SM&EW PREVIEW n SHOW FACTS Where: NEC, Birmingham When: M&E Week: 4–7 June, 2024 Exhibition: Wednesday, 5 June, 09.30-17.00 Thursday, 6 June, 0.930-16.00 Entry: Free (register at Web site: https://drives-controls-2024.reg.buzz) Web site: www.mandeweek.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/MandEWeek LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/showcase/ manufacturing-engineering-week Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ mandeweek2023/ theatres and are strong additions to the events of the week. In addition to the events mentioned in this article, there are other events taking place at the NEC at the same time, including the Med-Tech Innovation Expo, TCT 3Sixty and Subcon. Bring the Noise One of the most popular “festival style” attractions of SM&E Week returns in 2024 – the Guitar Legends Competition. Entrants get the opportunity to play and record a piece of music (an intro, brilliant ri or a whole song) and entries are then judged by a professional musician. On the theme of music and fun, the Day 1 after-show party will welcome visitors and exhibitors alike. It gives everyone the chance to relax after a busy day and to be entertained by the the Shadow Monkeys band, who play a mix of up-to-date danceoor hits and classic rock tunes. It will help to prolong that festival vibe. For more entertainment, and continuing the theme of refreshment, more energetic visitors will be able to power the production of their own smoothie via a bike challenge and perhaps to consume it while drinking in the Best of British showcase – a celebration of domestic manufacturing, featuring worldbeating designs, innovative modes of manufacture, products that redene categories, and export successes that have planted the British ag in overseas markets. With all the fun and worthwhile activities taking place on the fringe, it’s important to know that this year, Smart Manufacturing & Engineering Week will maintain its carbonneutral status, having planted more than 20,000 trees in the Nineteen Group Forest since 2022. Enginuity is also contributing to the ght against climate change by osetting 59 tonnes of carbon dioxide, achieving this by supporting a global portfolio of veried carbon reduction projects via Carbon Footprint. Plus, with an eye to the future, the event’s charity partner is once again Engineers Without Borders UK, which works with young people, students and those working in industry, to ensure that globally responsible engineering is embedded in the thinking of both engineers and the businesses they work for. There’s so much to see and do at SM&E Week. Registration for the live events, learning and education oerings, hosted meeting programme and competitions is available now through the event Web site (see panel). n
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