Attendance at Manufacturing Solutions 2023 and the keynote sessions qualify as CPD hours for Engineers Ireland members and contribute to your professional development  

FULL PRESENTATION PROGRAMME IS BELOW

Lecture Hall 4A01 on Main Street

Day 1 – Wednesday 14th June

10:00 Welcome by TUS President and Minister of State Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

Opening Remarks: Prof. Vincent Cunnane followed by Minister Niall Collins, TD

10:20 Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative Industry Projects in Ireland: Current vs. Future

Keynote Sessions

10:40  Steven Halliday, Rolls-Royce: Advanced Fixtures And Tooling – Drivers For Enhanced Performance 

11:00 Kieran Kelleher, Rob Geary, Zimmer Biomet: Manufacturing Digitalisation – The Journey to Predictive Maintenance in the Medical Device Industry

11:30 Panel: Efficiency Improvements Across Manufacturing Processes – End-Users

Industry Case Studies: NITC/AMIC, EC Precision, Nightingale HQ, Hybrid TP
Industry Discussion: Grant Funding Supports 

12:00 Panel: Grant Funding Potential – Opportunities for Industry

 

Industry Case Studies

12:30 Panel: Accessing National and European Funding Supports – Success and Non-Success Stories: Industry Discussion: Advanced Manufacturing Organisations

 

LUNCH & NETWORKING (13:00-14:00) 

Data Acquisition and Visualisation Industry Discussion: Digital and Automation
Providers 

14:00 Dominic Mullins: Digital Lead, Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre –

Digitalisation of a manufacturing process: What does this mean and how is it achieved?

14:30 Decarbonisation of Manufacturing in Ireland: Best Practices

 

Industry Discussion: Industry Key Learnings

15:00 Towards a Greener Economy Industry Discussion: Cutting Edge Green Solutions

Day 1 Close at 15:30 

19:00 Gala Dinner Strand Hotel Limerick

 

Day 2 – Thursday 15th June

10:00 – Official Welcome

Opening Remarks: EIT Manufacturing and IDEAM Cluster European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) –Bringing European Manufacturers Together:

10:15 Dr. Christian Bölling: An Introduction to the EIT Manufacturing Ecosystem 

10:45 Dr. Jan- Marc Lischka, Dr. Dominik Lausch | Moderated by: Dr Wolfgang Kniejski : Best Practices in International Cooperation Industry Discussion: 

WORKSHOP – Where: Staff Restaurant

11:30 – Aspects of Innovation Financing

Ruth Kearney, Tony Woods | Moderated by: Amardeep Banerjee Open Workshop: Innovation Financing

Decarbonisation of Manufacturing
Lecture Hall 4A01 on Main Street

11.30 Welcome and Introductions 

11:40 Barry O’Sullivan, IDA Board Member, Chairman Shannon Estuary Economic Task Force: Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce Vision and Strategy. 

12:00 Shane Egan, Regional Energy Engineering Manager, Tipperary Energy Agency: Pathways to decarbonisation for industry; Q&A

12:30 Tom Marren, CEO. Astatine Delivering decarbonisation solutions; Q&A 

12.50 Philip Connolly, KPMG Biomethane – a decarbonisation option for industry; Q&A –

 

LUNCH & NETWORKING 
All sessions are open and free to attend event
*line up is subject to change