The Business Explorer Team are pleased to invite you to hear from academics Dr John Cosgrove, Director of Smart Manufacturing, IDEAM Research Institute, Technological University Shannon and Colm Higgins Chief Technology Officer at Advance Manufacturing Innovation Centre “AMIC”, Queens University Belfast. Join our experts as they dive into Business Intelligence through Digitalisation and Smart Factory Digital Twins. Gain key insights into the future of smart manufacturing and explore real-world applications, innovations and the impact it has had on SME’s.
Business Explorer is a funded programme aimed at connecting businesses directly with the technical specialist support they need to innovate. This event is aimed at SMEs considering new product development or process improvement. Join us on Wednesday 9th April as we discuss:
- Steps to secure funding through the Business Explorer programme
- How to access support from technical specialists
- Exploring how intelligent systems, digitalisation in manufacturing and digital twins for manufacturing has all had an impact on SME’s.
Featured Speakers:
Dr. John Cosgrove
John is a lead researcher in Intelligent Systems and Digitalisation in Manufacturing and has been with TUS and LIT since 1998. With a background in electrical and automation engineering, John has worked on collaborative innovation development with industry for over 30 years. John’s Doctorate in Engineering was awarded for his research on Data Analytics for Energy Efficiency in Industry. John leads the IDEAM Research Institute & industry cluster, is a PI in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre (PMTC) and coordinator of the AEPIC project working with industry on predictive maintenance solutions in the pharma sector. John has been awarded competitive funding of over €10 million as PI and leads the operation of the European Digital Innovation Hub - FactoryXChange, and the Digital Europe DigiWIND project. John has contributed to 40+ international conference/journal publications and has supervised 25 postgraduate research dissertations, many in collaboration with industry.
Colm Higgins
Colm is Chief Technology Officer and is a member of the strategic leadership team delivering the £100m Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC) under the Belfast region City Deal. AMIC is a Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) with a mission to support the advanced manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland, across the island and the UK. Colm has over 34 years in promoting technology adoption within manufacturing businesses. Most recently he led the Northern Ireland Technology Centre (NITC) for 15 years and steered its integration into AMIC. Colm has ownership of technology strategy at AMIC including all Digital Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 programmes. He has led projects that have deployed Digital Twins for manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), shop floor connectivity (including 5G networks), IT/OT/MES integration, cost and energy modelling and visualisation for manufacturing analytics. He has ensured the successful delivery of many collaborative R&D projects funded directly by industry or supported by public sources including: Horizon Europe, Innovate UK, UKRI and Invest NI.
We look forward to welcoming you to this insightful event.