#StaffsInnovation webinars offer a glimpse of what’s to come

A new free webinar series designed to help business adapt to innovative developments in design and manufacturing launches this week.

The #StaffsInnovation webinars are delivered by leading academics from Staffordshire University and are a forerunner to the University Innovation Enterprise Zone which launches with £5.5 investment later this year.

Marek Hornak, Head of Employer Partnerships and Enterprise, said: “The webinars will give businesses the opportunity to find out more about University’s expertise. These are areas we can help them with and where we have secured funding for projects in advanced manufacturing and advanced materials to benefit SMEs. We are confident that the Innovation Enterprise Zone will drive exciting new collaborations with employers at the same time as playing a critical part in the region’s recovery from COVID-19.”

#StaffsInnovation webinars taking place this summer are:

• Friday 17 July at 2pm. AI in Manufacturing Operations by Dr Mohamed Sedky, Associate Professor.
• Wednesday 22 July at 2pm. An introduction to Emotional Design; how to make people fall in love with your products by Dan Lewis, Senior Lecturer.
• Tuesday 11 August at 2pm. Micro combined heat and power systems, a key strategy to meet the Paris agreement targets in future smart cities, by Hamidreza Gohari Darabkhani, Professor of Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Systems.
• Tuesday 18 August at 2pm. Intelligent Autonomous Robots by Saeed Ghadiry Shiry, Lecturer.

Full information and booking can be found at www.staffs.ac.uk/events.