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?Rise & Design? : No. 2 Creativity in Engineering Design

Do you want to understand the importance of innovation and creativity in design from successful business such as Black & Decker, Hardy & Greys Ltd, Octo Product Development Ltd and Outpace Ltd?

Design Network North will be holding their next ?Rise & Design? meeting on Creativity in Engineering Design, which will be held on Friday 9th October at RTC North, Sunderland. This is the second in a series of network meetings which will be held the second Friday of every month, across the region.

What is the agenda?
Recognising the importance of innovation and creativity in design and development of new products and services is vital to stay ahead of your competitors.

Design Network North?s Creativity in Engineering Design meeting aims to present ideas and examples of how to achieve this as well as demonstrating how this has worked for other businesses.

The speakers include:
? Andrew Walker, Principal Innovation Engineer - Black & Decker
How established products can continue to evolve

? Chris Bond, R&D Director - Hardy & Greys Ltd
How ?personal interest? projects has lead to new developments

? Dan Martin, Industrial Design Director ? Octo Product Development Ltd
Techniques developed to generate ideas

? Tim Hutchinson, Director - Outpace Ltd
Product developed for B&Q

You will also be more than welcome to get involved in a ?Question and Answer? session with the speakers. As part of this meeting, there will be an opportunity for you to discuss ideas or issues with other companies about how it could make a difference to your business as well as a brief insight into Design Network North?s latest activities.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .