LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS & PRACTICAL INSIGHT

View the Full Workshop Programme Below

Across both days, EDS Workshop Theatres bring practical product demonstrations and applied insight to the show floor. Explore sessions on simulation, industrial IoT, embedded hardware, medical device development and IP protection, alongside real-time robotics, hardware launch risk, component testing and the changing engineering buyer journey.

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10:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Engineering SMEs often create valuable innovation long before they recognise it as intellectual property. This workshop will explain why early IP protection matters, how unprotected ideas can be copied or lose commercial value, and what counts as risky public disclosure — from pitch decks and investor conversations to trade shows, websites and technical papers. We will cover when to act, how to spot potentially patentable technical ideas, and how patents, know-how, designs and confidentiality can support funding, collaboration, licensing and growth. The focus is practical: aligning IP decisions with your commercial goals so innovation becomes a defensible, investable asset.

11:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Simulation-driven design involves building models and analysing designs early on in the R&D process, which helps organisations to develop better products in less time than ever before. But this paradigm can go even further. In this session, attendees will learn how new modes of simulation can give even greater power to designers in terms of further reducing time and cost as well as the need to rework designs.
    In this session, you will:

    • Learn how simulation enables designers to develop improved products
    • Get a basic overview of the COMSOL Multiphysics® software
    • Familiarise yourself with the analysis processes within the early stages of R&D
12:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Silicon Power Industrial delivers reliable, long-life memory and storage solutions for demanding industrial applications.

    This presentation introduces Silicon Power’s industrial capabilities, and examines the current DRAM and NAND market pressures, where AI infrastructure, HBM and DDR5 demand are tightening supply, increasing prices and accelerating allocation. The key message is clear: early forecasting, supply visibility and trusted partnerships are essential for navigating volatile memory markets successfully.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Digi XBee ecosystem offers a cutting-edge wireless solution supporting Wi-SUN technology with enhanced range, reliability, and energy efficiency for smart cities and industrial IoT networks. We’ll explore this emerging technology and easy to use tools to realise a WI-SUN network at scale.

13:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1
    Building hardware is hard. Building embedded tech is even harder. 97% of hardware startups miss their initial deadlines, 70% never deliver a viable product. What separates the ones that make it?

    Most embedded tech founders who fail had a viable idea. What they lacked was the right support at the right time: rapid prototyping capability, design for manufacture expertise, compliance knowledge from day one, and business fundamentals to hold it together. Founders who treat these as separate problems, tackled sequentially, run out of time and money.

    Those who succeed know everything is connected. Your product, your process, and your plan. 
10:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Every medical device carries a set of decisions made in its first few weeks: who it is for, what it claims to do, which market it enters first, and how much of the design can change later. Get those right and the rest of development runs more smoothly. Get them wrong and they are expensive to unpick. This session looks at some of those decisions relating to intended purpose, market fit, and evidence, with practical steps you can apply to a project now, whether new to medical devices or already partway through.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    We will explore key challenges in modern robotic systems and highlight the core difficulties of achieving reliable real‑time motion control. The session will examine how integrated industrial communication solutions deliver deterministic performance, efficiency, and coordination across complex motion architectures, while also addressing functional safety to ensure reliable operation and environmental protection. Finally, we will consider the growing importance of cybersecurity.

11:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    The way engineers discover, research and evaluate suppliers is changing rapidly. Technical buyers increasingly self-serve information, compare potential solutions and form opinions long before speaking to a supplier - with search, answer engines and AI now becoming part of that process.

    This practical session explores what the changing buyer journey means for manufacturers and engineering businesses, and how marketing can help turn technical expertise into visibility, understanding and trust. Moving beyond classic marketing theory, Alex will introduce a practical framework for identifying friction across the buyer journey, capturing valuable technical knowledge and making small, measurable improvements that compound over time.

    Attendees will leave with a structured approach to building marketing that helps their business get found, understood, specified and trusted - even before a sales conversation begins.

12:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Counterfeit goods form a multi-billion dollar industry and electronic components form part of that. Let’s take a look at how modern testing techniques helps in the fight against counterfeit components entering the supply chain. The good, the bad and the surprising world of  electronic components.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Hardware ventures rarely collapse because of bad engineering. They fail when teams focus on technical details while ignoring downstream commercial, regulatory, and operational risks.

    In this interactive session, founders and investors Dean Carran and Ben May trade slide-deck theory for raw operator experience. Having built, scaled, and exited hardware spin-outs, as well as taking the financial hits of failed ventures, they share lessons learned from both sides.

    Moving beyond basic Technology Readiness Levels, they introduce a framework spanning IP, compliance, supply chain, and specialist sector requirements. Expect an open discussion on real failure points, de-risking strategies, and shared experience.

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10:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Engineering SMEs often create valuable innovation long before they recognise it as intellectual property. This workshop will explain why early IP protection matters, how unprotected ideas can be copied or lose commercial value, and what counts as risky public disclosure — from pitch decks and investor conversations to trade shows, websites and technical papers. We will cover when to act, how to spot potentially patentable technical ideas, and how patents, know-how, designs and confidentiality can support funding, collaboration, licensing and growth. The focus is practical: aligning IP decisions with your commercial goals so innovation becomes a defensible, investable asset.

11:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Simulation-driven design involves building models and analysing designs early on in the R&D process, which helps organisations to develop better products in less time than ever before. But this paradigm can go even further. In this session, attendees will learn how new modes of simulation can give even greater power to designers in terms of further reducing time and cost as well as the need to rework designs.
    In this session, you will:

    • Learn how simulation enables designers to develop improved products
    • Get a basic overview of the COMSOL Multiphysics® software
    • Familiarise yourself with the analysis processes within the early stages of R&D
12:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Silicon Power Industrial delivers reliable, long-life memory and storage solutions for demanding industrial applications.

    This presentation introduces Silicon Power’s industrial capabilities, and examines the current DRAM and NAND market pressures, where AI infrastructure, HBM and DDR5 demand are tightening supply, increasing prices and accelerating allocation. The key message is clear: early forecasting, supply visibility and trusted partnerships are essential for navigating volatile memory markets successfully.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Digi XBee ecosystem offers a cutting-edge wireless solution supporting Wi-SUN technology with enhanced range, reliability, and energy efficiency for smart cities and industrial IoT networks. We’ll explore this emerging technology and easy to use tools to realise a WI-SUN network at scale.

13:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1
    Building hardware is hard. Building embedded tech is even harder. 97% of hardware startups miss their initial deadlines, 70% never deliver a viable product. What separates the ones that make it?

    Most embedded tech founders who fail had a viable idea. What they lacked was the right support at the right time: rapid prototyping capability, design for manufacture expertise, compliance knowledge from day one, and business fundamentals to hold it together. Founders who treat these as separate problems, tackled sequentially, run out of time and money.

    Those who succeed know everything is connected. Your product, your process, and your plan. 
10:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Every medical device carries a set of decisions made in its first few weeks: who it is for, what it claims to do, which market it enters first, and how much of the design can change later. Get those right and the rest of development runs more smoothly. Get them wrong and they are expensive to unpick. This session looks at some of those decisions relating to intended purpose, market fit, and evidence, with practical steps you can apply to a project now, whether new to medical devices or already partway through.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    We will explore key challenges in modern robotic systems and highlight the core difficulties of achieving reliable real‑time motion control. The session will examine how integrated industrial communication solutions deliver deterministic performance, efficiency, and coordination across complex motion architectures, while also addressing functional safety to ensure reliable operation and environmental protection. Finally, we will consider the growing importance of cybersecurity.

11:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    The way engineers discover, research and evaluate suppliers is changing rapidly. Technical buyers increasingly self-serve information, compare potential solutions and form opinions long before speaking to a supplier - with search, answer engines and AI now becoming part of that process.

    This practical session explores what the changing buyer journey means for manufacturers and engineering businesses, and how marketing can help turn technical expertise into visibility, understanding and trust. Moving beyond classic marketing theory, Alex will introduce a practical framework for identifying friction across the buyer journey, capturing valuable technical knowledge and making small, measurable improvements that compound over time.

    Attendees will leave with a structured approach to building marketing that helps their business get found, understood, specified and trusted - even before a sales conversation begins.

12:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Counterfeit goods form a multi-billion dollar industry and electronic components form part of that. Let’s take a look at how modern testing techniques helps in the fight against counterfeit components entering the supply chain. The good, the bad and the surprising world of  electronic components.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Hardware ventures rarely collapse because of bad engineering. They fail when teams focus on technical details while ignoring downstream commercial, regulatory, and operational risks.

    In this interactive session, founders and investors Dean Carran and Ben May trade slide-deck theory for raw operator experience. Having built, scaled, and exited hardware spin-outs, as well as taking the financial hits of failed ventures, they share lessons learned from both sides.

    Moving beyond basic Technology Readiness Levels, they introduce a framework spanning IP, compliance, supply chain, and specialist sector requirements. Expect an open discussion on real failure points, de-risking strategies, and shared experience.

Loading
10:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Engineering SMEs often create valuable innovation long before they recognise it as intellectual property. This workshop will explain why early IP protection matters, how unprotected ideas can be copied or lose commercial value, and what counts as risky public disclosure — from pitch decks and investor conversations to trade shows, websites and technical papers. We will cover when to act, how to spot potentially patentable technical ideas, and how patents, know-how, designs and confidentiality can support funding, collaboration, licensing and growth. The focus is practical: aligning IP decisions with your commercial goals so innovation becomes a defensible, investable asset.

11:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Simulation-driven design involves building models and analysing designs early on in the R&D process, which helps organisations to develop better products in less time than ever before. But this paradigm can go even further. In this session, attendees will learn how new modes of simulation can give even greater power to designers in terms of further reducing time and cost as well as the need to rework designs.
    In this session, you will:

    • Learn how simulation enables designers to develop improved products
    • Get a basic overview of the COMSOL Multiphysics® software
    • Familiarise yourself with the analysis processes within the early stages of R&D
12:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Silicon Power Industrial delivers reliable, long-life memory and storage solutions for demanding industrial applications.

    This presentation introduces Silicon Power’s industrial capabilities, and examines the current DRAM and NAND market pressures, where AI infrastructure, HBM and DDR5 demand are tightening supply, increasing prices and accelerating allocation. The key message is clear: early forecasting, supply visibility and trusted partnerships are essential for navigating volatile memory markets successfully.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Digi XBee ecosystem offers a cutting-edge wireless solution supporting Wi-SUN technology with enhanced range, reliability, and energy efficiency for smart cities and industrial IoT networks. We’ll explore this emerging technology and easy to use tools to realise a WI-SUN network at scale.

13:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1
    Building hardware is hard. Building embedded tech is even harder. 97% of hardware startups miss their initial deadlines, 70% never deliver a viable product. What separates the ones that make it?

    Most embedded tech founders who fail had a viable idea. What they lacked was the right support at the right time: rapid prototyping capability, design for manufacture expertise, compliance knowledge from day one, and business fundamentals to hold it together. Founders who treat these as separate problems, tackled sequentially, run out of time and money.

    Those who succeed know everything is connected. Your product, your process, and your plan. 
10:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Every medical device carries a set of decisions made in its first few weeks: who it is for, what it claims to do, which market it enters first, and how much of the design can change later. Get those right and the rest of development runs more smoothly. Get them wrong and they are expensive to unpick. This session looks at some of those decisions relating to intended purpose, market fit, and evidence, with practical steps you can apply to a project now, whether new to medical devices or already partway through.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    We will explore key challenges in modern robotic systems and highlight the core difficulties of achieving reliable real‑time motion control. The session will examine how integrated industrial communication solutions deliver deterministic performance, efficiency, and coordination across complex motion architectures, while also addressing functional safety to ensure reliable operation and environmental protection. Finally, we will consider the growing importance of cybersecurity.

11:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    The way engineers discover, research and evaluate suppliers is changing rapidly. Technical buyers increasingly self-serve information, compare potential solutions and form opinions long before speaking to a supplier - with search, answer engines and AI now becoming part of that process.

    This practical session explores what the changing buyer journey means for manufacturers and engineering businesses, and how marketing can help turn technical expertise into visibility, understanding and trust. Moving beyond classic marketing theory, Alex will introduce a practical framework for identifying friction across the buyer journey, capturing valuable technical knowledge and making small, measurable improvements that compound over time.

    Attendees will leave with a structured approach to building marketing that helps their business get found, understood, specified and trusted - even before a sales conversation begins.

12:30
  1. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 2

    Counterfeit goods form a multi-billion dollar industry and electronic components form part of that. Let’s take a look at how modern testing techniques helps in the fight against counterfeit components entering the supply chain. The good, the bad and the surprising world of  electronic components.

  2. 45 mins
    • Workshop Theatre 1

    Hardware ventures rarely collapse because of bad engineering. They fail when teams focus on technical details while ignoring downstream commercial, regulatory, and operational risks.

    In this interactive session, founders and investors Dean Carran and Ben May trade slide-deck theory for raw operator experience. Having built, scaled, and exited hardware spin-outs, as well as taking the financial hits of failed ventures, they share lessons learned from both sides.

    Moving beyond basic Technology Readiness Levels, they introduce a framework spanning IP, compliance, supply chain, and specialist sector requirements. Expect an open discussion on real failure points, de-risking strategies, and shared experience.