Advanced Manufacturing Week
8-12 July 2024
Additive manufacturing, 5G networks, augmented reality and more – a wide range of novel technologies are finally maturing and finding vital applications in the most cutting-edge and productive factories. As manufacturers navigate challenges including supply chain disruption, sustainability demands and economic uncertainty, engineers need expert knowledge of new approaches to efficiency and innovation.
Speakers for Advanced Manufacturing 2024 will include...
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Alina is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Turation, an Industrial AI startup based in Cambridge. Turation specialises in creating advanced AI solutions for manufacturing applications where data is either scarce or costly to collect. Their current focus is on creating an AI Assistant for visual inspection in made-to-order small-batch components manufacturing, such as CNC-milled, 3D-printed, or composite parts to reduce the cost of poor quality and shorten lead times.
As a public speaker in the field of Collaborative Intelligence, Alina focuses on the intersection of AI and manufacturing. She explores how augmented teams can enhance manufacturing efficiency, the essential skills manufacturers need to collaborate effectively with AI tools, and how to develop AI solutions that best support human operators in production environments.
Previously, Alina led the development of Arline Quantum, an AI project optimising resource utilisation in current-generation quantum computers, and Arline Benchmarks, the first open-source platform for automated quantum compiler benchmarking, recognised as one of the top open-source projects by OpenUK. She has also held senior tech roles at ViShare, a Hong Kong video streaming hardware company backed by Samsung, and Snowfall Systems, a New York fintech startup. Alina earned her PhD in Physics from the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, focusing on digital spectrometry for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER, Cadarache, France) and research in boron neutron capture therapy for cancer treatment.
Dr Becky Bolton works within the Industrial Technology and Manufacturing team as a Knowledge Transfer Manager in Advanced Manufacturing. Her role is to engage with businesses and innovators in the UK Manufacturing sector to support growth and innovation on the path to achieving net zero. She also supports the Made Smarter and Reimagining Materials and Manufacturing programmes.
Becky can assist you in identifying funding and investment opportunities, involve you in their events and connect you across their innovation network, and inspire you with the latest innovation within their communities. Her goal is to advance the industry through digitalisation and other technological enhancements for the benefit of the UK economy and a greener future.
Before joining Innovate UK Business Connect, Becky was a technology transfer fellow at SPECIFIC, Swansea University, where her aim was to bridge the gap between academia and industry as she worked on the scale-up of novel perovskite solar technology. During both her doctorate and postdoctoral positions, she developed a passion for industrial manufacturing and the problem-solving talent required to go from lab-scale to commercial-scale. She has an EngD in Materials Science and Engineering, specialised in electrochemistry and corrosion prevention.
Jack is a co-founder of Ada Mode and leads the development of custom AI solutions in civil nuclear, renewables and manufacturing. Jack is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with a background in power station management, digital innovation and plant optimisation. Jack has managed the UK’s first commercial scale biogas plant and has led large-scale digital innovation and optimisation projects within the UK’s civil nuclear and manufacturing sectors. Jack led the development of Sellafield’s AI strategy and is now delivering an industrial decarbonisation model for the Solent region.
Peter Flinn was the 2021/22 President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
He is a chartered engineer who studied mechanical sciences at the University of Cambridge. He also holds an MBA and attended the international senior management programme at Harvard Business School. He has worked mainly in manufacturing industry in the aircraft, rail, commercial vehicle and process industries.
He started his career with the military aircraft division of what is now BAE Systems on projects such as the Anglo-French Jaguar.
He then moved to Leyland DAF Limited, his last position being Quality Director for the UK, having previously held senior positions in product development, research and manufacturing in Leyland and in Scotland.
He joined BREL/ABB in Derby, now part of Alstom’s UK rail business, as Head of Engineering. He was closely involved in the restructuring of the company after ABB took full control, setting up and running the Bodyshell Division of which he was Director, based in York.
Subsequently in ABB, he was MD of ABB Support Ltd and then of ABB Engineering Services/ABB Eutech, a 750-person international technical consultancy, bought from ICI. His role was to integrate this business into ABB, ensure its financial viability and develop its position in the market place.
His most recent industrial role was as MD of Vectra Group Limited, an engineering consultancy specialising in safety work for hazardous industries.
Since 2007, he has worked mainly at the interface between industry, government and academia. In 2014, he completed the start-up of the Aerospace Technology Institute. Prior to that, he helped InnovateUK establish the Catapult programme. During 2009 and 2010, he was the Project Director for the £40.55m Manufacturing Technology Centre built near Coventry. All three organisations are flourishing.
Since withdrawing from active consultancy in 2017, he has written a book entitled Managing Technology & Product Development Programmes, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2019.
He is an active member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, has been chairman of its Manufacturing Industries Division and the main point of contact for TMMX. He was also chairman of the Intelligent Automation centre at Loughborough University between 2012 and 2017.
Sahin holds a BSc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University with a minor in Physics. He performed his master degree in Berlin Technical University, Energy Institute on developing an Energy Operating System for Commercial Buildings. Right after his graduation, Sahin worked as R&D Engineer at MIT. After his R&D experience, he founded Faradai with a vision of being the leader AI-powered data analytics solution for energy & sustainability. Currently he is serving as the CEO of parent company Faradai and the company has already acquired hundreds of customers in 40 different countries all around the world, backed by IFC funded Capria Ventures, Sangha Capital, Actai Ventures and Edenbase.
Sahin is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and he specialized in IoT and Data Science applications for data driven energy & sustainability management in facilities. He serves as board member in Turkish Informatics Foundation & Horizon 2030 - Eurogia 2030. He is angel investor and and board member of Silicon Valley based Metacognitive AI.