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Confirm HQ Cyber Launch Webinar

The Confirm Centre unveiled their new dedicated World-Class Digital Manufacturing facility.

A virtual launch of the new facility took place on 11th December 2020, attended by Director of Confirm Professor Conor McCarthy, UL President Professor Kerstin Mey, UL Vice President for Research (VPR) Professor Norelee Kennedy and Professor Mark Ferguson, Director General of Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, sent a video message to congratulate Confirm on opening the new facility.

A recording of the launch including the Minister’s message is available below:

Welcome and opening address, virtual tour & i4-Experience
Professor Conor McCarthy – Director of Confirm
The building blocks of a Smart Manufacturing Journey
Dr Eoin O’Connell – Funded Investigator, Confirm Centre
SFI Confirm Centre
Professor Mark Ferguson – Director General, Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland
UL and its hosting of CONFIRM HQ is leading the way in the fourth industrial revolution
Professor Kerstin Mey – President, University of Limerick
Delivering cutting edge research in the field of cyber physical manufacturing & the research community
Professor Norelee Kennedy – Vice President for Research (VPR), University of Limerick
Facilitator
Sylvia Keane – Marketing & Communications Manager, Confirm Centre