Siemens is to host a two-day conference and exhibition —
Transform 2022 — in Manchester on 12 and 13 July, 2022. Being held at the city’s Manchester Central, it will bring together hundreds of ‘industry leaders, influencers and regulators’ from throughout the UK and Ireland to ‘collaborate and solve some of the most pressing organisational challenges — from electrification to digitalisation, and finance to e-mobility.
The free-of-charge event includes key-note speeches and panels focused on four ‘national transformation topics’: Business resilience; Transforming industry; What’s next in tech; and Transforming infrastructure. These speeches will feature: Carl Ennis, CEO of Siemens plc; Brian Holliday, managing director of Siemens Digital Industries; Cedrik Neike, CEO of Digital Industries, Siemens AG — along with representatives from world-renowned brands, large and small.
The programme includes nine ‘challenge roundtables’ and 24 ‘infrastructure and industry tech talks’ covering topics that include decarbonisation, digitalisation, the future of automation, the pathway to ‘net zero’, cybersecurity, rethinking skills, and responding to Covid-19. Mr Ennis said: “At
Transform 2022, Siemens will showcase cutting-edge technology with our partners and customers who have implemented it to drive their transformation.
“We will bring sector and technology experts from across the UK and Ireland who are enabling our industry and infrastructure to become greener, cleaner and more sustainable. The event will also be a huge come back after a two-year forced hiatus for our face-to-face gatherings of industry leaders. Siemens is committed to achieving ‘net zero’ by 2030 and we are striving to help make the UK’s industry and infrastructure low carbon by 2050.”
Mr Holliday added: “
Transform 2022 creates an opportunity for a much-needed conversation, and a chance to hear from industrial companies on how they are progressing and investing in digitalisation — despite tough supply, skills and cost conditions. The pace of change is accelerating; and while the right skills and technologies make a huge difference, firms fail to invest due to lack of knowledge of what is possible.
“Transform will help unlock the potential behind industrial digital technologies in the right hands in an informal but expert environment with great cross-industry case studies and survey results that will help us answer the questions of how we can make industry more competitive, productive and sustainable?”