Wednesday 15th November 2023
8:45: Delegate Registration
9:15: Opening Remarks
Speaker: Steve Smith
IWMA TSC Chairman / Bridon Bekaert
9:20: Birmingham Energy Institute – Inspiring innovation, collaboration and business support
Speaker: Julian Moore
University of Birmingham
9:40: Sustainability (and Plastics)
Speaker: Dr Geoff Mackey
Plastics UK
10:00: Incorporating ESG into Corporate Strategy
Speaker: Harry Schmidt
CGC
10:20: The Future of Lubrication: The Road to Carbon Neutrality
Speaker: Robert Brown
Metalube
10:40: Panel Discussion
11:00: Break
11:30: Wire Ropes and the transition to renewal energies
Speaker: Dr Christoph Ruffing
Bridon Bekaert
11:50: Planning the operation and maintenance of customized wire drawing systems as early as the development phase
Speaker: Jens Kieselstein
Kieselstein
12:10: Can Drawing Die Measurement Increase Sustainability?
Speaker: Kjell Johnsen
Conoptica AS
12:30: Development of process monitoring for a more sustainable wire production
Speaker: Joakim Larsson
Orebro University
12:50: Panel Discussion
13:15: LUNCH
Tours of Exchange Vaults
available to delegates @ 13:45 or 14:00
14:15: Metallic Wire and Cable: Recession Risk vs. Green Energy Transition
Speaker: Emir Ersahin
CRU Group
14:35: Sustainability: From Buzzword to Impact - Our Company's Journey Towards a Greener Future
Speaker: Joris Van der List
Q8Oils
14:55: Less CO2 - Less Energy - Higher Output
Speaker: Bernd Lohmuller
Niehoff
15:15: Market Disruption Standardisation Industrialisation
Speaker: Alan Mathers
XLCC
15:35: Panel Discussion
15:55: Closing Remarks
Speaker: Don Neville
Chairman IWMA / Richards Apex