The Design and Manufacturing Conference
Conferences
25 September 2024 - 2 October 2024 | 8.30 am – 3.30 pm | Duration : 1 Day (1 day Leeds, 1 day Southampton)
Headingley Stadium - Leeds
MacDonald Botley Park Hotel & Spa, Southampton
Design & Manufacturing Conference
Graitec’s popular conference incorporating the Inventor User Group is coming to Southampton and Leeds
25th September – Headingley Stadium, Leeds
2nd October – MacDonald Botley Park Hotel & Spa, Southampton
A full-packed day with presentations and activities on key Autodesk manufacturing software. Learn what’s new in the latest release of Inventor 2025, tips, tricks, specific industry software suites and more!
Meet and collaborate with other software users across the industry. What you will take away from the day is a newfound set of skills that can all be implemented into projects. Show these to your colleagues and together you can improve workflows and save time.
Where:
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| 25th September 2024 Headingley Stadium Emerald Headingley Stadium St Michaels Lane Headingley, Leeds LS6 3BR |
2nd October 2024 MacDonald Botley Park Hotel & Spa Winchester Road, Southampton SO32 2UA |
Agenda:
| Time | Description |
| 8.15am | Registration |
| 9.00am | Welcome |
| 9.05am | Digital Transformation – How far has your company progressed |
| 9.30am | Design and Manufacturing – Art of the possible |
| 10.40am | Break |
| 11.00am | Breakout Session 1 |
| 11.40am | Breakout Session 2 |
| 12.15pm | Lunch |
| 13.00pm | Breakout Session 3 |
| 14.05pm | Break |
| 14.15pm | Autodesk Inventor and Vault – What New – Explore the latest updates and features in Autodesk Inventor, designed to enhance your design and engineering processes. |
| 15.15pm | Close |
Breakout Sessions:
- Convergence
- Collaboration
- Automation
Mfg & AEC Convergence – Discover how manufacturing and architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) are converging, driving innovation and efficiency.
Working in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment – Delve into the challenges and opportunities of working across multiple disciplines, and how to effectively manage cross-functional teams.
Data: The Way Forward – Understand the critical role of data in driving collaboration and decision-making in modern workflows.
Data workflow from Manufacturing into Construction – Manufacturers are essential to the construction industry, and ensuring their data is seamlessly intgrated is crucial. This session will explore how project-critical files can be automatically synchronised between Autodesk Vault Pro and Autodesk Construction Cloud through Project Sync. We will also demonstrate how Graitec File Sync facilitates collaboration between Autodesk Construction Cloud (BIM 360, Docs, Build) and various widely-used cloud and on-premises storage systems, including Windows, SharePoint, OneDrive, Procore, and more.
Mass Customisation and Automation – Explore the benefits and challenges of mass customization in manufacturing and how automation can play a pivotal role.
Agile & Flexible Manufacturing – Learn strategies for implementing agile and flexible manufacturing processes to meet the demands of a rapidly changing market.
Autodesk Guest Speakers
Asif Moghul
As Autodesk’s Director for Market & Industry Development, he leads a collaborative initiative focused on the digital transformation of the industry and works alongside many inspiring SMEs that you might never have heard of. He also hosts a podcast for industry leaders called The Art of The Impossible featuring leaders from many of these inspirational companies.
Demir Ali
Senior Solutions Engineer within the Technical Sales team at Autodesk, working with customers across the UK, Ireland, and Nordics. He is responsible for helping design and manufacturing organisations improve their productivity and address their business goals by taking advantage of the Autodesk portfolio.
Lee Dodds
D&M Technical Sales Specialist at Autodesk, based in the UK. For the last 9 years he has helped customers address their business challenges using Autodesk solutions. He has a focus on data and process management, as well as the entire product lifecycle.
Lee Worton
Senior Solution Engineer for Autodesk’s Design & Manufacturing. His focus area PLM helping customers understand the benefits and value of Fusion 360 Manage. Before working at Autodesk he spent over 15 years implementing PLM solutions across the globe. Finally, in keeping with Autodesk’s focus on being a trusted digital platform provider, Lee has helped develop the F360 Manage Appstore as well as create integrations to third party solutions such as SalesForce. Lee holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering & Business Studies from Warwick University
Steve Bedder
Senior Manager, Design & Manufacturing – Technical Sales Northern Europe. Over 25 years working with manufacturers across all industries to help them achieve their goals through the use of data, processes and technology. He now leads a team of Technical Specialists from across Northern Europe who are focussed on delivering the value of Digital Transformation using the Autodesk Design & Make Platform.
Don’t miss this full-packed event