Do you have digital skills and technology that can be applied to the manufacturing sector? Are you interested in finding out more about how manufacturing businesses work? Would you value the opportunity to innovate and collaborate with this sector to boost manufacturing and improve productivity?

The workshop will provide a unique insight into the manufacturing sector for digital businesses. A two day programme (8th & 15th March) includes sessions with specialist experts from both of Sheffield's university's focussed on digitisation for manufacturing, servitisation, digital transformation and cybersecurity in manufacturing and the tools and technologies that can be applied.

There will also be presentations, with the opportunity for discussion from manufacturing businesses; these will focus on their ambitions and the opportunities for them in adopting digital innovations. You will also hear about digital projects and collaborations. This is an opportunity to find out what is important to manufacturing businesses and gain knowledge about the way in which they work.

The programme includes a site visit to a manufacturing site, Tinsley Bridge Ltd, on day two, with a networking event at the Cutler's Hall, Sheffield, in the evening. The networking event on the 15th March includes key speakers from Siemens and Tinsley Bridge and brings together digital and manufacturing sectors to create collaboration opportunities and innovation.

There will be facilitated sessions over the two days to explore your ambitions and opportunities for innovation and collaboration. There will also be opportunities to meet and network with manufacturing businesses.

Facilitators for the two days include:

Ceri Batchelder, Business Owner of Connect & Create

Professor John Clarke, Professor of Computing & Information Security at the University of Sheffield (TUoS)

Saul Cozens, Head of the Digital Hub at the Home Office

Jamie Hinton, CEO, Razor

Alex Kelly, IT at Tinsley Bridge

Alison Money, Events Development Manager, Sheffield Hallam University

Dr Sara Mountney, Principle Lecturer and Subject Group Lead at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU)

Professor Terrence Perera, Practitioner in Systems Modelling & Simulation at SHU

Alex Prince, Head of Knowledge Exchange, Sheffield Hallam University

Professor Sameh Saad, Chair in Enterprise Modelling & Management at SHU

Professor Ashutosh Tiwari, Airbus / RAEng Research Chair in Digitalisation for Manufacturing at TUoS

Connected Manufacturing Workshop