29 Apr IMR’s May Webinars
Date: 07/05/2021
Time: 10:30 am – 11:00 am
Description:
Ken Horan, IMR’s Director of Robotics and Automation, and Adrian Hovenden, IMR’s Industrial Solutions Architect show you how you can begin to demystify your Innovation journey and identify innovation opportunities with this live session during which you will pick up some of the key tools to start asking some of the most critical initial questions on where to focus your efforts.
Presenters:
Ken Horan, Director of Robotics and Automation at IMR
Adrian Hovenden, Industrial Solutions Architect at IMR
Date: 13/05/2021
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Description:
PROBOT is an EPA-funded Green Enterprise research project that investigated the potential to develop a new self-reinforced polymer (SRP) from Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (rPET). IMR and IComp partnered to evaluate the characteristics of the novel composites and to develop the business case for companies to adopt this material. This webinar will be a detailed overview of the results of the PROBOT project and outline possible next steps.
Presenters:
Romain Couture, Senior Circular Economy Researcher at IMR
Walter Stanley, Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick
Subramani Pichandi, Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Limerick
Date: 21/05/2021
Time: 10 am – 11 am
Description:
• EU-UK TCA. What has changed and what has not changed?
Protocol on Ireland-Northern Ireland
• How the System works in terms of EU Regulation – Standards – 3rd Party Certification – Market Surveillance
• Roles and responsibilities of the Players., Economic Operators ( Manufacturers, Importers, Distributors, Authorised Representatives)
• New UK Legal Framework for Products in GB, Post Brexit Changes for GB and NI, New markings UKCA , CE UK ( NI) Mark
• Impacts on Business
• Additional Info
Presenters:
Mary White, Head of NSAI Brexit Unit