Leading from the front - Annual Conference

Successes and Challenges of Sustainable Manufacturers

Monday 10 - Tuesday 11 September 2012
Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, UK

We are pleased to introduce the first annual conference led by the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability, exploring the theme: 'Leading from the Front - Success and Challenges of Sustainable Manufacturers'

Hear from leading edge companies including:

See how our research is supporting their aims to

Reduce Performance Variation
Improve Resource Efficiency
Create Sustainable Value
Reduce Waste and Emmissions
Explore long term sustainable systems

Agenda

Day One

11.30-12.30	Registration and Lunch
12.30-13.15	Welcome and Opening - Steve Evans, University of Cambridge -
13.15-14.00	Steve Hope, Toyota Europe
14.00-14.30	Refreshments
14.30-15.15	Gary Punter, AB Sugar
15.15-16.00	Roy Willey, Unilever
16.00-1700	Speed Presentations - MC Shahin Rahimifard
17.00-18.00	Poster/Display of Projects - PI's, RA's, PhD's & others
19.00-19.45	Drinks reception
20.00	Dinner - Guest Speaker - Barry Sheerman MP

Day Two

08.30-09.30	Peter Price Thomas, The Natural Step
9.30-10.15	Mark Adams, Vitsoe
10.15-10.45	Coffee
10.45-11.30	Andy Woods, Adnams
11.30-12.15	Richard Parmenter, GSK
12.15-13.00	Panel Discussion - All Senior Partners. MC Shahin Rahimifard
13.00-13.15	Closing Remarks - Steve Evans, University of Cambridge
13.15-14.00	Lunch
14.00-16.00	Poster/Display of Projects - PI's, RA's, PhD's & others

There will be ample opportunity for networking and discussion during this two day event - including during the gala dinner on Monday 10 September at Murray Edwards College.

Meet other organisations helping to drive business change

To express your interest in attending, please contact Ella Davey: erd30@cam.ac.uk

For accomodation bookings, please download the booking form