PDM10 Conference

FREE Conference at PDM10      

The Conference at PDM10 will prove to be unmissable, with high-level speakers who you won't see anywhere else this year.
  
Places are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Book now to avoid disappointment. BOOK NOW

10.30 – 11.30  The Moulding Business Debate

Keynote presentation: Sir Richard Needham, International & Commercial Director, Dyson.

This popular forum that always gets PDM off to a flying start will involve leaders from the plastics industry in open discussion about the challenges they face. This year our panel will discuss the emerging trend for OEMs to bring back plastics manufacturing from Asia to the UK.

Debate panelists:
George Kellie, Director, KellieSolutions TM
Allen Green, Managing Director, A K Industries
Justin Davis, Sales Director, TEX Injection Moulding
RIchard Brown, Operations Director, Hi-Tech Mouldings Ltd

11.45 – 12.45  Inside the Dragon’s Den – Investing in Ideas

ChocBox 
Speaker: Peter Moule, Managing Director, ElectroExpo

Plastic moulders have been involved in some of the most successful products pitched to BBC TV’s tough investors. Companies will discuss how manufacturers can help inventors turn a good idea into reality, and how the moulders in turn can benefit from realising the potential of a viable product.

Investing in ideas – EUCAD Project

·   The compelling arguments

·   The innovation agenda

·   Innovation and creativity performance

·   euCAD: An example of training for innovation and idea improvement

Speaker : John Boult, Director, Product First Limited

13.30 – 14.30  Performance enhancement
Speaker: John Goff, G&A Moulding

John Goff of G&A Moulding is acknowledged as the UK’s leading expert on getting the utmost performance from injection moulding technology. In this hands-on session he will show injection moulders techniques for maximizing the capabilities of shopfloor skills and machinery.

14.45 – 15.30  Design in Detail – Design for Consumer Products

Speaker: Les Stokes, Partner, London Associates and Director, British Design Innovation
- Linking ideas to markets
- Understanding real needs
- Creating differentiation by the application of knowledge
- What constitutes success?

10.30 – 11.30  The Design Debate

Keynote presentation: Prof Martin Darbyshire, CEO, Tangerine

What does sustainability mean in terms of product design? Panelists from leading UK design consultancies will discuss consumer demands, the problems that plastics can help solve, and how designers can be at the forefront of the sustainability debate.

Debate panelists:
Phil Gray, Director, Quadro and Director, British Design Innovation
Will Davis, Director, Studio Davis
Graeme Patterson, Managing Director, BrightWorks
Andrew Malloy, Senior Design Engineer, London Associates

11.45 – 12.45  Plastics in Medical Devices

A sector that has remained buoyant through the recession is the high growth market for medical devices. Sharing their insights into this demanding area of product development will be leading UK medical design groups.

Applications of plastics in healthcare and medical devices
- Design opportunities offered by plastics
- Regulatory issues to consider
- Testing and compliance
- In vitro and in vivo

Speaker: Stephen Knowles, Managing Director, Industrial Design Consultancy Limited

13.30 – 14.30  New Product Development SESSION NOW FULLY BOOKED - PLACES MAY BE AVAILABLE ON THE DAY, PLEASE ARRIVE AT CONFERENCE THEATRE 10 MINS BEFORE SESSION TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

Product development times are speeding up and those companies at the sharp end – designers, prototypers, toolmakers – are learning to work faster. This session will focus on the challenges to be overcome and the tools used to meet the client’s expectations.

Moving faster to the market: how additive manufacturing helps you to be the first
- Go to the market with your product even if it's not 100% engineered - and collect
- Postpone the investment in expensive production tools until you know your product will be a market success
- Consider bespoke products instead of mass manufactured products to give an even better solution to your customer
- Lower your risk through additive manufacturing and increase the quality of your product development
Speaker: Jurgen Laudus, International Sales Manager Industrial Services, Materialise NV

New Product Development
Using rapid prototyping technology for new product development
Connex : the world's only multi-material 3D printing system
Simultaneous jetting of different types of model materials in a single build
Speaker : Chris Baker, Regional Manager UK, Objet Geometries

14.45 – 15.30  Design in Detail – Plastic Electronics

It’s a brave new world where plastic substrates allow screens to be flexible and ultra-thin. This forward-thinking presentation will explore product design ideas that could emerge in this exciting new market.

Speaker: Gus Desbarats, Chairman, The Alloy and Director, British Design Innovation

Keynote presentation: Dr. Kerry Kirwan, Senior Research Fellow at WMG's International Automotive Research Centre

Innovation is a key weapon for UK manufacturers in the global marketplace. Our expert panel will discuss what manufacturers need to do to stay ahead of competitors, referring to technologies emerging from commercial and academic institutions that will shape the industry of tomorrow.

Debate panelists:
Peter Flinn, MTC Project Director, Advantage West Midlands
Jan Czerski, Consultant, IOM3
Peter Barnes, Consultant, PB Consults
Graham Webster, Director, Plastics IT
Peter Wigmore, Business Development Manager, Sovrin Plastics

11.45 – 12.45  Advanced Processing Workshop

Rapid temperature cycling: how variothermal moulding helps to improve injection moulded parts
- Definition of 'Rapid Temperature Cycling - RTC'
- Benefits achievable using RTC
- RTC process techniques: Steam heating/ external induction heating/ pressurised hot water heating
- RTC case studies
- Future RTC applications
Speaker: Raymond Foad, Sales Director, Gas Injection Worldwide Limited

Advanced Processing Workshop
Speaker : Graeme Herlihy, Engel UK

13.30 – 14.15  Design in Detail – Packaging

Designers are adept at crafting the emotional response to goods through the aesthetics of a pack. This session will use case studies to examine the work of packaging designers and new challenges they face, for example differentiation, smart packaging, light weighting with plastics.
The design to production process of Cedvita project
Speaker: Luc van den Broek, Teamplast

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