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Delve into the top issues facing the metals industry, from strategic considerations to sustainable practices, with a focus on the fast-growing sectors of construction, hydrogen, electric vehicles (EV), wind energy, and solar energy. In this dynamic and engaging theatre, we will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and experts who are reshaping the landscape of the UK metals industry. Our goal is to explore the challenges and opportunities that lie within the supply chain, examining strategies that drive growth and efficiency, while emphasising sustainability as a fundamental pillar for future success.
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Theatre 1
Sponsored by
Strategy | Best practice | Challenges & Opportunities
Delve into the top issues facing the metals industry, from strategic considerations to sustainable practices, with a focus on the fast-growing sectors of construction, hydrogen, electric vehicles (EV), wind energy, and solar energy. In this dynamic and engaging theatre, we will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and experts who are reshaping the landscape of the UK metals industry. Our goal is to explore the challenges and opportunities that lie within the supply chain, examining strategies that drive growth and efficiency, while emphasising sustainability as a fundamental pillar for future success.
Speakers include:
Wednesday 14th September 2022
Future Skills, Up-skilling and Re-Skilling: Life-Long Learning in the Metals Sector
Workforce of the Future – the need for green skills, digital skills and attracting talent.
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Strategic Developments in Apprenticeships & the Training Landscape
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Jane Pierce Deputy Director, Engineering, Construction and TransportInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
Best Practice in Apprenticeships and Recruitment of Young People
Apprenticeships are a great way for employers to nurture their own talent and provide an excellent route for young people to enter the labour market when starting out in their careers as they allow an individual to train on a job and gain qualifications at the same time. Despite this, there are still a lot of misconceptions around apprenticeships amongst […]
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Introduction to the new UK Regulatory Regime for Goods (The UKCA marking)
Great Britain now has its own robust regulatory framework for goods – the UKCA marking, and the UK’s domestic regime seeks to ensure consumers are protected from unsafe, and non-compliant goods. Businesses should get ready for the new regime as soon as possible to ensure they are compliant by 1 January 2023. In this session BEIS will give an overview […]
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LME and the metals market – now and in the future
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has played a central role in the metals market and its supply chains since 1877. That role continues today, with pricing, hedging and a physical delivery network operating globally. It is also evolving to meet ever changing market needs, including the criticality of metals for a sustainable future. Discover the part the LME is playing […]
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Challenging Recruitment Stereotypes – Diversity and Inclusivity in the Metals Industry
As the world moves through the fourth industrial revolution, the changing nature of work, gender, diversity and inclusion matter more than ever. Gender, diversity and inclusion – equity – matter because diverse societies, communities, groups and teams produce significantly better outcomes for all members. This is as true anywhere as it is in the metals industry where inclusion (particularly for […]
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How to Bring Together Material Science and Manufacturing Technologies?
This year we will have an amazing opportunity to find ourselves in the heart of UK Metal Industry in UKME 2022 and discover the top developments in the world of material science. At the same time, there are quite a lot of conversations happening between the manufacturers, material providers, Tier 1 and 2 partners, OEMs, highlighting the gap in knowledge […]
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Thursday 15th September 2022
The development of training for advancement manufacturing
This session is looking at the medium and longer-term developments of skill and training needed in advanced manufacturing.
More detailsIntroduction to the new UK Regulatory Regime for Goods (The UKCA marking)
Great Britain now has its own robust regulatory framework for goods – the UKCA marking, and the UK’s domestic regime seeks to ensure consumers are protected from unsafe, and non-compliant goods. Businesses should get ready for the new regime as soon as possible to ensure they are compliant by 1 January 2023. In this session BEIS will give an overview […]
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Risks, Uncertainty and Challenges in the UK Metal Supply-Chain
The UK manufacturing and construction sectors are reliant on imports of metals. With most value-chains reaching back to China and further, these imports are increasingly being buffeted by macroeconomics, trade restrictions and governmental policies. Focused on metals, this session will look at how these developments are adding risks to supply and bringing price volatility, and touch on what buyers might […]
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UK Critical Minerals Strategy
Almost every part of modern daily life relies on minerals, often mined thousands of miles away. As technology evolves faster than ever, we become more and more reliant on a new cohort of minerals. We are moving to a world powered by critical minerals: we need lithium, cobalt and graphite to make batteries for electric cars; silicon and tin for […]
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The need to be better prepared for a changing climate
I will provide an update on what the EA has been doing to support companies to be better prepared for a rapidly changing climate. I will provide an update on our latest thinking on how best to ensure climate change adaptation is mainstreamed into systems to support environmental permitting.
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‘Best Available Techniques’– A future regime within the UK
Following the UK’s exit from the European Union, the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations have established a new regime committed to defining and implementing the ‘Best Available Techniques’ for UK industry. The UK BAT process will set the industrial environmental standards required for the future protection of the environment within the UK. The ferrous metals industries will be one […]
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Innovation & Technology
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