Few figures have shaped Ireland's life sciences manufacturing landscape as consistently or as influentially as Matt Moran. As CEO of Matt Moran Consulting and a member of the advisory committee for the Life Sciences Industry Conference 2026, Moran brings a perspective built across three decades at the intersection of industry policy, manufacturing strategy, and pharmaceutical sector development.

Moran founded and led BioPharmaChem Ireland at Ibec, the representative body for Ireland's pharmaceutical, chemical, and bio-pharmaceutical manufacturers, for thirty years. In that role, he worked directly with the organisations responsible for making Ireland one of the world's most significant pharmaceutical manufacturing hubs, supporting companies navigating regulatory change, investment decisions, and operational transformation across successive cycles of industry evolution.

That depth of experience gives Moran a grounded view of what manufacturing excellence actually requires, not as a concept, but as a daily operational discipline across regulated, high-stakes production environments. His current advisory work with Innoglobal and Innopharma continues that thread, applying strategic insight to organisations seeking to strengthen their manufacturing capability and competitive positioning in an increasingly complex global market.

At the Life Sciences Industry Conference 2026, Moran joins a programme organised under the theme The AI-Ready Manufacturing Site, which examines how Ireland's pharmaceutical and life sciences manufacturers can move beyond AI experimentation towards practical, scaled implementation on the plant floor. His involvement in shaping the committee's agenda ensures the programme reflects the realities facing site and operations leaders rather than remaining at the level of strategic theory.

The conference takes place on Thursday, 22 October 2026, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, Dublin, bringing together leaders across pharmaceutical, biotechnology, MedTech, and medical device manufacturing to address the people, governance, and technology challenges that define AI adoption in regulated environments.

Visit the Life Sciences Industry Conference 2026 website to book your place and receive speaker announcements and programme updates ahead of the October event.