16:00 - 20:00, MTC, Coventry
16:00 - 20:00, Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry
meeting jointly sponsored by:-
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The first joint event between the Midlands Aerospace Alliance and the Rail Alliance offers members of each group the chance to:
- learn more about the global market place in the aerospace and rail industries;
- understand how the UK supply chain fits in;
- network with key companies operating in the aerospace and rail sectors.
Agenda
16:00: refreshments and networking
17:00: presentations and discussion
- Colin Stewart, Director and Global Rail Leader, ARUP, on Future opportunities in the global rail market and the prospects for the UK supply chain
- Clive Lewis, Managing Partner, Achieving the Difference, on Prospects on global aircraft programmes for UK aerospace suppliers
- Colin Flack, Chief executive, Rail Alliance, on How the Rail Alliance works with the SME rail community
- Andrew Mair, Chief executive, Midlands Aerospace Alliance, on How the Midlands aerospace cluster works together to support the industry
19:00: supper and networking
20:00 close
Our two keynote speakers
Colin Stewart
Colin is a Director of Arup, where he is jointly responsible for the Partnership’s international design operation for transport projects.
He leads Arup’s Global Rail Business, which has a turnover of approximately £180m, and incorporates rail projects from light rail to high speed in countries across the world, including Europe, East Asia, America and Australia.
High Speed Rail projects include High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 in UK, California High Speed Rail, Express Rail Link (China to Hong Kong), Portugal HSL, High Speed Line Holland and Beijing South High Speed Rail Station.
Colin has played key roles in the delivery of major infrastructure projects and has first hand experience of private finance projects through his roles as project manager, designer and technical advisor to financial institutions and strategic advisor for the implementation of private finance initiatives.
Colin was the Technical Director and Deputy Project Director for the design and project management of the UK’s first high speed line, the £6bn HS1 (the Channel Tunnel Rail Link), before moving on to the Board of Control which oversaw the successful delivery of the project to time and budget.
He is currently Project Director for the route options study being carried out by Arup for HS2 Ltd., to identify a new high speed line from London to the West Midlands and also the proposed Y-route to the North-East.
Clive Lewis
Clive sits on the market development board, Aerospace and Defence Export Focus Groups of the UK’s national aerospace industry body ADS. He produces the annual global aircraft market forecast for ADS and UKTI, and developed and produced Flightglobal's Commercial Fleet Forecast.
Previous highlights of Clive's career include the development and implementation of a best-practice marketing strategy process across a $1bn revenue business with 5 major product groups; with strategic plans developed for double-digit growth … and the integration of a $30m German acquisition into a $1bn organisation over a six month period. Clive is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing and holds a Distinction grade MA in Marketing from a top university.
This event is for members of the MAA and the Rail Alliance, and is free to attend. Click here to see how to join the MAA.
8 March 2012: this event is almost fully subscribed; if you book now, you may be placed on a waiting list.
