Access advanced facilities
Discover the scientific instruments, facilities and specialist teams available to support industrial R&D.
Meet the people turning complex challenges into real-world breakthroughs.
ENGINE brings industry, academia, investors and the public sector together with the UK’s most advanced scientific facilities and expert teams.
Expect keynote perspectives, focused facility talks, industry panels, demos, one-to-one partnering and an evening reception celebrating the opening of CO:LABS.
Meet the right partners
Connect with experts, investors, academics, public sector teams and innovative organisations.
Explore new capabilities
See how advanced research can help validate materials, accelerate development and de-risk innovation.
Accelerate R&D
Find the expertise and equipment to unlock breakthroughs beyond your own labs.
Featured speakers
Leaders across science, policy and industry will share practical insight into the capabilities changing the future of R&D.
Dame Nicola Blackwood
Chair of Genomics England, Chair of Oxford University Innovation and on the Board of BioNTech SE
Professor Charlotte Deane MBE
Professor at the University of Oxford and Executive Chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Professor Martin Freer
Chief Executive Officer, Faraday Institution
Dr Roger Eccleston
STFC Executive Director, National Laboratories: Large Scale Facilities and Head of Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Dr Sara Wells
Director of the Mary Lyon Centre, MRC Harwell
Professor Irene Tracey
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
and more…
Programme highlights
The day will include keynote sessions, facility presentations, industry panels, multiple stages, 1-1 partnering, exhibitor space, networking and an evening reception.
Attendees will hear from leading facilities and organisations across Harwell Campus and the wider UK innovation ecosystem, including Diamond Light Source, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Central Laser Facility, the National Quantum Computing Centre, the Rosalind Franklin Institute, RAL Space, The Faraday Institution, MRC Mary Lyon Centre and the Satellite Applications Catapult.
The programme will also feature insights from organisations including Rolls-Royce, Airbus, AstraZeneca, Isomorphic Labs, Moderna and Google.
Redefining Possible: The Impact of National Labs
Policy & national capability | Opening keynote
Roger Eccleston
Future Labs: The Campus Capabilities Pipeline
Policy & national capability
John – Central Laser Facility
Quantum Sensing: Unlocking New Applications in Earth and Space
Hugh Mortimer
Fusion: New Typologies
Robbie Scott
What’s Next for UK Life Sciences
Life sciences | Keynote
Dame Nicola Blackwood
Testing at the Edge: Pre-Orbital Validation, Baking and Shaking
Sean Stewart
Better Batteries
Professor Martin Freer
From Molecule To Preclinical – Within A 5 Minute Walk and Transforming Earth Observation
LIFE SCIENCES
Franklin · Michelle Darrow
Transforming Earth Observation
Space & resilience
Gareth Thomas
Be part of what’s next.
ENGINE Summit is free for employees in commercial R&D roles, investors, UKRI, academic and public sector staff.
Organisations joining ENGINE
Hear from organisations working across life sciences, energy, space, materials and advanced engineering.
and many more…
CO:LABS
ENGINE Summit will take place in CO:LABS, Harwell’s brand-new building designed to support collaboration across science, technology and innovation.
The event will culminate in an evening reception and the official opening of CO:LABS, marking an important new chapter for Harwell Campus and its growing community of researchers, businesses and innovators.
Hosting in CO:LABS, The Summit connects directly to the building’s purpose: bringing people, ideas and capabilities together to accelerate discovery and innovation.
