Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge

📣Open Innovation Forum Pitching event – pitch applications now open!
🗓 27 November 2024, Dublin, Ireland
Do you have a great idea to revolutionise the Food, Drink & FMCG industry?

Senior leaders from Food, Drink & FMCG firms such as Twinings, Mars, Diageo, Nomad Foods, Müller UK & Ireland, Cargill and Kerry are holding a pitching event for innovative companies, entrepreneurs, start-ups and university spin-offs. These companies, who are members of the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge Open Innovation Forum, are seeking new solutions to their business challenges, so you have the chance to pitch to them at an event on the afternoon of 27 November 2024!

Find out more and request a pitch: https://engage.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/events/18-open-innovation-forum-pitching-event/

💡Curious about student life at the IfM?
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💻 Head to the IfM website to read Xinyan Li’s story as a master’s and PhD student!

📣 Lloyds Bank is the Headline Sponsor for this year’s Women in Manufacturing: Changing Perceptions conference!

Together we continue to work for a more equitable, diverse and inclusive manufacturing sector.

Join us for a full day of engaging talks, interactive panel discussions, practical workshops, and plenty of networking opportunities.

The conference is open to everyone in the sector who'd like to be part of driving positive change.

🗓 19 September 2024
📍 Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry

Discover more and register: https://engage-events.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/WomeninManufacturing #/?affl=IfM

📣 Keynote announcement!

IfM's Jennifer Castañeda-Navarrete and Zoi Roupakia will open the Women in Manufacturing: Changing Perceptions conference with a talk on 'Driving diversity and inclusion in manufacturing: a review of best practices’.

✨ Their scene-setting keynote talk will serve as an inspiring introduction to the conference, and act as a reminder that positive change is possible, and it is ours to make.

🗓 19 September 2024
📍 Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Coventry

Find out more and register: https://engage-events.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/WomeninManufacturing #/?affl=IfM

💡Curious about the upcoming Women in Manufacturing conference?
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Join us at the MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry on 19 September for a day of inspiring talks, interactive workshops and networking opportunities.
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Visit the Events section of our website to find out more.

🎊 Congratulations to our fantastic MPhil ISMM cohort that celebrated the completion of the academic year with a special dinner last night. All the best for what lies ahead! 🎓

🗓️Just over two months to go until the Women in Manufacturing conference returns to the Manufacturing Technology Centre!
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Visit the Events page on the IfM Engage website to read more and register.

🎊 Dr Lucy Rogers MBE, IfM alumna and BBC Robot Wars judge, was recognised for her services to engineering in the 2024 Birthday Honours. Congratulations, Lucy!
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🔎 Read more about Lucy’s fascinating career so far under News on our website.

Dr Florian Urmetzer has just introduced the delegates at to Ecosystem Mapping — a tool developed and used by the IfM for several years.
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Over the last hour or so, delegates have worked in groups to map the ecosystems of specific innovations. In the next session, Dr Nicky Athanassopoulou will introduce the merits of for developing a vision and engaging stakeholders on the journey from idea to its realisation and implementation.
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💡What improvements would you like to see in the work to prevent and treat mental illness?
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🎙️Peter Templeton and Prof Tim Minshall opened at the IfM this morning, stressing the need for better ways to prevent and treat mental illness, and offering a hopeful message: much great research exists — we need to find good ways to put it to use.

💡All is ready for ‘Collaborate to innovate: Working together to improve mental health outcomes’ at the IfM tomorrow!
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🧠 It will be a full day of knowledge exchange and careful thinking about ways to improve mental health outcomes in the face of urgent challenges.
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🔎 Watch this space tomorrow to find out more!
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We’re at ! Come see us on stand R50 and try your luck with Hook-a-duck. 🐤

🐝 Buzzy bees outside the IfM on yesterday!

💡Looking back to Rethinking Innovation 2024, where innovation and technology management experts heard and shared new ideas for agile and sustainable innovation systems for the future.
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📸 from the welcome reception at the beautiful .

📍We are at The Future of UK Manufacturing in Sheffield today, exploring the opportunities and challenges for UK in the short, medium and long terms.
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What do you think the future of UK manufacturing will look like?

📊 Dr David Leal-Ayala presenting at the launch of the 2024 Innovation Report in London yesterday.
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Each year, the Innovation Report, developed by the Policy Links team in the Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy (CIIP) unit, provides a comprehensive analysis of the UK’s innovation ecosystem. In addition to its bird’s-eye view, this year’s Report takes a deep dive into the machinery and equipment sector.
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Download the full report on the CIIP website.

🔬🌱 Thank you to all who came to visit us at the IfM on Saturday — we hope you had fun! 🍋🔋
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First-time visitor to the IfM, Elena Bastianello, had this to say about ’s popular talk:
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«What an amazing experience! Please let me know when he will be up for another one, I will be there — and bring friends!»
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See you again next year! 👋

🎊 Our open day is in full swing — come by before 17:00 today!

🎈Don’t forget to join us at the IfM tomorrow as we take part in !
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We have lots of family-friendly talks and activities planned — go to the Cambridge Festival website to find out more.
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🧠 Do you want to help change how we prevent and treat ?
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Register for Collaborate to innovate: Working together to change outcomes, and help translate excellent existing into excellent solutions.
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Find out more and register under Events on the IfM website.
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🗓️ 19 June, 2024
📍 Cambridge

Happy International Women’s Day from the Institute for Manufacturing!
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Did you know that only 26 % of workers in UK Manufacturing are women? Or that only 11 % of C-suite roles are held by women, and that women in our sector earn 17 % less than men?
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We want to change that. As we look back to last year’s inspiring Women in Manufacturing conference in Coventry, we invite you to watch this space as we plan for this year’s event in the autumn. 🗓️
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🎉Join us at the IfM on Saturday 16 March, 13:00-17:00, for exciting activities, demos, experiments and talks as part of Cambridge Festival!

Talks include:
🤫 Revealing the secrets of how things get made and delivered to you
📚 How to take value out of your education
🤖 Showing different angles of AI and emerging technologies

Activities include:
👩‍🔬 Easy experiments
🖥️ Digital Manufacturing demonstrations
📍 Interactive mapping to improve cities
🤔 What would you use THAT for?
🎵 Sounds amazing!

👇 Find out more 👇
https://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/events/cam-festival-ifm/

We can't wait to see you!😀
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

📣 Cambridge Festival panel session: Showing different angles of AI and emerging technologies
🗓️ 16 March 2024, 15:30-16:15, IfM, Cambridge
During this panel session, we will share the latest information on AI, blockchain and the metaverse to show their power, and also to encourage future generations to develop an interest in this area of engineering.
👇Find out more and book your place 👇
https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/showing-different-angles-ai-and-emerging-technologies

🎉 We're hosting exciting activities, demos and talks as part of the Cambridge Festival on Saturday 16 March, 13:00-17:00.

Check out the full list of activities and come along and join us at the IfM: https://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/events/cam-festival-ifm/

We can't wait to see you!😃

💡Curious about the future of ?
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Join us for Rethinking Innovation 2024 — an event tailored to and innovation professionals. Gain new perspectives from academic and industry experts, and connect with 100+ delegates through roundtable discussions and networking sessions.
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🗓️ 18 April
📍 Cambridge
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Find out more and register under Events on the IfM Engage website.

🌏«Have fun. Work with nice people. Save the planet. That’s my mantra, and that’s what we do here.»
Professor Steve Evans
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Read the news story about the return of the Centre for Industrial Sustainability’s retreat under News on our website.
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📣 Cambridge Festival talk: How to take value out of your education
🗓️ 16 March 2024, 15:00-15:30, IfM, Cambridge

This talk will explore how to take value out of education and what we should know in these times of AI and endless knowledge on the internet.

👇Find out more and book your place 👇

How to take value out of your education | Cambridge Festival Education is a strange activity. We are learning all the time – whether it be learning a new technology, cooking a new recipe or mastering a new skill such as driving a car. Education can also be formal like school or university.

📣 Upcoming event, inspired by the Women in Manufacturing initiative!
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🗓️ invite the community to their Milton Keynes office on 27 March for a day of learning and networking.
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🤝The event, Empowering Manufacturers: Building Connections and Breaking Barriers, is open to all, irrespective of gender, age or job title.
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🔎 Find out more and register under Events om the Omron website.

📣 The programme for 2024 is ready, and we look forward to welcoming guests of all ages to the IfM on Saturday 16 March!
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We have some fantastic talks and activities planned, showcasing the breadth of work that goes on at the IfM.
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Find out more in the News section on our website or on the Cambridge Festival website 🔍