Agenda
30th October 2024
Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry
8:30 – 9:20
Arrival, Registration and Networking
9:20 – 9:25
Welcome to Digital Manufacturing 2Day
Neil Griffiths
Event Compere
9:25 – 9:30
Opening Address
Dr. Graham Hoare OBE
CEO, MTC
9:30 – 10:00
Headline Presentation
Be Digital Future Ready – Smart Manufacturing: Transforming Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow
Gavin Combe
Partner Deal Advisory Head of Industrial Markets, KPMG
Today, we stand at a crossroads in manufacturing, facing geopolitical shifts, macro-economic pressures, and a continued drive to sustainability. Despite these challenges, a digital future offers unprecedented opportunities for innovation, technology, and business growth. Embracing digital transformation is not just vital—it’s our pathway to redefining the industrial landscape on a sustainable basis
10:00 – 10:30
Presentation
The Era of AI-enabled Digital Twins Has Arrived
Andrew Hendry
Senior Sales Manager EMEA, NVIDIA
Enterprises and industries are adopting digital twins to design, simulate, build, operate, and optimise assets and processes, addressing challenges like labour shortages and supply chain volatility. These digital twins enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and serve as platforms for robotics systems and AI training. The new era of digital twins requires physics feedback to ensure AI models perform effectively in the real world. This presentation will explore technologies available to support this digital transformation.
10:30am – 10:50pm
Comfort Break
10:50am – 11:10am
Presentation
Data - The Foundation Stones of AI
Arash Ghazanfari
Chief Technology Officer UK, Dell Technologies
During this session, we will discuss the approaches that should be adopted to transform data into a strategic business capability. We will explore Dell Technologies’ ‘AI Factory’ as a framework to harness the power of data and as the foundation for building a robust platform for digital manufacturing.
11:10 – 11:50
Panel Discussion with Audience Q&A
Data – The Foundation Stones of AI
Panel Compere: Neil Griffiths
Arash Ghazanfari
Chief Technology Officer UK, Dell Technologies
Chris Middlehurst
Partner, Data & Analytics, KPMG
Nandini Chakravorti
Associate Director of Digital Manufacturing, MTC
Andrew Hendry
Senior Sales Manager EMEA, NVIDIA
Simon Gray
Chief Technology Officer Account Technology Strategist Manufacturing, Microsoft
Will Bridgman
Managing Director, Warren Services
Lauren Chambers
Industry 2Day
11:50 – 12:00
Key Morning Take Aways
Neil Griffiths
Event Compere
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch and Networking
13:30 – 13:50
Presentation
Manufacturing Resilience Through Cyber Security
Matt Logan
EMEA Field CTO, Claroty
Digital transformation and the push for increased productivity have led to converged IT and OT networks, with increased attack surface at a time when cybercrime is more accessible & deployable, government legislations to protect environments that underpin national security & public safety. The need to discover assets, understand vulnerabilities and assign risk is ever more paramount.
13:50 – 14:40
Panel Discussion with Audience Q&A
Manufacturing Resilience Through Cyber Security
Panel Compere: Neil Griffiths
Matt Logan
EMEA Field CTO, Claroty
Mark Wilson Ramsay
Senior Manager IT/OT Cybersecurity, KPMG
Lesley Kipling
Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft
Patrick Roxbee Cox
Chief Information Officer, MTC
Sam Thiara
Manufacturing Industries Field Sales Director EMEA, Dell Technologies
Will Bridgman
Managing Director, Warren Services
Lauren Chambers
Industry 2Day
14:40 – 15:00
Comfort Break
15:00 – 15:20
Presentation
Harnessing the Power of the Industrial Metaverse
Scott Kemp
Director of Industry Solutions, SoftServe
How do immersive virtual environments, AI, and digital twins produce operational efficiencies? This presentation will provide real world examples of increased productivity, real-time collaboration across manufacturing, logistics, and engineering, driving new efficiencies through the fusion of digital and physical worlds.
15:20 – 15:40
Presentation
Deriving Value from the Industrial Metaverse - Or from the Journey There
François Disch
Digital Transformation Delivery Leader UK&I, Schneider Electric
On the subject of the Industrial Metaverse, we are going to explore the incentives to invest in the concept, with short and longer-term perspectives. How far away are we from tangible benefit realisation? How can we get early returns?
15:20 – 16:10
Panel Discussion with Audience Q&A
Competitive Advantage - What Can the Industrial Metaverse Do For Me?
Panel Compere: Neil Griffiths
Scott Kemp
Director of Industry Solutions, SoftServe
François Disch
Digital Transformation Delivery Leader UK&I, Schneider Electric
Neill Riordan
Director, Executive Architect, KPMG
Paul Griffiths
Chief Technology Officer for Automotive and Manufacturing, Microsoft
Nandini Chakravorti
Associate Director of Digital Manufacturing, MTC
Will Bridgman
Managing Director, Warren Services
Lauren Chambers
Industry 2Day
16:10 – 16:20
Closing Remarks
Neil Griffiths
Event Compere
12:00 – 12:40
Lunch and Learn
How to Build a Unified Data Platform to Accelerate Innovation
Paul Brook
EMEA Director, Dell
The benefits of Digital the digital economy, of and Data driven manufacturing, commerce and general business value are clear to most. What seems to become harder to express is how to use data to gain a business advantage. This presentation will describe a couple of specific examples of business advantage from a data driven approach and then illustrate a process by which this can be delivered.
12:50 – 13:30
Lunch and Learn
Driving Factory Performance: Leveraging As-a-Service Models for Business Improvement
Sam Thiara
Field Sales Director Manufacturing Solutions, Dell
Funding business improvement initiatives by leveraging as a service models (aaS) are enabling manufacturers to achieve significant improvements in factory performance across individual and distributed plants. This presentation highlights how Dell is supporting manufacturers with best-in-class technologies, supported by an eco-system of consulting, technology and implementation partners.
13:40 – 14:40
Workshop
XR and Spatial Computing - A Manufacturing Metamorphosis
Daniel Payne
Managing Director, Compsoft Creative
It’s not often that a tool can make you gasp with delight and wonder. XR and Spatial Computing technology is transforming the manufacturing work stream and radically changing how we interact with the world around us. In this session we will discuss and demonstrate how devices such as the Apple Vision Pro can be used to revolutionise design, prototyping, training, quality, planning, and collaboration.
15:00 – 16:00
Workshop
AI Testing and Validation for Manufacturing: Regulatory Compliance
Mostafizur Rahman
Chief Technologist, MTC
In the rapidly evolving landscape of manufacturing, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents both significant opportunities and complex challenges. This session, titled “AI Testing and Validation for Manufacturing: Regulatory Compliance,” aims to explore the critical aspects of ensuring AI systems in manufacturing adhere to regulatory standards and deliver reliable, safe, and efficient outcomes.
12:00 – 12:40
Lunch and Learn
Solve Skill Shortages, Inflexibility and Vendor Dependence Now
Karishma Guddu
Software Business Development Manager, Schneider Electric
What do Cargill, Veolia, Shell and Intel all have in common? They have all adopted a new automation standard which opens up the world of PLCs and Automation, allowing software to work independently of the hardware. The common standard, Universal Automation, is allowing end-users the flexibility to develop projects free from vendor dependence and harness the power of modern IT technology like AI and Digital Twins.
12:50 – 13:30
Lunch and Learn
Utilising Copilot & AI to Elevate Customer Experiences in Dynamics 365
Explore how Dynamics 365 Sales, Marketing & Service, along with Copilot, can transform customer experiences. This 40-minute presentation covers industry-specific challenges, best practices for implementation, and strategies to personalise customer journeys, ensuring engagement, loyalty, and business growth. Uncover the power of Dynamics 365 and Copilot to create personalised customer experiences that drive loyalty and growth.
Key Takeaways:
- Address industry-specific challenges with Microsoft’s latest technology.
- Learn best practices for successful implementation and avoid common pitfalls.
- Discover how to personalise customer journeys for maximum impact.
Lauren Armstrong
Senior Manager, Customer & Operations, KPMG
James Wall
Senior Architect, KPMG
13:40 – 14:40
Workshop
Solve Skill Shortages, Inflexibility and Vendor Dependence Now
Charlie Cornish
Director of Solution Engineering, Epicor
This session will explore the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the manufacturing industry. Attendees will gain insights into practical applications of AI that are already driving enhanced efficiency, innovation, and competitiveness for manufacturers.
- Introduction: Overview of AI in manufacturing.
- Case Studies: Presentation of real-world examples.
- Hands-On Demonstration: Live demo of AI applications.
- Interactive Discussion: Q&A session with our industry experts.
15:20 – 16:20
Lunch and Learn
Addressing Sustainability Today to Secure Your Future Operations
Discover market leading strategies to achieve compliance, future-proof operations against critical risks, and enhance sustainable value growth, all accelerated through digital transformation. Don’t miss this chance to transform your ESG approach.
James Curry
Senior Manager Sustainability Transformation, KPMG
Lewis Richards
Chief Sustainability Officer, Microsoft
10:50 – 11:10
Tech Bite
Virtual Factories for Accelerating Digital Manufacturing
In recent years, digital twins have been introduced into manufacturing to capture and transfer a near-continuous stream of data from the physical systems and processes to virtual environments, where models analyse performance and/or simulations predict future behaviour. These live analyses and predictions are used for optimal decision making, monitor, and control. Digital twins combined connectivity, data analysis, and simulation as virtual replicas to predict the future behaviour of the system or process based on the sensor data. This talk will cover the route to adopting digital twins and how digital twins have been used across industries, such as FMCG, pharma, automotive, and aerospace.
Emile Glorieux
Senior Research Engineer, MTC
Nikita Pietrow
Senior Research Engineer, MTC
12:50 – 13:10
Tech Bite
Generative AI in Manufacturing
Ula Hijawi
Advanced Research Engineer, MTC
Generative AI is revolutionising manufacturing and supply chains by enhancing efficiency and enabling innovative problem-solving, reasoning, and content generation. This talk delves into its impact in the manufacturing sector, showcasing applications in manufacturing as well as projects at the MTC that highlight its potential for human-like interaction and innovation.
14:00 – 14:20
Tech Bite
A Route to Sustainable Manufacturing: How to Plan for the Transition
TBC
TBC
15:20 – 15:40
Tech Bite
Building Your Digital Thread – A Pragmatic Approach to Defining Your Digitalisation Pathway
Tim Andrews
Senior Advisor Digital Transformation
Manufacturers approach digitalisation from many directions and this often leads to sub-optimal solutions or a confused digital landscape. The MTC’s Digital Discovery process helps businesses to develop a holistic digital adoption strategy. Using a tried and tested method to assess the current digital capabilities and identify the future capabilities required, the resultant action plan and roadmap enables a business to chart the pathway to an integrated digital architecture.
