Friday 16th May 2025, London
Unlocking
Manufacturing
Value Chain
Revolutionising the UK’s Manufacturing Value Chain through Transformative Change and Collaboration
Meet Our Speakers

John Robinson
Managing Director
Neotrez Ltd

Adam Spunberg
Global Head of Operations, 100+ Accelerator Sustainability
AB InBev

Julian Bolton
IT Director
Princes Food

Ben Davies
Psychological Skills Mentor
Chimp Management
Agenda
8:00 AM | Registration & Coffee |
9:00 | Welcome (TBC) |
9:05 | The Quorum Principle – John Robinson My keynote (high level manufacturing challenge, solution & value) The UK Manufacturing Initiative – this section explains how we got from the TQP concept to this event |
9:45 | The UK Industrial Strategy (UK Government representative – TBC) |
10:10 – 10:30 | Introduction to the SMART MANUFACTURING VISION |
10:35 – 11:00 | Coffee, Networking & Demo |
11:00 – 12:30 | Radical Collaboration Case Studies
Princes Foods – Julian Bolton – IT Director (confirmed) 25 minutes Accelerator 100+ – Adam Spunberg – Global Head of Operations (TBC) 25 minutes Catena-X – John Robinson – 10 minutes |
12:00 – 12:30 | The Journey – Part 1
The Journey section will consist of keynotes and panel discussions on specific key elements of the Vision. These will follow the chronological timeline that the client followed and will cover all major topics such as Technologies, Methodologies and Concepts. |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch, networking & demo |
13:30 – 15:00 | The Journey – Part 2 |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee, networking & demo area |
15:30 – 16:00 | The Journey – Part 3 |
16:00 – 17:10 | The Quorum Principle Playbook – Key Concepts
The Mindset – The Chimp Model – Ben Davies – Chimp Management 30 minutes The Method – System Design – TBC 20 minutes The Mission – Life Centred Design+ John Robinson + TBC 20 minutes |
17:10 – 17:25 | The event would conclude with a section explaining the commercial model and program of work necessary if a manufacturer wanted to adopt The Quorum Principle. This would include a presentation from the MTC who are the Quorum training partner for England & Wales. |
17:25 – 17:30 | Closing remarks |