The 2019 Conference Agenda
Reliability Ireland 2019 offered a packed 2-day agenda, combining the conference programme, featuring an excellent line up of Irish and international speakers, an exhibition area and entertaining networking and social programme, as detailed below.
PRE-CONFERENCE
MONDAY 25 MARCH
Evening
Complimentary workshop for early arrivers to the conference. Pre-booking essential. Read more …
Pre-Conference Welcome Drinks in the Radisson Blu Bar
AGENDA 2019
TUESDAY 26 MARCH
Time
Session
08:45 to 09:00
09:00 to 10:00
10:00 to 10:30
10:30 to 10:40
10:40 to 11:00
11:00 to 11:45
11:45 to 12.15
12.15 to 13.00
13:00 to 14:00
Opening Address: Deirdre Clune, B.E. MEP for Ireland South
Keynote: Dr Sinead Kane, Double Guinness World Record Holder
Goal-setting, leadership, team work and remaining focused
Lee McFarlane, Technical Director – Asset Management, AVT Reliability
Embedding a reliability roadmap & driving value-added maintenance
Product Demonstration with Polar IceTech
Tea/Coffee n the Exhibition Area
Rendela K. Wenzel, Global Reliability & Maintenance Leader, Eli Lilly, USA
Eli Lilly’s 2020 Condition Based Monitoring Approach to Industry 4.0
David Miny, Reliability Consulting, Emerson Automation Solutions
Operational excellence is the enabler of digital transformation
Ciarán Dunne, Technical Operations Manager, Ryanair
An aviation industry perspective on proactive reliability maintenance
Lunch in the Exhibition Area
AFTERNOON – TUESDAY 26 MARCH
14.00 to 14.30
14.30 to 15.00
15.00 to 15.20
15.20 to 15.50
15.50 to 16.20
John Bolger, Value Stream Lean Facilitator, Integer, New Ross
Using ‘Lean’ to achieve world-class maintenance
Nilesh Shrivastava, Managing Director, Asset Analytix
Achieving analytics-driven asset performance management
Tea/Coffee
Carles CG, Data Scientist, Reliable Dynamics, Denmark
Collecting clean and usable data for better reliability modelling
Bill O’Leary General Manager, CONFIRM – SFI Research Centre
Using digitalisation to increase overall equipment effectiveness
Patrick Liddy, Founder, UtilityAR
Using AR to reduce costs and train the modern workforce
Tom Murphy, Managing Director, Reliability Team, UK
Vibration measurement and ultrasound as condition monitoring tools
Wojciech Majka CEO & Tomáš Klíma, Ecol Sp. z o.o.
Key factors for successful turbo-machinery commissioning
David Doyle Thermographer, Butler Technologies
Using infrared cameras to see the heat in processes
Complimentary networking and social programme:
16:30 Bus leaves for Tour and Comparative Whiskey Tasting at Irish Distillers, Midleton.
20:00 Buffet Conference Dinner and Casino Night in the Radisson Ballroom.
AGENDA 2019
WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH
Time
Session
09:00 to 10:00
10.00 to 10.30
10.30 to 11:00
11:00 to 11:45
11:45 to 12:15
Keynote Speaker: Michael Kingston, International Maritime Lawyer
Reliability as a safety issue, 40 years after the Whiddy Island disaster
Austin O’Kelley, Director of Global Operations, Noria Corporation, USA
How to cost justify your reliability programme
Tea/Coffee in the Exhibition Area
Keith Edwards, Kaizen Support & Maintenance Training, Toyota (UK)
From reactive to pro-active maintenance at Toyota, Deeside
Christopher Hallum, Regional Manager, UK & Ireland, UE SYSTEMS
Ultrasound Technology for Condition Monitoring & Energy Management
12:20 to 13:00
13:00 to 14:00
14.00 to 14.30
14.30 to 15.00
15.00 to 15.20
Jude Carey, Head of Asset Management at Irish Rail
Embedding value into reliability at Irish Rail Infrastructure
Lunch
Stephen Hayward, Isograph & Gary Tyne, Pro-Reliability Solutions
Modelling Condition-Based Maintenance Using Predictive Analytics
Rich Wurzbach, President, MRG Labs, Pennsylvania, USA
Improving Reliability in Biomedical Research and Manufacturing
Tea/Coffee
Martin Williamson, Director, KEW Engineering
Understanding solid particle monitoring and the ISO 4406 code
Toon Van Grunderbeeck, CEO Lubretec & Coowner Enluse
Lubrication storage and dispensing lube room design
Leslie Fish & Rendela Wenzel, ICML
Introducing ICML55 in relation to lubricated asset management and ISO 55000
15.50 to 16.20
Enforcing/improving the status of the “maintenance function”
Bob Berry, Managing Director, Thermal Vision
Overcoming problems and getting the most from thermography
Conference close: Competition prize draw in exhibition hall. Delegates must be present to win the prize.
The Exhibition Area
Running concurrently with the Reliability Ireland conference, we will have a dedicated exhibition area for providers of reliability and maintenance centred products and services.
- View their latest reliability; proactive maintenance; asset management; Industry 4.0; lubrication & lube oil analysis and condition monitoring products and services.
- Get users tips and have your equipment questions answered.






2019 Social Programme
The complimentary social programme included welcome drinks in the Radisson Bar on the evening before the conference, allowing participants to relax their journey and network with fellow conference delegates.
After the first day, we co-ordinated a Guided Tour and Comparative Whiskey Tasting at the nearby Jameson Distillery, Midleton, where attendees got to compare three leading whiskeys of the world and enjoy a Jameson Signature drink at the end of the tour.
That evening, we hosted a seated five-course buffet dinner in the Radisson Ballroom, celebrating the best of local and Irish produce, followed by a fun Casino Night, to try your luck on the roulette, blackjack and Texas holdem tables.