Monday 24 November, 2pm-3pm, Room 3B, ICC Wales
Please note you must register as a Wales Tech Week attendee to attend this Workshop.
Lessons from around the world on scaling smart, avoiding common traps, and what’s next in agile retrofitting.
This workshop, hosted and partnered by Arcadis, explores how agile retrofitting boosts resilience and supports growth across industries. Drawing on Arcadis’ expertise in semiconductors, manufacturing, and process plants, we’ll share global insights, practical strategies, and lessons for successful retrofitting projects. In addition to sharing insights, data and benchmarks, there will be discussion, debate and learning from each other.
Who should attend?
This workshop is ideal for professionals responsible for driving operational excellence, resilience, and growth across industrial and technical facilities. You should attend if you are:
- – Facility managers and operations leaders overseeing manufacturing, semiconductor, data centre, or process plant sites
- – Engineers and project managers involved in retrofitting, upgrading, or future-proofing operational facilities
- – Sustainability, efficiency, or continuous improvement specialists seeking actionable strategies to enhance performance
- – Decision-makers looking to adopt smart, agile approaches while avoiding common pitfalls in facility upgrades
- – Industry professionals keen to learn from global case studies, share experiences, and gain practical insights for scalable, resilient operations
Key topics covered:
- – Global Insights and Best Practices: Learn from Arcadis’ work with global and UK/Wales-based clients, including what works and common mistakes to avoid in retrofitting operational sites.
- – Smart Retrofitting Approaches: Discover strategies for upgrading utilities, developing brownfield sites, and managing equipment with minimal disruption and maximum efficiency.
- – Handling Operational Challenges: Explore techniques for retrofitting live sites, managing change, and adapting to shifting operational needs.
- – Future-Proofing Facilities: Discuss emerging tools, technologies, and methods to make facilities scalable and resilient.
- – Practical Tools and Frameworks: Get hands-on with Arcadis’ tools and methods to optimise retrofitting for cost, speed, and sustainability.
- – Attendees will walk away with actionable insights from real-world case studies, tips to avoid common pitfalls, and ideas for building adaptable, high-performing facilities in a fast-changing industrial world.
Register for the Retrofitting for Resilience Workshop
Partnered by
Arcadis is a leading global partner, delivering some of the most transformative projects with businesses, cities and industries. With 36,000 people active in more than 30 countries, we bring together the best minds from around the world to deliver intelligent products and solutions across the environment, energy, water, buildings, transport and infrastructure sectors.