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From smart buildings to warships to entire factories and even the human blood system, the ability to create a real-time digital representation of an asset - a so called digital twin - is already revolutionising many areas of technology.

This special online panel discussion - hosted by The Engineer magazine and Babcock International Group - will bring together experts from across industry to explore the concept of the digital twin in more detail and to provide readers with valuable insight into how and why they should go about deploying this innovative technology.

Drawing on best practice case studies from different sectors, the discussion will look at examples of the digital twin in action; explore the challenges and benefits of implementing and maintaining a digital twin and highlight findings and thinking that that can be shared across sectors.

Key discussion areas / Agenda
• The broad benefits of digital twins
• Introducing a digital twin for the first time
• Retrofitting digital twins on to legacy assets
• Applications across the asset lifecycle
• Bringing the supply chain on board
• Systems to systems thinking – integrating disparate digital twins
• Understanding what digital skills will be required for your business
• The role of digital twins in sustainability programmes
Presenters
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Jon Excell
Editor - The Engineer
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Dr Jon Hall
Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Babcock International Group
Jon Hall is Chief Innovation & Technology Officer at Babcock International Group. He joined the company in 2008 where he has led and overseen the successful financial growth and expansion in capability of Babcock’s technology businesses, with a focus on driving innovation, international growth and its technology outlook.
He was appointed to his current role in November 2020, is responsible for the Innovation & Technology strategy, and is a member of the Group executive committee. He is also Chair of Team Defence Information, which is responsible for uniting the UK’s defence industry to collaborate, develop and share best practice, support research into innovation and technology, and support the UK Government and MOD.
Prior to Babcock, he worked for the Weir Group in defence and nuclear sectors, following several years in the energy sector with Balfour Beatty and Monenco (now Wood Group). He began his career in the automotive sector with Ricardo plc, and received a Ph.D for research into modelling and digital control of advanced powertrain systems.
Jon is a chartered mechanical engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a graduate of Bristol and Bath Universities, and alumnus of the Harvard Advanced Management Programme.
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Steve Penver
Head of Data and Analytics, Babcock International Group
Steve is the Head of Data and Analytics at Babcock International Group; he is responsible for the development of the Data and Analytics strategy as part of the Group's overall technology strategy.
His primary goal is to maximise the value that can be derived for Babcock and its customers through the exploitation of data, innovative use of advanced analytics technologies and application of best practice methodologies.
Prior to his current role Steve was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Babcock Analytic Solutions where he has also held positions as Operations Director and has previously led the Software part of the business.
Before joining Babcock, Steve was a successful independent consultant engaged in the architecture, design and implementation of mission critical systems and has operated across a wide range of market sectors including Defence, Aerospace, Automotive Manufacturing and Criminal Intelligence.
Before moving into IT Steve originally started his career in Engineering and holds a degree in Mechanical and Production Engineering.
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Prof. John Erkoyuncu
School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University
John Erkoyuncu is a Professor of Digital Engineering at Cranfield University. His research interests include: digital twins, augmented reality, and digitalisation of through-life engineering. He has a track record in leading cross TRL research manufacturing digitalisation worth over £7M through funding from EPSRC (most recent – as PI: EP/R013950/1 and as Co-I: EP/R032718/1), Innovate UK, AMSCI, and KTP. He has published over 120 journal and conference papers. Prof. Erkoyuncu is currently co-supervising 8 PhD projects; 6 of which are co-funded by industry. He has supervised over 90 MSc projects. John is a Co-Chair of the Through-life Engineering Services Council, Associate Member of CIRP, Chartered Engineer with IET, Fellow of the Higher Education Association, Former Chair of the CIRP Research Affiliates and a Member of IET.
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Dr Nick Wright
Head of Manufacturing Industries, Digital Catapult
Nick Wright, Digital Catapult’s Head of Manufacturing Industries, combines his domain expertise and passion for engineering and manufacturing with advanced digital technology to develop partnerships and commercial relationships that help accelerate the UK's manufacturing sector. He specialises in new product development and launch, business process design and engineering research and innovation. Nick has over 11 years industry experience, split between engineering and technology consulting, including working with some of the biggest companies in UK manufacturing such as Jaguar Land Rover, Ford Motor Company, B/E Aerospace, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Hexcel and BAE Systems. Nick has an engineering doctorate from the University of Manchester, a degree in engineering from the University of Nottingham.
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Christopher Wallace
Knowledge Exchange Fellow, University of Strathclyde
Dr Chris Wallace is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow working on the translation of research technologies into industry. With a background in condition monitoring, risk management and intelligent systems, his recent work has focussed on the application of machine learning and data-driven technologies to solve asset management and inspection challenges in the nuclear industry.
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Alistair Donaldson
Head of Innovation & New Product Design
Alistair leads a number of teams driving innovation, future technology & novel capability into the Defence global aftermarket, defining new ways of working (efficiency gains) and the creation of new Service products for our Customers (revenue growth). His key focus is on pace, agility & collaboration, and leads a tangible innovation mandate which centres on Customer & end user value creation. Alistair also consults on digital transformation internally and externally and is recognised as a thought leader in areas including Digital Twinning. He has years of experience within Rolls-Royce with a background in materials science, operations and engineering, working most recently before his current role as the Chief of Manufacturing Engineering. He also works several days a week in the Government’s Defence Solution Centre (DSC), helping Government, Industry and Academia to work closer together to drive Team UK regional and national prosperity. Alistair lectures on Innovation, sits on the Through-Life Engineering Services (TES) Council and is the newly appointed chair of the Team Defence Information (TDI) Digital Twin Working Group.
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