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See some of the great things people are saying about the First Friday Club experience.

Lombard
Weidmuller
Institute of Asset Management
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Variohm
Moog
Guardian Water Treatment
Walenius
The Renewables Event
The Energy Event
IET
BCAS

Schneider Electric

Sabien
ABB
Gambica Association
Rockwell Automation
Baldor
Emerson
Nexans
SICK
Omron
PILZ Automation
Primary Engineer

EAMA
TR Controls
Schneider Electric
EEF
Primary Engineer Programmes
Midland ACS
iGus
Powervar
Micro Epsilon
Global Sense
Nuclear Institute

Andrew Bartlett,
Director of Science and Engineering Chart.PR FCIPR C.Eng

Definition Agency

“The First Friday Editor Briefings are the best opportunity to communicate and influence the manufacturing, engineering and industrial sector. The events are meticulously organised to ensure editors receive the most relevant and newsworthy information, guaranteeing that their attendance is worthwhile time and again. The team are a pleasure to work with and I am sure we will be participating again for a third time.”

“I find the First Friday Club an invaluable source of news and networking opportunities. The companies selected to present always have interesting information to impart, whether it be the launch of a new product or addressing market issues. Guest speakers – such as those from BARA, MAKE UK and The Energy Institute – are a particularly notable element of the First Friday Club and add a further dimension in terms of background knowledge and current thinking.”

Charlotte Stonestreet, Editor

Controls, Drives & Automation

‘The First Friday Club has been a very useful and worthwhile regular event for us for many years now and continues to be with always attracting some of the leading companies and biggest names in our industry. It’s an excellent opportunity to meet many of those key people working for the leading companies and chat to them in-depth about their new products and developments and what they think the future trends for the market are going to be. The presentations by these companies are often carried out by one of their sales engineers so tend to be very knowledgeable, informative and straightforward presentations which we find extremely useful when you’re reporting in a “non-nonsense” way. We will certainly continue to use the FFC as a core means of gaining first hand information on the latest new products.”

Greg Horsley, Editor

Process and Control Today

“First Friday Editors’ Briefings collect together a number of presentations that saves me time while retaining the value of face-to-face meetings, which always yield more interesting and divergent conversations! Also, with the variety of presenting companies there are invariably opportunities for learning something completely new, resulting in broader editorial coverage for our readers. I also enjoy meeting with the FFC team and my peers in the technical press – it’s often the best way of finding out what’s going on in our industry!”

Tim Fryer, Technology Editor

E&T Magazine

“As journalists, contacts and access are among our most sought-after commodities. After all, we’ve all experienced the difficulties and frustrations of getting to speak to the right person with the right expertise to put ‘meat on the bones’ of our stories.

By bringing together high-profile speakers in one place on one day, The First Friday Club constitutes an incredibly valuable resource for busy editors. That it does so in a relaxed and convivial context is a huge bonus, meaning as it does that speakers are happy to give you time to expand upon points or go into greater detail. Furthermore, contacts made at The First Friday Club remain contacts far beyond the day itself, meaning you’re not just getting a day’s worth of content, but potentially years of insight and knowledge.

I have been attending the First Friday Club for nearly 15 years now and in that time have acquired dozens of contacts from it upon whom I still call today”.

Paul Fanning, Editorial Director (Industrial)

Mark Allen Group

“I have always found the First Friday Club a very informative and useful event. The structure of the presentations is always very efficient and there is always plenty of opportunity for networking with the various presenters in the afternoon. For me, the key benefit I have always thought the FFC brought to the press is the multiple presenter format. In this day and age, when everyone is very busy and time is precious, it is so advantageous to be able to attend one event and glean as much information as you would from attending several individual events, thus saving a lot of time. With the FFC you are effectively getting 3/4 press conferences in one – it’s a format that enables us to do our job much more efficiently.”

Joe Bush, Editor

The Manufacturer

“I have been attending the First Friday Club for many years now and I find it it is the best place to network with top people in the industry, gather multiple news stories and save me time when it comes to broadening my contacts.”

Richard Barrett

Freelance Technical Writer

Briefings are usually held on the first Friday of each month at a central London location. Commercial organisations can apply to speak alongside academics and industry leaders. Commercial slots are restricted to four per briefing and applications to speak are assessed by our editorial panel.

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