NDI OPPORTUNITIES CONFERENCE: BUILDING FOR GROWTH
The Annual NDI Conference is taking place for the first time in Tortworth Court Hotel, near Bristol. On Tuesday 13th and...
SPACETECH 2012 - OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS IN SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Thursday 9 February 2012
This event is being organised by County Durham Development Company and will take place on Thursday 9th February 2011 at PETEC, NETPark, Thomas Wright Way, Sedgefield, Co Durham, TS21 3FD
Space Technology offers a wide variety of business opportunities from the unexpected (concrete production, software, data handling) to the traditonal (electronics, photovoltaics, instrumentation, sensors). Spacetech will increase your awareness of the business opportunities and how to tap into them. If you're interested in the answers to the following questions, this event is for you:
What activities are being carried out in the UK regarding space technologies?
How is this market currenyly structured? What is the role of each participant?
What activities/what influence do NASA and ESA have in the UK?
What is the role of the UK Space Agency and what opportunities does this present?What kind of businesses are involved in development and commercalisation of space technologies/what is the relationship between them?
What are the major international programmes and their objectives? Who is inolved (which organisations and their locations)? What is the process for getting involved?
DRAFT PROGRAMME
09.00 The Importance of Space Technology to the UK Economy - Michael Lawrence, Head of Special Projects, Technology Strategy Board
09.30 The Market Structure and How to Tap Into It - Ruth Mallors, Director, Aerospace, Aviation and Defence Knowledge Transfer Network
10.00 COFFEE
10.20 Working on Collaborative International Projects - Prof Ray Sharples, Centre for Advanced Instrumentation, Durham University
10.50 The Square Kilometre Array Telescope - A £1.2bn Euro Opportunity - Tim Stevenson, Square Kilometre Array Telescope Programme Office
11.20 NASA's Programmes and Contracts - Dr Sheila Bailey, NASA
12.00 LUNCH
13.00 Novel Welding and Joining Technologies for Space Applications - Dr Richard Freeman, TWI
Collaboration, Innovation and Time to Market - An SME perspective - Mike Berridge, AWS
14.00 Speech Title to be confirmed - Terry McManus, Tekdata Interconnections
14.30 Opportunities in the North East - Tom Smyth, Deputy Head - BIS Yorkshire Humber and the North East
15.00 Wrap up and Close
NB - please note programme is subject to change
Tickets for this event cost £49.00 + VAT with an Early Bird Discount of 25% available until 12noon on 23rd December 2011.
To register for this event, please click here or contact Catehrine Johns on: 0191 370 8680 or email: admin@uknetpark.net
