Deep tech solutions for supply chain challenges - (In-person)

About

After three years of targeted innovation initiatives, results from the flagship projects and the deployment of advanced technology solutions within the industry testbeds of the Digital Supply Chain Hub programme, will demonstrate how UK manufacturers and logistics operators can benefit from the adoption of deep tech solutions within their supply chains.

Key stakeholders from across the UK’s supply chain landscape are invited to Digital Catapult’s office in London on Wednesday 9 October to:

• Learn how hydrogen and textile supply chain companies have benefited from the deployment of deep tech through globally unique industry testbeds
• Explore how flagship projects are tackling complex data sharing challenges in end-to-end supply chains, enabling collaboration to release mutual value by optimising logistics, unlocking insights from supply chain data, and enabling interoperable data exchange
• Discover the latest features of the Digital Supply Chain Hub’s platform that are designed to move manufacturers and supply chain companies closer towards digital solution adoption

This showcase event will feature presentations and demonstrations from the innovators and solution providers at the bleeding edge of supply chain technology. Phil Roe, CEO of Logistics UK, will also be providing a keynote address to share his unique insights and the industry perspective from being an active member within the Digital Supply Chain Hub portfolio of projects.

Why attend?

This showcase event is an excellent opportunity to explore the future of resilient, sustainable end-to-end supply chains and how the Made Smarter | Digital Supply Chain Hub programme delivered by Digital Catapult, has become a leading initiative for UK supply chain innovation.

Attendees will leave the event with:

• Knowledge of how the deployment of deep tech applications has demonstrated the value of adoption within cross-sector, industrial settings
• Insights into how initiatives between industry, technology innovators and research centres have validated the importance of collaboration and interoperability
• Awareness of how companies from across the UK’s supply chain ecosystem can take the next step to deep tech adoption through the Digital Supply Chain Hub

Who should attend?

This event will be of interest to CEOs, CTOs, Supply Chain Leads, Supply Chain Directors, Procurement Directors and Heads of Innovation working in supply chains across all sectors as well as technology companies working across manufacturing and supply chains.

Agenda

12:00 – Arrival & Lunch

13:00 – Welcome and opening remarks

Tim Lawrence, Director – Digital Supply Chain Innovation Hub, Digital Catapult

13:10 – Keynote

Phil Roe, President, Logistics UK

13:20 – Fireside Chat: “Transforming UK Manufacturing: Digital Supply Chain Innovations in Textiles and Hydrogen Industries”

• Tim Stephenson, Digital Supply Chain Business Partner, Digital Catapult (moderator)
• Marc Lopresto, Co-Founder, Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems
• See Wah Cheng, Head of Product, Hydrologiq
• Sue Fairley, Sr Head of ESG, Sourcing & Quality, New Look

13:40 – Digital Supply Chain Hub Testbeds – Deep Tech Solutions for Hydrogen and Textiles Supply Chains

• Malte Berresheim, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Heuris Energy
• Paola Masperi, Founder, Madeby
• Yiqiang Zhao, Co-Founder & CEO, Looper
• Catriona Haskins, Head of Commercial UK & Ireland, Loadar

14:10 – Break

14:20 – The Digital Supply Chain Hub flagship projects:

• Critical Minerals (Network Insight Collaboration Environment)

Esther Lau, Product Owner, Digital Catapult

• Connected MBEE Supply Chain Collaboration

Ben Hopper, Principal Research Engineer, Model-Based Enterprise | National Composites Centre

• Logistics Optimisation

Amar Dhokia, Senior Product Manager, Digital Catapult

15:20 – Break

15:30 – Panel Discussion: “The Power of Partnerships Across Supply Chains”

• Ola Lella, Innovation Partner, Digital Catapult (moderator)
• Obiye Ada-Ibrama, Data Science Research Fellow
• Mark Enzer, CTO, Mott MacDonald
• Salli Deighton, Founder, LaundRE

16:15 – The Digital Supply Chain Hub Platform – Educational Modules

Kingsley Harding, Product Manager, Digital Catapult

16:30 – Next Steps

Tim Lawrence, Director – Digital Supply Chain Innovation Hub, Digital Catapult

16:40 – Networking & Live Demos

17:30 – Close