The Made Smarter Technology Accelerator is at the forefront of industrial innovation, it has been developed to pair manufacturers with technology companies so they can take advantage of advanced technology to radically alter, and improve, the way we approach manufacturing.

Taking place online on 23 June 2021, the programme will proudly present the first phase insights and learnings for industry. You’ll hear directly from the Industry Challenge Owners and Tech Sponsors, and find out more about the challenges they face and how to overcome them. Joined by the 14 programme startups you’ll discover the industry-changing prototypes as they pitch the conceptual solutions developed through the programme.

Designed for industry, made real by innovators.

As we close our prototyping phase of the programme, the teams will have developed pioneering digital tools that help accelerate innovation into the sector and combat a specific challenge for their chosen Industry Challenge Owners: Babcock International Group, BAE Systems, GAF, Northumbrian Water Group (NWG), O’Neills Irish International Sports Company Limited, Safran Landing Systems, and Sainsbury’s.

With representation from all seven challenge owners we’ll also be joined by Tech Sponsors Software AG and Verizon with focused and industry relevant panels chaired by well renowned leaders including Juergen Maier, Chair of Digital Catapult and Co-Chair of Made Smarter and Priya Guha, Venture Partner at Merian Ventures and Non Executive Director at Digital Catapult.

Agenda

15:00 - Welcome & Introduction

Jeremy Silver - CEO, Digital Catapult

15:05 - Programme overview and objectives

Justin Cross - Innovation Partner & Programme Lead, Digital Catapult

15:10 - Panel discussion with Made Smarter Technology Accelerator Programme industry challenge owners and tech sponsor

Chaired by Juergen Maier - Chair, Digital Catapult and Co-Chair of Made Smarter

• Austin Cook - Principal Technologist, Emerging Manufacturing Technology & Systems, BAE Systems
• Germain Forgeoux - R&T Manufacturing Program Manager, Safran Landing Systems
• Martin Jackson - Head of Strategy and Product Management, Northumbrian Water Group
• Charles Joel - Global IoT Success Director, SoftwareAG

15:35 - Startups pitches Part 1

• Machine Intelligence
• DIEMinnovation
• Innvotek
• Riscon
• Pentiot
• Metis
• Total Control Pro
• Zizo

16:10 - Coffee Break

16:20 - Panel discussion with Made Smarter Technology Accelerator Programme industry challenge owners and tech sponsor

Chaired by Priya Guha - Venture Partner, Merian Ventures and Non Executive Director, Digital Catapult

• Jim Sibson - Group Head of Research and Partnerships, Babcock International Group
• Scott Reed - SVP Quality & Manufacturing Services, GAF
• Sarah Blanford - Category Technical Manager Produce and Horticulture, Sainsbury's
• Anthony Judd - Managing Director, Verizon Business Groups UK & Ireland

16:45 - Startups pitches Part 2

• Jetsoft
• CAE Tech
• Volatile
• Zeta Motion
• Ascalia
• Singular Intelligence

17:10 - Closing remarks

Chris Courtney - Challenge Director Manufacturing Made Smarter, UKRI

17:15 - End

Why attend

Presented by the Made Smarter Technology Accelerator industry leading partners, sponsors and cohort members the challenges and solutions range from increasing shelf-life and sell-through rate of products while reducing waste (Sainsbury’s) to product customisation – intelligent verification (O'Neills) and scalable artificial intelligence for products’ visual inspection (BAE Systems).

Each company has been through a thorough programme of activities to further accelerate and refine their offerings and develop industry relevant digital concepts.

Attendees will get a chance to:

• Hear from industry experts and leaders from a range of sectors
• Listen to pitches from the most exciting startups working within the industrial sector
• Learn from two focused panel discussions on Boosting UK Industrial Digital Technology capability and Building the case for investing in Industrial Digital innovation – led by Jurgen Maier and Priya Guha

Who should attend

This event will be of interest to anyone working within or for the manufacturing industrial sector.

In particular it will be of relevant to senior leaders within these sectors:

• Aerospace and defence
• Automotive
• Food and drink
• Rail and infrastructure
• Construction
• Utilities and energy
• Supply chain and logistics
• Health and pharmaceutical
• Textiles