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