Keynote Speakers
We are very pleased to have acquired the services of an excellent selection of keynote speakers for SDM2014. The speakers and the titles of their talks are shown below.
Dick Elsy
Chief Executive, High Value Manufacturing Catapult, UKHigh Value Manufacturing Catapult - Collaborative Success
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Geoff McFarland
Renishaw plc, UKShort-termism... the cancer of sustainability?
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Rob Rolley
Director of Research and Development at General Dynamics UKOpen Innovation in the real world, how it works in practice
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Gary Toyne
Director, Siemens Industry Software, UKThe Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Note that the list is incomplete at the moment and other speakers will be added over time.
Dick Elsy
Chief Executive, High Value Manufacturing Catapult, UKHigh Value Manufacturing Catapult - Collaborative Success
Abstract:
The HVM Catapult was the first of the government's flagship Catapult programme to be open for business. Just over two years have passed since it became operational. Dick Elsy reviews the progress made in that two years and in particular focuses on the spirit collaboration that the Catapult process supports.
Biography:
Dick Elsy is the Chief Executive of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult. The role brings together 7 world class centres of industrial innovation in the UK which help accelerate new concepts to commercial reality and thereby create a sustainable high value manufacturing future for this country. The Catapult has capability and manufacturing facilities which span basic raw materials through to high integrity product assembly processes.
He joined the Catapult from Torotrak plc, the global innovator in gearless traction drive technology which reduces CO2 emissions in vehicles. As Chief Executive, he led this technology and licensing business which is one of the few UK listed companies involved in innovative automotive engineering and one of the very few engineering companies in the UK making a success of the licensing business model.
Prior to this Dick was Product Development Director at Jaguar Cars Limited where he led the introduction of several new car programmes. Dick's earlier roles were also in the automotive industry with a period of time spent with BMW in Munich leading a major car programme and a long career with Land Rover, where, as a member of the executive board, he devised, and went on to implement, the Land Rover Freelander.
Through his career, Dick has gained extensive experience in the process of innovation management and of the introduction of new technologies to market. He has led both small scale and large scale organizations and is a passionate believer in value creation through technology.
Dick is the holder of a Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering for his outstanding contribution to British engineering. He is also a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a past director and trustee of Engineering UK.
Geoff McFarland
Renishaw plc, UKShort-termism... the cancer of sustainability?
Abstract:
Many countries have embarked on a journey to "re-balance the economy" post the 2008/9 banking crisis. The common ground appears to be a drive to rebuild a manufacturing base from which international exports will flow. A key fundamental to the success is the absolute requirement to have a portfolio of competitive products the rest of the world wants to buy, and highly efficient and productive production processes from which to deliver the goods.
So how long does it take to develop such export products? What are the ideal conditions needed to aid the process? At what point does a viable product exist? Is the journey every complete? ...and now changes the rules!
Biography:
Geoff McFarland, Group Engineering Director, has a degree in mechanical engineering, and is a visiting professor at the University of Bath and an honorary professor at Heriot-Watt University. After working in the medical device and electronic manufacturing sectors, Geoff joined Renishaw's research facility in Edinburgh in 1994, before moving to headquarters to become Director and General Manager of the CMM Products Division. Geoff was appointed to the Board in July 2002. He heads the group engineering function and is also responsible for group IP and patents. Geoff is a non-executive director of Delcam plc.
Rob Rolley
Director of Research and Development at General Dynamics UKOpen Innovation in the real world, how it works in practice
Abstract:
Open Innovation is often talked about and has become a buzzword. Rob will show how through an Innovation facility and framework of collaboration with SME's that innovation has flourished. This has rapidly delivered increased capability solutions to our customer. Some from surprising sources.
Biography:
Rob Rolley (MSc FIET) leads the Research and Development functions for General Dynamics UK. His project teams are responsible for delivering capability product and knowledge into the business.
Rob started his career back in 1981 as an electronics engineer in the Radio Group at the prestigious Standard Telephone Research Laboratories in Harlow.After a solid 15-year grounding in research, he then spent the next 10-years leading the rapid development and delivery of leading edge voice and data gateway products for Nortel and Motorola. This involved the creation and collaboration with worldwide teams and the rapid time to market deliveries of complex telecoms systems.
Rob has participated in many long field-trials, so understands what it takes to ensure that technology works away from the lab in the real world. He is passionate about Engineering Education, chairs the Industrial Advisory Board for Cardiff Universities Engineering Department and is the company's representative on the recently launched Defence for Growth Partnership which is advising UK Government on Research and Technology.
Gary Toyne
Director, Siemens Industry Software, UKThe Fourth Industrial Revolution
Abstract:
Today, manufacturing is changing faster than ever before driven by globalisation, individualisation, time to market and sustainability. To meet this challenge Industry is on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution, built oninformation technology and automation. This merging of the digital virtual world with intelligent integrated control systems will provide industry with the agility to optimise and adapt the entire product lifecycle to deliver competitive sustainable products.
Biography:
Gary Toyne has been a Director at the Siemens Industry Software group for the last 13 years, were he has worked with over fifty blue chip engineering and manufacturing companies covering a wide range of industries from SME's, to large global corporations, such as Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and JCB. His passion is to help UK organisations define their Project Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategy to drive efficiency and create more innovative products, such that they can compete on a global scale.
Before transferring into the PLM industry with Siemens, Gary spent eleven years in the manufacturing sector, with organisations such as Racal and Plessey, spending the last five years as a Director at MOOG, a global control systems company. Prior to this Gary spent seven years as an Electronics Engineer with the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office.
