POLICY – INVESTMENT – INFRASTRUCTURE – KEY PROJECTS
8 September 2022 | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
12.15– 1.15 Registration & Networking Lunch
1:15
OPENING REMARKS FROM THE SUMMIT CHAIR
Jonathan Healy
Broadcaster
1:30
WELCOME FROM THE CHAIRMAN CIF CORK
Ger O’Leary
Chairman, Construction Industry Federation of Ireland (CIF) Cork Branch
1:45
MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
Michael McGrath TD
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
2:00
PANEL DISCUSSION
Analysis of housing output in Cork city and county
This panel will discuss the Government’s Housing for All plan and its projected housing output for this year. Providing a breakdown by local authority areas, they will look at homes completed in both Cork city and county in the first six months of this year. This includes single-builds, apartments and those built as part of a housing scheme. Drilling down into the local electoral areas will highlight the areas with the least and most housing completions.
Conor O’Connell
Director of Housing, Construction Industry Federation of Ireland (CIF)
Parag Joglekar
Head of Development, Respond
Stephen McCarthy
Director, Astra Construction
Michael O'Flynn
Managing Director, O'Flynn Construction
KEY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
2:30
Sustainable growth to meet patient needs
Stephen Griffin
Director of Facilities, Boston Scientific, Cork
2:45
Enhancing Ireland’s sustainable transport networks in this decade of delivery
Joe Seymour
Head of Active Travel & Public Transport Investment, National Transport Authority
3:00
Transforming how we deliver our capital portfolio
Noel Crowley
Director, Project Delivery GES, MSD
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION
3:15
Networking, Coffee & Exhibition Viewing Break
3:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
Building a sustainable future for the region
How construction companies in the southern regions are planning, building, operating and supporting the development of our chief renewable energy resources and working towards a sustainable future for the industry
Cork and the southern regions are ideally placed geographically to play a major role in the global energy transition to renewables. It’s an exciting time for Cork as it has been chosen as one of the 100 cities to participate in EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030 and will receive Horizon Europe funding covering the period 2022-23, to start the innovation paths towards climate neutrality by 2030.
- What the opportunities are for construction, engineering, architectural and project management companies in the development of renewable energy resources?
- What software solutions are available to construction companies across the built environment to facilitate organisations of all sizes to digitise their site operations and improve their productivity and profitability?
David Purdon
Technical Director, Autodesk Division, Diatec Group
Ronan Murphy,
Construction Manager, Amarenco
Barry McDermott
Director of Sustainability, PM Group
Ted McKenna
Lecturer & BIM Programme Lead at Munster Technological University ( MTU)
4:00
SPOTLIGHT SESSION 1
Constructing a brighter future – Lilly Kinsale Solar Farm
Eamon Judge
Senior Director Global Engineering, Eli Lilly
4:15
SPOTLIGHT SESSION 2
Building offshore wind
Catherine Sheridan
Chief Operations Officer, EIH2
4:30
Examining the school building programme
David Skene
Procurement Lead, Capital Delivery Programmes, Department of Education
COLLABORATE TO CONSTRUCT KEY INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS
4:45
PANEL DISCUSSION
Collaborating to advance policy and investment in regional infrastructure
Cork is the fastest growing urban area in Ireland. As a result, investment is needed to cater for the increase in population and employment levels. This will involve the construction of homes, roads, cycleways, schools, hospitals, flood defences and more. Our expert panel will explore how industry and government can work together to ensure the construction of these key infrastructural projects in the region.
Clare Cashin
Construction Law Partner, Philip Lee
Fearghal Reidy
Director of Service, Cork City Council
Dave Coakley
Director, Coakley O’Neill Town Planning
Michael Lynch
Director of Strategic & Economic Development, Cork County Council
5:00
CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE PRESIDENT
Frank Kelly
President, Construction Industry Federation of Ireland (CIF)