This event was an online joint collaborative workshop from the Innovative Manufacturing Working Group (IMWG) and Innovative Zero Carbon Working Group (IZCWG), it the audience from both Working Groups as well as members from the wider Innovation Alliance ecosystem.
Organisers
Sustainability West Midlands, Warwick Manufacturing Group, Midlands Aerospace Alliance and Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education in partnership with the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands as Virtual Innovation Team sector leads as part of the West Midlands Innovation Programme.
The event
This event was focussed on how manufacturing companies can benefit from adopting innovative, low carbon practices.
IZCWG and IMWG meetings each run quarterly, and aim to share information and good practice and catalyse new partnerships and collaborative activities that help to further develop innovation within and between the sectors outlined above.
Speakers
- Clare Ollerenshaw (Accelar, Chair of IZCWG)
- Nat Macaulay (JCM Contracts)
- Carlton Cummings (Aceleron)
- Pam Waddell OBE (Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands)
Agenda
13:45 Log in for networking
14:00 Welcome and introduction
Clare Ollerenshaw, Accelar Ltd., Chair of IZCWG
14:05 JCM’s sustainability journey: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Nat Macaulay, JCM Contracts
14:25 A new view of energy storage
Carlton Cummings, Aceleron Energy
14:45 Q&A
14:55 Comfort break
15:05 Breakout discussions
• Manufacturers to meet sustainability experts: current priorities and support on sustainability
• Enablers groups: sharing what they are hearing from their client businesses
15:35 Feedback and roundtable
• Opportunity for attendees to promote any collaboration and partnership opportunities to
the whole group identified from the breakout discussions or elsewhere, further good
practice, forthcoming events and any help you require.
15:45 Opportunities and promotion
Summary of current opportunities
• Made Smarter Innovation: Sustainable Smart Factory
• BEIS Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator
Alan Carr, SWM
Elsewhere in the Innovation Alliance
Pam Waddell and Devon Geary, Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands
16:00 Close
Downloads
- JCM’s sustainability journey: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Nat Macaulay)
- A new view of energy storage (Carlton Cummings) (to come shortly)
- Elsewhere in the Innovation Alliance (Pam Waddell)
Current funding opportunities presented:
Slingshot