Agenda

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Plenary Session Chair: Julie Donnelly, Programme Manager, ASCENT, Tyndall National Institute
9:00am	Welcome Eoin O’Driscoll, Chairman & Acting CEO, Tyndall National Institute
9:10am	Opening address Frances Fitzgerald TD, Tánaiste & Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation
9:20am	Keynote - Semiconductor manufacturing: A look to the future Ann Kelleher, Corporate Vice President & General Manager, Technology & Manufacturing Group, Intel
9:50am	The migration of optical technology onto silicon photonics Andrew Rickman OBE, Chairman & CEO, Rockley Photonics
10:10am	Our changing industry, including soft borders Peter Real, Senior Vice President & CTO, Analog Devices
10:30am	Tyndall Alumni Achievement Award TBA
Smart Manufacturing Chair: Mary Shire, Vice President for Research, University of Limerick
11:20am	AR in advanced manufacture Paul Sweeney, VP & General Manager, DAQRI International
11:40am	Agri-robotics: current advances - future perspectives Dionysis Bochtis, Lincoln Institute for agri-food technology (LIAT), University of Lincoln, UK
12:00	CONFIRM – Smart Manufacturing, A new SFI Research Centre Conor McCarthy, Director, CONFIRM SFI Centre
12:20pm	Digital Dairy – Utilising sensor and ICT technology for SMART manufacture Mark Fenelon, Head of Food Programme, Teagasc
12:40pm	Tyndall elevator pitches Graeme Maxwell - Advanced Manufacturing Niamh Creedon - Smart sensing systems for Agriculture, Environment & Security Fatima Gunning - Future Communications Ray O Cinneide - Energy Management Lisa Helen - Smart Medtech
1:00pm	Lunch and demonstrations
	Future Communications Chair: Kieran Drain, GM & CTO, Soraa	Smart Medtech Chair: Helen Whelton, Head of College of Medicine & Health, UCC
2:10pm	Towards terabit transmission – Optical innovation for long term internet growth Kevin Smith, Head of Transport Futures and Innovation, BT	Towards the next generation of smart catheters and bioelectronics medicines Ronald Dekker, Principal Scientist, Philips Research & part-time Professor Technical University of Delft
2:30pm	Future communications and the creation of time Julie Byrne, Executive Director, Bell Labs Ireland	Advancing bioelectronics development Rory Murphy, Founder, Intelligent Implants
2:50pm	How to build a quantum computer using photons Emanuele Pelucchi, Head of Group - Epitaxy & Physics of Nanostructures, Tyndall National Institute (IPIC)	When neurostimulation and photonics meet: a short story of an excellent collaboration Pascal Doguet, COO & CTO, Synergia Medical
3:10pm	Enabling hyperscale data centre interconnect David Ryan, Senior Business Development Manager, MACOM	The role of biophotonics in medical technology Stefan Andersson-Engels, Head of Biophotonics, Tyndall National Institute (IPIC) & Department of Physics, UCC
	Energy Management Chair: Jerry Murphy, Director MaREI, UCC	Smart Drug Delivery Systems Chair: Dominic Carolan, CEO, NIBRT
4:00pm	The role of buildings in the digital grid Murilo Bonilha, General Manager, UTRC Ireland	Wearable drug delivery: Enhancing the patient experience Chris Evans, Vice President, Global Innovation, West Pharmaceutical Services
4:20pm	Storage 4 grid Giovanni Paolucci, Alperia SpA	Feasibility study of a UACR point of care test kit for the diagnosis of nephropathy Didier R Lefebvre, Senior Principal Research Engineer, AbbVie
4:40pm	Key developments in low carbon and energy efficient buildings research Beth Massey, Head of Research, IERC	Microsystems meet medicine: smart devices for personalised drug delivery Conor O’Mahony, Senior Research Scientist, Tyndall National Institute
5:00pm	Closing address from Rapporteur Peter Smyth, Commercial Director, Tyndall National Institute	Closing address from Rapporteur Julie Donnelly, Programme Manager, Tyndall National Institute
5:10pm	Networking reception