Run by the Midlands Aerospace Alliance this conference is titled “New Composite Materials in Aircraft” and is running as part of the iFestival Expo on 17 April 2008 at the Walkers Stadium in Leicester.

Delegates will also have the opportunity to find out more about how to get involved in the proposed Transport Equipment iNet.

The conference which is running from 10am – 4pm in the Players Lounge of the Walkers Stadium includes the following presentations and speakers:

• Dave Phipps of Airbus on the next generation composite wing
• Dave Dawson of Rolls-Royce on composite opportunities in gas turbines
• John Nixon of Advanced Composites Group on new applications of composite materials in aircraft
• Andrew Long of University of Nottingham on out-of-autoclave processing
• Gerard Fernando of University of Birmingham on optical fibre sensors in composite materials
• Peter Rooney of Fibretech on metal composites
• Steve Shepherd of Advanced Composites on training and skills for composites
• Andrew Mair of Midlands Aerospace Alliance on the MAA SWOT for composites
• Phil Griffin of University of Loughborough University on the new East Midlands innovation network for transport equipment

For further information please contact Charlotte Leiper at the Midlands Aerospace alliance on charlotte.leiper@midlandsaerospace.org.uk