Annual Northern Aerospace Forum 2013

The Eighth Annual Northern Aerospace Forum ANAF 2013 and NWAA Members Meeting

The Partnership between:

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE); The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET); The North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA); The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS). which organised the successful seven Annual Northern Aerospace Forums from 2006 to 2012 is organising the Eighth ANAF (ANAF 2013) to focus on and discuss a further Aerospace issue affecting the North of the UK. This year it will be combined with the 3rd Quarter (Autumn) NWAA Members Meeting.

The ANAF 2013 Topic is:

Building for a Sustainable World-class Aerospace future

Synopsis

The UK Government has put significant emphasis on manufacturing as a key element of their economic recovery strategy. To facilitate and provide a focus for these efforts a National Aerospace Technology Strategy (NATS) has been developed between government, industry and academia for a market lead, jointly funded R&T programme. This includes a specific roadmap for Airframe and Structures, currently a prime business sector in the North of the UK. This has resulted in a number of projects being launched with the objective of increasing manufacturing capability and total supply chain efficiency. Organisations in the regions are involved with a number of the projects. The 2013 ANAF will review these initiatives and identify how the region can exploit these results to build a sustainable world-class aerospace capability in the region to share the economic benefits expected

ANAF 2013 will consist of:

Talks by three Speakers on the Topic; A Forum of Senior Aerospace figures, including the Speakers, to discuss and debate the issues raised in the Talks; A Business to Business Networking session And, finally, Dinner

The Speakers and Forum Members will include the following: Gordon Birtwistle Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Chair of Lib Dem Parliamentary Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills Co-Founder of the Lib Dem Campaign for Manufacturing Chair of the APPG on Apprenticeships To talk on the National Aerospace Strategy (NAS)

Jeff Taylor Director – Aerospace Policy and Strategy ADS To talk on the Aerospace Growth Partnership (AGP)

Martin Wright Chief Executive NWAA To talk on the Growing Autonomous Mission Management Applications (GAMMA) programme

David Holmes Director of Investment & Infrastructure Services & MAI Manufacturing Function, BAE Systems

Professor Samia Nefti-Meziani Head of Autonomous Systems and Advanced Robotics Research Centre, University of Salford

A N Other (TBC)

The Forum will be facilitated by Graham Roe who has performed this role at the previous ANAFs.

The Event will take place on Thursday 17 October 2013 at 2.00 pm at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, (close to Junction 7 of the M65).

The cost for attending the Talks and Forum only is £10, for the Talks, Forum and Dinner it is £60. A Corporate Table for 10 is £500.

Contact details are: Mike Bell at [email protected]