09:30-10:00 Registration & Networking Breakfast
10:00-10:05	Welcome remarks 
				• Siobhán Dean, Deputy Director, BioPharmaChem Ireland  
10:05-10:20 	Opening Address  
				• TBC 
10:20-11:00 	Skills for Biopharma: Policy, Funding, and the Talent Landscape 
				• Chair: Orla Callan, Managing Director, Innopharma Education
				• Professor Stephen Kinsella, Professor of Economics, University of Limerick
				• Helen McMahon, Skills Policy & Strategic Partnership Lead
				• Dr Kara McGann, Head of Skills & Social Policy, Ibec 
11:00- 11:10 	Tea and Coffee Break
11:10-11:50	Tackling the Skills Gap: Innovative Training, Skills Development and Delivery  
			Chair: TBC
				• Dr John Milne, Director of Bioprocessing Training Alliances and Innovation, NIBRT
				• Justin Purcell, Development Advisor, Skillnet Ireland
				• Breda O’Toole, Head of Talent Transformation & Innovation, IDA Ireland
				• Dr Sarah Hayes, Chief Operating Officer, SSPC
11:50- 13:00	Breakout Discussions on Skills Challenges & Opportunities
				• Digital Skills & Innovation
				• Sustainable & Green Skills
				• Regulation
				• Leadership & Transversal Skills
				• Core STEMM
Facilitators:
				• Jamie Guidera, Business Development & Commercialisation Manager, SSPC
				• Damon Warnock, Centre Director, PMTC
				• Dr Tracey Larkin, Senior Lecturer Applied Science, Technological University
				• Ciaran Crosbie, Associate Director RDU Quality Learning Process Champion, Alexion Pharmaceuticals
13:00-13:45 Lunch
13:45- 14:05 	Skills Framework Launch
				• Susan Costello, Network Director, BioPharmaChem Skillnet
14:05-14:25 	Case Study: Takeda Ireland 
				• Paula Kearney, Site Learning Lead, Takeda Ireland
14:25-15:05	Building a Culture of Lifelong Learning 
				• Chair: Dr Rabah Mouras, Centre Manager, PMTC
				• Paul Deasy, Learning & Capabilities Lead, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
				• Mary Lyons, Director of Enterprise, Employees and Skills at SOLAS
				• Paula Kearney, Site Learning Lead, Takeda Ireland
15:05- 15:30 	Closing