National Procurement Summit 2020 | Premier Publishing Ltd | 29 January 2020 | Citywest Hotel, Garters Ln, Saggart, Co. Dublin, D24 KF8A, Ireland

This gathering of over 1000 procurement directors, sourcing directors, senior management and supply chain directors is the ultimate procurement and supply chain conference and exhibition in Ireland.

This is a sourcing exhibition and conference where you meet sourcing, procurement, purchasing and buying professionals from both government and the private sector. The exhibition will offer you easy access to procurement professionals ensuring that you can learn more about their requirements and meet their needs.

Over 100 speakers and 100 exhibitors will inform and educate the senior purchasing, sourcing and supply chain executives who have gathered to meet with suppliers and keep up-to-date with the latest industry innovations, best practice and new technology solutions.

2020 Speakers

Philip Gurnett
Director Education Procurement Service (EPS) & head of sourcing education

Philip Lee
Managing Partner, Philip Lee

Fergal Power
Head of Procurement, IT&T and Security daa

Ingrid De Doncker
CEO, iDDea.

Iva Gaspar
Head of Demand Planning & Forecasting, City Wonders

Dermot Connolly
Head of Global Business Development, Exertis.

Andy Burgess
Technical Sales Manager, Aqua Enviro.

Ian Beckett
Chief Executive Officer, Eirtight Technology Ltd

Alejandro Rosales
Science and Technology Manager, Visum Ltd.

Matthew Branch
Engineering Manager, VERDE LED

Dr Alan Hernon
Precision Engineering and Manufacturing Technology Gateway Manager, PEM Gateway

Dr Ramesh Raghavendra
SEAM Centre Director & Technology Gateway Manager.

Donal O’Donovan
Business Development Manager, Protel Associates Ltd.

John MacNamara
Chief Executive, BCM (Business Cost Management)

Gary Bradley
Country Manager, RS Ireland.

Ben Johnson
Account Manager, Ultimaker

Justin Leonard
The Chain Director, igus ®

John Horsley
Technical Manager, BOFA International

Enrico Paolucci
Global Account Manager – Business Development – Industries, BR- Automation

Shane Robinson
Senior Technical Architect, Dataworks

Brian Cooney
General Manager, Kuka Robotics Ireland Ltd.

Tim Kernohan
Sales Manager, Solid Solutions Management Ltd

Lorraine McCann
Senior Manager and Leader, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY Ireland

Jean Williams
Researcher, UCD

Alan Fogarty
Sustainability Partner , Cundall.

Pat Kirwan
Associate, Henry J Lyons, Architects

Elaine Gardiner
Programme Manager, Graduate Education, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Peter Cuthbert
Horticultural Services- Invasive Species

Dr Barry Murphy
Chief Technology Officer, Electrical Analytics

Stefano Messori
Design Strategist & Corporate Trainer

Conor V Casey
CEO, Casey Technology

Mary Cronin
Founder, UpThinkInnovation Agency

Robert Hernan
Senior Lean Specialist, Enterprise Ireland

Dermot Freeman
Managing Director, Dermot Freeman & Associates.

Dr. Houssem Jerbi
Data Science and Analytics Consultant, Smart pmo

Niall Keely
R&D Manager and eLearning Specialist, Central Solutions

Rachel Joyce
Lean & Green Skillnet Manager, Central Solutions

Christoph Mützel
CEO, Friedrich Sailer GmbH

Brendan Sheppard
CEO, SmartFactory

Pete Thompson
Managing Director, Invisible Systems

David Johnson
Chief Technical Officer, Global Polymer Consulting Ltd.

Dr. Paul Cummins
Managing Director,SeaChange Ltd.

Kay Baxter
Inspector, Health and Safety Authority

Donal Hubbard
Lean Sensei and Blackbelt, HSigma, Ireland

Brian Murphy
Head of Trade Services, Irish Exporters Association

Richard Stafford
Founder & CEO, Apridata

Shane Blaney
Quality Manager, Designer Group

Victor Hrymak
Fire & Safety Consultant and Principal Lecturer for the MSc in Environmental Health & Safety, at the Dublin Institute of Technology

Susanne Carpenter
Quality Consultant and Trainer, CG Business Consulting

Karol Dabrowski
Head of Product Development, EviView Ltd

Rob George
Senior Asset Care Manager, CooperVision.

Caroline Geoghegan
Managing Director, CG Business

Edward Sweeney
Professor of Logistics and Director, Aston Logistics & Systems Institute, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

Andrew Davidson
Regional Vice President, Northern Europe & Africa, Fastenal Company

Paula McNicholas
Principal Consultant & Director, Lean Team Strategies Ltd

Mark Fontaine
Westhart- Business Process Improvement Manager,University of Limerick

David McGoldrick
Human Resources Director, Comfort Keepers

Victor Branagan
Coach, Podcaster, Clearly Sustainable

John Mcauley
Managing Director, Compliance Engineering International

Marie Maddock
Operations Manager, Valeo Foods

Aidan Magner
Managing Director, Simple Supply Solutions Ltd.

Dr. Brian Connolly
Marketing and Business Development Manager, Cherry Picker

Karin Lanigan
Manager-Career Development and Coaching Service, Chartered Accountants Ireland

Christian Yordanov
Director, GDPRsetup

Dejan Cusic
Business Director, Ireland & UK at Comtrade Digital Services

Maurice Ryan
Timberland Investment Manager, Green Belt

Darina Eades
Senior Adviser on Corporate Responsibility, Business In The Community Ireland

Robert Healy
Principal Consultant, Ammeon

Hamilton Viorel Niculescu
PhD Student and Lecturer, Dublin City University

Stephen Healy
Program Manager and Business Architect, Intel

Pat Smith
Managing Director, Local Power Ltd

James Hogan
Programme Manager, Green Business Programme

Mark McLean
Technical Director, Team Horizon

Oonagh Mcardle
Senior Supply Chain Sustainability Specialist, The Dow Chemical Company

Pat Barry
CEO, Irish Green Building Council

Lee Tunney-Ware
Entrepreneur, Psychotherapist, Stress Management Counsellor

Claire Rountree
Research Director, Interactions Ltd

Thomas Gilligan
Director of Services, Mayo County Council

Catherine Canning
Group Quality Coordinator, DPS Engineering

Gerard Gibney
Business Development Manager, Coface – UK & Ireland

Brian Matthews
Senior Consultant & Trainer, Aurora Business Development ltd

Katrina Macintosh
Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast

Nellie Horvath
Rural Development Officer of Dublin Rural LEADER, Fingal LEADER Partnership

Clodagh O’Reilly
Chief Executive, Recreate Ireland

April Danann
Food Scientist, Fermentation Specialist

Jean-Manuel LeJeune
Continuous Improvement Manager, DAA

Thomas Mcgrath
Chief Executive, Cognition

Martina Caplice
Environmental Ecologist/North Bull Island Volunteer

Rohit Thakral
CEO, Target Integration, Ireland

Edel Kennedy
Head of Marketing, UrbanVolt

Tony Mannion
Sales Development Manager, SolutionsPT

Trevor Montague
Environmental Consultant, Geosyntec Consultants

Eddie McNally
Experienced Operations Manager

Dr. Marc Cashin
Business Management Lecturer, Operations & Supply Chain Management, Business Modelling

Samantha Magee
Founder & Chief Learning Officer, Symposium Learning

Nick Ashmore
CEO, SBCI

John Madigan
Head of Marketing and Research, SBCI

Henry O’D Thompson
Manager, The OldBuilders Company

Paul J. Walsh
Director of Operations, FUTUREPOINT™

Derry O Donnell
Project Manager, Zero Waste Cashel

Michael Sinnott
Director of Agile, UCD Agile, University College Dublin

Dr. Emmet English
Director and Principal Acoustic Consultant, Resonate Consultants

Donal McCarthy
CEO, Commercial Mushroom Producers Ltd

Stephen Healy
Program Manager and Business Architect, Intel

Dr. Leo Fleming-Farrell
Quality Consultant, Celestica Ireland Ltd.

Arthur Middleton
Technical Director, Arthur Middleton Ltd.

James O’Sullivan
Technology Transfer Director, Waterford Institute of Technology

Noel Gibbons
Lead Programme Manager, Anecto

Richard Neill
Product Marketing Manager for Industrial Identification, Balluff Limited

Ivan Kelly
Global Supply Chain R&D Program Manager, HP Inc

Kate Kerrane
Electrical and Energy Engineer, ESB

Peter Whelan
Director of Audit & investigations, Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Richard White
Sales Director of LVP, Conveyor Systems and LVP Renewables

Nathan Nangle
Technical sales and Support Engineer, LVP Conveyor Systems

Mark Boda
Industrial Engineer/CEO, Solofy

Shane Regan
Research Fellow in Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin

Eamonn Redmond
Operations Manager, Lily O’Briens Chocolates

Liam Cassidy
Managing Director, LCL Consult Ltd.

Martin Coules
Director, Pyramid Safety

David Fagan
Lawyer – Head of Privacy Legal & Compliance,GDPR.ie

Graham Kench
Manager for New Member Acquisition, Chartered Quality Institute.

Ian Patrick McEvoy
Systems Implementer, OSSM

David Hanlon
Team lead on the Change Management team, PAYE modernisation project

Sinead Sweeney
Change and Communications manager , PAYE modernisation project

Claire Byrne
International Contracting Sustainability Lead, Mace Group

Conor O’Donoghue
Director of Operations, Juku Gear, Dublin

Niamh Sterling
Consultant, HBAN

David Casey
Wellness & Health Promotion Manager/Dental Professional at DeCare

Cathal Finch
Technical Sales Engineer,Tyrolit Abrasives

Desmond Savage
MESA Ireland Chairperson and MOM Consultant ATS Global

Derek McGarry
Head of Innovation & Engagement, National College of Art & Design

Karl Thomas
Innovation Consultant, Creatovation

Alan McMahon
Senior Analytics Consultant, Presidion

Chris Dawkins
Quality Manager,Cartamundi Ireland

Kieran O’Byrne
Managing Director, ECCL

Malte Schlueter
Director for Food & Beverage and Consumer Packaged Goods,Mitsubishi Electric Europe, Factory Automation – European Business Group

Brian Handcock
Head of Sustainability, John Sisk & Son

Bernard Chanliau
Executive Leadership and Team Coach,BC & Associates Leadership Team Coaching

Paula O Reilly
Associate Director – Procurement Recruitment, Capital Markets Search

Laura Foley
Industry Liaison, Limerick Institute of Technology

Callum Poole
Senior Business Development Manager, Herbst Software

Carmel O’Dwyer
Commercial Director, BPS Crowthorne.

Mary White
Business Development Standards Manager, NSAI

Colm O’Rourke
Business Development Officer, NSAI Medical Devices

Fergal O’Byrne
Head of Business Excellence, NSAI

Tony Kerins
Head of New Business, Peninsula Business Services Ireland & Graphite HRM.

Peter Nolan
World Wide President, BD Medical Pharmaceutical Systems

Brian O’Kennedy
Executive Director of Verego and CEO of Clearstream Solutions

Dr. Andrew Lynch
Chief Innovation & Network Officer, IMR

Professor Dr. Richard Keegan BE, Ceng, MComm, Phd, FIEI
Manager, Competitiveness Department, Enterprise Ireland, encompassing Lean Business, Benchmarking and Sustainability, Trinity Business School,Trinity College Dublin

Uri Zilberman
Regional Director, UK & Ireland, Priority Software

Colette Fitzpatrick
TV3 Broadcaster

Lindsey Buchet
Financial Director, Trident Safety Group

Charles Robinson
Associate Director, Noel Lawler Green Energy Solutions

Barry Heavey
Director of Life Sciences, Accenture Ireland

Alan Hendry
Director of Sustainability – Sustainability Centre of Excellence, Jacobs

Harald Scherner
General Manager, Festo Hungary

Howard Knott
Logistics Consultant, Irish Exporters Association

Conall Laverty
Founder & CEO, Wia

Sinead Moore
Teacher/Social Justice Advocate

Dr. Con Sheahan
PhD in Computer Integrated Manufacturing, UL

Prof. Conor McCarthy
Associate Professor of Aeronautical Engineering, University of Limerick

Jim Fitzsimons
Technical Consultant, Helix Innovation Partnerships

Eoin Christian
Managing Director, GRENKE

William Jones
eLearning Programme Manager, One World Learning Ltd

Oonagh McNerney
Co-Founder and CEO, Sapenta

Colum Foley B.Comm. MSc
Programme Director Open Education Postgraduate Programmes, DCU

Lucinda Creighton
Founder, Vulcan Consulting

Rebecca Kavanagh
Recent Graduate, Marine Planning for Sustainable Development

Barry Wadding
Business Development Manager, Lightsource

Gerry Stockil
Chair, Tallaght Community Council

Sergey Sobolev
Agile Coach

Chris Chapmann
Lead Facilitator, The Change Exploratory

Ann Sheahan
Co-Founder, entellexi

Scott McInnes
Founder & Director, Inspiring Change

Shane McCarthy
CEO, BlueChief Social

Declan J Allen
Assistant Head of School in the School of Management, College of Business , DIT

Chris Deans
Managing Director, Crane Worldwide Logistics Irl Ltd

Mike McGrath
Managing Director, ARVO

Maggie Farrell
Lecturer and Researcher, Dublin Institute of Technology, College of Business.

Jack O’Sullivan
Director, Zero Waste Alliance Ireland and Managing Director, Environmental Management Services

Senan O Riain
Business Development Manager, IDA

Aoife Stafford
Environmental Officer on N25 New Ross Bypass and Climate Ambassador , An Taisce

Vijay Ramachandran
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Managing Director, Synovos Europe

Dr Baljit Singh
Senior Business Developer (Innovation & Business), Institute of Technology Tallaght

Sarah O’Neill
Communication Manager, Kellogg’s EMEA

Stuart Nelson
Principal Consultant, Jigsaw Consulting

Darragh Gaffney
Research & Development Manager, Monaghan Biosciences Ltd

Dr Phil Mulvaney
Head of Strategic Projects, Institute of Technology Tallaght

Jim Dowdall
Director, Enviroguide Consulting

James Cogan
Engineer and Senior Consultant, EERL

Pádraic Fogarty
Managing Director, Openfield Ecological Services. Campaign Officer, Irish Wildlife Trust

David Kelly
QEHS Consultant and Trainer, CG Business Consulting

Oliver Kelly
Managing Director, AcclivityCRM

John Whelan
International Trade Consultant, Former CEO, Irish Exporters Association, Chairman’s presentations

Micheál Cassidy
CTO, Irish Manufacturing Research

Caroline Ashe
Commercial Director, KORE Insulation

Dr. Owen Clarkin
Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, DCU

Dr Fiona Gilchrist
Project Manager, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology Centre (PMTC), University of Limerick

Paschal McCarthy
Former Managing Director of GE Healthcare and before that MD of Amersham Health

Patrick Ward
Principle Solution Specialist IoT, Microsoft

Dr Paddy Barrett
Consultant Cardiologist, The Blackrock Clinic, Dublin

Graeme Treadwell BSc MBA
Head of Supply Chain, Procurement & Development, Standard Brands (part of the SHS Group)

Derek Dunne FICS
Customs Compliance Manager, Manifests Ireland

Brian Evans
Head of Manufacturing Sector, Bank of Ireland

Peter Brady
CFO, InvoiceFair Limited

Joe McCall, SM (NRCM)
Technical Service Specialist, STERIS Life Sciences

Eoin O’Neill
President, British Irish Chamber Commerce

Ollan Herr
Founding Member, Zero Waste Alliance Ireland (ZWAI)

Dr. Ian Jones
Founder, CEO, Innopharma Labs

Milenko Alcin
Business Development Manager, Comtrade Digital Services

Denis Hayes
Managing Director, IRDG

Ingo Sternitzke
Global Business Manager, Scientific Surface Solutions, Trespa International BV

Clare Flynn
QEHS Consultant, CG Business Consulting

Noel Conaty
QEHS Consultant, CG Business Consulting

Tom Davis
Computer Systems Specialist, Hovione

Dr. Patrick Lynch
Co-founder and Director of RIKON

Vivienne Murtagh
QEHS Consultant, CG Business Consulting

Matt Moran
Director, Biopharmachem Ireland

Mark Meehan
Site Training & Learning Head, Novartis

Charlie Sheridan
Director of Internet of things (IoT) systems research Lab, Intel Labs Europe

Clyde Genie
Brand & Digital Consultant, Bradley Brand & Design

Dr Denise Croker
General Manager, Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC)

Emmet Kearney
Business Development Manager, TWi

Pat Breen
TD- Minister of State with special responsibility for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection

Conor Murray
Principal, Contamination Control Expert

Aidan Daly
Business Development Manager, Finol Oils

Anthony Collins
Group CEO, Topflight Travel Group