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Free to attend Business Workshops at Autosport International 2009 - 08 January 2009 - 09 January 2009

The MIA is offering an excellent programme of FREE to attend Business Workshops on the 8th and 9th January 2009 at Autosport International, NEC Birmingham. The MIA Business Workshops are being held in concourse suites 22 – 23, which are conveniently located just outside the halls of the Autosport International 2009 Show and are open to MIA members and non-nembers alike. The workshops are set to cover a wide range of interesting topics and are a must visit event for your Autosport International diary. To register for any of the workshops shown below please scroll to the bottom of this page and select the click here to register for this event link.

Thursday 8th January 2009:

9.30 - 10.00 MIRA - Large volume airflow visualisation and motion capture in MIRA’s full scale wind tunnel
The use of film industry motion capture cameras to track helium bubbles in 3 dimensions as they pass over a vehicle in the wind tunnel enables us to visualise and evaluate the flow field in a way previously only possible with CFD.

10.00 - 10.30 -Real-time vehicle simulations for K&C virtual benchmarking and electric Torque Distribution modelling
Details of an exciting new technique that enables CAE vehicle models to be generated as a direct output of K&C data. This presentation will also show how MIRA has modelled and employed electronic torque distribution to enhance a vehicle’s dynamic performance.

Speakers Include: Angus Lock and Lorenzo Pinto

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11.00 - 12.00 Sherrards Employment Law Ltd - Redundancy Re-structuring and New Rules on Migrant Workers
Harry Sherrard, principal at Sherrards Employment Law Solicitors, together with Trevor Wornham, principal at immigration lawyers Wornham & Co., will run an interactive workshop on the legal issues affecting the employment of migrant workers and how to handle redundancy and general employment problems practically and cost effectively and, above all, within the law.

Speakers Include: Mr Harry Sherrard (Employment Law Specialist) and Mr Trevor Wornham (Immigration Law Specialist)

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14.00 - 15.00 Delcam - More efficient manufacture of autosport components
Computer-aided manufacturing techniques offer huge benefits to autosport companies that want to reduce costs, increase productivity, improve quality and minimise delivery times. This presentation will review a series of case studies showing how these benefits have been achieved in applications as diverse as engine port machining and composite part manufacture.

Speaker: Peter Dickin, Marketing Manager for Delcam

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15.30 - 16.30 Keltie - Intellectual Property - be the pigeon, not the statue
Keltie is a leading firm of patent and trade mark attorneys that thrives on working with creative businesses.
Keltie and the solicitors Steeles Law are joining forces to run this workshop about using IP strategically to add value to your business.

Speakers Include: Sullivan Fountain, Patent Attorney, Keltie, Joanne Hopley, Patent Attorney, Keltie and James Tarling, Solicitor, Steeles Law

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Friday 9th January 2009

11.30 - 12.30 Barker Johnson Peal - Marketing in a recession
How to make your marketing budget stretch further and more effectively in a recession. Topics covered include: shaping your strategy to support your business plan; trends in online marketing; techniques to help your company punch above its weight, including effective PR, search engine optimisation and tapping into the YouTube phenomenon.

Speakers Include: Patrick Peal & Thomas Cowper Johnson, directors of marketing strategy specialists Barker Johnson Peal with guest speaker Charles Darley, MD of digitally-led full-service marketing agency BGD

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