8.30 am
Coffee and Registration
9.30 am
Chair’s Welcome
9.55 am
Panel 1: Rise of the Machines – Successfully Implementing Industrial Robotics
Manufacturers need to avoid the creation of automated silos by ensuring that industrial robots are fully integrated into their manufacturing environment.
10.20 am
Discussion 1
Keith HuxleyIndustrial Assembly Automation Manager, Airbus
Mark PritchardHead of Business, NIS Integrated Engineering
Rob MarchantGroup Managing Director, MarchantCain
Stuart WoodOperations Director, Applied Photophysics 
Colin BagnallControl Systems Lead, Convatec
Dr Robert PearsonProduct Line Director, Cobham Antenna Systems
Jeremy L. WyattProfessor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Birmingham University
Dr. Honor PowrieData Science Director, GE Aviation
John MaddisonOperations Director, Wood Plc10.50 am
Coffee Break and Networking
11.10 am
Discussion Session 2
Keith HuxleyIndustrial Assembly Automation Manager, AirbusMark PritchardHead of Business, NIS Integrated EngineeringRob MarchantGroup Managing Director, MarchantCainStuart WoodOperations Director, Applied Photophysics Colin BagnallControl Systems Lead, ConvatecDr Robert PearsonProduct Line Director, Cobham Antenna SystemsJeremy L. WyattProfessor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Birmingham UniversityDr. Honor PowrieData Science Director, GE AviationJohn MaddisonOperations Director, Wood Plc11.40 am
Discussion Session 3
Keith HuxleyIndustrial Assembly Automation Manager, AirbusMark PritchardHead of Business, NIS Integrated EngineeringRob MarchantGroup Managing Director, MarchantCainStuart WoodOperations Director, Applied Photophysics Colin BagnallControl Systems Lead, ConvatecDr Robert PearsonProduct Line Director, Cobham Antenna SystemsJeremy L. WyattProfessor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Birmingham UniversityDr. Honor PowrieData Science Director, GE AviationJohn MaddisonOperations Director, Wood Plc12.10 pm
Lunch
13.25 pm
Panel 2: The Evolution of Automation – What Comes Next?
How will real-time data collection, edge computing and cloud analytics lead to a step change in capability for automation technology?
13.45 pm
Discussion Session 4
Keith HuxleyIndustrial Assembly Automation Manager, AirbusMark PritchardHead of Business, NIS Integrated EngineeringRob MarchantGroup Managing Director, MarchantCainStuart WoodOperations Director, Applied Photophysics Colin BagnallControl Systems Lead, ConvatecDr Robert PearsonProduct Line Director, Cobham Antenna SystemsJeremy L. WyattProfessor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Birmingham UniversityDr. Honor PowrieData Science Director, GE AviationJohn MaddisonOperations Director, Wood Plc14.15 pm
Discussion Session 5
Keith HuxleyIndustrial Assembly Automation Manager, AirbusMark PritchardHead of Business, NIS Integrated EngineeringRob MarchantGroup Managing Director, MarchantCainStuart WoodOperations Director, Applied Photophysics Colin BagnallControl Systems Lead, ConvatecDr Robert PearsonProduct Line Director, Cobham Antenna SystemsJeremy L. WyattProfessor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Birmingham UniversityDr. Honor PowrieData Science Director, GE AviationJohn MaddisonOperations Director, Wood Plc14.30 pm
Coffee and Networking Break
15.00 pm
Panel 3: Sensors & Sensibility
Industrial sensors create the data that will fuel the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’. How should manufacturers take advantage of this new resource?