Foundation Industry Forum

An interactive programme of events to share insights and learning across foundation industries to support progression towards transformation. The forum includes a series of workshops with the opportunity for you to meet industry experts and leading academics.

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This event will be aimed at and open to:

• Companies in foundation industries and their supply chains
• Professional membership bodies.
• Trade associations.
• Regional and national government bodies.
• Civic organisations and workers initiatives.
• Innovation support organisations such as the KTN and Catapults.
• Consultancies supporting transforming foundation industries.
• Media.
• Researchers in foundation industries.

The purpose of this event will be to:

• Hear from foundation industries’ stakeholders about major challenges for transformative change and how we might be able to help overcome these.
• Share results from TransFIRe research in collaboration with our project partners.
• Knowledge exchange with other projects from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for Transforming Foundation Industries (ISCF TFI).
• Hold discussions to progress equality, diversity and inclusion in the foundation industries.
• Hold discussions about dynamics in policy, regulation, economy and society that affect the transformation of foundation industries.
• Expand collaborations in support of transforming foundation industries.

Host or Publisher TransFIRe