Business Innovation-Design Materials Opportunities Workshops
Added: 26 May, 2011 in Business Innovation.
Tagged: Business innovation, composites, Eco design, Materials, Open Innovation, tata steel.
Presented by Business Innovation - Design
Waterton Centre, Bridgend – 15 June 2011
Redwither Tower, Wrexham Industrial Estate – 29 June 2011
9.15 – 12.20
Success in the real world of highly competitive manufacturing often depends upon selecting and designing in the right materials. The design, specification and selection of new materials for cost and performance characteristics, for aesthetics, ethnographics, added value, sustainability and, overall, harnessing new materials as key drivers for innovation.
The Materials Opportunities workshops are your opportunity to explore how you can exploit materials innovation to improve the design and competitiveness of your products, and to explore future developments.
- Briefings on all the latest materials developments from advanced composites to recycled materials to speciality steels and plastics
- Embedding materials into your design, innovation and development thinking
- Accessing design and technology expertise in advanced materials
- Assistance and funding through Business Innovation
The workshop is led by Dafydd Davies, Chief Executive of BIC Innovation, and is presented by Business Innovation – Design. Chris Lefteri is a leading international design specialist at the RCA working with TSB, and global manufacturers such as LG, Nike, Dow Corning and DuPont (www.chrislefteri.com). Nigel Keen is Composites Sector Leader at the Materials KTN (https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/materialsktn), is a Materials Engineer and focused on identifying opportunities in emerging materials technologies. Jakki Dehn of Kingston University developed Creative Resource for the Design Council and AHRC into an extensive recycled and sustainable materials resource for designers and manufacturers. Paul Jones of Tata Steel is the Industrial Lead at the new £20m SPECIFIC Innovation & Knowledge Centre in Swansea and also R&D Manager at SBEC (www.sbec.eu.com).
Programme
9.15 – 9.30 Registration and coffee
9.30 - 9.45 Introduction to Business Innovation-Design (Dafydd Davies, BIC Innovation)
9.45 – 10.15 Innovation and Design for Materials (Chris Lefteri, Chris Lefteri Design)
10.15 – 10.45 Composite Materials - opportunities & innovations in a tough environment.(Nigel Keen, Materials KTN)
10.45 – 10.55 Coffee
10.55 – 11.25 The creative and economic potential of materials made waste (Jakki Dehn, Kingston University)
11.25 – 11.50 Turning buildings into power stations (Paul Jones, Tata Steel)
11.50 Break out sessions - your opportunity to discuss and explore Design topics relating to your business:
- Discussing how to design new materials technologies into your products
- Reviewing materials design trends and developments
- Embracing eco-design, material re-use and sustainable solutions
- Funding for design and development
12.20 Buffet and close
Attendance is FREE but it is essential you reserve a place.
To register for either event please email sally.fenton@businessinnovation-design.com confirming the name and contact details of attendees for the selected workshop.