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SUMMARY:Foundation Industry Forum
DESCRIPTION:An interactive programme of events to share insights and learning across foundation industries to support progression towards transformation. The forum includes a series of workshops with the opportunity for you to meet industry experts and leading academics. \nSocial Media: #FIForum \n		\n			\n		\n			\n			\n			\n			\n			\n		\n	\n	\n				\n				\n					Agenda\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Registration\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					Hotels\n				\n			\n						\n				\n					About the event\n				\n			\n			\n\n				\n					Monday 16 October\n12.00  Registration Lunch and Networking \n13.00  Welcome and Introduction \n13.30  The Challenge Landscape: The Foundation Industries (FI) and Beyond\n\nAn informative session about the current and future FI landscape \n\n\n\n\n\nBruce Adderley\, Challenge Director - Transforming Foundation Industries at Innovate UK\nGraham Hillier\, FISC and EconoMISER Project Chair\nNeelam Mughal\, Knowledge Transfer Manager\, Innovate UK KTN\nProfessor Ian Reaney\, Director\, TFI Network+\n\n\n\n\n\nThis sessions will cover: \n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is the FI landscape looking like?\nMain areas of activities\nWhat can we learn from this?\n\n\n\n\n\n14.30  Break \n15.00  Panel Discussion: How can the foundation industries attract funding for innovation? \nTransforming our foundation industries (cement\, ceramics\, chemicals\, glass\, metals and paper) with new\, technology-focused and circular business models require access to finance. Foundation industries (FIs) are capital extensive making it difficult to compete with new plants from the developing world. Micro\, small\, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) find it even harder to access the funding they need to thrive and succeed. \nBanks and investor partners are keen to support innovations that meet the growing demand for more sustainable products in the sector. In this panel discussion\, we bring together business\, banks\, investment funds and others to explore the theme ‘Access to funding and finance for the FIs’. \n\nWhat are the existing investment/funding opportunities for foundation industries?\nHow can we make foundation industries more attractive to investors?\nHow can we mobilise financial resources for foundation industries to accelerate transformative change?\n\nCome and find out how your business can benefit from these opportunities. \nOn the panel\, we have: \n\nLee Bloodworth\, Relationship Director\, Lloyds Bank\nEmma Fadlon\, Investment Projects Lead\, Innovate UK KTN\nSunny Pahal\, COO of Vintage Cash Cow and Business Development Specialist\nStephen Price\, Investment Director\, Clean Growth Fund\nWendy Whewell\, Head ESG & Climate Change\, Corporate & Commercial\, Santander\n\n  \n16.00  Comfort break \n16.10  Identifying Industrial Symbiosis  \nThe aim of this session is to identify opportunities for industrial symbiosis and new business opportunities for participants’ waste resources. \nFacilitated by International Synergies. \n17.10  Networking and drinks reception \n18.10  Close \n  \nTuesday 17 October\n09.00  Registration and coffee \n09.30  Welcome and introduction \n09.40  Right People for Future Technologies  \nReflections and development on Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) within the Foundation Industries and the progress being made by Transfire in 2022.  This is an opportunity to share transformation in practice. \n\nWhere/why we started EDI Working Group\nWhat happened in 2022 forum - the discussions and outputs\nOverview what we have done - summary of activities and insights\n\nHow do we get the right people for the future? Discussion \nSharing Insights and Identifying Future ED&I Priorities \n10.30  Industrial Transformation: technologies and change \nThis session will explore examples of the different technologies that are being adopted\, adapted or considered by the Foundation Industries. \n- We will hear from people sharing their examples of successful transformational change \n- There will be a group activity and discussion around current and future technologies being explored or implemented in your business (or that you have insights into) \n- There will be an exploration of what helps or hinders the adoption of new technologies in your organisation \n11.30  Break \n12.00  What are our opportunities for innovation? \nThis session will tackle the innovations and changes that will need to happen for technological transformation in the context of the challenges of reaching Net Zero\, creating sustainable/resilient supply chains and making sure foundation industries in the UK are viable.  We will discuss and share some of the challenges that need to be addressed and identify those that need to be prioritised for action. \nThese discussions will help you and the TransFIRe team to better understand the future challenge agenda. All the challenges suggested will be written up by our team in the summary and you will choose which of the challenges you want to focus on in the afternoon session. \n13.00  Lunch and networking \n14.00  Challenge forum: Creating future transformations \nA series of conversations to collaboratively develop potential pathways that might help us to move forward in core areas such as recruitment\, retention\, management of our people and innovation processes. \nWhat might some of the steps to get us from here to the future goal? \n14.50  Break \n15.20  Opportunities and solutions for monetisation in the wider-eco system  \nFoundation Industries are based in communities and have resources that could be of benefit to others in the area. We want in this session to inspire you to explore possibilities and options for monetisation of your site's eco-system. We are going to share some examples with you to show what we mean about ecosystems and monetisation options\, and then give you the opportunity to be consultants and advise our imaginary scenario companies about what options they might want to explore. \n16.20  Wrap up summary \n16.30  Close \n\n				\n								\n					Registration for this event is now closed. \nPlease contact Joanna Johnson if you have any queries. \n  \n\n				\n								\n					Local hotels \nPlease see below for some suggestions of hotel accommodation in the local area - we bear no responsibility for bookings or quality of accommodation. \nNovotel Leeds Centre - http://bit.ly/3Z3ZTFa\n(5 mins walk to Cloth Hall Court) \nPremier Inn Leeds City Centre (Whitehall Road) - http://bit.ly/40tBSbD\n(6 mins walk to Cloth Hall Court) \nRadisson Blu Hotel – Leeds City Centre - https://www.booking.com/Share-922697\n(6 mins walk to Cloth Hall Court ) \nLeeds Marriot Hotel - http://bit.ly/3z5wmAc\n(6 mins walk to Cloth Hall Court ) \nIbis Styles Leeds City Centre Arena - http://bit.ly/3Y2Lt8s\n(12 mins walk to Cloth Hall Court) \nRoomzzz Leeds City West - https://www.booking.com/Share-E930TV\n(Apartment – 17 mins walk to Cloth Hall Court) \nHoliday Inn Express Leeds City Centre (Cavendish Road) - https://www.booking.com/Share-5G5RB5\n(16 mins walk to Cloth Hall Court) \n\n				\n								\n					An interactive programme of events to share insights and learning across foundation industries to support progression towards transformation. The forum includes a series of workshops with the opportunity for you to meet industry experts and leading academics. \nThis event will be aimed at: \n\nCompanies in foundation industries and their supply chains.\nProfessional membership bodies.\nTrade associations.\nRegional and national government bodies.\nCivic organisations and workers initiatives.\nInnovation support organisations such as the KTN and Catapults.\nConsultancies supporting transforming foundation industries.\nMedia.\nResearchers in foundation industries.\n\nThe purpose of this event will be to: \n\nHear from foundation industries’ stakeholders about major challenges for transformative change and how we might be able to help overcome these.\nShare results from TransFIRe research in collaboration with our project partners.\nKnowledge exchange with other projects from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for Transforming Foundation Industries (ISCF TFI).\nHold discussions to progress equality\, diversity and inclusion in the foundation industries.\nHold discussions about dynamics in policy\, regulation\, economy and society that affect the transformation of foundation industries.\nExpand collaborations in support of transforming foundation industries.\n\n  \nA summary of the 2022 Foundation Industry Forum can be found here: \nDay 1 Summary \nDay 2 Summary \nDay 3 Summary \n  \n\n				\n				\n		\n		\n\nMain Sponsors:\n                \n\nSupporters:\n\n                   
URL:https://transfire-hub.org/event/foundation-industry-forum-2023/
LOCATION:Herringbone Suite\, Cloth Hall Court\, Quebec Street\, Leeds\, LS1 2HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Workshop
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