Meeting on Thursday, 12th December 2012 by ESPKTN Venue: Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel, 12 Upper Woburn Place, WC1H 0HX London Registration open now . Agenda 9.30 – 10.00 Registration and Coffee 10.00 – 10.10 Welcome and introduction, Alastair Wilson, Director of Photonics, ESP KTN 10.10 – 10.40 Horizon 2020 and Photonics Dr Thomas Skordas, Head of EU Photonics Unit.…
Interesting comment from recruiters that skilled staff are not just becoming harder to find, but are also less inclined to move. http://insightmanagementservices.com/report-on-uk-jobs-october-2013/ As photonics continues to expand, availability of people is increasingly an issue. This includes persuading people to move to photonics from other industries. There are many skills that high growth photonics companies need…
The government have just published their Foresight report on the future of UK manufacturing. The future of manufacturing – summary report (PDF, 2.4 MB) The future of manufacturing – project report (PDF, 5.5 MB) There are a number of references to photonics enabled technology within the report, especially related to additive manufacturing and sensing, however…
