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The KTN, the Engineering and Science Group North Wales and the Welsh Opto-electronics Forum will show in this event how light is used in engineering applications as well as showcase innovations in Wales where light is used in manufacturing. The event will appeal to manufacturing businesses giving an appreciation of light based technologies and how they can be applied to manufacturing. It will also showcase job prospects for graduates and inform academic and professional institutions, students and the general public.
Talks on manufacturing on the large scale, micro scale and manufacturing for mankind will be on the Agenda. Entrepreneurship will also be included, this is the journey of opportunity, exploration and risk management to create value for profit and/or social good.
Delegates are invited from industry academic and professional institutions as well as the graduates, students and the general public.
There will be a display area for pull ups, tabletops, demonstrations, please contact susan.sheridan@wof.org.uk if you would like to book a place.
AGENDA
09:00
Registration, Refreshments, Tabletops and Networking
09:30
Session 1 - Light in Manufacturing and Quality Control
Chair: Mick Card, Glyndŵr University
Light in the Water Industry
Rhys Lewis, Welsh Water
Polishing of mirror elements for the Extremely Large Telescope project
David Walker, Ultra Precision Surfaces, Zeeko/Glyndŵr University
Ultrafast lasers for materials micro-structuring
Dr Walter Perrie, Liverpool University
Q and A
11:00
Break - Tea/Coffee
11:15
Session 2 – Applications of Light
Chair: TBC
Building a Business with Light
John Oliver, Kent Periscopes
Innovations with Light - Past to Future
Nick Leeson, Qioptiq
Innovative Applications of Photonics
Nigel Copner, Cymtec
Holographic and 3D Modelling Application in Education and Commerce.
Ayad Abdul Mawla,Gaia Technologies
Q and A
13:00
Lunch
14:00
Session 3 – In the Light of New Technology
Chair: Dr Vincent Barrioz, Glyndŵr University
Laser ultrasound techniques in Additive manufacturing/3D printing
Philip Wallace,TWI Technology Centre Wales
Nanoimprinting Technology for fabrication of nanostructure arrays
Dr Gareth Blayney, Swansea University (Nanohealth)
Solar Applications in Space
Dr Dan Lamb, Centre Solar Energy Research, Glyndŵr University
Industrial Speaker TBC
TBC, TBC
15:45
Close & Thanks
This event is a collaboration between The KTN, the Engineering & Science Group North Wales, Glyndŵr University and the Welsh Opto-electronics Forum, supported by
The Knowledge Transfer Network is the UK’s innovation network. We bring together business, entrepreneurs, academics and funders to develop new products, processes and services.
We can help you develop ideas, expertise and technologies, that have the potential to be world-beating products. Central to what we do is the initiation and building of collaborations.
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