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Monday, October 20, 2025

	Breakout - The Britannic Suite	Breakout - The Bridge Suite	Breakout - The Titanic Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 1 (MC Matt Thompson)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Intro & Welcome Tom Hughes & Ryan Tierney
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Keynote 1 (Podcast Style) Ryan Tierney - Transforming Sperrin Metal
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Keynote 2 Brian Meyers - Lean Leadership, Change yourself first
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 1.1 Thomas Gough, Matt Davis & Alisha Gibbons - Connecting Lean to your business strategy execution with Hoshin Kanri	Breakout 2.1 John McAreavey - Lean in the Field: Real-World Lessons from Remote Service Teams	Breakout 3.1 Alison Roddy - Total Ownership - Building a Culture of Responsibility
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 3 Alan Weir - The importance of the Leader at the Gemba
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 1.2 JB Dobbin - Applying Lean to Product Development and Creative Industries	Breakout 2.2 Paul Blahyj & Simon Rowley - The Toyota Way. How we develop our people	Breakout 3.2 Diana Byrne - Lean Thinking for Marketing - Part 1
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM	Breakout 1.3 Kieran Phelan - The Lean, Mean Finance Machine	Breakout 2.3 Russell Watkins - Applying Lean in Larger Organisations with Multiple Divisions and Shifts	Breakout 3.3 Diana Byrne - Lean Thinking for Marketing - Part 2
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM	Reset Time
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Keynote 4 Oliver Conger - Building Lean Depth into your people
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Day Closer
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM	Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner Drinks Reception in the Atrium Gala Dinner in the Titanic Suite

	Breakout - The Britannic Suite	Breakout - The Bridge Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 1 (MC Matt Thompson)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Intro & Welcome Tom Hughes & Ryan Tierney
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Keynote 1 (Podcast Style) Ryan Tierney - Transforming Sperrin Metal
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Keynote 2 Brian Meyers - Lean Leadership, Change yourself first
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 1.1 Thomas Gough, Matt Davis & Alisha Gibbons - Connecting Lean to your business strategy execution with Hoshin Kanri	Breakout 2.1 John McAreavey - Lean in the Field: Real-World Lessons from Remote Service Teams
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 3 Alan Weir - The importance of the Leader at the Gemba
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 1.2 JB Dobbin - Applying Lean to Product Development and Creative Industries	Breakout 2.2 Paul Blahyj & Simon Rowley - The Toyota Way. How we develop our people
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM	Breakout 1.3 Kieran Phelan - The Lean, Mean Finance Machine	Breakout 2.3 Russell Watkins - Applying Lean in Larger Organisations with Multiple Divisions and Shifts
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM	Reset Time
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Keynote 4 Oliver Conger - Building Lean Depth into your people
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Day Closer
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM	Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner Drinks Reception in the Atrium Gala Dinner in the Titanic Suite

	Breakout - The Titanic Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 1 (MC Matt Thompson)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Intro & Welcome Tom Hughes & Ryan Tierney
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Keynote 1 (Podcast Style) Ryan Tierney - Transforming Sperrin Metal
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Keynote 2 Brian Meyers - Lean Leadership, Change yourself first
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 3.1 Alison Roddy - Total Ownership - Building a Culture of Responsibility
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 3 Alan Weir - The importance of the Leader at the Gemba
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 3.2 Diana Byrne - Lean Thinking for Marketing - Part 1
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM	Breakout 3.3 Diana Byrne - Lean Thinking for Marketing - Part 2
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM	Reset Time
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Keynote 4 Oliver Conger - Building Lean Depth into your people
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Day Closer
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM	Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner Drinks Reception in the Atrium Gala Dinner in the Titanic Suite

	Breakout - The Britannic Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 1 (MC Matt Thompson)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Intro & Welcome Tom Hughes & Ryan Tierney
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Keynote 1 (Podcast Style) Ryan Tierney - Transforming Sperrin Metal
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Keynote 2 Brian Meyers - Lean Leadership, Change yourself first
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 1.1 Thomas Gough, Matt Davis & Alisha Gibbons - Connecting Lean to your business strategy execution with Hoshin Kanri
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 3 Alan Weir - The importance of the Leader at the Gemba
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 1.2 JB Dobbin - Applying Lean to Product Development and Creative Industries
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM	Breakout 1.3 Kieran Phelan - The Lean, Mean Finance Machine
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM	Reset Time
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Keynote 4 Oliver Conger - Building Lean Depth into your people
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Day Closer
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM	Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner Drinks Reception in the Atrium Gala Dinner in the Titanic Suite

	Breakout - The Bridge Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 1 (MC Matt Thompson)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Intro & Welcome Tom Hughes & Ryan Tierney
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Keynote 1 (Podcast Style) Ryan Tierney - Transforming Sperrin Metal
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Keynote 2 Brian Meyers - Lean Leadership, Change yourself first
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 2.1 John McAreavey - Lean in the Field: Real-World Lessons from Remote Service Teams
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 3 Alan Weir - The importance of the Leader at the Gemba
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 2.2 Paul Blahyj & Simon Rowley - The Toyota Way. How we develop our people
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM	Breakout 2.3 Russell Watkins - Applying Lean in Larger Organisations with Multiple Divisions and Shifts
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM	Reset Time
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Keynote 4 Oliver Conger - Building Lean Depth into your people
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Day Closer
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM	Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner Drinks Reception in the Atrium Gala Dinner in the Titanic Suite

	Breakout - The Titanic Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 1 (MC Matt Thompson)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Registration
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Intro & Welcome Tom Hughes & Ryan Tierney
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Keynote 1 (Podcast Style) Ryan Tierney - Transforming Sperrin Metal
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Keynote 2 Brian Meyers - Lean Leadership, Change yourself first
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Coffee Break
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 3.1 Alison Roddy - Total Ownership - Building a Culture of Responsibility
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 3 Alan Weir - The importance of the Leader at the Gemba
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 3.2 Diana Byrne - Lean Thinking for Marketing - Part 1
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Break
3:45 PM - 4:35 PM	Breakout 3.3 Diana Byrne - Lean Thinking for Marketing - Part 2
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM	Reset Time
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Keynote 4 Oliver Conger - Building Lean Depth into your people
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM	Day Closer
7:00 PM - 11:59 PM	Drinks Reception & Gala Dinner Drinks Reception in the Atrium Gala Dinner in the Titanic Suite

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

	Breakout - The Britannic Suite	Breakout - The Bridge Suite	Breakout - The Titanic Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 2 (MC Matt Thompson)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Morning Meeting
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote 5 Tom Hughes - Exploding the dogmas of Lean
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Keynote 6 Paul Vallely - Lean & AI
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM	Breakout 4.1 Elizabeth Chesney & Fergal Hughes - Lean Branding & Marketing: Create clarity, ensure consistency and champion change	Breakout 5.1 Declan McKeever & Cathal McOskar - How to Introduce Improvement Time	Breakout 6.1 Stuart Lay & Zen Gregory - How AI and Automation are changing our workforce
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM	Reset Time.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 4.2 Ciara Carlin & Bella Roddy - Automate your everyday with Stream Deck	Breakout 5.2 Brian Meyers - Developing the next line of Leadership	Breakout 6.2 Alison McFadden - Take Back Control Of Your Energy - A Lean Guide to Energy Independence
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 7 Russell Watkins - 10 Lightbulb moments from consulting to & working with Toyota Group in Japan and the UK
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time.,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 4.3 Panel - Paul Nolan & Marc Heaney - How Adman Steel Sheds applied lean to their Sales / Customer journey	Breakout 5.3 Paul Blahyj & Simon Rowley - The Toyota Way. How we develop our people	Breakout 6.3 Alison Roddy & Daniel Goggins - Kanban: The Journey to One Piece Flow
3:25 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Break.
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM	Matt Thompson The greatest waste of all
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM	Live Q&A with Speaker Panel
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Summit Close

	Breakout - The Britannic Suite	Breakout - The Bridge Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 2 (MC Matt Thompson)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Morning Meeting
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote 5 Tom Hughes - Exploding the dogmas of Lean
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Keynote 6 Paul Vallely - Lean & AI
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM	Breakout 4.1 Elizabeth Chesney & Fergal Hughes - Lean Branding & Marketing: Create clarity, ensure consistency and champion change	Breakout 5.1 Declan McKeever & Cathal McOskar - How to Introduce Improvement Time
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM	Reset Time.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 4.2 Ciara Carlin & Bella Roddy - Automate your everyday with Stream Deck	Breakout 5.2 Brian Meyers - Developing the next line of Leadership
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 7 Russell Watkins - 10 Lightbulb moments from consulting to & working with Toyota Group in Japan and the UK
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time.,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 4.3 Panel - Paul Nolan & Marc Heaney - How Adman Steel Sheds applied lean to their Sales / Customer journey	Breakout 5.3 Paul Blahyj & Simon Rowley - The Toyota Way. How we develop our people
3:25 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Break.
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM	Matt Thompson The greatest waste of all
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM	Live Q&A with Speaker Panel
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Summit Close

	Breakout - The Titanic Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 2 (MC Matt Thompson)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Morning Meeting
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote 5 Tom Hughes - Exploding the dogmas of Lean
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Keynote 6 Paul Vallely - Lean & AI
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM	Breakout 6.1 Stuart Lay & Zen Gregory - How AI and Automation are changing our workforce
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM	Reset Time.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 6.2 Alison McFadden - Take Back Control Of Your Energy - A Lean Guide to Energy Independence
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 7 Russell Watkins - 10 Lightbulb moments from consulting to & working with Toyota Group in Japan and the UK
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time.,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 6.3 Alison Roddy & Daniel Goggins - Kanban: The Journey to One Piece Flow
3:25 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Break.
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM	Matt Thompson The greatest waste of all
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM	Live Q&A with Speaker Panel
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Summit Close

	Breakout - The Britannic Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 2 (MC Matt Thompson)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Morning Meeting
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote 5 Tom Hughes - Exploding the dogmas of Lean
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Keynote 6 Paul Vallely - Lean & AI
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM	Breakout 4.1 Elizabeth Chesney & Fergal Hughes - Lean Branding & Marketing: Create clarity, ensure consistency and champion change
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM	Reset Time.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 4.2 Ciara Carlin & Bella Roddy - Automate your everyday with Stream Deck
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 7 Russell Watkins - 10 Lightbulb moments from consulting to & working with Toyota Group in Japan and the UK
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time.,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 4.3 Panel - Paul Nolan & Marc Heaney - How Adman Steel Sheds applied lean to their Sales / Customer journey
3:25 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Break.
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM	Matt Thompson The greatest waste of all
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM	Live Q&A with Speaker Panel
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Summit Close

	Breakout - The Bridge Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 2 (MC Matt Thompson)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Morning Meeting
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote 5 Tom Hughes - Exploding the dogmas of Lean
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Keynote 6 Paul Vallely - Lean & AI
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM	Breakout 5.1 Declan McKeever & Cathal McOskar - How to Introduce Improvement Time
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM	Reset Time.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 5.2 Brian Meyers - Developing the next line of Leadership
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 7 Russell Watkins - 10 Lightbulb moments from consulting to & working with Toyota Group in Japan and the UK
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time.,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 5.3 Paul Blahyj & Simon Rowley - The Toyota Way. How we develop our people
3:25 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Break.
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM	Matt Thompson The greatest waste of all
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM	Live Q&A with Speaker Panel
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Summit Close

	Breakout - The Titanic Suite
	Gemba Summit 2025 - Day 2 (MC Matt Thompson)
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Morning Meeting
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Keynote 5 Tom Hughes - Exploding the dogmas of Lean
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	Keynote 6 Paul Vallely - Lean & AI
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:35 AM	Breakout 6.1 Stuart Lay & Zen Gregory - How AI and Automation are changing our workforce
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM	Reset Time.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Breakout 6.2 Alison McFadden - Take Back Control Of Your Energy - A Lean Guide to Energy Independence
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Lunch.
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM	Keynote 7 Russell Watkins - 10 Lightbulb moments from consulting to & working with Toyota Group in Japan and the UK
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM	Reset Time.,
2:25 PM - 3:25 PM	Breakout 6.3 Alison Roddy & Daniel Goggins - Kanban: The Journey to One Piece Flow
3:25 PM - 4:00 PM	Afternoon Break.
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM	Matt Thompson The greatest waste of all
4:10 PM - 4:40 PM	Live Q&A with Speaker Panel
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Summit Close

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Post Summit Lean Tours Delegates are to book their own tours directly Companies will be responsible to run the tour themselves Gemba Summit does not take responsibility for 3rd party Lean Tours

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Post Summit Lean Tours Delegates are to book their own tours directly Companies will be responsible to run the tour themselves Gemba Summit does not take responsibility for 3rd party Lean Tours

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Post Summit Lean Tours Delegates are to book their own tours directly Companies will be responsible to run the tour themselves Gemba Summit does not take responsibility for 3rd party Lean Tours

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