Flexible Automation in Food Manufacturing
Date: 04/09/2015
Venue: The University of Salford, MediaCity UK, Manchester
With recent events highlighting the need for Food Security and Traceability we have put together what we believe will be a very interesting and informative Seminar with speakers from the following organisations ending with a debate in which you can voice your views.
Agenda
| 13.30 | Welcome, Introduction and Background from FMEG – Challenges in the Food Industry | Mike Mountain FMEG Vice Chairman |
| 13:40 | Update of the PicknPack Project Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
Erik Pekkeriet Coordinator PicknPack |
| 14.00 | Opportunities and Future Challenges in Food Manufacturing, Food Factory of the Future – University of Lincoln | Mike Dudbridge Principle Lecturer in Food Manufacture |
| 14.20 | Innovative Sensors for Food Quality Monitoring during Manufacture | Professor Wouter Saeys KU Leuven |
| 14.40 | Informatics and Data Processing for Optimisation of Manufacturing Efficiency and Traceability | Professor Zhipeng Wu University of Manchester |
| 14.50 | The Smart-E Project. Advanced Robotics for Sustainable Manufacturing | Professor Samia Nefti-Meziani University of Salford |
| 15.00 | Soft Robotics for Safe Human Robot Interaction during Manufacture | Dr Steve Davies University of Salford |
| 15:10 | Panel Debate | |
| 15:30 | Close of Seminar |
Downloads
FMEG – Challenges in the Food Industry (.pdf)
PicknPack EU Project – Update of the PicknPack Project (.pdf)
University of Lincoln – Opportunities and Future Challenges in Food Manufacturing, Food Factory of the Future (.pdf)
KU Leuven – Innovative Sensors for Food Quality Monitoring during Manufacture (.pdf)
University of Manchester – Informatics and Data Processing for Optimzation of Manufacturing Efficiency and Traceability (.pdf)
University of Salford – Soft Robotics for Safe Human Robot Interaction during Manufacture (.pdf)