Automation for a Sustainable Future 2023
| Agenda | ||
| Day 1. | Tuesday 25th April | |
| 10:15 | Coach travel from Darlington train station to CPI – coach will leave promptly at 10:15am | |
| 11:00 | Arrival, Registration & Refreshments | |
| 11:30 | Welcome, Introduction & Housekeeping | |
| Session 1 | ||
| 11:40 | INTRODUCTION – Automation at CPI. Lynn Donlon, CPI | |
| 12:15 | People, Robots & Automation: Changing the way we discover new materials. Dr Ben Alston, Gearu/Leverhulme Centre for Materials Discovery | |
| 12:45 | Title TBC. Prof. Ricky Wildman, Nottingham University | |
| 13:15 | Lunch | |
| Session 2 | ||
| 14:00 | Sustainable consumer goods and the role of automation. Mike Groombridge, P&G | |
| 14:30 | Advancing formulation science in personal care. Katy Helm, Croda Europe Ltd | |
| 15:00 | Submitted Talk – TBC | |
| 15:20 | Refreshment break | |
| 15:45 | Automated solubility measurements for sustainable agrochemical products. Ian Tovey, Syngenta | |
| 16:15 | Submitted Talk | |
| 17:00 | Travel to Hardwick Hall | |
| 17:30 | Drinks & poster session | |
| 18:30 | Three course dinner | |
| Day 2 | Wednesday 26th April | |
| 08:30 | Coach travel from Hardwick Hall to CPI – coach will leave promptly at 8:30am | |
| 09:00 | Welcome & Intro to Day 2 | |
| Session 3 | ||
| 09:15 | Towards automating the process of disassembly, testing and sorting of EV batteries. Alireza Rastegarapanah and Josie Gotz, MTC | |
| 09:45 | Sustainable formulation and battery development using machine learning. Dr Tom Whitehead, Intelligens | |
| 10:15 | Refreshment break | |
| 10:30 | Submitted Talk – TBC | |
| 10:50 | Submitted Talk – TBC | |
| 11:15 | Lab tour of CPI facilities | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| Session 4 | ||
| 13:00 | Innovation 4.0: Insights, funding and support. Dr Matthew Reeves, Innovate UK KTN | |
| 13:30 | Automation of digital process and data. Richie Ramsden, National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) | |
| 14:00 | Make Every Run Count: DOE and Machine Learning for the Future of Formulation Experiments. Phil Kay and Owen J. Jonathan, JMP | |
| 14:30 | Refreshment break | |
| 15:00 | A people-led approach to automation for a sustainable future. Julian Philpott, Domino Printing Sciences | |
| 15:30 | PLENARY – Technology trends in robotics. Mike Wilson, High Value Manufacturing Catapult | |
| 16:00 | Concluding remarks & poster prizes | |
| 16:15 | Close & coach travel to Darlington train station | |
