29th & 30th October 2025

NEC, Birmingham

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Connected Manufacturing Forum

Connected Manufacturing is the UK’s leading trade show and forum bringing together manufacturers and suppliers of all sizes to further automate their planning, design, test, manufacturing and logistics processes – reducing costs and gaining more competitive advantage worldwide. It’s about what Industry 4.0 really means for you. 

Sessions for 2022 will be added over the coming months. Register your interest to be the first to hear about newly confirmed speakers!

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Connected Manufacturing Forum

CONNECTED MANUFACTURING FORUM

Connected Manufacturing is the UK’s leading trade show and forum bringing together manufacturers and suppliers of all sizes to further automate their planning, design, test, manufacturing and logistics processes – reducing costs and gaining more competitive advantage worldwide. It’s about what Industry 4.0 really means for you. 

View the confirmed speakers and CPD accredited agenda from 2022 below…

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Day 1

Make UK Opening Speech

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10:00 - 10:45

Stephen Phipson, CEO, Make UK

Sustainability & Net-Zero

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11:00 - 12:00

How you can approach the complexities of working towards Net Zero – Scott Hardie, Business Development Manager, Inspired PLC

A Novel Silicon Manufacturing Method – a step towards NetZero – Shashi Paul, Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and Head of Emerging Technologies Research Centre, De Montfort University

Keynote - Digitalisation

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12:00 - 12:30

Bridging from the Physical to the Digital world – Paul Homan, Distinguished Engineer, CTO Industrial, IBM

Product Testing & Quality Control

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15:30 - 16:30

Mixed Reality Remote Support for Industrial Environments – TBC

Visualising Vibration – Using a camera to measure and see vibration amplified – Keith Gallant, Consultant, Reliability Mainentance Solutions

Day 2

Connected Manufacturing Forum

The full agenda for day 2 in the Connected Manufacturing Forum is still under construction. Below are the speakers and topics who were confirmed for 2020 to give a flavour of the day. Check back regularly for updates and to discover the full 2022 programs. 

Keynote - Minister for Industry

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10:30 - 11:00

TBC

Made in Britain panel

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11:00 - 11:30

Made in Britain panel

Ilika Copelandm, COO, Made in Britain

Supply Chain

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11:30 - 12:30

Design for Product, for Manufacturing or for Supply Chain? – Aristeidis Matopoulos, Associate Professor, Head of Engineering Systems & Supply Chain Management, Aston University, College of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Your Roadmap to Advancing Engineering – Rob Munro, Industrial Associate, IfM Engage, Institute for Manufacturing

Keynote - Levelling Up

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12:30 - 13:00

The role of UK manufacturing in levelling up – Working title

Bhavina Bharkhada, Head of Policy and Campaigns, Make UK

Additive Manufacturing

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14:00 - 15:00

Transforming Additive Manufacturing Utilising Robots and LCD 3D Printing

Paul Holt, MD, Photocentric

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Show opening times 2025

  • Wednesday 29th October
  • 09:00 - 17:00
  • Thursday 30th October
  • 09:00 - 16:00

Venue

  • NEC Birmingham
  • Halls 3 & 3a
  • United Kingdom
  • You must be 16+ to attend

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