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Our Future Is In The Making – Roundtable

Business Innovation for Growth (BIG): Skills & Factory 4.0 Roundtable

Moderated by Hannah Stewart (RCA)

In association with Crafts Council and Lancashire Skills Hub

We start the BIG Conference summit with an intimate conversation about creating and making skills in education and training. We will explore the skills implications of factory 4.0 and the impact of automisation and other technologies in manufacturing.

Further context is provided by Crafts Council’s Our Future is in the Making: An Education Manifesto for Craft and Making. This session is for a specially invited audience of creative industry practitioners, educational representatives and key local business and industry partners.

Date: Thursday 17 May

Time: 10.00 – 12.00

Venue: Paulinus Room, Blackburn Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Blackburn, BB1 5AA

Limited free tickets available – pre registration essential via Eventbrite.