We returned to having a face-to-face Connected Everything conference in May.
Title: Connected Everything Annual Conference: Digital Manufacturing Research Collaboration and Innovation
Location: University of Liverpool, Victoria Gallery & Museum (VGM)
Dates: Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 May 2022
What to expect: We had a focus on the challenges faced by the manufacturing sector including trying to achieve net zero carbon , adapting to the ongoing pressures caused by covid and the theme of early career support for academics will run through the conference.
Full conference programme: This can be accessed on this page in MS Word and PDF formats. Recorded sessions from the conference will be shared on our You Tube channel – click here to access the playlist.
Poster presentations can be viewed via this link
Additional Conference Information: Covid Safety and Conference Code of Conduct. The venue is equipped with an IR (Infrared) system rather than an induction loop. The VGM reception desk keep a number of receivers charged up ready to loan out to delegates that require them.
Keynotes from:
Katherine Bennett, CBE FRAeS, Chief Executive Officer, High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Professor Kate Black describing how she transferred her academic research into the spin-out company Meta-Additive Ltd
Plus sessions with:
- Presentations from our Feasibility Studies
- NSG Pilkington presenting outcomes of the world’s first hydrogen firing of a glass furnace
- Chris Courtney, Challenge Director of ISCF Manufacturing Made Smarter, UKRI presenting on the Made Smarter Research Centres
- Workshop to support our 2050 thought leadership review led by Professor Fiona Charnley
- Round-table discussions of early-career support in academia chaired by Dr Nik Watson