Day 1
08:30 - Full Day Programme
08:30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:20 CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
09:30 Keynote Address:
Dr Jonathan Cook, Head of the Engineering Group, Technical Directorate, DE&S
EQUIPMENT: ENGINEERING NEW EQUIPMENT CAPABILITIES
10:00 CASE STUDY: UAS AIRWORTHINESS
Wing Commander Allan-Jones, RAF
• Type Airworthiness Authority (TAA) and continuing airworthiness
• Challenge areas: regulation and airspace access
• Building on the existing skills agenda
10:30 ENGINEERING COMPETENCE IN LAND EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Richard Spencer, LE OC Chief Safety Practitioner, DE&S
• Introducing an LE Engineering Strategy
• Supporting the development of LE and technological capabilities
• Working towards new technology developments
11:00 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
THE ROLE OF THE RESERVIST
11:30 RECRUITING AND RETAINING RESERVES WITHIN THE ROYAL NAVY
Commodore Andrew Jameson, Commander Maritime Reserves, Navy Command HQ
• How does the Royal Navy Reserve support the Navy?
• How do individual Reservists contribute?
• What do Reservists and their employers gain?
12:00 TRAINING, INTEGRATION AND SUSTAINMENT OF REME RESERVES
Colonel Ian Adkins, Colonel REME Reserves
• The embryonic training programme; intentions and an overview
• An update on the apprenticeship training programme
• Continuing to engage with industry
12:30 NETWORKING LUNCH
13:30 A RESERVIST ENGINEERS VIEW: HORSEPOWER TO AIRPOWER
Hannah Proffitt, Functional Project Manager – MSB, Bentley Motors
• Background: linking the Royal Air Force Reserves and Bentley Motors
• The journey: joining and training with the Royal Air Force Reserves
• Highlights of a civilian and military career
14:00 RESERVISTS IN INDUSTRY: A ROYAL NAVY PERSPECTIVE
Lieutenant Commander Charlie Field, Royal Navy Reserves
• An introduction to working in industry as a Royal Navy Reserve
• The benefits of being a Royal Navy Reserve for the long term
• Effective training to enhance an engineer’s core skills
14:30 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
15:00 THE ARMY RESERVIST IN INDUSTRY: A TRULY SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP?
Major Stu Olden, OC 131 Recovery Company, 105 Battalion REME
• Introduction: self, AR role and industry role
• Inter-relationship SWOT analysis: tactical, operational and strategic
• Summary: a marriage of convenience or true longevity?
15:30 PANEL SESSION: CAN INDUSTRY AND THE ARMED FORCES WORK BETTER TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESERVISTS IN SERVICE?
Colonel Ian Adkins, Colonel REME Reserves
Hannah Proffitt, Functional Project Manager – MSB, Bentley Motors
Major Stu Olden, OC 131 Recovery Company, 105 Battalion REME
Lieutenant Commander Charlie Field, Royal Navy Reserves
• How is industry already supporting the recruitment of Reservists?
• What further support does the Armed Forces needs from industry to sustain Reservist recruitment levels?
16:30 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
16:40 END OF DAY ONE
Day 2
08:30 - Full Day Programme
08:30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00 CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
09:10 Keynote Address:
Air Vice-Marshal Julian Young, Director Helicopters and Defence Engineering Champion, DE&S
PEOPLE: SUSTAINING ENGINEERS WITHIN THE ARMED FORCES
09:40 THE ROLE OF THE FEMALE ENGINEER
Air-Vice Marshal Sue Gray, Director Combat Air, DE&S
• A female perspective of military engineering
• Creating new opportunities for female engineers
• Supporting the development of young female engineers
10:10 FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN THE BRITISH ARMY
Lieutenant Colonel Lizzie Faithfull-Davies, CO 6 Battalion, REME
• Opportunities for female engineers as leaders in the Army
• Role models and their importance in setting an example
• Women in leadership roles: examples within REME and the Army
10:40 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00 Partnering for Skills across Defence – An Industry view
Alan Buckland. Market Director - Defence, Atkins
• Making partnering work
• Reserves in an engineering consultancy
• Enabling mobility across the Defence enterprise
11:20 IMECHE DEFENCE PROJECT
Neil Hinchliffe, Business Development Manager (Armed Forces), Institution of Mechanical Engineers
• Project summary of what’s been completed and current areas of focus
• Supporting the development across the three services
• Initiatives and benefits that the project offers
11:50 SPECIAL ADDRESS: INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER; EVOLVING ORGANIC SPECIALIST SUPPORT
Commander Sharon Malkin, Commanding Officer and Dr Charlotte Pope, 1710 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy
• Application of science and technology in the support of the armed forces engineer
• Future technology for aircraft repair
• Provision of deployable scientific support
12:50 NETWORKING LUNCH
TECHNOLOGY: THE ENGINEERING ANGLE
13:50 INTEGRATED SURVIVABILITY: CONTEXT AND STRATEGY
John Hunt. Technical Strategy Leader, Weapons, Integrated Survivability & Platform Systems, DSTL
• Developing effective engineering networks
• Areas of focus within integrated survivability systems
• Placing worldwide technology developments into context
14:20 EVOLVING COMBAT AIR REQUIREMENTS: AN OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE PERSPECTIVE
Itor James, Programme Technical Authority for Electro-Optic Very Short Range Air Defence Systems and Simon Lovell, DE&S Combat Air Science Gateway, DSTL
• Evolving Typhoon requirements
• Why we need defensive aids
• What electro-optic challenges are there to platform protection?
14: 50 KEEPING THE SABRE SHARP: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF TECHNOLOGY IN TANKS
Dr Mike Dalzell, Capability Advisor – Mounted Close, Combat DSTL
• Key highlights of the past 100 years, including operational vignettes
• Understanding the evolution of technology in Main Battle Tank
• Responding to future Main Battle Tank requirements
15:20 NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
15:40 ACTIVE INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEMS (AIPS)
William Hooper, DSTL
• An overview of AIPS
• The benefits of integrating such a system
• Ways to evolve AIPS to support future requirements
16:10 ENGINEERING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF INJURY ABOARD MILITARY HIGH SPEED BOATS
Dr Kieran Rutherford, Senior Mechanical Engineer and Adam Jones, DSTL
• Defining risk
• Current engineering capabilities to minimise risk
• Areas of priority for military high speed boats
16:40 CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
16:50 END OF SEMINAR