Cohort 4 researcher, Steve Ward explains;
On Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th March I attended the Ambition UK Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Expo. This ran alongside the Security and Counter Terror Expo, and Forensics Europe Expo as part of UK Security Week, hosted at the Olympia, London.
During the expo I represented my co-sponsor company INMM (In Manibus Meis), demonstrating the research currently being undertaken at Loughborough University as part of the CDT-EI, and its link with their commercial offerings. Whilst at the event, I spent time on the companies exhibition stand meeting key stake holders and gaining a deeper insight into the operation of the business. There was a few prominent interested parties the company will be exploring further. Additionally, over the course of the two days there were opportunities to expand my own personal network, and attend a variety of talks by a wide range of interesting speakers as part of the conference programme. The insights gained from this will be extremely beneficial in applying my research outputs, taking into account the current relevant problems within the wider industry.
