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No further events are being organised under phase 1 of the ADS Programme (April 2005 – Jun 2008).
We hope to organise further events from Autumn 2008.
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Past Events
Past Events
US Export Controls
Overcoming Barriers to International Business Development and Import/Export Legislation in the US
Wolfson Medical School Building, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ
Wednesday 30th April 2008, 10.00 – 16.00
US export rules are making it difficult for many SMEs wishing to grow their overseas business. This free seminar helped SMEs to understand the common pitfalls, determine whether they were affected by the US regulations, and if so, how to go about meeting regulatory responsibilities under them as effectively and efficiently as possible. The seminar provided participants with a better awareness of US export controls and an understanding of how they impacted their business objectives. Specifically, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) relative to the aerospace and defence industry was addressed. The overall aim of the seminar was to help companies to export more responsibly and to turn compliance expertise into competitive advantage for businesses! The seminar helped the SMEs to:
- Gain a better understanding of regulatory export control requirements
- Look at ways to strengthen and streamline internal controls to prevent violations
- Manage and mitigate costly ITAR risks to their supply chain
To view the keynote presentations given at the seminar please click on the links below:
US Export Controls Overview: Ms.Brooke Butler
Aerospace and Defence ITAR Issues: Ms.Brooke Butler
Relevant Compliance Case Studies: Ms.Brooke Butler
Internal Control Systems: Ms.Brooke Butler
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ADS Workshop: Sensing a Defence Requirement In association with Sensors & Instrumentation KTN
Venue: Menzies Belford Hotel
69 Belford Road, Edinburgh EH4 3DG
Date: 23rd April 2008
10.00 Registration for 10.30 Start
17.00 Close
Scotland has a wide range of technology capability across all these sensor technologies – in our large defence contractors and within innovative SMEs and universities. The aim of the workshop was to identify opportunities for sensing technology and in particular for innovative technologies that could have future impact.
To view the keynote presentations given at the seminar please click on the links below:
Evolving Sensor Requirements: Dr Geoff Garnett.
Airborne Sensor Products "Selex Galileo": Dr Allan Colquhoun.
Millimetre Wave Integrated Circuit Technology: Prof Iain Thayne.
Sensors & Instrumentation KTN: Nigel Day.
Battlefield Sensor Products: Stephen McGeoch.
Sensor Activity in the Scottish Engineering Research Partnerships: Dr Stewart Smith.
TRL 1-7 Technology Pull-through into Deployment: Prof. David Lane.
Sensing in European Framework 7 and the Technology Strategy: Craig Sharp.
Workshops presentations:
EM Sensing
BAE Systems Insyte: Neil McIntosh.
University of Glasgow: Jongrae Kim.
Dreampact Ltd: Paul Thomson.
Photonix Ltd: Frank Tooley.
SKF Condition Monitoring Centre: Helen Wu.
University of Aberdeen: Neil Pilgrim.
UK Astronomy Tech. Centre: Robert Pfab.
Think Tank Mathematics Ltd: Angela Mathis.
Bio-Sensing
Gas Sensing Solutions Ltd: Alan Henderson.
University of West of Scotland: Katherine Kirk.
Institute of Photonics(University of Strathclyde): Simon Andrews.
SKF Condition Monitoring Centre: Donald Howieson.
University of Strathclyde: Christos Tachtatzis.
Plexus Technology Grop: Roger Duerden.
ITI Techmedia: Peter Astheimer.
SUERC: David Sanderson.
Inst. of Comms & Signal Processing: Stephan Weiss (University of Strathclyde).
Scottish Optoelectronics Assoc: Alistair Tweedie.
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Defence Support for Small Businesses
Wednesday 2nd April 2008, 9.00 – 13.00
Thursday 3rd April 2008, 9.00 – 13.00
This event was an opportunity for SME's to learn more about the range of services and support provided by Government to help maximise sales opportunities to the home and overseas defence markets. This free seminar, open to actual and potential UK small business defence manufacturers and suppliers, was presented by UKTI DSO in collaboration with the University of Glasgow ADS programme.
To view the keynote presentations given at the seminar please click on the links below:
Welcome & Introduction: Bill Leeming – ADS Programme Manager
Selling to the MoD: Phil Margerison – Head of Defence Suppliers Service
Defence Enterprise Centre - The Gateway for Ideas, Innovation and Investment : Anne Norman – Operations Manager, Enterprise Centre
Defence Exporting for Small Businesses: Howard Gibbs – Head of UKTI DSO Small Business Unit
Military Support for Small Businesses: Major Derek (Del) Haensel, Officer Commanding, Export Support Team, Larkhill
Exploiting the Homeland Security Market: Lt Col James Wood (Military Adviser)
The Tradeshow Access Programme and related UKTI Support: Ron Archibald – Director
Secure Force - Fostering the participation of SMEs in the European security researchprogramme: Nikolaus Sennhauser, Targeting Innovation Ltd
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Proposal Writing for UK Government Requirements
Thursday 20th March 2008, 9.00am – 1.00pm
It is notoriously challenging for Small and Medium Enterprise Companies (SMEs) to win business from the UK Ministry of Defence, Prime Contractors within the Defence Sector and other Government Departments. 'Proposal Writing for UK Government Requirements' was a half day seminar aimed at helping SMEs to gain a better understanding of how to approach advertised contract opportunities and prepare well thought out proposals for submission.
2007 has seen real growth for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), with increases in its expenditure and over 27,000 contracts being placed in order to satisfy the requirements of its worldwide operations and the needs of its 250,000 service personnel.
* Total planned Government defence spending is also rising from £32.6 billion in 2007-08 to a total budget of £36.9 billion by 2010-11.
* source: 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review
The UK MoD is now advertising more of its contract opportunities than ever before including:
• Lower-Value UK MoD Contracts under £93,000
• European Defence Agency Contracts
• NATO Contracts
• EU Member State Defence Contracts
The procurement process begins well before tendering and contract elements. Correct specification, market analysis and the development of appropriate selection or award criteria are essential as without proper preparation public money and confidence may well be jeopardised.
This is therefore an opportune time to gain a better understanding of what it is that MoD and Prime Contractors are actually looking for and how to respond to the opportunities that are being advertised.
The seminar was one of a series of events presented under the ADS (Aerospace, Defence and Security) Programme, an initiative from the University of Glasgow and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, which has been developed to provide advice and assistance to Scottish-based SMEs competing for defence sector business.
The event was presented by BiP Solutions, Europe's leading provider of public sector contract information and publisher of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Contracts Bulletin.
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In partnership with the Materials KTN, sponsored by Scottish Enterprise Aerospace Team
Presents seminar on:
"Composite Materials"
for Aerospace, Defence and Security Applications
5th December 2007, University of Glasgow
Advanced materials and structures are key priorities in both the Defence Technology Strategy and the UK aerospace strategy. Development and exploitation of advanced materials and composite technology underpins many aspects of the design, development and manufacture of the civil and military platforms and equipment, and the MoD has stated that it will ensure its capability to exploit new materials and approaches to structural design.
This seminar will examine Scotland's capability across a range of applications and solutions in composite materials from platform structural materials, composites, including ceramic and polymer composites, smart materials and life cycle and through life optimisation. It will be of great interest to both companies and researchers in the field.
To view the presentations given at the seminar please click on the links below:
Composites in Aerospace- Jenny Body, Airbus
Composites for Aerospace and Defence- Prof Paul T Curtis, Dstl
Overview in Research in Composites in GRPE and Beyond- Professor William M Banks, University of Strathclyde Design of Composite Structures- David Lunn, Fineunit Ltd
Workshop 1 - "the rise of composites" - the implications for industry:
National Composites Network - Marcus Warwick
Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) Ltd- Kenneth Hamilton
Workshop 2 - "the rise of composites" - Benefiting from the knowledge resource in Scotland's universities:
Materials KTN- Robert Quarshie
Composite Laminates- Dr Chris York, University of Glasgow
Bonding of Composites- Dr Safa Hashim, University of Glasgow
Composites and the Industry/University Interface- Prof Jim Thomason, University of Strathclyde
Non-Destructive Testing of Composites - Prof Thangavel Thevar, University of Aberdeen
Nano-Materials for Composites- Prof Richard Pethrick, University of Strathclyde
Nanocomposites with multi walled nanocarbon tubes- Prof George Stylios, Heriot-Watt University
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Harnessing Innovation:
Seeking Opportunities for Scottish Companies
5th June 2007, Glasgow
The MoD has challenged the sector with the direction in which it believes the UK's industries will need to evolve and change in order to meet the challenges to our national security and remain a viable industry. The capability, capacity and will to innovate throughout the industrial base will be critical as will be the need to achieve more rapid maturation and application of technologies and deployment of capabilities by our armed forces.
This event, from SBAC Scotland and BAE Systems with the support of the ADS Programme, aimed to raise awareness of this need for change facing our industry in Scotland, both small SMEs and the traditional prime contractors, and crucially to accelerate the process of their working together.
To view the keynote presentations given at the seminar please click on the links below:
Delivering the Defence Technology Strategy - Lee Silver, MoD
DSM Model for Open Innovation - Robert Kirschbaum, DSM Innovation Centre
Innovation & Engineering an Academic Perspective - Prof. Frank Coton,
University of Glasgow
21st Century Supply Chains (SC21) - Mike Webb, BAE Systems
BAE Systems Technology & Innovation Strategy - Simon Jewell, BAE Systems
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Portable Power - efficient production, sensing & control of power for defence, security and aerospace applications
23rd May 2007, Dundee.
The demand for portable power is being driven by technology at a faster rate than the power source technology can keep up. The crunch will eventually come in 5-10 years time when the current advances in batteries (and possibly even fuel cells) and advances in power management (the current solution) run out of headroom.
This interactive workshop examined Scotland's capability across a range of solutions for portable power supply systems, power management, batteries, fuel cells, photo voltaics etc.
Helping to set the scene were keynote speakers from National Semiconductor, ABSL Power Solutions Ltd and Thales FIST PCMO with FP7 funding opportunities being highlighted by TUV NEL.
To view the keynote presentations given at the seminar please click on the links below:
Portable Power Management Challenges & Solutions - Stan Anderson, National Semiconductor Ltd
Opportunities for Portable Power Technologies in FP7 & Related Programmes - Alastair McGibbon, TUV NEL
Portable Power Requirements for FIST - Ross Marshall, Thales FIST PCMO
Portable Power Solutions & Opportunities - Simon Nicholson, ABSL Power Solutions Ltd
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Homeland Security - working with the UK & US Defence & Security Markets
13th March 2007, Glasgow
Since 9/11 there has been a massive increase in interest and investment in the Homeland Security market. The UK & US governments have dedicated enormous resources to tackling the issues arising in the current climate and they are interested in accessing the innovative ideas that small and large UK companies can provide.
This seminar brought the key sector players to Glasgow to discuss the work currently being undertaken and the current UK and US requirements. Senior speakers from the UK's Counter Terrorism Centre, the Home Office Counter Terror Science Unit (CTSU) and the US Homeland Security Department presented, and were on hand for networking throughout the event, as well as offering 1-to-1 sessions in the afternoon.
This was a unique opportunity for companies to see how they could benefit from this rapidly expanding market and to network with senior MoD and Home Office speakers who work in the very heart of this area.
To view the presentations given at the seminar please click on the links below :
The Role of the MoD Counter-Terrorism Sciences & Technology Centre
MoD Funding Schemes
Learning from Intelligence
Sensing the Threat
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Software & Computing for Security Applications in Defence, Aerospace & Finance
26th February 2007, Edinburgh
To view the presentations given at the seminar please click on the links below :
Security in Airport Systems & Processes
Security Software Research in Scotland
Supplying the International Security Market
UK's Strategic Information Assurance
Security in Financial Services
Terrorism brings heightened levels of security into the civil sector, whilst business and consumers expect ultimate levels of security and protection from crime and fraud in their everyday transactions. The triad of Privacy, Security and Trust are now of paramount importance in many areas of information technology, society in general and national security in particular. Ever expanding cyber security threats, hacks and malware have served to heighten the awareness of Privacy & Security in society.
Novel software solutions are required to tackle a wide range of problems including protecting against and detecting fraud, protecting our ports and airports, communications security, verification of individuals, analyzing threats and protecting society.
Aimed at industry professionals, the seminar brought together leading experts from commerce, industry, government and academia to explore the technologies and opportunities for software in National Security, Financial Services, Aerospace, Defence and other markets.
The seminar also introduced the Cybersecurity Knowledge Transfer (KTN) which held a surgery at the end of the meeting to roadmap interests and key issues for the cybersecurity community in Scotland.
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MoD Competition of Ideas
30th November & 1st December 2006, Glasgow
To view the presentations given at the seminars please click on the links below:
Science & Technology Research for Defence
Delivering the Defence Technology Strategy
DDA:Connecting Businesses to Technology
This event was conducted by Martin Purser, Research Programme Directorate, MoD Research Acquisition Organisation (RAO), who outlined the salient features of MoD's new Defence Technology Strategy, published in October 2006. In addition, the Defence Diversification Agency (DDA) explained how it can help in the preparation of proposals.
Competition will be built around four key themes described in detail on the CoI website - http://www.ideas.mod.uk/
Key Facts
- CoI has a budget of £10m/year
- Successful candidates will receive 100% MoD funding
- Project size will be £50K - £300K/year
- Funding will be for 12 months with potential on-going contracts dependant on annual review
This is an excellent means of obtaining funding to develop your technology and to create new business opportunities. However, time is short. Submissions should be received by end January 2007 with first contracts expected to be placed from April 2007.
This seminar is one of a series of events presented under the ADS (Aerospace, Defence & Security) Programme, an initiative from the University of Glasgow and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, which has been developed to provide advice and assistance to Scottish-based SMEs on competing for defence sector tenders. The University has a strong track record of working directly with industry and the ADS Programme aims to stimulate interaction between the research base and the UK industrial economy.
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Breaking Down the Defence Barriers
24th October 2006, Glasgow
It is notoriously challenging for SMEs win business from Prime Contractors in the defence sector. “Breaking Down the Defence Barriers” was a half-day seminar to enable Scottish companies, seeking to work as defence subcontractors, to gain a more detailed understanding of the barriers – perceived or real – to winning new business from Prime Contractors. Issues including security/vetting, quality standards and avoidance of self-created barriers, when approaching the defence market, were addressed. Speakers included representatives from the MoD Commercial Services Group, the Defence Vetting Agency, the Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA) and BiP Solutions.
The seminar was one of a series of events presented under the ADS (Aerospace, Defence & Security) Programme, a new initiative from the University of Glasgow and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, which has been developed to provide advice and assistance to Scottish-based SMEs on competing for defence sector business. Future events will include facilitated workshops aimed at fostering collaborations in relevant technical areas such as Sensor Technologies, Homeland Security, Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Software Development.
The event was presented by BiP Solutions, Europe's leading provider of public sector contract information and publishers of the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin.
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Sensor Networks in Aerospace, Defence & Security Applications 7th September 2006, Edinburgh
“Sensor technologies - sensors remain absolutely critical to nearly all aspects of defence capability including situational awareness and detection and identification of targets”
This quotation from the UK Defence Industry Strategy highlights the importance of sensor technologies to the defence of the UK. The changing threats that face the modern world mean that new technologies are required to counter new civil and battlefield situations where sensing is required for this ever wider range of threats. Integrated networks of sensors are a solution to detecting and analysing biochemical attacks, complex battlefield scenarios and sensitive civilian terror situations.
Scotland has a pre-eminence in the field thanks to the pioneering research work by the Specknet consortium. Specknet, the Speckled Computing Consortium is a collaborative project involving a wide range of expertise drawn from five Scottish Universities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews, Strathclyde and Napier) which includes most aspects of wireless networks sensors. Specknet is driving research into wireless sensor networks for a range of applications.
This half-day seminar, jointly hosted by the ADS Programme and Specknet, explored the applications on network sensors in military, civil and aerospace applications and will introduce the technology being developed within the consortium. Key speakers drawn from industry leaders and experts in the field presented the case for speckled computing. Members of the Specknet team presented on the current status of speckled computing technology in Scotland.
To view the presentations given at this event please click on the links below:
Speckled Computing - DK Arvind
View from the USA - DK Arvind
Introduction to the ADS Programme - Bill Leeming
DSP for the Physical Layer - Eugen Pfann
Networks and Sensors in Defence Applications - Martin Purser
Review of Optoelectronic Technology for Sensor Networks - Christopher Reardon
Speck Assembly and Packaging - David Ruxton
Ultra-Low Power Radio Technologies - Iain Thayne
Modular Sensor System Building Blocks - Alan Varco
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Unmanned Vehicles — What Direction Next?
24 May 2006, Glasgow
Unmanned "autonomous" vehicles have applications in the air, on and under the sea (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) and on land. This seminar will investigate the opportunities for Scotland's innovators to deliver winning solutions to this new and growing market.
The seminar will be led by a member of the DARPA Autonomous Vehicle Challenge winning Stanford University team plus key industry speakers including the SEAS DTC (BAE Systems) and Seebyte, who will set the scene for the future development of unmanned vehicles of all types with opportunities to also hear some of the pertinent technologies currently being developed in Scotland. The workshop will give opportunity to network with industry leaders in this most exciting of fields where the opportunities are just starting to unfold. There will also be an opportunity, before the seminar, for a visit to the Glasgow University Wind Tunnel where the University conducts research into many flight systems including UAVs.
To view the presentations given at this event please click on the links below:
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Selling to Defence
7 April 2006, Glasgow
This one-day seminar will focus on accessing subcontractor opportunities in Defence Prime Contractors. Taking place on 7 April at Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow, it will enable Scottish companies seeking to work as defence subcontractors to gain a more detailed understanding of the opportunities available to them, in order to maximise their chances of winning new business from Prime Contractors. With the UK MoD now actively encouraging its Prime Contractors to openly advertise their subcontracting opportunities, can you afford to miss this event?
The event will be presented by BiP Solutions, Europe's leading provider of public sector contract information and publishers of the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin. Speakers will include representatives from the Defence Diversification Agency and major UK Prime Contractors.
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