Sir Ranulph Fiennes announced as speaker for HxGN Local

This two-day event, running from 1-2 October at The Belfry Hotel and Resort near Birmingham, invites manufacturing leaders and innovators to discuss manufacturing trends including the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation and the smart factory.

Designed to provide a forum for manufacturers to network and discuss ideas on the future of the industry, HxGN Local Smart Manufacturing UK includes a variety of speakers addressing topics of vital concern to UK manufacturers, such as automation, autonomous mobility, smart factories, future workforce skillset requirements, and the impact of the current economic climate.

In his keynote speech, Sir Ranulph Fiennes will share inspirational stories from his international expeditions as he reveals how he and his teams disrupted the status quo in pursuit of adventure.

Hexagon’s keynote ‘Smart is Hiding in Plain Sight’ will pick up these themes, encouraging manufacturers to discover the untapped smart potential in their processes today.

Other inspirational industry and economic speakers include The Sunday Times bestselling author, Paul McGee, better known as ‘The SUMO Guy’ and Paul Andrews from autonomous racing outfit Roborace. During the evening, attendees will have the chance to meet and beat race car driver ‘The Stig’, Ben Collins, in a race car simulator challenge.

A live exhibition zone will feature a range of Hexagon solutions for harnessing data to improve processes from design and engineering through to production and metrology.

David Brown, UK sales & marketing director for Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division commented: “Manufacturers today face a huge number of challenges, from the political and economic climate to the need to improve sustainability. Hexagon is working with manufacturers to better utilise technology to overcome these challenges, and I’m excited to invite UK manufacturing leaders to share their ideas on making it smarter at this brand-new conference.

“From innovation concept engineering to final product metrology: this event will appeal to anyone who is open to concepts they can implement into their business to gain a competitive edge and deliver high quality products and services to their customers.”

Tickets are available to purchase now, with a limited number of early bird tickets.

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence www.hxgnlocal.com