International Virtual Conference on Industry 4.0 (eBook)

Carl Diver is Academic Lead on Industry 4.0 and Reader in Industrial Digitalization at Manchester Metropolitan University. Carl joined Manchester Metropolitan University in 2018 to lead the University's Industry 4.0 activities. Before academia, Carl worked in the manufacturing sector for over 20 years, ?rstly for a large multinational and then establishing his consultancy. At Delphi Automotive Systems, Carl's focus was on fuel injection equipment from both an R&D and manufacturing angle. More recently, Carl led Industry 4.0 activity, research, and teaching for the manufacturing group in the School of Mechanical Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. He helped establish the academic conference at the Industry 4.0 summit in Manchester, and his Ph.D. students won international competitions such as the Siemens Open Space challenge at Hannover Messe in 2018. Carl has been speaking about Industry 4.0 at conferences and events in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He is an Associate Co-editor of the Virtual and Physical Prototyping Journal and continues helping businesses with more advanced, ef?cient, and controlled processes.