Submitted by Angela Walters on Thu, 29/07/2021 - 14:54
Last Monday, the Cyber-Physical Fabric Summit explored a new, bold vision for the Cyber-Physical Fabric and how we can stitch together our physical and digital worlds at a national scale.
If you missed the Summit, a full video of the day can be found below. The full video as well as individual panel sessions can also be viewed on the Digital Twin Hub (DT Hub).
Read, download, and share an overview of the Summit together with key themes and points.
Summit panel members
Introduction
Hayaatun Sillem, CEO, Royal Academy of Engineering
Paul Clarke, former Ocado CTO, Co-Chair Robotics Growth Partnership, AI Council and Innovation Expert Group
Philippa Sharma - Deputy Director, Technology Strategy and Security, Business Growth Directorate, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Kedar Pandya, EPSRC-UKRI, Director, Cross-Council Programmes
Tom Wells, Deputy Director, Emerging Technology, Futures and Projects, Government Office for Science
Cyber-Physical Fabric
Paul Clarke (Chair), former Ocado CTO, Co-Chair Robotics Growth Partnership, AI Council and Innovation Expert Group
Professor David Lane CBE, Co-Chair Robotics Growth Partnership, AI Council, Founder Edinburgh Centre for Robotics & National Robotarium, Heriot-Watt & Edinburgh Universities
Alexandra Bolton, Executive Director, Centre for Digital Built Britain
Rob Buckingham, Director, UK Atomic Energy Authority
Sabine Hauert, Associate Professor of Swarm Engineering, University of Bristol
Data and Technical Interoperability
Dame Wendy Hall (Chair), Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton
Dr Matthew West, Technical Lead, National Digital Twin Programme
Sarah Hayes, Outreach Lead, National Digital Twin Programme
Louise Wright, Head of Digital Metrology, NPL
Professor Liz Varga, Professor of Complex Systems, UCL & Lead Infrastructure Systems Institute
Pete Rai, Principal Engineer, CISCO
Research
Professor David Lane CBE (Chair), Co-Chair Robotics Growth Partnership, AI Council, Founder Edinburgh Centre for Robotics & National Robotarium, Heriot-Watt & Edinburgh Universities
Professor Mark Girolami, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Cambridge and Alan Turing Institute
Dr Caitlin McDonald, Digital Anthropologist, DXC research
Dr James Hetherington, Director, Centre for Advanced Research Computing, University College London
Dr Veronica Martinez, Lecturer, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
Bill Murray, Senior Researcher/Advisor, DXC Research
Adoption
Mark Enzer (Chair), Director of Centre for Digital Built Britain and CTO of Mott MacDonald
Matt Edwards, CDO of Anglian Water
Bradley Yorke-Biggs, CEO of Institute of Digital Engineering
Dr Jennifer Schooling, Director of Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction
Stephen Belcher, Chief Scientist of Met Office
Sam Chorlton, Chair of the Digital Twin Hub
Lessons Learnt and Next Steps
Bill Murray (Chair), Senior Researcher/Advisor, DXC Research
Paul Clarke, former Ocado CTO, Co-Chair Robotics Growth Partnership, AI Council and Innovation Expert Group
Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton
Mark Enzer, Director of Centre for Digital Built Britain and CTO of Mott MacDonald
Professor David Lane CBE, Co-Chair Robotics Growth Partnership, AI Council, Founder Edinburgh Centre for Robotics & National Robotarium, Heriot-Watt & Edinburgh Universities
Summit organising committee
Alexandra Bolton, Executive Director, Centre for Digital Built Britain
Paul Clarke CBE FREng, Co-Chair Robotics Growth Partnership, AI Council and Innovation Expert Group
Mark Enzer OBE, Head of the National Digital Twin programme
Professor Mark Girolami, The University of Cambridge & The Alan Turing Institute
Professor Dame Wendy Hall FRS FREng, Regius Professor of Computer Science and Exec Director Web Science Institute, University of Southampton
Professor Emeritus David Lane CBE FREng FRSE, Co-Chair Robotics Growth Partnership, AI Council, Founder Edinburgh Centre for Robotics & National Robotarium, Heriot-Watt & Edinburgh Universities.
Bill Murray, Senior Researcher/Advisor DXC Leading Edge Forum
Dr Kedar Pandya, EPSRC-UKRI, Director, Cross-Council Programmes
Philippa Sharma, Deputy Director, Technology Strategy and Security, Business Growth Directorate, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Dr Nick Starkey, Policy Director, Royal Academy of Engineering
Dr Tom Wells, Deputy Director, Emerging Technology, Futures and Projects, Government Office for Science