10:00am - 12:30pm

BBMRI Workshop 

12:30pm - 2:00pm

Lunch - Posters 

2:00pm - 3:30pm

BnaG Quality Matters 

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Coffee - Networking 

9:30am

Registration and Coffee

Session I BBMRI-ERIC Workshop 

Pathway to Ireland joining BBMRI-ERIC  

10:00am

Welcome 

5 mins

Prof Michael Kerin
Chair of Surgery, University of Galway

10:05am

Opening: Setting the scene of biobanking in Ireland 

7 mins 

Ms Oonagh Ward, Head of Research and Innovation Infrastructures, Health Research Board (HRB)  

10:15am 

Keynote: Connecting Ireland to Europe's Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure: An Introduction to BBMRI-ERIC 

Professor Jens K. Habermann, Director General, BBMRI-ERIC  

20 mins 

Prof Jens K. Habermann, Director General, BBMRI-ERIC  

10:35am 

Keynote: Sharing is caring: The case of BBMRI Spain 🇪🇸 

20 mins 

Dr Eva Ortega Paíno, Secretary General for Research, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain 

11:00am

Panel Discussion: 

Future of Irish Biobanking Community Roadmap towards BBMRI-ERIC membership 

60 - 70 mins 

Chair: Emma Snapes, BioConsulting

Opening statement: Irish Biobank Survey, Dr Sonja Khan, Head of Education, Institute for Clinical Trials, University of Galway 

Panel:
- Prof Jens Habermann, Director General, BBMRI-ERIC
- Dr Eva Ortega-Paino, Secretary General, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Spain
- Dr Robert O’Connor, Director, HRB-National Clinical Trials Office, UCC
- Billy McCann, PPI Member of NBWG and NREC for Medical Devices, IPPOSI graduate
- Prof Fai Ng, Director, HRB CRF UCC and Head National Clinical Trials Office, UCC
- Dr Avril Kennan, CEO Health Research Charities Ireland (HRCI) 
- Orlaith Gavan, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Healthcare Ireland 

12:30pm 

Networking lunch - Posters  

90 mins

2:00pm

Standard and standard development – why is it important for biobanking?  

10+5 mins  

Linda Hendy, Standards Officer, Innovation, Policy & Business Development, National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) 

2:15pm

The process for accreditation to ISO 20387 with INAB 

10+5 mins

William Clarke, Senior Assessment Manager, Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB)  

2:30pm

ISBER Best Practices 

10+5 mins

Dr Nicola Miller, Cancer Biobank, University of Galway 

2:45pm

Biobank Proficiency testing 

10+5 mins

Oliver Carroll, Senior Technical Officer, University of Galway 

3:00pm

Cold Storage & Sustainability – My Green Lab  

10+5 mins

Jack O’Grady, Senior Programme Manager, My Green Lab 

3:15pm

Biobank Ireland Trust

10 mins 

Dr Richard Flavin, Head, Histopathology Department, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 

3:25pm

Poster Prize

5 mins 

Prof Sean Hynes, Professor in Pathology, University of Galway 

3:30pm

Finish/ Networking/Coffee 

60 mins

Concluding remarks