
Lasers for Productivity – a UK Strategy
The Centre and AILU have been working together with the UK industrial laser community to develop a National Strategy for Laser-based Manufacturing. The completed report, Lasers for Productivity can now be found using the link below:
This Strategy was developed by a group of key stakeholders, including trade bodies, industry, government bodies, independent research organisations, funding agencies and universities. It built on a broad evidence-base including Photonics21, the UK Farnham report and foresight roadmaps and reports prepared to support UK Government and Horizon 2020 priorities. A list of the Working Group members can be found at:
National Strategy Organisational Team
The National Strategy Organisational Team is a group of leading independent experts and has been created to oversee and support the development of the National Strategy.
- Chair: Dr Malcolm Gower (Nanophoton Technologies Ltd and AILU)
- Co-Chair: Dr Paul Hilton (TWI and AILU)
- Dr Ric Allott (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and AILU President)
- Prof Duncan Hand (Director CIM-Laser, Heriot Watt University and AILU)
- Prof Stewart Williams (Cranfield University and AILU)
- Prof Daniel Esser (CIM-Laser Deputy Director, Heriot Watt University and AILU)
- Prof Denis Hall (CIM-Laser, Heriot Watt University and AILU)
- Dr Eoin O’Sullivan (Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge)
- Dr Charles Featherston (Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge)
- Ms Emma Williams (CIM-Laser, Heriot Watt University)
- Dave MacLellan (Executive Director, AILU)