Programme Speakers
David Maddison
In 1982, David formed Maddison Associates, which became Maddison Limited in 1986. Maddison Limited is now a leading UK product design and development consultancy specialising in medical, scientific, building and electronic products. It provides both stylish and commercially successful design solutions to an international list of clients, including such major companies as Johnson & Johnson Healthcare and Procter & Gamble.
Maddison's reputation is based on ability to both innovate and engineer products to meet end user, marketing and technical constraints. As a result of this, Maddison has won several awards for the development of commercially successful products in different market sectors, including Medical Futures 'Best Diagnostic Innovation' Award (2003) for the 'Firstburst Urine Collector' on behalf of University of Cambridge and Innovation in the use of Plastics (Horner Award) for the Heat Exchanger designed for Vent Axia Ltd.
The Maddison offices, based in Fittleworth, West Sussex, include both studio and workshop facilities and provide a comprehensive development service to international clients and European companies. Maddison operates advanced 3D CAD software, the preferred platform being SolidWorks.
David has a wealth of knowledge and experience of the design, development and product procurement process. David lectures to both industry and academia including Portsmouth and Sussex University and was appointed mentor to ISIS in December 2006.
