Archives: Speakers

Sam Roscoe

Dr. Roscoe is an Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and a fellow of the UK Trade Policy Observatory (UKTPO) at the University of Sussex Business School. Dr. Roscoe’s research interests are in how innovative technologies (Additive Manufacturing, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence) are transforming global supply chains. Sam was invited to give evidence to the UK government’s International Trade Select Committee on Pharmaceutical Supply Chains and Covid 19. His recommendation for establishing “parallel supply chains” for the manufacture of critical goods in the UK, as well as non-critical commodity items in Asia, was put forward by the Select Committee to UK government policy makers. His research on Covid 19 and the disruption caused to global supply chains has been featured in the Financial Times, the Guardian, Raconteur Magazine, and the BBC evening news

Jillian MacBryde

Jill MacBryde is Professor of Innovation and Operations Management at Strathclyde University. She is also Co-Director of the ESRC funded Made Smarter Network Plus.

Jill is recognised for her work in the fields of manufacturing, innovation, performance measurement and business improvement. And is known for working across disciplines and particularly bridging the link between technology and social science.

As well as working with the ISCF Made Smarter Innovation team, Jill is principal investigator on an ESRC funded project, investigating the impact that the Covid-19 crisis has had on UK manufacturing and to identify priorities for renewal through innovation. She collaborates with colleagues in the National Manufacturing Institute, Scotland on this project, and is currently developing scenarios for Manufacturing in Scotland, 2036.

Jill is an active member of the Innovation UK/ESRC Innovation Caucus and sits on the advisory board for Future Flight.

Guglielmo Iozzia

Guglielmo is a Biomedical Engineer with an extensive background in Software Engineering and ML/AI applied to different contexts, such as Biotech Manufacturing, Healthcare and DevOps, just to mention the latest, and a lifelong learner. At MSD, as part of the Data Science and Applied Mathematics Team he is currently busy unlocking business value in the lab and manufacturing through ML/AI initiatives.

He is also an international speaker and author: currently he is writing his second technical book for Manning Publishing, where he is going to share his field experience on implementing domain-specific Large Language Models that can be also executed offline, on private data and on commodity hardware

Simon Thompson

Simon is based in the UK and leads GFT’s AI, ML & AI practice. Simon brings nearly 30 years’ experience of working on using machine learning to create value for customers. His team brings a systematic and scientific approach to AI, drawing on GFT’s comprehensive and deep knowledge of financial services as an industry.