Agenda at Advanced Engineering Event 2026

Learn practical insights and real-world solutions

Discover the pivotal technologies, voices and trends shaping tomorrow’s world. Join 200+ experts across 5 forums

What Makes the Advanced Engineering Agenda Essential Reading for Engineers?

Below you can explore last year’s agenda. It gives you an overview of the content and speakers you can expect at the 2026 edition.

Learn more about each of the industry focused stages

Additive Manufacturing & Advanced Materials - AM²

Obtain insights into 3D printing, additive manufacturing and the next generation of materials with a strong focus on real projects with measurable benefits and “engineering-ready” technologies.

Transfer ideas into your own projects by learning how other industries are solving similar design and manufacturing challenges related to cost, performance, data gaps, process reliability and repeatability.

Aerospace, Defence & Satellite Engineering

This forum is supported by ADS

Headline Media Aerospace Magazine

This forum will showcase how leading aerospace and defence organisations are turning innovation into results. Speakers from Boeing Global, Siemens, McLaren, Rolls-Royce, and others will take to the stage to share insights, strategies, and cutting-edge case studies.

Automation, Robotics & AI

Powered by Make UK

Dedicated to exploring how smart technologies improve real-world production

Expect real case studies, live demonstrations, and testing examples that have been integrated into existing production environments to deliver positive, measurable results in reliability performance, quality, production rates, and costs.

Automotive, Mobility & Electrification

Powered by SMMT – Headline Media  Manufacturing Engineering Magazine

Learn how electrification and new mobility concepts are changing design and manufacturing.

Through talks from leading OEMs and Tier suppliers, the forum highlights real‑world projects, production challenges and lessons learned in scaling new technologies, helping you understand where the industry is heading and what it means for manufacturing processes and future skills.

Composites Engineering

Sponsored by PRF Composite Materials and power by Composites UK.

Join a focused, expert-led view of how to design, manufacture and industrialise composite solutions at scale. 

With a strong focus on sustainability, materials circularity, recycling, and end-of-life solutions, learn where the demand is coming from and how the supply chain is evolving.  

NEW: Electronics & Semiconductors

Gain practical insights on circuit design, embedded systems, PCB manufacturing, test & measurements, advanced electronic components and more. 

Understand how electronics and semiconductors impact wider manufacturing, including trade-offs in cost, lead time, design and manufacturability when electronics are part of the product. 

Join 9,000+ engineers this November

NEC Birmingham · 4–5 November 2026 · Free entry to visit