Registration now open for key aerospace event
THE University of Birmingham has linked up with TheBusinessDesk.com to stage an event focusing on the aerospace sector.
This panel-led discussion on the morning of Tuesday June 11 will thoroughly examine this sector and its importance to the West Midlands economy in front of an invited audience.
The event, at the Noble Room at the University of Birmingham, has already attracted a number of high-level panellists including University of Birmingham pro-vice chancellor Professor Richard Williams OBE and Glynn Bellamy, UK head of aerospace and defence at KPMG.
With aerospace giant Moog leading the charge at the i54 business park in Wolverhampton and the Roll-Royce-owned Aero Engine Controls planning a new £60m advanced manufacturing and technology facility in Solihull, this is a hot sector.
The University of Birmingham has been collaborating with the aerospace industry for several decades.
With world class facilities for materials research in its School of Metallurgy and Materials, it has developed key expertise relevant to the aerospace industry in titanium based alloys, net shape manufacture, composites and casting technology.
Further expertise includes energy saving and waste reduction in manufacturing processes and laser fabrication.
The University of Birmingham is a founding partner of the Manufacturing Technology Centre and recently announced a partnership with Rolls-Royce to build a £60m High Temperature Research Centre – a casting, design, simulation and advanced manufacturing research facility.
The discussion will be chaired by Duncan Tift, deputy editor of TheBusinessDesk.com. He said: “We are delighted that the University of Birmingham has partnered with us to stage an event on one of the hot sectors of the moment.
“Aerospace is crucial to the future of manufacturing and the wider economy in this area and the intention of this event is to bring together those involved in the sector with SMEs and professionals to discuss – amongst other things – how the sector is developing and any barriers to growth, issues relating to skills and resources and opportunities for firms who perhaps aren’t in the aerospace supply chain at present.
“We intend this event to be a thorough audit of the aerospace sector and its place within the West Midlands economy and I would urge anyone with an interest in this subject to attend.”
The event is 7.30am for an 8am start and will finish around 9.15am.
If you would like to attend the event please email Stephanie Higgins at stephanie.higgins@thebusinessdesk.com
If you would like to ask the panel a question please include this in your email.
