Taking place in-person at Birmingham’s NEC on 14 – 16 September 2021, Subcon is co-located with The Engineer Expo and - new for 2021 - Manufacturing Management Show. The UK’s leading subcontract manufacturing supply chain show comes at a pivotal time as businesses of all sizes recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and adjust to operating outside the EU.
The 2021 Subcon conference is a three-day, two-theatre, 20-session programme showcasing cutting edge innovation and best practice from the worlds of engineering, manufacturing and supply chain management. It is free to attend for all Subcon visitors and the agenda can be viewed online at https://www.subconshow.co.uk/sessions-2021.
Some of the sessions on The Engineer Expo Theatre are:
- PrintCity story: how industry and academia are collaborating to bridge the digital skills gap, fuelling innovation in engineering and manufacturing
- Managing the cost of supply chain disruption – globalisation, decarbonisation and innovation
- Advancing to Industry 4.0: the 5G factory of the future
- Additive manufacturing – moving beyond geometry for the printing of functional, multi-material product
- Normal to excellence: the simple 10 steps to achieve greatness
- The UK’s place on the road to future mobility
- Understanding the materials as a service market
- Cyber security in manufacturing
Made in Britain CEO John Pearce will revel in how and why UK manufacturing growth is at a 30-year high and how future procurement will be inextricably linked to sustainability.
- MAGWAY co-founder Phil Davies will introduce the audience to the company’s zero-emissions, low-footprint, high-capacity delivery system.
- AEM CEO Dr James Widmer will talk about his company’s mission to create the world’s most sustainable electric powertrain.
“My goal [at Subcon] is to tell the story of Made in Britain. There is a fabulous, strong, interesting and meaningful story of manufacturing in Britain under the Made in Britain mark. What is the UK economy without British manufacturing? These are essential things we’re making – components, machinery and products – that are essential to human existence and the human experience.”
NMITE associate professor Dr Nadia Kourra and Markforged’s Mike Goodwin both look at how to attract the next generation of engineers into the sector and how the link between industry and academia can help to bridge the digital skills gap and increase productivity.