Second MCS IT Forum to cover IT for product and business innovation

This event will examine what's required to transform the processes around everything from new product design to product development and change management, while also enabling flexible production and agile business operations – all essential for survival in today's competitive global economy, particularly during the downturn. There is an impressive panel of experts, including Nathan Bailey, operations director of UAV Engines and Lindsay Watson, product and quality director of LDV Group and former managing director of UltraMotive and Menard Engineering – both of whom will provide new insights and guidance. Attending this IT roundtable gives you the opportunity to learn from experts on this wide-ranging and important subject, raise issues and share problems with your peers in manufacturing and be the first to get an update on the subject from our new industry research. Agenda: 9.00—9.30am registration and coffee 9.30am: Introduction and review of independent survey into software and systems for product and business innovation: uptake, results and attitudes in manufacturing. Brian Tinham, technology editor 9.45am: Nathan Bailey, operations director of UAV Engines 10.00am: Q and A and discussion 10.30am: Lindsay Watson, product and quality director of LDV Group, and former managing director of UltraMotive and Menard Engineering 10.45am: Q and A Discussion 11.15am: Coffee 11.30am: Discussion: Users' and consultants' experience and advice in process and system implementation, set-up and evolution: what to do, what not to do, and why. 12.15am: Discussion: key benefits and how to obtain them; barriers to uptake and how to overcome them 12.45: lunch Attendance is free, but by invitation only. Please contact Julie Knox on 01322 221144 and she will confirm availability.