Post-Show Report 2025
Every visitor. Every conversation. Every opportunity. Here’s the full picture from last year’s show.
This year’s event surpassed all expectations. With record attendance, a sold-out exhibition floor, and overwhelmingly positive feedback from both visitors and exhibitors, Advanced Engineering 2025 cemented its place as the must-attend event for the UK manufacturing and engineering community. Download the full post-show report below or explore the headline figures right here.
Discover where the biggest skills gaps are. Track the initiatives closing them. See what it all means for workforce readiness in manufacturing and engineering. This is the shift from AI ambition to AI reality – preparing the industry to seize tomorrow’s opportunities today.
Explore the pressures and possibilities shaping UK engineering and manufacturing today. From skills shortages and AI adoption to supercomputing and supply chain resilience, this report shares candid insight from industry leaders on what must change now. It is a roadmap for turning urgency into growth and keeping the UK at the forefront of global industry.
Get a detailed breakdown of attendees’ profiles and industry highlights.
Find out everything you could want to know about last years’ event in the 2024 post-show report.
Find out everything you need to know about this year’s financial plans in the Autumn Budget 2024 report
Discover everything you need to know about the strategy in the full Invest 2035 report
NEC Birmingham · 4–5 November 2026 · Free entry to visit
Hear directly from Professor Rab Scot, Alan Arthur, John White, Paul O’Donnell, Nandini Chakravorti nd other leading voices who collaborated on the AI Action Plan. Explore where the skills gaps are, the initiatives making a difference, and how the industry is moving from AI ambition to AI reality.
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