Digital Technologies for Manufacturing Innovation Programme

Session 1: Opening Address

Chair: Svetan Ratchev, The University of Nottingham

• Vice-Chancellor's Welcome (The University of Nottingham)
• Ministerial address
• Keynote presentation on Industrie 4.0 (Siemens)
• Catapult Viewpoint
  • High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult)
  • Digital Catapult (Digital Catapult)
• Review of the Use and Benefits of Industry 4.0 in the UK (The Manufacturer)

Session 2: UK Research Landscape

Chair: Sarah Sharples, The University of Nottingham

• EPSRC Manufacturing the Future (EPSRC)
• EPSRC project presentations (presentations from EPSRC funded programmes)
• Industrial Perspective of UK research
  • HP
  • BAE Systems 
  • Intelligent Energy 

Session 3: UK Applied Research Landscape

Chair: Lynne McGregor, Innovate UK

• Road4Fame Roadmap Overview: Strategic Research and Innovation Roadmap for Future Architectures and Services for Manufacturing in Europe (IfM-ECS Cambridge)
• BSI: Standards for Industry 4.0 (British Standards Institute)
• Innovate UK project presentations (presentations from Innovate UK funded programmes)

Session 4: International Research Agenda

Chair: Svetan Ratchev, The University of Nottingham

• EFFRA Manufacturing Roadmap (Chris Decubber, EFFRA)
• Japan's Industrial Value Chain Initiative (Tokyo Hosei University)
• German Perspective: Industrie 4.0 (FhG-IPA)
• South Korean Perspective

Session 5: Industrial Innovation: Manufacturing systems, Processes and Technologies

Chair: Alan Norbury, Siemens

• IBM
• Rolls Royce
• Laing O'Rourke