The morning will feature a key note presentation on how digital technology is impacting on manufacturing and a panel discussion to find out how this applies to the SME market.

In the afternoon delegates will have to opportunity to visit a number of 'pitches' from the choices below in small groups to get tailored information to their businesses. These topics will include:

Data Analytics
Social media and sales tools for manufacturers
Digital Readiness
Intellectual Property and Data
Midlands Digital Engine
Worcestershire LEP on the county’s new Local Industrial Strategy

CONFERENCE AGENDA

MORNING CONFERENCE
08:30		Registration
08:55		Welcome - Why are we here? Marcus Burton, President Manufacturing Technologies Association & Will Stirling
09:05		The Midlands Engine Digital Board (MEDB) - The Ambition Mark Stansfield, Chair of Worcestershire LEP and MEDB
09:10-09:20		Bringing ‘Made Smarter’ into the Midlands - Linking with 5G and existing digital programmes Marcus Burton
09:20-09:45		Worcestershire 5G Testbed - Update of results to date, plus Mazak 5G Augmented Reality test case demonstrator Gary Woodman, Chief Executive of Worcestershire LEP with Mazak support
09:45-10:00		Mettis Aerospace - Building a digital factory David Green, Head of IT, Mettis Aerospace
10:05-10:20		The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) - SME support for digital transformation Tim Andrews, Senior Consultant, MTC
10:20-10:30		Q&A
10:30-10:50		COFFEE BREAK
10:50-11:00		“Beat the Bots” - A fund for regional digital training Kevin Vashi, Digital Skills Project Manager, West Midlands Combined Authority
11:05-11:50		Future of Making Readiness Assessment Tool - Overview and trial Asif Moghal, Senior Industry Manager, Autodesk
11:50-12:45		Business Panel - How digital projects are helping business Mettis Aerospace - David Green, Head of IT Bromford Industries - Alan Dunbar, Vice President Business Development The Smart Actuator - Name TBC Material Solutions - Phil Hatherley, General Manager Wireless Broadband Alliance - Tiago Rodrigues, General Manager
12:30-12:45		Q&A
12:45 – 13:30		LUNCH
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
13:45 – 15:30	6 workshops on rotation, in 20-minute sessions SME Support for Digital: projects, funding, Made Smarter - The Manufacturing Technology Centre Intellectual sProperty: protecting it from cyber attack - FBC Manby Bowdler Intelligent Tooling and Tool Selection - Sandvik Coromant Transform Manufacturing through Production Optimisation: how and where fiscal value can be created - Forcam Digital Marketing for SMEs: social media masterclass - 4CM Mazak’s iSmart factory demonstration - This workshop is only available at 15:00
14.30	Optional Tour of the Mazak Engineering Technology Centre
15:30	SUMMARY What next for Worcestershire’s digital strategy? A chance for delegates to provide their input
EVENT ENDS