Big crowds roll up for Day 1 of The Engineer Conference
The Engineer Conference got off to a flying start on Tuesday, with large crowds in attendance across Day 1, in particular for the keynote of Rolls Royce CTO Paul Stein.
Free to attend, the three-day event is part of Subcon and The Engineer Expo, two leading industry events taking place under one roof at Birmingham's NEC this week. Alongside Stein, speakers In Theatre 1 included Microsoft's Leila Martine who, with PTC's Paul Haines, delivered an insightful presentation on how augmented and mixed reality applications are changing the face of manufacturing.
Other highlights included a lesson in lightweighting from Williams Advanced Engineering's Paul McNamara, an intriguing session on motorsport technology transfer with the gregarious Chris Aylett, CEO of the MIA, and a fascinating look at how innovation has driven transformation in compressor technology, courtesy of Vert Rotors MD Olly Dmitriev.
Elsewhere, Theatre 2 featured sessions from Dr Lina Huertas of the MTC, Cranfield University's Prof Raj Roy, and Prof Dame Jane Jiang from the EPSRC Future Metrology Lab.
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