Western Regional Defence & Security Cluster Inaugural Meeting

Name: Western Regional Defence & Security Cluster Inaugural Meeting
Start: 2025-12-03T10:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-03T14:00:00+00:00
Location: STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway

Western Regional Defence & Security Cluster

Highlights

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am

4 hours

STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway

Free Tickets Available

Date & Location

Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm (GMT+00:00)

STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway

Fire Fly Avenue, Swindon, United Kingdom

About the event

Western Regional Defence & Security Cluster Inaugural Meeting

Join for the first meeting of the WRDSC - the Western region's newly formed, MOD recognised defence & security cluster.

About this Event

Welcome to the Western Regional Defence & Security Cluster Inaugural Meeting!

Join us at the STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon for a day filled with networking, discussions, and collaboration within the defence and security industry.

The event will feature talks from leading defence stakeholders including:

Ministry of Defence
Prime(s)
InnovateUK
NCC (High Value Manufacturing Catapult)

The event will also include a networking lunch.

Agenda to follow.

Agenda

🕑: 09:30 AM
Arrival & Refreshments

🕑: 10:30 AM
Welcome - Nick Crew, Chair of WRDSC

🕑: 10:40 AM
Introduction to Event Sponsor - Stu Olden, SDO Associates

🕑: 10:50 AM
Defence & Security Accelerator (DASA) Overview - Mike Madden

🕑: 11:00 AM
Company Overview - Tony Amarelli, QinetiQ

🕑: 11:10 AM
Working with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult - James Neely, NCC

🕑: 11:20 AM
Member Introduction - Future Talent Group

🕑: 11:25 AM
Break

🕑: 11:45 AM
Member Introduction - Carbon360

🕑: 11:50 AM
An Introduction to Innovate UK Business Growth - Tony Welch, Innovate UK

🕑: 12:00 PM
Company Overview - Tekever

🕑: 12:10 PM
Member Introduction - Pexip

🕑: 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch & Networking

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