AGENDA FOR MANUFACTURING IN IRELAND
10 December 2025
Cork Ibec Office Penrose One, T23KW81
10,00 -1030 Registration, Tea/coffee in arrival
10.30 -10.35 Welcome and Opening Comments
Sharon Higgins, Executive Director, Membership and Sectors, Ibec
10.35-10.50 4th Annual Manufacturing in Ireland Report
Sharon Higgins, Executive Director, Membership and Sectors, Ibec
10.50-11.40 Manufacturing in a Shifting World: Navigating Competitiveness, Geopolitics, and
Global Trade
Chair: Sharon Higgins, Executive Director, Membership and Sectors. Ibec
• Pat Ivory, Director of EU and International Affairs, Ibec
• Brian Killen, Digital Transformation Lead, MSD,
• Jackie Murphy, General Manager at Alcon Ireland
• James Fulham, Chief Operating Officer, North Cork Creameries
11.40-12.00 Networking Break
12.00-12.50 Harnessing the Potential of the National Manufacturing Ecosystem
Chair: Sinead Keogh, Director of BioPharmaChem, Head of Sectors, Ibec
• Gerard Brady, Head of National Policy and Chief Economist, Ibec
• Maeve Byne, EVP and Site Head Sterling Pharma Solutions
• Sharon O’Brien, Director, OBW Technologies Limited
• Sean Gayer, VP Operations at Boston Scientific Cork
12.50-13.00 Closing Comments
Sharon Higgins, Executive Director, Membership and Sectors. Ibec
13.00-13.30 Lunch & Network