NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE 2020 SEPTEMBER 2019
FINDING CLARITY
IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Make UK’s National Manufacturing Conference, the annual gathering of industry
leaders and politicians, will take place at the QEII Centre in London on 25 February 2020
Make UK, the manufacturers’
organisation, has announced that
the next National Manufacturing
Conference will take place in London
on Tuesday 25 February 2020. The
fl agship annual event will once again
bring together the country’s leading politicians,
senior industrialists and manufacturing leaders in
increasingly uncertain and diffi cult political times.
The country’s future relationship with the
European Union remains uncertain, and this
year’s conference will look at how companies
of all sizes can prepare themselves to thrive
in the post-Brexit landscape.
With a new government in place in
Westminster, a number of high-profi le
speakers are being lined up, including
journalist and broadcaster Andrew Neil and by
popular demand the conference will be chaired
once again by broadcaster Steph McGovern,
herself a former engineer.
Again, the event will see a series of workshops
held throughout the day of the conference to
help minimise potential risk going forward and
show companies how to take advantage of the
opportunities arising in the changing market.
Key themes for this year’s discussions include
Exports: Peer-to-Peer Trading, where delegates
will hear from a number of experts talking about
how you can increase your exports and look to
successfully spot emerging opportunities. Learn
about businesses’ individual export journeys and
how they managed to overcome the barriers to
trade which lay in their path.
Workshop number two, Small Steps for Big
Results, looks at productivity. Here, a range
of leading experts will detail how the best
performing manufacturers are increasingly using
the latest digital technology to deliver effi ciencies
to the heart of their companies, while at the same
time reducing working costs, increasing their
margins and improving their lead times.
The third workshop, Tackling the Talent Pipeline,
will examine the skills shortage and explore
innovative ways of approaching the challenge
head-on. It will show how to successfully do more
for less, upskilling your current workforce while
also unlocking new talent from more unusual and
perhaps currently untapped
talent sources.
The conference will also
feature workshops hosted by
Make UK affi liates, UK Steel
(Hollow Supply Chains: A Very
British Problem) and NDI
(Manufacturing and Defence:
A Symbiotic Relationship).
“Our conference comes at a
critical time for industry, with
the ongoing uncertainty,” says
Stephen Phipson, chief executive
of Make UK, the manufacturers’
organisation (main picture).
“This conference provides an
important collaborative platform
for industry and government to
work together – and it is that
collaboration on what the post-
Brexit environment will look like
which is essential for the future
success of manufacturing and
industry as a whole to ensure we
protect the 2.7 million jobs our
sector provides across the UK.
“Going forward, it is vital
that we look to protect our
trade with the EU, our latest
Over 800
industry leaders
attended the
2019 conference
trading partner, while looking
to grasp new opportunities so
we achieve post-EU economic
and global trading success.”
Manufacturing Management
has been named as the media
partner for the National
Manufacturing Conference 2020.
The partnership will see the
publication and Make UK work
together to provide content and
coverage in the run up, during
and following the event.
“This partnership reinforces
Manufacturing Management as
the key publication for the UK’s
industrial leaders,” says Chris
Beck, editor of Manufacturing
Management. “We are extremely
delighted to be the media
partner for this fl agship industry
event, and look forward to
working with Make UK to ensure
a successful conference.”
For more information
and to register your place
at the event, visit www.
manufacturingconference.co.uk
42 www.manufacturingmanagement.co.uk
Make UK
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