.
We often stay behind for 15 minutes more discussion and networking, just like a normal meeting -- all are welcome!
(All that's missing is the biscuits!)

Register now!