The lessons of experience

Insights into the working lives of others are an invaluable tool for innovation. By hearing how other people in other disciplines and sectors have addressed and solved their problems, it becomes possible to see potential solutions to our own.?This type of 'technology transfer' has always been at the heart of Eureka's editorial mission. We have always sought to offer inspiration to the design engineer from one of industry to their counterparts in another. For this reason, when Findlay Media launched the Engineering Design Show in 2012, this philosophy was always at the heart of our wishes for the event. That is why, alongside the show itself, there has always been a high-profile Conference featuring speakers from leading innovators talking about how they do what they do.? The Engineering Design Show has grown hugely in the intervening two years, now incorporating the Electronics Design Show, Engineering Materials Live! and the Embedded Design?Show. However, the commitment to a high-quality Conference programme has not changed one bit. The truth of this can be seen from the Conference speakers we are announcing this month on page 26 of this issue. Here, you will find representatives of such illustrious names as GKN Aerospace, Infiniti Red Bull?Racing, Rolls-Royce, Millbrook and Shadow Robot ready to grace the Conference on October 22nd and 23rd at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. From these illustrious individuals, we believe, delegates at the Conference will receive insights into industries, technologies, methodologies and disciplines that, while not perhaps their own, can nonetheless offer vital clues as to how to innovate successfully. You may not work in aerospace, motorsport or medical prosthetics, but the techniques and technologies used in those industries still have plenty to teach you. Equally, there may be things you have to teach them. For these reasons, we hope you will come along to the Engineering Design Show Conference.?We are pretty sure there will something for you there. For details of how to register, go to www.engineeringdesignshow.co.uk.