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The week features four live co-located events – Design Engineering Expo, Engineering Expo, Maintec and Manufacturing Expo – taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from 8 to 9 June 2022. These will showcase end-to-end manufacturing and engineering solutions, to encourage conversation, business and knowledge sharing across a range of sectors including aerospace, automotive, food and beverage, motorsport, energy and renewables, pharmaceuticals, space and FMCG.
CPD-accredited educational content
Delivering tangible value for time away from the desk, M&E Week will provide a programme of CPD-accredited workshop sessions and keynote conferences. Packed with invaluable content, the main stages will host an unrivalled line-up of inspiring leaders and innovators to debate current issues and offer practical how-to sessions to challenge thinking and improve process and efficiencies.
Topics include:
- Overview of UK manufacturing by the CEO of Make UK
- How to access co-investment funding for SMEs that want to grow into new overseas markets, by Department for International Trade
- New business models to support low-carbon manufacturing by the head of sustainability at Digital Catapult
- Digital manufacturing by Siemens
- Designing for the circular economy by the CEO of the Institution of Design Engineers
- Rethinking the skies for zero-emission air services by Hybrid Air Vehicles
- Advanced materials, lightweighting and sustainability by Ford Motor Company
- Inside 4D printing and additive manufacturing by Brunel University, London
- What role does digitalisation play in achieving net zero by Innovate UK
- How manufacturers can mitigate supply-chain disruption in the post-Covid world by
- Leonardo Helicopters
- The Brompton story: Challenges, pitfalls, wins and the culture that led to success by the chief executive officer of Brompton Bicycles
- Can automation and robotics pave the way for the UK? by SKF
- Preventive maintenance for electric motors.
Whatever your current challenge, this is an incredible opportunity for design engineers, engineers and manufacturers of all sizes to meet face to face with experts and leave armed with ideas and solutions to apply.
Market-leading suppliers
M&E Week will showcase Britain’s best products and services propelling the future of the engineering and manufacturing industry. From design services, additive manufacturing, AI, cyber security, robotics and automation, enterprise resource planning and instrumentation through to testing and measurement and maintenance, meet the suppliers who can deliver the latest tech and innovations to drive the sector forward.
Industry backing
M&E Week has the support of many leading bodies including Make UK, Institute of Engineering Designers, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Women’s Engineering Society, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Manufacturing Technology Centre and High-Value Manufacturing Catapult, and the guidance of an incredible line-up of experts on the Advisory Council. The confidence and backing indicates the importance and timely relevance of the event for the sector.
“There has never been a more important time for our sector to pull together and to work together, to create a shared agenda, and Manufacturing and Engineering Week will do exactly that. I am delighted to be part of the M&E Week Advisory Board and that Make UK are a partner for this groundbreaking event,” says Stephen Phipson CBE, chief executive of Make UK and chair of the M&E Week Advisory Council.
Get involved
To find out more about M&E Week, visit www.mandeweek.co.uk.
Visitor passes are free of charge – register now at https://mandeweek.reg.buzz/.
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