Lecture - Resource Efficiency: Defence, Trade and Sovereign Capability
Chris McDonald will be giving the next North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME) Lecture titled:
Resource Efficiency: Defence, Trade and Sovereign Capability
Date: Thursday 17th January 2019
Time: 18:00-19:00
Venue: The Lit & Phil, 23 Westgate Rd, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE.
Background to the lecture:
The UK political and industrial landscape faces seismic changes associated with the 4th Industrial Revolution and a realignment of global economic power. As with all previous industrial revolutions, this 4th industrial revolution has the potential to cause significant social upheaval, as well established economic activities become redundant, or obsolete.
In the supply chain we will see value increasingly collapsing to two areas: materials and design, as manufacturing technologies create unprecedented churn in methods of manufacture. All of this has major implications.
In this environment it is important to recognise the crucial role of materials and resource efficiency, in reducing the risk to both industry and defence, of complex and potentially insecure supply chains. As value is increasingly concentrated in scarce materials, policy and technology solutions are required to ensure that the UK’s rich resources in this area are not inadvertently lost and national defence exposed by short term decision making.
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*Please note that during the refurbishment of Neville Hall, NEIMME lectures will take place next door at the Lit and Phil.
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