Design Network North is bringing together several companies who are exploring how AI can be applied in their industries. Whether that's to increase efficiency, bring new levels of accuracy and reliability, or to create novel product concepts

Speakers include:

Aman Chahal, Tapered Plus

TaperedPlus is a national leader in the design and supply of flat roofing and insulation systems across multiple sectors, including health, education, and retail.

They have recently started working with AI experts at Teesside University to create Design Tools that will automate, assist and enhance the technical drawing process.

This design assist tool will examine diverse digital sources such as emails, PDFs, and Word documents and be able to extract their meaning, known as the semantic information.

This has the potential for increased efficiency in the technical drawing process, leading to a quicker extraction of essential technical details and ultimately contributing to higher turnover and net profitability. Moreover, it introduces cutting-edge technology into the workflow, fostering a culture of innovation and adaptability within the company.

Aman will tell us more

Yulia Dzenkovska, Service Design North

Yulia is a marketing expert with over a decade of experience in the industry. as well as a PhD in customer experience quality. She is also a Lecturer in Marketing at Newcastle University Business School, where she teaches product and service innovation, as well as other marketing and innovation topics, including exploring Artificial Intelligence and customer experience strategies to help enhance operations and boost customer satisfaction.

She'll be talking about the use of AI tools to generate innovative product designs and improved product development workflows, understand how to apply AI insights to create products that meet evolving market needs and preferences, and prototyping AI-assisted product concepts through interactive exercises.

Steve Brewer, The Hartree Centre

The Hartree Centre helps UK businesses and organisations of any size to explore and adopt supercomputing, data science and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for enhanced productivity, smarter innovation and economic growth. Backed by significant UK government funding and strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as IBM, Atos and the University of Liverpool, the Hartree Centre is home to some of the most advanced digital technologies and experts in the UK.

As well as supporting businesses across the UK, they have a range of funding programmes to support the integration of AI into manufacturing.

Steve will tell us how to get involved.

Further speakers will be announced soon.

Rise and Design lasts for approximately three hours, and includes networking before and after speakers. There is a chance to pitch at the end of the speakers' presentations. Delegates are encouraged to stay after presentations for networking - it is one of the most valuable parts of Rise and Design.