Manufacturing Summit
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Agenda

09.00 - 09.30:   Registration and coffee  
09.30 - 09.45:   Opening remarks – Mike Short, President, IET  
09.45 - 10.15:   Government view – Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise  
10.15 - 10.45:   Economic view – Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, Minister for Trade and Investment  
10.45 - 11.00:   Coffee  
11.00 - 11.30:   Industry view – Will Butler-Adams, MD, Brompton Bicycles  
11.30 - 12.45:   Practical break outs:
Each chaired by a senior industry figure
Role of Government Helping Manufacturers with Export:
Ali Sherwani, Head of Business Development - UK Export Finance
Paul Calver, GVC Specialist Advanced Engineering - UK Trade and Investment
Paul J. Ross, Global Market Director - Off Highway & CV
Capital Investment:
Ian Isaac, Managing Director - Lombard Business & Commercial (B&C) Division
Intellectual Property Protection
Anthony Albutt, Partner - D Young & Co LLP
R&D Investment and Opportunity:
Jeremy Tear, Co Founder - Government Grant and Tax Consultants Ltd
 
12.45 - 13.30:   Lunch  
13.30 - 14.15:   Breakout feedback  
14.15 - 14.45:   Industry view – Joe Greenwell, Chairman, Ford UK  
14.45 - 15.10:   MAS view – Simon Griffiths, Director, Manufacturing Advisory  
15.10 - 15.35:   SME view – Richard Green, CEO, Ubisense  
15.35 - 16.45:   Question time panel:
Chaired by Dr Colin Brown, Director of Engineering, IMechE
Sir Alan Rudge, Chairman, ERA Foundation
Chris White MP, Chairman, Associate Parliamentary Manufacturing Group
Professor Steve Evans, Cambridge University
Carol Burke, MD, Unipart Manufacturing Group
 
16.45 - 17.00:   Closing remarks – Max Gosney, Editor, Works Management  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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