Join us at our first Connected Digital Twins Summit on 22 June 2023

How can connected digital twins address industry challenges?

Led by Digital Twin Hub Chair, Dr Alison Vincent, this session features connected digital twin projects underway across the UK, with a panel discussion on how to overcome the barriers to connecting digital twins and a special Gemini Call Live with Arup’s Simon Evans. 

09:30 – 10:25 Morning Welcome and VIP Keynote Addresses including Why Connect Digital Twins? (Alison Vincent, Chair, DT Hub; Paul Wilson, Chief Business Officer, Connected Places Catapult)

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:25 Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Challenges for Industry: Landscape review (Simon Hart, Head of Digital Twins and Cyberphysical Infrastructure, Innovate UK)

11:30 – 11:55 Panel: Overcoming Barriers to Connecting Digital Twins (Chaired by Justin Anderson, Director of the Digital Twin Hub, Connected Places Catapult)

12:00 – 12:25 Panel: Digital Twin Financing (Chaired by Mark Coates, International Director of Public Policy, Bentley Systems)

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Gemini Call Live (Hosted by Simon Evans, Global Digital Energy Leader, Arup)

15:05 – 15:30  To be announced soon

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 16:20 Climate Resilience Demonstrator (Sarah Hayes, Engagement Lead, CReDo)

16:20 – 16:40 To be announced soon

16:40 – 17:00 To be announced soon

17:00 – 17:10 Wrap Up and Final Words (Alison Vincent, Chair, DT Hub and Justin Anderson, Director of Digital Twins, Connected Places Catapult)
 

How is the UK championing innovation in connected digital twins?

Digital twin research and development and the journey towards a cyber-physical infrastructure. This session features key projects and programmes across the Catapult Network and how they will change the industrial and economic landscape.

11:00 – 11:45 Transport Research and Innovation Board Programme: Overview and SME use cases (Connected Places Catapult, Department for Transport and SMEs) 

11:50 – 12:25 Digital Operations and Maintenance Environment (DOME) for Offshore Wind (Ben George, General Manager, Humber, Offshore and Renewable Energy Catapult) 

12:30 – 13:25 Lunch

13:30 – 14:05 To be announced soon

14:10 – 14:40 Digital Strategic Road Network (Paul Bate, Director of Modelling and Appraisal, Connected Places Catapult)

14:45 – 15:20 To be announced soon

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 16:55 To be announced soon

How our community is coming together to enable connected digital twins

Interactive Training/Working Group Sessions 

Understand key issues, open standards and more through hands-on working groups with members of the Digital Twin Hub Strategic Board and guests. These sessions focus on specific areas of interest as identified by the Digital Twin Hub community.

11:00 – 11:25 Stimulating Innovation in Digital Twins through R&D Funding (Mark Gasgarth, Head of Digital Security and Resilience, EPSRC and DT Hub Advisory Group)  

11:30 – 11:55 DT Hub Working Group: Governance Model and Trust (DT Hub Strategic Board and guests)  

12:00 – 12:25 DT Hub Working Group: Open Standards and Interoperability (DT Hub Strategic Board and guests)

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch  

13:30 – 14:00 DT Hub Working Group: Digital Skills and Building Capability (DT Hub Strategic Board and guests)  

14:10 – 15:25 Interactive Training Session

15:30 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 16:30 DT Hub Working Group: Business Case and Demonstrating Value (DT Hub Strategic Board and guests)

16:35-16:55 DT Hub: Driving Community Value (Justin Anderson, Director of the Digital Twin Hub, Connected Places Catapult)

On-site guests will experience digital twins and connected systems in action using latest interactive Igloo technology, and will be able to explore digital twin technologies, systems and solutions in our exhibition space.

Register to attend online via Airmeet 

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