Member Event: R&I Event Series; Research & Innovation Seminar #1

The Productivity East team, at the University of East Anglia, is really pleased to announce the first in a series of Research and Innovation events. On Wednesday 10th March at 4pm, the series will launch with ‘Driving performance in manufacturing through innovation- High Value Manufacturing Catapult’.

Professor Chris Atkin, Head of the new School of Engineering at UEA, will be giving an overview of Productivity East ahead of the main speaker: Professor Sam Turner, Chief Technology Officer of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, will be discussing the role of Advanced Manufacturing Centres.

Sam Turner – Chief Technology Officer, HVM Catapult

Professor Sam Turner is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult. Sam works across the HVM Catapult centres and stakeholders, including government, to develop manufacturing strategy for the UK. He is part of the Made Smarter strategy implementation group led by Juergen Maier and was part of the review team. In this role Sam has chaired the D4I digital industry group, the Through Life Engineering Services (TES) Council and the IMechE Manufacturing Industries Division, The TRIB Infrastructure working group.

He joined the HVM Catapult team in 2017 from his role as CTO of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing, where he worked on a range of projects and capabilities including the flagship digital facility Factory 2050, machining, casting and composites technology.  As a founding member of the AMRC, Sam led the growth of the AMRC’s Machining Group, with successes in delivering impact to UK industry, before moving into the CTO role. Sam has over 20 years’ experience in manufacturing working across the aerospace, steel, defence, automotive sectors.

You can find out more and book a place via Eventbrite here: https://bit.ly/3sOwvmr

All events in the Research and Innovation series will be delivered by our expert academic groups alongside specialist industry leaders. The series launches in advance of the opening of the facility this Summer. Productivity East is UEA’s new engineering, technology and management institute. Formed in collaboration with industry and with significant support from the New Anglia LEP.

Future events will cover a range of key topics, themes and concepts including consortia-based partnerships, well-being and smart manufacturing.