MEETING AGENDA

9.30-10.00        Registration – Tea & Coffee, Networking

10:00 -10:10     Welcome 
                          Siobhán Dean, Deputy Director Biopharmachem Ireland 

Opening remarks 
                          Tim Shanahan, VP External Manufacturing Operations at Ipsen 
                           Incoming BPCI Board Chairperson 

Panel 1  
 
10:10- 10:50     The Macro View – Policy, Trade & Competitiveness
                          Chair:  Sinead Keogh, Director of Biopharmachem Ireland

Panel:               Jackie king, Executive Director, Ibec 

                          Fergus Sharpe, Government Affairs & Policy Lead, Janssen Sciences Ireland, 
                          BPCI Public Affairs working group Chair

                          Fergal O’Donovan, Executive Director, Quality Head, MSD Biotech Dublin    
                          BPCI QRA steering group Chair

10:50-11:00      Working Group updates 3 mins each  
                          Joe Coffey, Global Quality Systems & Compliance MSD 
                          BPCI GXP Training Committee chair

                         Jim Hackett, Supply Chain Sr Director at BioMarin
                         BPCI Supply Chain Committee chair

                         Cillian McCabe, Senior Scientific Director: Global Biologics, Eli Lilly & Company
                         BPCI MSAT Committee Chair

11:00-11:20      Networking break 
 
11:20-11:25      Working Groups updates 3 mins each  
                          Julie Devereux, Director Digital Site Lead @ Pfizer Grange Castle, 
                          BPCI Digitalisation group/ Large Molecules Chair

                          Michael Kililea, Director of Operations at VLE Therapeutics, 
                          BPCI Operational Excellence Chair

Panel 2      
11:25-12:10      Sustainable Operations & Resilient Supply Chains 
                          Chair:   Micheal Kilkelly, Senior EHS Executive at BioPharmaChem Ireland 

Panel:                Brian Killen, Global OpEx and Digital Transformation Lead, MMD    
                           BPCI Sustainability steering Group& BPCI Broad member
 
                          Aine Spillane, EHS Senior Manager at Amgen Inc. 
                          BPCI Process Safety Committee Chair  
                                                                
                          Ruadhri Mohally, EHS Manager at AbbVie,  
                          BPCI EHS Committee Chair

                          Colt Schafer, Site Sustainability Officer at J & J Innovative Medicine 

12:10- 12:20     Working Group updates 3 Mins Each 
                           Paul Deasy, Learning and capabilities Lead at Janssen BIO
                           BPCI Learning and Development Committee Chair

                          Melanie White, Learning, and capabilities Lead at JnJ
                          BPCI Skillnet Steering Committee Chair

                         Ciaran Crosbie , Associate Director RDU Quality Learning Process Champion,   
                         Laboratory Apprenticeship Steering Group Chair     
 
12:20-12:30     Q&A From the Floor

12:30-12:40     Closing Remarks 
                         Siobhán Dean Deputy Director Biopharmachem Ireland

12.40-13.30      Networking Lunch

 

Start Date March 25, 2026
Time 9.30am
Duration 4hrs
Delegate Price Free
Location Maryborough Hotel
Type Forums and workshops
Contact siobhan.dean@ibec.ie