Engineer conference will celebrate UK innovation

The Engineer Conference will include high-level speakers from blue chip engineering organisations – including Jaguar Land Rover, Astrium, BAE Systems and Airbus – and pioneers and innovators in fields ranging from additive manufacturing and plastic electronics to manufacturing in space and the creation of Team GB’s Olympic-medal-winning carbon fibre bikes.

The Conference runs alongside the Subcon and Advanced Manufacturing Shows on 4 & 5 June at the NEC, Birmingham. It will provide a unique snapshot of the diversity of UK industry and give visitors valuable insight into the manufacturing and innovation strategies of some of the UK’s most exciting engineering organisations.

Each day starts with a keynote address setting the scene for the following sessions.

On Tuesday 4 June proceedings will be opened by Bob Joyce, Group Engineering Director, Jaguar Land Rover who will examine the role innovation in engineering and technology has played in JLR’s success.

Following him will be Patrick Wood, Head of Engineering & Industrial Operations, Astrium Satellites, who will look at the particular challenges faced when manufacturing for space applications, and Dimitris Katsanis, the composites specialist and designer who has helped make British cycling success the envy of the work.