10.00am – Welcome by Prof. Vincent Cunnane, President of LIT
10.10am – Opening by Minister Niall Collins T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
10.20am – Educational and Outreach Manager (MC) – Dr. Jamie Meehan: Cluster Strategy, Steering Board Introduction, IDEAM Cluster Activities and Communication Strategy (Mr. James Wagstaff, Picture & Word)
10.40am – Enterprise Ireland – Mr. Jerry Moloney, Regional Director Mid West at Enterprise Ireland
10.50am – MetaIndustry4 Cluster Business Model – Mr. Jose Ramón Natal, Cluster Manager
11.05am – Mid-West Regional Enterprise Plan – Dr.  Paraic Rattigan, Programme Manager – Mid West Regional Enterprise Plan
11.15am – Current SME Challenges and need for the IDEAM Cluster – Mr. Patrick Byrnes, CEO Croom Precision Medical
11.30am – Wrap-up and Closing –Dr. John Cosgrove, Head of Graduate Studies at LIT
-Dr. Liam Brown, Vice President Research, Development & Innovation at LIT