Eplan Announced as Partners at Next Gen Makers Engineering Skills Conference 2025

What is the Next Gen Makers Engineering Skills Conference?

The Engineering Skills Conference – ran by Next Gen Makers – is a national event to be held on Thursday 30^th October 2025, sharing insight and best practice regarding future proofing the UK engineering workforce and featuring a broad range of keynote speakers and panel discussions.

When & Where?

The Engineering Skills Conference is free to attend and will be held at MTC Training, Ansty Park, Coventry between 9:30am and 2:30pm.

This will see early careers insight and best practice sharing as well as networking for around 200 delegates.

How Eplan Supports Education

At Eplan, we are committed to encouraging and supporting new entrants into the engineering profession. To action this philosophy, we  offer our software free of charge to higher education colleges and universities to help support apprenticeship training.

The only cost to the college is a small annual charge for access to both the expert team on the Eplan helpdesk, access to the Eplan Data Portal, and for annual software updates.

An example of our commitment to widening education for engineers is our work with Coleg Cambria and LCA Group. The college use Eplan in their courses, and LCA Group financially support the annual charge for students to gain access to Eplan support. This consists of software updates and helpdesk facilities for 5 years.

We also provide lesson plan materials to ensure that students gain the essential skills and understanding to effectively operate the software, in addition to the comprehensive training provided to the course lecturer.

Why You Should Attend NextGen Makers Engineering Skills Conference

Eplan Country Director Ken Christie will be delivering a keynote speech at the Engineering Skills Conference, expanding on their important work in this area.

In addition to facilitating networking between those with apprenticeship and early careers responsibilities in UK engineering & manufacturing, the event will also feature multiple keynote speakers and panel discussions.

Key topics include:

• Changing perceptions & attracting talent
• Employer branding for the next generation
• An AI Approach to Skills Based Talent Management
• Leveraging Diversity and Inclusion to solve skills challenges
• Apprentice Panel Discussion – How to create a great Apprentice Experience
• Celebrating Achievements for Businesses and Apprentices
• The Changing Landscape of Technical Education
• Navigating Apprenticeship Assessment Reform

Places for the Conference are limited to a capacity of 200 delegates.