Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	EP/D041554/1
Title:	EPSRC Sponsorship of the ManuFuture Conference UK, December 2005
Principal Investigator:	Williams, Professor D
Other Investigators:	Bell, Dr CJ Dickens, Professor P
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Project Partners:	National Engineering Laboratory
Department:	Sch of Mechanical and Manufacturing Eng
Organisation:	Loughborough University
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 November 2005	Ends:	30 April 2006	Value (£):	30,000
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Manufact. Enterprise Ops& Mgmt
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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This proposal bids for 30k sponsorship towards the 200k cost of the ManuFuture 2005 Conference. The intent of this sponsorship is to influence the strategy and implementation of industrially significant manufacturing research in the EU Seventh Framework Programme; to increase its relevance to the UK; and to better position the UK industrial and academic communities to secure research funding from Europe that responds to national needs. The conference provides a unique opportunity to promote the UK capability and capacity in manufacturing research to an invited European audience including key European academics. A report summarising modifications to the Strategic Research Agenda determined by the conference and product sector demands will be published on the Manufuture website.
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