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Manufacturing, Defence and Security Summit

Meet us on the stand and enjoy the morning of manufacturers, policymakers, researchers and innovators from the region's defence and security cluster.

  • 18 Sep 2026
  • 08:00 – 13:30
  • TWI, Granta Park, Cambridge
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Full details on the event website

Date 18 Sep 2026
Time 08:00 – 13:30
Where TWI, Granta Park, Cambridge
Format In person
Registration Through event website

On 18 September we'll be exhibiting at the Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce Manufacturing, Defence and Security Summit, held at TWI on Granta Park. The morning brings together manufacturers, policymakers, researchers and innovators from across the region's defence and security cluster, and we'd like to meet you there.

Get your ticket through the Chamber's website. We would love to see you there, either on the stand or over coffee at the networking lunch.

Come and find us on the stand

We'll be there for the morning with Kinabase and happy to chat about how we help manufacturers and defence organisations keep their operations running smoothly, with quality and traceability in one place.

  • See how regulated manufacturers keep quality records, traceability, reporting and audit evidence in one place
  • Talk to the team behind Kinabase about the spreadsheets and workarounds slowing your operation down
  • Bring the operational questions you've never had time to solve

Who you'll meet

MM Millie Martin Marketing Manager
ML Mike Lewzey Head of Operations

The morning's programme

Keynote
Sir Laurie Bristow President of Hughes Hall and former UK Ambassador to Afghanistan, Russia and Azerbaijan, on international affairs and security.
Panel
Global Britain International trade challenges and opportunities, with
  • Steven Lynch, Director of International Trade, British Chambers of Commerce
  • Richard Oppenheim, Director of the Diplomatic Advisory Hub, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Stefan Peikert, member of the Board and Expertgroup Defence, British Chamber of Commerce in Germany
  • Dr Ilona Karpanos, Associate Partner, International Trade and Economic Development, Cambridgeshire Chamber of Commerce
Break
Networking break Sponsored by TWI. A good moment to come and talk to us.
Panel
Exploring Cambridgeshire's defence cluster The region's three Ministry of Defence strategic sites and the ecosystem growing around them, with
  • Michelle Sacks, CEO, Huntingdonshire District Council
  • Wing Commander Edward Ackland, RAF Wyton, Project Fairfax
Panel
Turning research into development Bridging the gap from research to commercialisation, with
  • Professor Tim Minshall, Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation and Head of the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge
  • Tony Pearce, COO, Paragraf
Lunch
Networking lunch We'll stay for lunch, so grab us then if the morning gets away from you.

Getting there

TWI, Granta Park

Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AL

Parking on site at Granta Park, ten minutes from junction 10 of the M11.

Directions

Coming along?

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The gaps between sessions fill up quickly, so put some time in the diary and we'll keep it free. Bring the process that frustrates you most.

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