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September 13th 2022
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13th September 2022 | RDS Arena, Dublin - IRELAND



About

TechConnect Live is Ireland’s largest annual business and technology exhibition
for Micro, SME and Enterprise level companies. The event, which is supported by
Ibec and the Small Firms Association (SFA) creates a marketplace for a wide
range of SMEs experiencing rapid growth. It’s estimated that SME’s account for
99.8 percent of all active businesses here in Ireland.

Over 5,000 business owners, key decision-makers, entrepreneurs, owners and
managers from all across Ireland will gather to network, learn and do business.
Latest figures show SME’s are crucial to the private sector, providing
employment for around 70 percent of Irish people.

This free to attend event gives you access to all the key suppliers, support
organisations and partners you need to increase your profitability and drive
your company forward. The glittering line up of speakers includes the best of
Irish and international business. Be inspired as you learn from the country’s
most successful business people and develop valuable skills to transform your
business.

130 exhibitors, 150 speakers.

If you’re thinking of starting or expanding your business or you are already on
your way to making your first million you will gain a better understanding of
the key issues facing us at this time.

Register today for free at TechConnect Live

We look forward to seeing you on the 13th September 2022 for the Tech Event of
the Year. To be considered for a speaking spot or to exhibit at Tech Connect
Live please email us to discuss.

Speakers Confirmed

CORMAC DOYLE

NATIONAL SALES MANAGER (ADSMART & NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT) - VIRGIN MEDIA
TELEVISION

"ADSMART FROM VIRGIN MEDIA, ENABLING ADVERTISERS TO DELIVER RELEVANT ADVERTISING
TO THEIR KEY TARGET AUDIENCE"

Speaker Bio



With over 7 years’ experience in the TV advertising industry Cormac has held
many roles in this space. Working alongside a mix of Multinational, national and
SME brands, Cormac has a deep understanding of what is needed to ensure each
brands TV campaign becomes a success, be that around Linear and VOD advertising,
partnerships and sponsorships or more recently through addressable advertising
via AdSmart from Virgin Media.
Cormac assists clients within their TV advertising journey from start to finish.
Using his passion for TV advertising Cormac is a firm believer that TV
advertising is within every brands reach and can be utilised using even the
smallest of budgets with careful planning and targeting. With over 2.4 million
people tuning into Virgin Media Television on a weekly basis it really is the
place to elevate your brand to the next step.


ALEC DREW

OWNER - THE BUSINESS EXPERT

"THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF TECHNOLOGY"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Alec Drew, KBE shares his passion and knowledge around productivity and
communications with business leaders both nationally and internationally. A
major part of his 40 years in business was spent as Managing Partner of a highly
successful branding agency where he worked with a wide range of CEO’s across all
sectors. His insightful questioning and straight talking opened up new
conversations, giving them fresh insights into their own organisations and
uncovering valuable revenue streams that were previously overlooked. One
strategy helped his clients achieve €3.23 billion in additional sales over a 5
year period. He regularly demonstrates the positive effect on shareholder value
when all levels of an organisation speak the same language. As an international
speaker he shows very quickly how a simple shift in mindset can have such a
positive impact on the bottom line. He hates waffle, verbose explanations and
jargon and his talks get straight to the point in a no nonsense but entertaining
way. ’Hiding in Plain Sight - The Unintended Consequence of Technology on
Profitability’ is a fresh and honest look at the 4th Industrial Revolution and
the combined effects of technology, science and communications on productivity,
wellbeing and shareholder value. He hosts a weekly radio show where business
leaders from all sectors share seminal moments in their lives. Asking insightful
questions he encourages guests to retrace their steps from the start of their
career to where they are now and talk about key influencers that shaped their
success. It gives listeners their weekly fix of encouragement to believe in
themselves and demonstrates the abundance of resources that are available to
help you complete your journey to destination SUCCESS. He is Past President of
the Professional Speaking Association, Ireland, a member of the PSA and the
Global Speaking Federation. 'The concept of business is simple until you let a
human being near it' - Alec Drew





We are pioneers living through very exciting times as we face the challenges of
the new frontier which is recognised as the 4th Industrial Revolution. When most
people think of Industrial Revolution they think of steam, mechanisation and
stuff you read in history books when in fact they are periods of human evolution
just like the one we are experiencing at the moment. Like all pioneers before us
we will be traveling through unchartered territory and we must be careful not to
let our eagerness to embrace all things new, to distract us from the dangers
that lurk out there. This journey is different from any that mankind has taken
in the past because for the first time ever, communications, science and
technology have come together in ways we never expected, in ways we are
struggling to understand and in ways we have yet to experience. it will require
us to make some brave strategic decisions as we use the tools and knowledge of
the past, assimilate the constant stream of information being placed before us
and it will require an agile mindset to negotiate the continually evolving
internal and external threats. The great news is that the information we need is
all around us, we see examples of it every day in fact it is Hiding in Plain
Sight. The reason that so many fail to see what is Hiding in Plain Sight in
their business and why so few people react to it is probably information
overload, or perhaps a rapid increase in daily distractions or perhaps a
perception that these issues have a low impact on their organisation. So today I
would like to highlight 3 areas that have an impact on all organisations. They
are reputation vulnerability with the rise of the influencer, how to increase
productivity and finally the need to reframe our strategy around cybercrime.


PETER TURLEY

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER - SELLSQUARED

"WHY VISIBILITY + CREDIBILITY = PROFITABILITY"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



For almost all his career Peter has been ripping up rulebooks and rewriting
processes to create greater impact and superior results, being first and
foremost a problem solver - seeing opportunity where others see challenge.

No stranger to adversity, Peter Turley has outshone competitors, weathered
recessions, built profitable businesses, raised strong and fiercely loyal teams,
and has earned a reputation as “a simply remarkable thinker with a rare ability
to inspire".

Peter now works as a speaker and trainer, upskilling his clients in the areas of
sales, customer success and market innovation. Testament to this, during the
Covid-19 lockdowns, he co-authored and became MD of Sell Squared, the world's
first MBA equivalent in Sales Leadership.





Described as “a simply remarkable thinker with a rare ability to inspire,” Peter
will show you how to evaluate and rethink your ideas of success, in the context
of the modern business environment. He knows that what truly drives success and
increases your profits is not about mastering the marketing 'buzz-words’ of the
week, but how well you genuinely and authentically connect with your audience,
making it easy for them to buy into your ideas and products. In his
game-changing talks, Peter constantly surprises and captivates his audience by
showing them how to catch the ‘purple goldfish’ - that elusive idea of something
out of the ordinary that gets you noticed, remembered, and loved as a business
(think Apple). Peter will share the three most important lessons for success
that he has learned in a 35 year career that has included numerous national
business awards, bringing his clients to new levels of success and what it’s
like to be invited to keynote at both national and global business conferences…
Imagine what getting noticed, remembered, and loved as a business could do for
you...


CHRIS DONNELLY

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER - BWG FOODS

"THE RETAIL STORE OF THE FUTURE"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Chris joined BWG Foods in 2015, when BWG acquired ADM Londis. Chris has vast
experience in IT, having worked in technology, wholesale and in the retail
industry in particular, having previously held the role of Head of Digital and
Retail Technology for BWG Foods and Head of IT for ADM Londis plc. With his
team, Chris designed and developed award-winning technologies and
industry-leading integrations. Chris is highly focused on innovation to create a
competitive advantage.





“The Future Of Retail Is Hybrid And Unified Around End-To-End Connected
Experiences” – Forbes, 2022 Chris and Shane will present the impact that
disruptive technologies, such as AI, Video Analytics, and Automation, will have
on your shopping experience. From in-store shopper behavior analysis, to
automated product availability, offline retail is becoming as reactive and
personal as online with a focus on the shopping experience. Retail is changing
fast, and we are here to tell you a little bit about its trajectory.


SHARON HIGGINS

DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP & SECTORS - IBEC

"MANUFACTURING IN IRELAND FOR A DIGITAL DECADE"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Director of Membership & Sectors. With Ibec since 1996, holding senior positions
including Head of Sectors and Director, Irish Medical Devices Association; and
Assistant Director, Pharmachemical Ireland. MSc and BSc in Industrial Chemistry
(UL) and Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors. Oversees
the work of 38 trade associations, with responsibility for business development,
marketing, membership engagement and corporate events. Winner Outstanding
Contribution to the MedTech Sector Award, 2014.





The EU Commission have estimated that the digitalisation of manufacturing could
add €110 billion per year to Europe’s industry base. Today, Irish manufacturing
is a key component of our economic success and is advanced, diverse and global.
However, the underpinnings of our FDI model are likely to change. Pandemics,
climate change, geopolitical tensions and technological change underline a need
to reimagine our economy to ensure Ireland is resilient and at the forefront of
the twin digital and green transitions of this decade. Drawing on its research
and campaign work, Ibec will outline a vision for how Ireland could further
enable, safeguard, and lead this digital opportunity in manufacturing.


DR. AMELIA KELLY

VP OF SPEECH TECHNOLOGY - SOAPBOX LABS

Speaker Bio



Dr. Amelia Kelly is an artificial intelligence engineer and scientist
specializing in automatic speech recognition of children’s voices. She is
currently VP of Speech Technology at SoapBox Labs and holds a B.Sc. in Physics
and Astronomy from NUI Galway, and an M. Phil and Ph. D in Linguistics and
Speech Technology from Trinity College Dublin. Amelia has more than a decade of
experience in speech signal processing, natural language processing, machine
learning and artificial intelligence. In her career to date, Amelia has held
various positions in industry and academia, including with IBM Watson, in
Silicon Valley, and as a research fellow at Trinity College, Dublin. As well as
various academic publications, she holds a patent in the area of cognitive
computing and is a regular speaker at international technical conferences and
industry events. She is a Fulbright TechImpact Scholar for 2020/2021.


SINEAD KEOGH

HEAD OF SECTORS AND DIRECTOR - MEDTECH & ENGINEERING - IBEC

"IRELAND – WHERE DIGITAL HEALTH THRIVES"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Sinead is the Director of the Ibec’s Medtech and Engineering Sectors , which
includes the Irish Medtech Association. A number of Government Funded Skills
Networks (Skillnets, Apprenticeships and Springboards) fall under her remit.
Sinead currently sits on a number of national and international boards including
the Advisory Industry Board for Enterprise Ireland funded BioInnovate Ireland
and the Governance Board for Science Foundation Ireland funded Irish Photonic
Integration Centre (IPIC). She is a member of the National Executive Committee
at Medtech Europe. Prior to Ibec Sinead held technical roles at 3Com
Technologies, and lectured part-time at DIT, Kevin St. She holds a Ph.D. in the
Physics of Molecular Materials/Nanotechnology and B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied
Physics, DIT Kevin St.





Digital health is the intersection of healthcare and technology. The goal is to
translate the benefits that technology has brought to other industries and bring
them to healthcare. Internationally, the healthtech industries are being
transformed by game changes spanning: • Healthcare: Health, advanced
therapeutics, and customer trends • Technological: Healthtech, convergence, and
disruptive technologies • Socio-political: International trends, and
sustainability. As a global hub, Ireland is also now attracting and growing an
increasing number of digital health companies with 200 businesses working across
specialties such as digital therapeutics, precision healthcare, connected
medical devices, mobile health and wellness, remote patient monitoring and
telehealth, health information technology, connected health management, data
analytics and cyber, as well as technology solutions and infrastructure. Where
Digital Health Thrives is an Ibec cross sectoral initiative jointly led by the
Irish Medtech Association, Technology Ireland and BioPharmaChem Ireland. Our
vision is to enable Ireland to become a recognised global hub for digital
health, where companies can develop and commercialise products, as well as
attract projects and investments. The segment is a particularly attractive one
in which to build competitive advantage, if we have the right talent, regulatory
infrastructure and policies for success.


KARL LUMSDEN

ACQUISITIONS SALES MANAGER, UK & IRELAND - GOOGLE

Speaker Bio



Karl hails from Skerries, Co.Dublin and is a graduate of DCU. After a short
spell in the finance world working with Deutsche Bank and Bank of New York
Mellon, Karl made the jump to Tech and has since dedicated the past 11yrs to
working with advertisers across a variety of sectors in international markets
inc. UK, France, Poland and Ireland. Karl currently heads up the UKI
Acquisitions Sales Team within Google.


JAMIE MCCORMICK

MANAGING DIRECTOR - BITCOIN MARKETING TEAM

"DO'S AND DON'TS OF CRYPTO MARKETING"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Jamie McCormick is Managing Director of Bitcoin Marketing Team, founded in 2014
and one of Europes oldest specialist Crypto Marketing Agencies. Based in Dublin,
his team has supported the launch of nearly 40 blockchain and cryptocurrency
projects including projects Crypto Exchanges, Crypto Lending, Crypto Mining,
ICO's, NFT's, Blockchain Gaming and more. He is also a mentor with Enterprise
Ireland, providing guidance to New Frontiers and Competitive Start Fund client
companies.





Launching a crypto project isn't easy, and is a minefield for the uninitiated.
This talk looks at some of the best practice tasks any company launching into
the blockchain space needs to establish their brand, and avoid common mistakes
that can at best, damage the reputation of a project, or at worst, sink it
before it has time to establish itself.


EILISH O'CONNOR

CTO - VIATEL TECHNOLOGY GROUP

"SD-WAN: CUTTING THROUGH THE HYPE"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Eilish is CTO of Viatel Technology Group, Ireland’s leading provider of
connectivity, cloud, security, managed services and software solutions. With a
degree in Applied Physics from the University of Limerick, Eilish has worked in
the technology space for over 15 years. Life as a technical trainer and
consultant with Ericsson took her all over Europe, Africa and the Middle East
focusing on the areas of mobile core network infrastructure and IP. A spell in
the software industry preceded her appointment as Viatel’s Cloud Solutions
Director in 2018 followed quickly by promotion to CTO. In all her roles,
Eilish’s mission is to bridge the gap between people and technology. She
spearheads Viatel’s technical and product strategies playing a pivotal role in
the group’s recent rapid expansion and ongoing success.





Viatel Technology Group is the number one provider of Meraki SD-WAN in Ireland,
recognised as Cisco’s Innovation and Transformation Partner. Viatel CTO, Eilish
O’Connor, examines the journey of SD-WAN in recent years: from avant garde to
mainstream technology. Having deployed software defined networks nationally and
internationally for public and private customers, Viatel experts are now lending
the enterprise community the benefit of their practical experience and sharing
the insights they have gained through real life roll out and support.


FERGAL O’CONNOR

CEO AND FOUNDER - BUYMEDIA

"HOW TO AUTOMATE YOUR ADVERTISING PROCESS TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT."

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Fergal O’Connor, CEO and Founder of Buymedia has over 25 years working in Print,
Radio, OOH, Social and Digital Media. His mission is to help thousands of SMEs
advertise more effectively.





Use automation to Plan, Purchase, Execute and Report on your multi-media
campaigns for a more effective and efficient advertising process.


BRET PIATT

CEO - CYBERFORTRESS

"SECURITY IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RISE OF THE MACHINES"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Bret is a career technologist with decades of experience in roles that range
from hands-on research and development to executive leadership and board
oversight. He is CEO of CyberFortress, a global company providing backup built
for the world’s best recovery. Previously, he was CEO and Chairman of the Board
for Jungle Disk, now a part of CyberFortress, a company created by a
management-led carve-out he orchestrated while at Rackspace.





Elon Musk and Steven Hawking have made waves talking about artificial
intelligence (AI) and the risk it poses to human civilization. With cyberattacks
already at an all-time high - and an expanded threat surface raising
vulnerabilities - hackers are now turning up the heat. They’re using AI and
machine learning (ML) to support their work, too, and the risk for business has
never been greater. In “Security Implications from the Rise of the Machines,”
CyberFortress CEO Bret Piatt draws on decades of R&D and cyber leadership to
show how AI and ML is giving bad actors an early advantage when carrying out
attacks. He’ll discuss how hackers use the technology to expedite time-consuming
processes and maximize damage before being discovered. He’ll examine cyber
changes in key areas from hackbots to social media phishing. Most importantly,
Piatt will illustrate how companies can effectively defend against threats with
AI/ML powered tools of their own, training, re-platforming security ops, rapid
patching and more.


CRISTIANE PITZER

CLOUD PRODUCT MANAGER & AGILE LEAD - ZURICH

"AGILE: MAINSTREAM ALREADY, OR NOT YET?"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Agile Coaching and Enterprise culture change are my key areas of expertise in a
world that is going Digital. I work with individuals, teams and leadership to
design and build a workplace that is adaptable to the ongoing changes and shifts
in the world, and that unleashes innovation within each individual being.





"These days people seem to believe that they already have Agile going in their
Teams and Organisations. But do they really? Join this session to find out
whether Agile is mainstream or not, and why. As a plus, you will leave this
session with some reflections on what you need to tweak, in order to achieve
more business agility."


GERRY POWER

MANAGING DIRECTOR - YES DYNAMIC LTD.

"PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Since 1992, I have always been on the lookout for emerging technology trends. My
first venture was with Interactive Voice Response, then eCommerce, then cloud
computing. Now I am focussed on digital transformation, on the impact of
automation on our lives, our businesses and the way we communicate and
collaborate.





The phrase Digital Transformation is overused and overhyped but it is a reality.
With climate change an imperative, business has to become paperless which means
digital. Using Microsoft technology, we will describe some very practical
digital transformation projects we have implemented and we will explain the
benefits both in terms of return on investment and improving operational
efficiency.


CHRIS COLLINS

COUNTRY PRESIDENT IRELAND - SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Chris leads Schneider Electric’s business in Ireland. He plays a vital role in
directing the next phase of growth and strategy in the country. He began his
career working in engineering and operations roles with field services teams in
Siemens and TFC Automation. He joined Schneider Electric as a Business
Development Manager in 2003 and was responsible for building automation and
security products in the North East region of the US. Over the past seventeen
years, he has held several roles, including senior board-level positions at
Schneider Electric and is a seasoned business leader, having overseen
Schneider’s smart buildings business, covering both the commercial and
residential sectors in the US. Prior to taking on his current role in April
2021, he was Vice President of Systems Transformation, Digital Energy in the US.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Management Systems from
the University of Maryland Baltimore County and an MBA, Business Administration,
Management and Operations from Loyola University Maryland. Chris is a Director
of the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce Council and sits on the American
Chamber of Commerce Ireland Infrastructure Taskforce.





Chris leads Schneider Electric’s business in Ireland. He plays a vital role in
directing the next phase of growth and strategy in the country. He began his
career working in engineering and operations roles with field services teams in
Siemens and TFC Automation. He joined Schneider Electric as a Business
Development Manager in 2003 and was responsible for building automation and
security products in the North East region of the US. Over the past seventeen
years, he has held several roles, including senior board-level positions at
Schneider Electric and is a seasoned business leader, having overseen
Schneider’s smart buildings business, covering both the commercial and
residential sectors in the US. Prior to taking on his current role in April
2021, he was Vice President of Systems Transformation, Digital Energy in the US.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Management Systems from
the University of Maryland Baltimore County and an MBA, Business Administration,
Management and Operations from Loyola University Maryland. Chris is a Director
of the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce Council and sits on the American
Chamber of Commerce Ireland Infrastructure Taskforce. Connect with Chris on
LinkedIn and Twitter.


GARRY CONNOLLY

FOUNDER - HOST IN IRELAND

"DATA THE STEAM OF CURRENT INDUSTRIAL AGE"

Speaker Bio



Garry Connolly is the Founder of Host In Ireland, a strategic global initiative
created to increase awareness of the benefits of hosting digital assets in
Ireland and Irish companies delivering international data centre projects. A
self-proclaimed “stubborn digital optimist,” Garry is a much sought-after
keynote speaker, panellist and moderator at global industry events.


KASIM MOHAMMED

VP OF DIGITAL BUILDINGS - SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

"DELIVERING SMART AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS: THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TWIN
TECHNOLOGY"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Kas Mohammed is the Vice President of Digital Energy and leading Smart Buildings
at Schneider Electric in the UK and Ireland. His team work within both new and
existing buildings across Commercial Real Estate, Healthcare, Life Sciences and
Education segments to deliver systems which ensure optimal efficiency and user
comfort across all stages of the building life cycle. Kas is passionate about
improving sustainability across the built environment and reducing carbon
emissions in our sector.





Currently contributing 40% of global carbon emissions, our buildings provide
some of the greatest opportunities for sustainability and potential climate
change impact. Increasingly ambitious sustainability objectives are enabled
today through technologies that provide real-time data to optimise building
efficiencies. Digital twin technology is paving the way for a smarter, more
sustainable built environment by dynamically modelling the design intent against
actual building performance. Any energy performance gap emerging can be
immediately, and often automatically, corrected. In this session, we’ll cover
the role smart building technology plays in creating smart and sustainable
buildings of the future.


NATALIA NICHOLSON

SHEO - WOMEN IN DIGITAL BUSINESS

"IDEAS INTO PROFIT."

Speaker Bio Synopsis



An amazing woman from the Windrush generation, Natalia Nicholson is a mother of
three young children and has been a serial entrepreneur for over 20 years. Most
recently her entrepreneurial endeavours led her to China to design her own range
of candles. Further to all her research about effective ways to sell online,
including attending summits worldwide, Natalia now wants to use her experience
and abilities to help other women get into digital marketing.





"I will be talking about how Women In Digital & Tech Businesses can Turn Ideas
Into Profit. You will learn about humanising your brand, psychology meets
technology, and how you can scale your business through innovation,
digitalization, and human-to-human marketing."


DAVID NICOLL

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, ZERO TRUST - FORTINET

"ZERO TRUST IN A WORK FROM ANYWHERE WORLD – USING THE FORTINET SECURITY FABRIC"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Working in IT for over 30 years David has travelled the route from Software
Engineer, through Support, Network Engineering roles and finally Cybersecurity.
Within Fortinet David is focused on Fortinet’s propositions in the world of Zero
Trust – helping organisations to utilize the Fortinet Security Fabric solutions
to incorporate Zero Trust aspects into their cybersecurity architecture.





The vast majority of organizations are having to grapple with the challenges of
how work life has changed since the start of 2020, and the morphing of remote
working into a hybrid working approach. Employees and employers want to support
seamless transition from working in the office to working at home, but need to
be able to do so securely. In this session we shall discuss how a Zero Trust
approach, utilizing ZTNA, can help meet this challenge.


LOUISE O'CONOR

FOUNDING PARTNER & DIGITAL AND AUTOMATION PILLAR CHAMPION - BETA DIGITAL &
MENTORSWORKS

"SME INSIGHTS AND WHY "YELLOW TIME" IS KEY TO EVERY SME'S SURVIVAL AND GROWTH"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Louise is a strategic and innovative business advisor with over 20 years
international experience transforming and scaling businesses (Start Ups, SMEs,
Corporates) across multiple markets, sectors and industries.

Founding Partner at Beta Digital (a Digital Transformation consulting and
advisory firm), Louise is a Business Growth Advisor and Mentor for Enterprise
Ireland, Co-Founder of Ireland Together (a not-for-profit business community),
and is on the board of both the Irish International Business Network (IIBN) and
Sure Valley Ventures Investment Firm.

Louise also holds the position of Digital Pillar Lead Advisor for MentorsWork,
(a Small Firms Association (SFA) and Skillnet Ireland initiative) supporting
hundreds of Micro and SME businesses across all sectors and industries since
September 2020.





Having worked with over 1,000 SMEs on the MentorsWork programme and many more in
her own businesses, Louise has seen first-hand the struggles micro and SME
businesses share across sectors and industries. During this lightening talk,
Louise will share some of these insights, common challenges, and will explain
why investing in "Yellow Time" is key to every SME's survival and growth.


CORMAC REID

FOUNDER & CEO - ROCTEL

"ADVANCEMENTS IN RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES UTILISING SASE"

Speaker Bio



Cormac is an entrepreneur and industry veteran with over 25years experience,
from start-ups to university deep tech spin outs to notably founding ROCTEL
where he is currently CEO.
ROCTEL is an award-winning MSP established in 2000. Our mission is to provide
the best in class Cloud, Collaboration, Security, and Broadband Services to
businesses. As a Cisco partner for many years, ROCTEL specialise in providing
the Managed Services Infrastructure to suit all your business requirements and
empower your remote work force with best in class services. We are focused on
building our business in Ireland and the UK, servicing the local and
international markets. We have commercial offices in Dublin and London, with our
24x7 Data Centre, ROCSOLID NMC and SOC in Dublin.


GERARD WHELAN

FOUNDER - JORDON WOLF

"SELLING IN A POST-COVID WORLD"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Gerard has gathered over 30 years experience. Gerard holds an MSc in
“International Marketing” and is an "Accredited Sales DiSC Profiling
Facilitator". in sales and sales management in the UK and Ireland. Amongst many
sales achievements, he was responsible for converting the largest Multi-Million
Pound sale ever recorded at Friends Provident UK. In sales teams of over 300+ he
was a consistent Top 10 performer. He also has over 10 years experience in IT
sales, winning Sales Achievement Awards at DELL and Intuity. He also has
extensive experience selling Media Advertising and Products to the Retail &
Manufacturing sectors. Gerard is acutely aware of the responsibility and need
for sales teams to perform on a very consistent basis. As a sales enthusiast, he
is always to be found close to where the sales action is. He now shares this
depth of experience, knowledge and love for sales with sales leaders and teams.





In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers! With Covid, Brexit and Putin playing
havoc with the world economy, this is a tough time to be selling to business
customers. Sometimes, the budget simply is not there. With less money to go
around, proposals are subjected to higher levels of review in buying
organisations. Rather than resign themselves to hearing the standard “Sorry, we
have no budget for that,” some companies (even some very young start-ups) have
found a way to reach their customers and motivate them to allocate the necessary
funds. Using what we call provocation-based selling, they persuade customers
that the solutions they bring to the table are not just nice but essential.
Provocation-based selling goes beyond the conventional consultative or
solution-selling approach, whereby the vendor’s sales team seeks out current
concerns in a question-and-answer dialogue with customer managers. And it
differs dramatically from the most common approach still in use—product-based
selling, which pushes features, functionality, and benefits, usually in a
generic manner. Provocation-based selling helps customers see their competitive
challenges in a new light that makes addressing specific painful problems
unmistakably urgent.


YAN FEDYANIN

CO-FOUNDER/CEO - SNAPSIM LTD.

"ACTIONABLE METRICS IN LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT: HOW MODERN TECH CAN COLLECT DATA
INVALUABLE FOR L&D AND HR PROFESSIONALS AND HOW TO MAKE USE OF IT."

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Yan is an Entrepreneur and Innovator with 20+ years’ experience in the field of
Executive Development, Digital Transformation and E-Learning. He is Co-Founder
and CEO of SNAPSIM – an Enterprise Ireland-supported company that develops and
markets the next generation solution for scalable and measurable development of
managerial skills with advanced HR-analytics.





Technology opens new horizons when it comes to collecting and analysing data for
decision-making. Unfortunately, HR teams in many companies fall behind other
functions in digital transformation and digitalisation. This topic explores
practical steps to be taken to make L&D and HR function future-ready in the era
of AI and other technologies that change our world.


ANITA MARTEL

SENIOR PARTNER & FOUNDER - PERRY-MARTEL

"REVOLUTIONS NEED LEADERS: HOW TO RECOGNIZE, RECRUIT AND RETAIN LEADERS IN AN
INDUSTRY 4.0 WORLD"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Through her 29-year career Anita has focused on program development and
management, education and counseling within the human resources, academic and
addictions fields. She is also a performance consultant in Emotional
Intelligence (certified BarOn EQ-I administrator) and a partner in Guerrilla Job
Search International.
Anita is a member of the team of professional recruiters which put together the
Guerrilla Job Search System of products and services using leading edge job
search techniques. Anita also has hands on experience in working directly with
non-executive workers in re-training and re-integration into the work force
giving her a unique perspective on their challenges. Her down-to-earth approach
is appreciated by candidates and clients.
Anita is the author of the “Absolute Job Search Guide”, and a contributing
coauthor in “Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters”, and coauthor of “Don’t Hire a
Liar and Beyond Great: Hiring the Best Leaders”.
Anita graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring
in Psychology & Women’s Studies, held the rank of Captain in the Canadian Armed
Forces Reserves, and is a Registered Guild Recruiter. Anita is fluently
bilingual and a mother to four adult children.





The world is entering its fourth Industrial Revolution, often called Industry
4.0. And while Western countries ruled the first three industrial revolutions,
the economies that will dominate the 4.0 World is yet to be determined. The
future is up for grabs. The question is, what will be the differentiator for
winning organizations in the 4.0 World?


SHANE O’SULLIVAN

CO-FOUNDER - VISIONR

"THE RETAIL STORE OF THE FUTURE"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Shane Co-founded VisionR in 2018, with business partner Oran Mulvey. VisionR
provides retailers with insights straight from the shop floor using AI to
aggregate previously inaccessible shopper data to both personalise the shopping
experience and drive sales. VisionR is delivering actionable insights to leading
Irish retailers such as BWG Foods, Maxi Zoo, Anthony Nicholas Group, and has
recently been selected as the preferred supplier for in-store analytics for SPAR
International.





“The Future Of Retail Is Hybrid And Unified Around End-To-End Connected
Experiences” – Forbes, 2022 Chris and Shane will present the impact that
disruptive technologies, such as AI, Video Analytics, and Automation, will have
on your shopping experience. From in-store shopper behavior analysis, to
automated product availability, offline retail is becoming as reactive and
personal as online with a focus on the shopping experience. Retail is changing
fast, and we are here to tell you a little bit about its trajectory.


BERTALAN BARI

CEO - MARKETINGLENS

"HOW TO POWER UP YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING WITH DATA & ANALYTICS"

Speaker Bio



Before founding MarketingLens, Berti worked with Google for over 5 years as a
Senior Marketing Project Manager. He oversaw and supported various VIP clients
across the E-commerce & FinTech industries, including Paypal, Regus, IBM,
Microsoft, Oracle and some of the largest banks and fintech clients in Europe.
In Ireland, recently partnered up with Idiro Analytics to create its digital
marketing subsidiary, Idiro Digital.


LEE BRISTOW

CTO - PHINITY RISK SOLUTIONS

"ETHICAL DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - COMBINING RISK, AUTOMATION & ETHICS"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



My current role is with Phinity Risk Solutions as Founder & Chief Technology
Officer. I have 22 Year experience across several roles and positions within
information security, risk and compliance





My presentations and research centre around the value of a trifecta strategy to
improve an organisation's resilience - by combining risk management, robotic
process automation, and ethical principles. We will deep dive into third-party
risk management and how this approach can increase resilience and reduce risk.


GERRY KELEGHAN

COLLABORATION SALES SPECIALIST - CISCO SYSTEMS

"ADVANCEMENTS IN RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES UTILISING SASE"

Speaker Bio



Gerry has been in the industry for 40+ years and for the last 20 has been Cisco
Collaboration technologies specialist to Irish and UK customers. His role is
also to support the extensive ecosystem.


ROBERT O’REGAN

VP OF ENGINEERING - SOAPBOX LABS

Speaker Bio



Robert O'Regan is VP of Engineering at SoapBox, where he directs the product
engineering function of the SoapBox speech solutions platform. Robert holds an
MSc in Advanced Software Engineering and has more than 20 years of experience in
software engineering and product development, building highly scalable Cloud and
EdgeAI solutions for both startups and enterprise-level companies. Robert has
in-depth experience in design, development, and implementation of advanced
software products and systems, along with experience building, scaling, and
keeping great teams.


BALAZS VAJNA

HEAD OF ANALYTICS - MARKETINGLENS

"HOW TO POWER UP YOUR DIGITAL MARKETING WITH DATA & ANALYTICS"

Speaker Bio



Balazs has more than a decade's worth of experience in analytics, data science
and machine learning engineering, having spent most of his time in the
consulting sector, helping various types of clients. He previously worked in
both large firms like Oracle and Accenture and boutique consulting companies
like Idiro Analytics, before joining MarketingLens to build their data analytics
department. Balazs now specializes in digital and online focused analytics
solutions, and currently oversees all our marketing analytics, machine learning,
tracking and measurement and attribution projects.


JOSEPH COSGRAVE

CEO - SMARKETING CLOUD

"DATA & AUTOMATION - HOW BUSINESSES CAN ENGAGE THEIR CUSTOMERS AT SCALE"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Joseph is the founder of Smarketing Cloud, a marketing technology and services
company. He has over 15 years' experience as a marketer and consults for some of
the world's biggest brands. He is also a regular keynote speaker and trainer on
marketing technology topics.





Data and automation are becoming more and more important in today's business
world. By using these tools, businesses can engage with their customers at
scale, and provide a better overall customer experience across the social and
mobile channels they use daily.


HELEN GAVIN

CEO - BOLD CRAFT MARKETING

"THE POWER OF UGC"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Helen Gavin, CEO Bold Craft Marketing Helen Gavin is founder and CEO of Bold
Craft Marketing, an award-winning digital marketing agency. She is an energetic
and capable entrepreneur with clear-sighted vision, innate business acumen and
exceptional marketing expertise, specialising in the digital arena. Over almost
two decades she acquired solid industry experience in every facet of marketing,
working in Retail, Media, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Tech, Engineering and
State Agencies. This includes B2B and B2C marketing, market research and
analysis, strategic development, and implementation across digital and
traditional channels. She has worked specifically on market entry to the USA,
Australia (via acquisition), UK and Ireland as well as nurturing existing
markets across all European countries. Since setting up her own digital
marketing agency in 2017, she has actively focused on developing new and
existing markets leveraging digital channels. She has a particular interest in
new market development globally. In 2014, Helen graduated with a Bachelor of
Business (Honours) achieving a First-Class Degree and a special Award for
Academic achievement. Her combined academic studies, global market knowledge and
digital experience ensure highly developed skills in strategic marketing and
business development particularly in the digital area. Helen has a strong sense
of community responsibility and is a committed member of Westport Chamber of
Commerce, holding the position of President since November 2019. In 2020 she
received an Outstanding young Person Award from JCI Ireland in recognition of
her contribution to The Westport Chamber during the pandemic.





Visual marketing with user-generated content is one of the most trusted forms of
marketing. Why? Because consumers trust the opinions of their peers. In this
talk Helen Gavin will review the creation and impact of global UGC campaigns,
how they were created, how they were implemented and how they impacted the
bottom line of some of the world's leading brands.


JOE O’ GORMAN

SASE SOLUTION SPECIALIST - CISCO SYSTEMS UKI

"ADVANCEMENTS IN RETAIL TECHNOLOGIES UTILISING SASE"

Speaker Bio



Over 25 yrs. in the IT industry, laterally, I worked at Google Cloud prior to
re-joining Cisco where I helped customers become less traditional and more
digital native. At Cisco, my role is evangelising SASE as an enabler for digital
aspirations and realising the business value.


DAYNA CACERES

CREATOR - 3-DAY SPRINT VIRTUAL TEAM DEVELOPMENT

"HOW TO DESIGN A HYBRID WORK MODEL THAT WORKS"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Dayna, MD at Distinctions & Creator of the 3-Day Sprint Virtual Team Development
is a Master Accredited Coach and skilled OD Consultant, with a wide breath of
knowledge across disciplines including Strategic HR, Operations, and Marketing.
Dayna has a wealth of experience in organisational culture and how to create the
optimal working conditions for high-performance. She leads a team of leadership
and team behavioural experts with a passion for leveraging technology to enable
high performance in a virtual and hybrid world of work.





The debate between ‘in person days v remote days’ continues, with opposing data
pushing some companies and employees further into to their respective corners.
This session will cut through the noise and help bring focus to the factors that
have the greatest impact on people, the work, and culture. Designing a hybrid
work model that works needs us to re-imagine what high performance looks like in
this new world. It’s not about where you are , rather how we do what needs to be
done. Dayna will demonstrate how we can find common ground, guiding the audience
to problem solve a collectively designed hybrid model that works, using virtual
tools and design thinking methods.


LANE FARBER

DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER - PLAN B SALES CONSULTANCY

"TAKING THE AWKWARDNESS OUT OF ASKING FOR THE BUSINESS"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Lane is Founder of Plan B Sales Consultancy with 25 years of experience in
business development, sales strategy, training, and sales development
initiatives for public and private sectors. He brings both expertise with
multiple industry sectors and organisations in various stages from start-up to
Fortune 500.

Working with an outsourced sales and business development organisation, we
partnered with multiple types of industries including manufacturing, retail,
medical and financial to name a few. This enabled me to gain insights and
experience in a wide variety of industries both selling for and into, and which
provided me with a unique perspective on sales and how to create strategies that
work across industries. This, coupled with strong techniques and powerful
messaging, led to a very successful career in sales





Many sales professionals I encounter find asking for the business to be
difficult as they are afraid of appearing to be aggressive or pushy. Often the
engagement does not lead to a closing situation and the salesperson is unsure of
how to proceed. I explain how to bring the sales to a natural close and explain
the best way to move the prospect forward and ultimately close more sales.


ROBERT FARRELL

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION LECTURER, TRAINER & DIRECTOR -

Speaker Bio



We learn by doing, by putting our ideas into practice and delivering results.
This is at the heart of how Robert Farrell approaches training. He has designed
and delivered Digital Marketing training programs with HubSpot, the Digital
Marketing Institute, Dublin Business School, National College of Ireland, IBAT,
the British Academy of Digital Marketing and the Irish Computer Society.

His main expertise lies in Digital Marketing Strategy, the Inbound Methodology,
Content Marketing and Digital Disruption. He has delivered a range of programs
from afternoon workshops to full MBA programmes in Ireland and London.

Robert has a deep connection with the marketing industry and is a member of the
judging panels for the Spider Awards, Digital Media Awards and the Education
awards. He was also shortlisted for the Net Visionary Awards in 2017.

Additionally, Robert is frequently seen on the conference circuit including the
Dublin Tech Summit, 3XE, Sales & Marketing Summit, Tech Connect and FutureScope.
His past topics include Social Media Marketing, Virtual Reality Marketing,
Digital Disruption and Technology Entrepreneurship.

Robert holds an MSc in Strategic Management from UCD Smurfit Graduate Business
School, a Post Graduate Diploma in Education, a Degree in Marketing and several
certificates in Digital Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Content Marketing and
Social Selling.


LISA GIBBONS

WRITER, CONSULTANT & BLOCKCHAIN ADVOCATE - BLOCKLEADERS.IO

"NFTS - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY - EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT
NFTS BUT WERE TOO SCARED TO ASK!"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Lisa is a passionate Web3 communications consultant with over 12 years of
experience and a love for all things blockchain, education, and sustainability.
I write for numerous publications, including Blockleaders, Euronews,
Cryptoslate, Blocktelegraph and GritDaily.

In 2019 Lisa founded Orchardsnearme.com, a platform dedicated to wild food
foraging and sustainable food distribution, and is aiming to use blockchain
technology for food traceability.

She currently works with numerous fintech service providers and blockchain
projects to devise creative content strategies. I have minted my own NFTs and I
am fascinated by the technology that brings NFTs to life.





NFTs are a hot topic for all brands today. From the biggest names in fashion to
celebrities like Snoop Dogg, NFTs have captured the imaginations of the public.
In this unique NFT workshop, we will show you what, who and how NFTs are being
used. We will demonstrate the vast opportunities available for companies and
creatives and dive into the future of NFT utility. You will come away with an
understanding of NFTs, NFT marketplaces and the resources needed to embed NFTs
into your organisation.


DOUG GORDON

CEO - D&S PERFORMANCE OPTIMISATION

"HIGH PERFORMANCE SUCCESS WITHOUT STRESS IN SALES"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER, CEO, TRAINER, CONSULTANT, COACH &
RADIO PRESENTER. Certified Fund Manager & Investment Advisor (21 yrs in fund mgt
working for some of the largest firms in the world such as Fidelity, HSBC,
AVIVA, Lazard, Columbia Threadneedle & Davy as a C-level/SVP business head).
Featured in national newspapers such as The Times & Independent for growing an
asset management business from $50m pa sales to $1.75Bn pa sales. Global
Goodwill Ambassador, Dublin 55+ LINKEDIN RECOMMENDATIONS PROVEN AREAS WHERE I
CAN HELP YOU & YOUR BUSINESS? :- 1. BUSINESS STRATEGY - featured in the national
newspapers for this 2. SALES, MARKETING & PR - in press for past success. 3.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING - creating high performing teams. 4. HIGH PERFORMANCE
SUCCESS WITHOUT STRESS. 5. How to GET PAID 5 FIGURES TO SPEAK on stage every
time. 6. PRESENTATION & PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS course, programs + pitch
creation. 7. How to INCREASE YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & INTUITION to make
better, faster decisions with money, time & energy. 8. WELLNESS, WELLBEING +
Mind, Body & Soul optimisation program. 9. How to MASTER YOUR RELATIONSHIPS in
work & life to create WIN-WIN. KEYNOTE SPEAKER:- National Finance Summit,
Stanford Business School, National Health Summit, National Workplace Wellbeing
Summit, The European Chamber of Commerce, InterNations Conference, All-Ireland
Business Summit, London Investment Summit, Hyper Sales Conference, Thrive
Festival + many more. Shared stage with Lisa Nichols, John Demartini, Les Brown,
Brian Tracey, prime ministers, CEOs, sports stars, film stars & TV stars. RADIO
PRESENTER of, “Inspirational People, Inspirational Stories” on Dublin City FM
(aired live to 2 million people every week). Guests: Jack Canfield, 6xJohn
Demartini, 2xLisa Nichols, Stephen Covey, Les Brown, Sharon Lechter + sports
stars, politicians, film stars & NYTimes bestsellers. CLIENTS: Dell, Facebook,
ODEY, BOI, Salesforce, Ocuco, Leinst





How I grew an Asset Management firm from $50m pa sales to $1.75Bn pa sales


TONY MORONEY

MANAGING PARTNER - BETA DIGITAL

Speaker Bio



Tony is a Thinkers 360 Top 10 Thought Leader on Digital Disruption He is the
Founder and Managing Partner of Beta Digital, a specialist strategy & digital
transformation advisory firm. He is also a Co-Founder of The Digital
Transformation Lab, Cork University Business School, an independent community of
professionals, consultants, academics, and researchers interested in developing,
validating, and sharing best practices in Digital Leadership, Transformation and
Disruption. In addition, he is the Programme Director for the Digital Leadership
at the Irish Management Institute.


HELEN ROLAND

IRELAND LEAD - GTA: BLACK WOMEN IN TECH

"DIVERSITY IN STEM"

Speaker Bio



Helen Roland is a Tech-Savvy Chartered Accountant ACA using her financial and IT
expertise to solve problems. She has professional experience in finance and
accounting spanning tech, financial services and aviation industries. She is
currently building expertise in forensic accountancy within Legal and Commercial
Services at Accenture.

Helen is very passionate about accelerating equality for all. She believes that
it is only when all voices are equally represented in society that true
inclusion can be achieved. She is part of GTA Black Women in Tech, a non-for
profit global organisation based in London, dedicated to building bridges of
opportunities in tech and with a vision to normalise Black excellence and
inspire generations in technology and beyond.

Helen leads GTA Black Women in Tech Ireland and is committed to being an
effective role model, using her ambition, voice and presence to increase
representation. She is on a mission to foster positive change, leave a legacy
that breaks barriers and inspires the next generation of female leaders to be
fearless!

In her free time, she enjoys cycling, walking and watching movies. She also
loves travelling and learning about languages and cultures.


PAUL DELAHUNTY

CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER - STRYVE

"CYBERSECURITY TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2023"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Paul Delahunty, one of Ireland’s leading Information Security experts, is the
Chief Information Security Officer at Stryve, a Carlow headquartered private
cloud and cybersecurity company. A certified CISSP (Certified Information
Systems Security Professional) with more than 10 years’ experience in
information security, Paul started his career as an engineer with Ericsson,
before venturing into the start-up world as Operations Director with moQom. He
later co-founded ThorsNet, a cybersecurity and compliance company. More
recently, he worked as Information Security and Audit Manager for Hostelworld
Group, before joining the rapidly expanding team at Stryve. Paul works closely
with Stryve’s growing clientele in Ireland, the UK and Europe, managing an
international team to deliver tailor-made cybersecurity services that support
Government departments and SME businesses in over 20 countries with a combined
turnover of over €21 billion. Paul is a popular keynote speaker at national and
international cybersecurity conferences and events, including, IDEAM ‘Smart
Industrial Control Systems’, Kyte Consulting ‘The Evolution of Cloud’, AtlanTec
2022, and is a regular contributor to the national conversation on cybersecurity
in print media, radio and television.





A look at some of the likely cyber security trends over the coming year.


RIAN LANIGAN

MARKETING MANAGER - SANDLER

"8 WAYS TO TURN ATTENTION INTO SALES"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Having graduated from DIT with a BSc in Tourism Marketing, Rian began working
with Sandler Training in 2017. His career began as a marketing executive with
Sandler Ireland. Having had the opportunity to give a marketing talk to a room
full of other Sandler Franchise owners, Rian decided to set up his own Marketing
Agency which focused on the sales industry. Over the course of the next 3.5
years he built the business to work with Sandler HQ & 35 business accounts
across the world (Europe, North America, Canada & Asia). Late 2020 Rian has
rejoined Sandler Ireland as “Marketing Manager”. Since then he has been focused
on growing one of the top Sales Leadership podcasts in EMEA, running monthly
events and building a community of sales leaders. On the side, Rian also hosts a
podcast with business leaders across the UK & Ireland which has featured in the
top 5 business podcasts in Ireland & the UK 9 times.





Before you turn a prospect into a client you must first get their attention...
Curious how you can get the attention of the right kind of people, with zero
budget and then turn them into raving fans? if so, then come to this talk!...
You'll walk away with at least 2-3 golden nuggets.


JANE MAHER

HEAD OF MARKETING - FREE NOW

"HEY MARKETEERS, WE DON’T HAVE TO LEAVE OUR VALUES AT THE DOOR WHEN WE GO TO
WORK."

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Jane Maher is the Head of Marketing for FREE NOW in Ireland, having joined the
company in January 2022. Jane is responsible for the development and execution
of FREE NOW’s marketing strategy and campaigns across the Irish market. She also
identifies key opportunities to grow the FREE NOW brand as the market leader in
the multi-mobility space and implement best-in-class driver and passenger
engagement initiatives. As a member of FREE NOW’s senior leadership team, Jane
will contribute to the strategic direction of the company and its ambitious
goals concerning environmentally friendly transport, micro-mobility and
driver-centricity. Jane has over 10 years’ experience across multiple B2B and
B2C functions. She is experienced in a diverse range of communication and
marketing disciplines including digital, global marketing, business development
and partnership management. Before joining FREE NOW, Jane was the Head of Brand
Communications & Partnerships at start-up beverage company The Naked Collective.
Prior to this, she worked with premium spirits company William Grant & Sons for
over 8 years fulfilling roles in the US & UKI in global brand management,
commercial development & local marketing management. Jane holds a First Class
Honours MBA from Technological University Dublin, an MSc in International
Business Development from DIT and has recently completed the Harvard Business
School Sustainable Business Strategy Program. She also completed her BA in
History of Art & Architecture at Trinity College Dublin. Jane is passionate
about building regenerative business models that contribute rather than detract
from the planet & society at large. She is also a Certified Mental Health First
Aider championing open mental health conversations in the workplace.





Synopsis of content in 3 parts: 1. Making purpose pay: uniting a sense of
purpose with business decisions. 2. Consumer insights: the case for purpose
driven products and services. 3. A case study: building brands around doing the
right thing.


KATRINA QUINN

GLOBAL PARTNER MANAGEMENT - VYTA

"RETIRING TECH IN A SUSTAINABLE COST-EFFECTIVE MANNER"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Katrina has over 30 years of experience working in various industry sectors in
Ireland and the UK. She joined Vyta in 2019 and has a passion for the circular
economy with a particular focus on the IT industry. Katrina works closely with
companies of all sizes advising and implementing a cost effective and
sustainable strategy to managing their retired IT equipment. In addition, she is
an advanced GDPR certified professional, executing personalised plans that
prioritise compliance. Vyta has over 21 years of IT Asset Disposal (ITAD)
experience and is the most certified in Ireland with the recent procurement of
UK based ITAD company, FGD, they have been able to expand their fully accredited
services across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe.





Environmentally sustainable retirement of IT equipment and e-waste offers
enterprises a huge opportunity to make a measurable difference to their
business’ CO2 reduction obligations. Katrina will tell attendees how they can
manage this in a highly cost-effective manner, unlocking monetary value in
redundant IT equipment while easily, securely and compliantly managing their IT
when it is no longer usable to them.


MARIA QUIROGA

PROJECT MANAGER - HOLUSION

"INNOVATION AND HOLOGRAMS"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Holusion is a French Startup, based in northern France, Lille. We design,
manufacture and provide innovative display solutions based on holographic
technologies. This optical illusion named Pepper's Ghost is the result of the
reflection of an image through a semi-transparent mirror. Our devices give you
the impression of a free floating object. The holograms are in motion, colorful
and true to the real aspect of the object.





What can we expect today and in the future? Holograms have arrived as a
disruptive technology that has turned many industries upside down, such as
cultural, technical and real estate.


ROSS REEKIE

FOUNDER - RISE CONSULTING PTY LTD

"BEYOND THE PING PONG TABLE: HOW TO ATTRACT AND KEEP THE BEST TALENT"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Ross is an international expert in meaningful work who passionately believes
that work can be awesome for everyone. With a warm, friendly, and playful style,
Ross has helped people find meaning in their work for over 20 years. He founded
Rise, Australia’s first meaningful work consulting firm, 10 years ago to help
organisations “lead with meaning”. From his academic research and his practical
experience, he has developed simple, easy-to-use diagnostic tools, frameworks,
and programs to help make work more meaningful for everyone. In his latest
research project, he interviewed hundreds of ordinary people around the world
about how Covid has changed our relationship with work (spoiler alert: we want
work to be more meaningful). The interviews and findings from this project were
the topics for his recent “Work after Covid” radio series on Austria’s national
radio FM4. Ross is also the host of the “The meaning of work” podcast.
Originally from Scotland (don’t worry - he’s easy to understand), he has spent
17 years in Sydney, Australia and now calls Vienna, Austria home.





"Hiring good tech talent is HARD. From the old-school ping-pong table, to
street-art adorned, free GF snacks, dog-friendly, shoe-optional,
turning-up-in-person optional office environments, tech companies are offering
more and more perks in the arms race for talent. There is a better way to
attract and retain the best teams. I interviewed over 100 people around the
world to discover how Covid has changed what we REALLY want from our work. We
want our work to be meaningful, not more ping-pong tables. In this talk, I’ll
share with you the insights and stories from my global research project, the
latest science on meaningful work, as well as a simple framework and practical
leadership tips for making your workplace somewhere that people want to join and
stay. "


THIBAULT GUILLAUMONT

FOUNDER - HOLUSION

"INNOVATION AND HOLOGRAMS"

Speaker Bio



Thanks to the world of augmented reality, Thibault Guillaumont, 2013 graduate of
#ITEEM and co-founder of the start-up Holusion, has been providing professional
and innovative 3D display solutions since 2014. By creating interactive
holograms for rent or sale, Holusion offers innovative digital experiences and
personalized support in the creation of tailor-made solutions. These are
accessible to all professionals mainly in three markets: the world of science
and culture, the world of construction, but also the world of product marketing.
Finally, Holusion has created a holographic museum of digitized objects from the
archaeological sites of Mesopotamia in order to enhance and preserve one of the
cradles of civilization among the most threatened in the world. It was during
his studies at ITEEM that Thibault teamed up with two friends, including
Benjamin Cliquennois, a school classmate, to digitize this new solution and
revolutionize the use of digital technology. Holusion was therefore born during
their 5th year end-of-study internship. But it was really during a Startup
Weekend - entrepreneurial event, in 2012, that they were able to manufacture
their first prototype, test their product and thus meet incubators in the
region. Since that day, their offices have been deployed at the heart of the
Plaine Images ecosystem (Lille metropolis), where 5 employees currently work.


HOLGER LÖRZ

CEO - ALLEX.AI

"PROJECT SUCCESS FACTORS POWERED BY DIGITALIZATION"

Speaker Bio



Holger Lörz has more than 20 years of experience in line management and as a
consultant. His customers have shortened project durations by up to 30% in over
20 transformation projects by redefining their project collaboration. To
stabilize collaboration and processes, he has worked with his clients to develop
the first practical "critical chain multi-project management software." An
author and expert who regularly gives talks at German industry events and has
contributed to media outlets such as The Huffington Post and more.


JOE MCGIVERN

CEO - SUPPORTIT

"MODERN WORKPLACE - MODERN THREATS - A NEW APPROACH FOR SMES?"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Joe McGivern is CEO of supportIT, a Dublin-based IT Services company and part of
Viatel Technology Group. With over 25 years of working in the IT industry Joe
McGivern knows that the path to successful IT is removing complexity and speaks
with a refreshing honesty while avoiding "tech speak" and jargon.





In today's interconnected and hybrid working world, security has never been more
important. But as the number of worker locations and devices has increased so
too has the number of threats. An array of tools now makes up the average CIO's
arsenal. In fact, in the 2020 CISO Effectiveness Survey, Gartner found that 78%
of CISOs have 16 or more tools in their cybersecurity vendor portfolio; 12% have
46 or more. Having too many security vendors results in complex security
operations and increased security headcount. This also increases cost and
training requirements. In "Modern Workplace, Modern Threats", Joe McGivern
outlines a simpler, more consolidated approach to security that every SME can
ascribe to. Joe focuses primarily on the modern SoC (Security Operations Centre)
and how most security environments can be managed through a single pain of
glass. Joe's approach makes this talk accessible to business leaders from
non-technical roles and carries key tips and tricks to better manage your IT
estate in a user-friendly, cost-effective and most importantly highly secure
manner.


CLAIRE PENNY

DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS - INVICARA

"DEMYSTIFYING “DIGITAL TWINS”"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Claire is the Director of Global Partnerships at Invicara where she gets to
combine her passion, experience and learning from the past 22 years, enabling
her to effectively assist companies on their Digital Twin journey. She
previously worked at IBM for over 19 years where she was the Global Industry
Leader at IBM for the Watson IoT for Cognitive Buildings group. She has a record
of successfully converting innovation projects into commercialised, revenue
generating products, and for driving results across matrixed global teams. She
is renowned for her passion, getting things done, love of evangelizing, and is a
prominent international speaker on the topics of Digital Twins, IoT, PropTech,
and Smart Buildings. Claire’s external commitments include Non-Executive
Director on the board of CITA (Construction IT Alliance) Ireland and
Non-Executive Director of Producer Register Ltd (PRL). She is a technical
advisor for the Estates Gazette and, also very active within the BSI, assisting
with the revision of many British Standards relating to the Facilities
Management





Digital Twins evoke many emotions ranging from excitement to frustration. Why?
The term can mean many things, and therefore causes much confusion unless
everyone in the conversation knows exactly what is being described. The term
Digital Twin can apply to products, systems and processes, across many industry
segments. The built environment, healthcare, manufactured products,
manufacturing process, are just some examples. And within each of those industry
segments, Digital Twins can mean any number of specific solutions, targeting
specific use cases. Digital Twins are a great basis for driving digital
transformation of multiple workflows and processes. So what must we do to
alleviate the confusion relating to Digital Twins, to encourage adoption and
remove confusion? This talk will provide some of the answers.


RUAIRÍ Ó HAILÍN

BAINISTEOIR, BARR-FEABHAIS OIBRÍOCHTÚIL & DIGITEACH, MANAGER, OPERATIONAL
EXCELLENCE & DIGITAL - ENTERPRISE IRELAND

"THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF DIGITAL TRANSITION - TOOLS, APPROACHES, & SUPPORTS"

NICK CONNORS

GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR - TEKENABLE

"DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - PRACTICAL STEPS & GUIDELINES"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Nick Connors is Group Managing Director and co-founder of TEKenable Ltd. Nick
with his business partner Peter Rose co founded TEKenable in 2002 which has now
over 155 staff in 6 office locations worldwide. TEKenable are experts in Rapid
Digital Transformation through Low Code Platforms delivering solutions to medium
and large-scale enterprises in Ireland, UK and EMEA. Nick works with decision
makers at Board level and has an in depth knowledge of the IT software and
services industry specialising in Digital Transformation. Prior to TEKenable
Nick worked with Digital Channel Partners Ltd(DCP) a consultancy and services
company where Nick was the Managing Director for Ireland. Nick worked for over 3
years with VISION consulting where he Programme Managed the delivery of large
scale projects and prior to that Nick worked as the Software Development Manager
in Defence Force Headquarters in their Information Technology Section. Nick also
spent 6 years in the Army Equitation School as a professional showjumper. Nick
is a graduate of University College Galway where he received a B.E. in
Engineering (Hons).





Digital transformation is the integration of digital technology into all areas
of a business, fundamentally changing how a business operates and delivers value
to their customers in an agile way. A key element is the cultural change that
requires organisations to adopt technology within the business itself.
Continuous change and meeting KPI's has to be the mantra within any successful
business.


PAUL COSGROVE

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION COACH - JIGSAW BETTER BUSINESS

"THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF DIGITAL TRANSITION - TOOLS, APPROACHES, & SUPPORTS"

CHRIS FARR

MASTER PRACTITIONER IN DATA ANALYSIS & MANAGING DIRECTOR - SONTAI DATA SOLUTIONS

"THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF DIGITAL TRANSITION - TOOLS, APPROACHES, & SUPPORTS"

SALMA GHAFOOR

GLOBAL TECH LEAD FOR IOT - ROCKWELL AUTOMATION

"WHY YOU NEED AN INTELLIGENT EDGE"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Salma is the Global Technical Lead for IoT at Rockwell Automation. She has over
20 years of experience working with information software and has a passion for
understanding and sharing the benefits that IoT can bring to the industrial
space.





More and more companies are recognising the benefits of cloud to create new
business models and unlock hidden potential. However this trend is somewhat
muted when it comes to industry and manufacturing due to several factors such as
security, risk and cost. Many of these factors can be overcome by adding
intelligence at the edge that perfectly complements a robust cloud strategy.


STUART NELSON

LEAN & LEADERSHIP COACH - JIGSAW BETTER BUSINESS

"THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF DIGITAL TRANSITION - TOOLS, APPROACHES, & SUPPORTS"

Speaker Bio



According to his clients, Stuart asks an awful lot of questions. Perhaps it is
his love of Columbo, but it is likely his Coaching approach to helping people,
teams and businesses be the best they can be. Stuart is a frequent speaker on
the Lean Mindset and for his research and coaching program on the pillars of
Lean Culture: Leadership, Team Learning, and Employee Engagement, he won the
inaugural award for Contribution to Lean Learning at the Lean Business Ireland
awards.


JOEL DUPONT

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER - GUIDEWIRE

"THE ONE THING THAT WILL MAKE OR BREAK YOUR BUSINESS!"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Joel Dupont is the "strategic delivery guy" that will let you sleep at night as
he will take care of converting your vision into reality. He has managed
strategic IT and infrastructure projects in Europe and Australia from small
co-located teams to large multicultural geographically distributed teams in
telecommunications, government, banking, media and insurance industries.





Product/service, strategy, sales/cash flow, processes, tools and technology are
all essential. However, the determining factor to be successful and remain in
business is your culture. The talk will define culture and how to create a
magnetic culture to attract customers and employees.


MANMEET ABROL

CEO - THE ENTREPRENEUR STUDIO

"FUNDRAISING STRATEGY SESSION"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



I am a hands-on CEO and Entrepreneur with a background in finance and extensive
experience in business development and innovation. In particular, I’m most
passionate about working with innovative start-ups and existing businesses
looking towards global expansion; preparing business plans, and developing
structured strategic roadmaps for revenue growth.
Over the past number of years, I have founded a number of businesses
specialising in Fintech, Payments Solutions, CRM, ERP, Telecommunications,
Digital Marketing, and Utilities Management and have developed a network of
diplomats, customers, partners, and investors globally.

Awards:
National Family Business Awards UK - Truway
Year 2018 - Entrepreneur Award of the Year (Ireland)
Year 2018 - Innovation & Technology Award of the Year (Ireland)
Year 2017 - Rising Star Award of the Year (Ireland)
Marriott
Year 2013 - Marriott Mustang European Director of Finance The Ritz Carlton
Powerscourt, Ireland





The problem for many entrepreneurs is getting the funding in the first place.
Entrepreneurs speak the language of seizing opportunity whereas investors speak
the language of mitigating risk. The entrepreneur shares a big vision, the
investor looks at how they can protect downside. To bridge this gap, the
entrepreneur must create a set of documents that investors relate to and engage
with. This set of documents must translate the entrepreneurs vision into a
language the investor understands.


JILLIAN GODSIL

EDITOR AND CO-FOUNDER - BLOCKLEADERS.IO

"WOMEN IN WEB3"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Award winning journalist, broadcaster and author





Why we need women in Web 3 - too important for men alone


TOM DALTON

FOUNDER - TD PERFORMANCE

"UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



TEDx and corporate speaker, Tom Dalton provides a clear, inspiring, and
practical roadmap to managing our lives effectively in an era of relentless
demand. As a result, Tom consistently and successfully offers this approach to
world-class, leading organizations such as Meta, Hubspot, Accenture, Sky, AIB,
Unilever and many others. Delivered with an authentic and calm energy, passion,
personal stories, real-world business research, and just enough scientific data,
Tom is able to blend inspiration, practical application and the seeds of
motivation for real change that leads to healthier lives. In the process, he
lifts others to attain personal breakthroughs that help them attain their
highest potential both at work and in life.





Tom shares his own stories of resilience in life and business with healthy doses
of vulnerability, humour, and motivation and will share how to use resilience to
not only navigate and cope during change and uncertainty, but build a healthy
mindset where you push past limited thinking and use the adversity, change and
uncertainty in your life and the world as the fuel needed to propel you forward
- stronger and better than before


JOHN O'SHANAHAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR - LEANBPI

"DIGITALISATION IN SMALL BUSINESS – HOW DIGITALISATION CAN TRANSFORM YOUR
BUSINESS PROCESSES"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



LeanBPI is a business consultancy that has worked with Irish SMES clients since
2015. Lead consultant John O’Shanahan with over 35 years business experience
across three continents specialises in helping SMEs improve their workflows,
converting from paper based or manual systems to more efficient simplified
digital processes. Applying best practices, Lean methodologies, and Digital
Innovations, LeanBPI simplifies and streamlines your business processes to
maximise your business performance.





Examples of how digitalisation can help SMEs through Digitalisation. Case
studies on how Irish SMEs have improved their business workflows through
digitalisation Presentation of recent research findings Enablers and inhibitors
to Digital transformation in Micro Business


JULIE O'SULLIVAN

HEAD OF PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT - JIGSAW BETTER BUSINESS

"THE 7 DEADLY SINS – HOW A TOXIC WORK CULTURE CAN PREVENT YOUR BUSINESS FROM
GROWING"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Julie O’Sullivan is a chartered business psychologist with a passion for
supporting clients and organisations to be at their best. Having trained and
coached leaders and teams across various industries, in Ireland and
internationally, she now works as Head of People Development at Jigsaw Better
Business, an award-winning Lean service provider.





Recent research has found that a toxic work culture is the greatest predictor of
a person leaving a job – 10 times more than compensation. In the current
climate, with a huge percentage of workers choosing to change jobs, it’s
essential for long-term business success to consider how to create a healthy
work environment that allows people to be at their best. In this keynote,
organisational psychologist Julie O’Sullivan will highlight some of the common
signs that indicate a work culture that’s not at its healthiest, as well as what
can be done, both from the perspective of the employee, and the employer.


BARBARA SKERRITT

DIRECTOR, INNOVATION DELIVERY - ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH

"WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Barbara Skerritt MBA, Director, Innovation Delivery, ICON, has over 30 years
experience spanning across clinical research, data management, data science and
analytics and patient reported outcomes research. Barbara led the ICHOM
benchmarking pilot program and works on initiatives to make healthcare more
equitable for all of society by measuring outcomes that matter to the patient.
Barbara currently leads a number of innovative projects, which are game changing
for the clinical research industry, delivering to an exceptional standard.
Barbara has been a DIBs advocate for many years, and founded WIT@ICON with the
full endorsement of the CIO and HR. Barbara sits on the Advisory Board of Global
Digital Health Network, advising on content development and delivery of the GRIT
International Accelerator program for women in life sciences. She also sits on
the Technical University Dublin’s Advisory Board for the MBA Alumni advising on
course content and Alumni engagement. Barbara brought Google’s IamRemarkable
initiative to ICON, which is fully adopted, which strives to empower
underrepresented groups to speak openly about their accomplishments. She also
has published in multiple academic & industry journals. Barbara has been an
active leader throughout her career, and advocate of mentoring future women
leaders of the pharmaceutical industry.





The challenge for diversity in Technology is evident. This discussion will focus
specifically on how I used my influence to found the Women in IT@ICON (WIT@ICON)
when I recognized through my other DIBs work, how difficult it was for women to
advance in IT. If women do not have a seat at the table, their voices were not
part of the narrative which meant that ICON are not getting the value that
diversity brings such as increased creativity, better decision making and
problem solving. The goal was to bring visibility to this gender imbalance and
thus lead the charge to improve it. The road is long, however, we have already
developed a number of worksteams which are already delivering which I will
discuss in this talk.


LIAM LYNCH

OWNER - L2 CYBER SECURITY SOLUTIONS

"SURVIVING RANSOMWARE"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Liam has over 30 years of industry experience working in IT and security. He
founded L2 Cyber Security Solutions in 2016 and has been delivering simple and
effective awareness training to micro, small and medium businesses, as well as
charities from the start. He believes in the maxim #SecuritySimplified.





Learn how one enterprise was able to recover from a significant ransomware
incident and get back to normal operation without paying the criminal gang
responsible.


DAVID PERRY

MANAGING PARTNER - PERRY-MARTEL INTERNATIONAL INC.

"REVOLUTIONS NEED LEADERS: HOW TO RECOGNIZE, RECRUIT AND RETAIN LEADERS IN AN
INDUSTRY 4.0 WORLD"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Nicknamed the Rogue Recruiter by The Wall Street Journal, David Perry is
managing partner of Perry-Martel International one of North America’s top
executive search, recruiting and placement firms. He is the author of seven
books including: Hiring Greatness: How to Recruit Your Dream Team and Crush the
Competition, Executive Recruiting for Dummies and Guerrilla Marketing for Job
Hunters 3.0. David is currently a board director at the Canadian Advanced
Technology Alliance (CATA.ca) and served two terms on the board of Women in
Communications and Technology. He previously chaired two national boards dealing
with HR and talent issues. He graduated from McGill in 1982 with a BA in
Economics and Industrial Relations. David received his Commission in the
Canadian Armed Forces Reserve earning the Sword of Honor in 1980. In 2014 he
received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award.





The world is entering its fourth Industrial Revolution, often called Industry
4.0. And while Western countries ruled the first three industrial revolutions,
the economies that will dominate the 4.0 World is yet to be determined. The
future is up for grabs. The question is, what will be the differentiator for
winning organizations in the 4.0 World?


DAVID KARNEY

HEAD OF DIGITAL ASSETS & MEMBER - WORLDLINE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

"TIME TO CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO - THE GROWTH OF ENTERPRISE SERVICES IN THE
BLOCKCHAIN SECTOR"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



"I help large businesses digitally transform to make the most of tomorrow’s
opportunities. Opportunities like tokenization. While I’ve worked in tech for
more than 20 years, right now I’m focusing my energies and experience on
identifying how Blockchain can combine with other technologies to help people
and organisations take full advantage of a digitised physical world, driven by
this exciting new technology.
I pride myself on taking a holistic, consultative approach. I believe in
developing long term relationships; relationships based on honesty and trust. I
also believe in challenging clients. Debate and discussion drive change and
change is a facilitator for innovation – something I help organisations to
achieve."





"Blockchain project success – what are the indicators? Does blockchain enable
individuals to have more legal rights over their creations? What hurdles might
we see to mainstreaming blockchain?"


KENNETH MCHUGH

OWNER - LEFTHAND PRODUCTIONS

"BRAND STORYTELLING IN 2022, HOW TIKTOK AND PODCASTING HAS INFLUENCED THE WAY WE
COMMUNICATE OUR BUSINESS MESSAGE'"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Ken is the creative director of Lefthand Productions with over 20 years
experience in the entertainment industry, currently specialises in creating
content for brands and training them how to create their own. The past year this
included projects with Bord Bia, Supervalu, Killruddery estate and various
County Councils around Ireland.





An overview of how Irish businesses are effectively using these modern
storytelling formats to market their products or services in a new and unique
way. What type of content works, how to develop stories around your business,
and how you can get started using just a smartphone with relevant apps and
associated hardware tech. Statistics, case studies and lots of practical tips
included.


EDWARD NUGENT

FOUNDER - DIGITAL SCORECARD

"DIGITAL SUCCESS - A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Dr Edward Nugent is the founder of several direct to consumer online businesses
across Europe. He has bought online advertising for over €1,000,000 of his own
money. In short, over the last few years he has advised others on designing
their business for a digital world. Before that designing and building systems
for other businesses. It all started prior to this with building his own
businesses and understanding the role of digital. He is a guest lecturer at Lund
University and the author of several books. Edward focuses on business growth
through marketing with a focus on Digital. Edward runs seminars and workshops
each month and works with the Digital Scorecard App community. Edward currently
lives in Ireland but undertakes most of his work in Scandinavia and Europe.





To get true understanding for Digital requires much more than a seminar or a few
workshops. The parallels to gaining new habits are clear. How to get a Digital
mindset is illustrated in this presentation, all based on our experience in
running seminars with over 2,000 companies, workshops with 200+ and in-depth
digital strategy with 20+. The presentation concludes with advice for the 3
stakeholders to improve the Digital transformation success; SME Business owners,
consultants/business advisors and also government programmes and initiative
designs. The presentation is based on our work primarily in Sweden with SME’s
and funded by local government and Swedens Enterprise Ireland equivalent.


ANNE CAULFIELD

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COACH - ELEVATEEDGE COACHING & CONSULTING LTD.

"HOW LEADERS CAN IMPROVE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND INCREASE STAFF RETENTION"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Anne Caulfield is an experienced Executive Coach, Leadership Coach, and Speaker,
with a background of 20 years’ international business experience. Anne is the
founder of ElevateEdge Coaching & Consulting Ltd, supporting leaders across
industries with coaching and training programs, so that they can increase their
leadership and impact. Anne helps businesses to develop impactful leaders as
well as high performing teams, that deliver higher productivity and results.
When they work with Anne, they discover powerful principles that boost
collaboration, engagement, motivation, and career fulfilment for every team
member.





At a time when companies are struggling to hire new staff, increasing employee
engagement and reducing staff turnover are essential to the future success of
organisations. It’s time to move past trial and error, and quick fixes, and
discover how you can engage and develop impactful leaders and teams, who are
energised and connected to outstanding results. Discover a new approach that
will empower your teams to take ownership for their engagement, performance and
results, which will boost collaboration, motivation and career fulfilment in
every team member.


HERBERT INNOCENT

AUGMENTED REALITY SPECIALIST - CLEVERBOOKS

"AUGMENTED REALITY EXCELS KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Innovation and Emerging Technology evalngelist. Supporter of education
technology and metaverse development in schools across the world. Experienced
Ambassador with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education
industry. Skilled in Research, Event Planning, Customer Service, and Microsoft
Office Solutions. Strong community and social services professional, Student
from Trinity College Dublin.





How To Help Students Excels In Every Subject and Give an Unrivaled Rich And Fun
Interactive Hands-on Learning Experience Without Having To Planning Interactive
Lessons. PLanning and Unsing Augmented Reality for primary education in Ireland
and globally.


BARRY WINKLESS

THE HUMAN CENTRED, TECHNOLOGY ENABLED FUTURE OF WORK: PERSPECTIVES, CHALLENGES
AND CONTRADICTIONS - CPL

"STRATEGY AND INNOVATION DIRECTOR"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Barry is a thought leader in strategic design, innovation and engagement with a
particular focus on how society is changing and what that means to the world of
work. Over the past 23 years he has worked globally with some of the world’s
most respected organisations. He is a frequent author and speaker at numerous
client and external events. His key speaking topics include: The future of work
and society, creativity & creative leadership, designing employee & client
experiences, technology foresight, immersive storytelling and new operating
models. Barry heads up the Future of Work Institute (part of Cpl & Outsourcing
Inc- a global Talent organisation), a multidisciplinary team working globally to
question, explore and design future work solutions with organisations. So he
isn’t just
a speaker but is actively pushing the frontiers of the future of work everyday
in the real world.





Good or bad? A blessing or a curse? The rise of digitisation and automation has
given organisations lots of opportunities to redesign and evolve this thing
called work. But this can be often at odds with an equally powerful movement
towards a more human workplace. In his talk Barry defines what the future of
work is, the mindset we need to adopt to create a meaningful workplace of the
future, and explores some of the new contradictions that we will need to solve
for our human machine future. Drawing on real world research and projects from
the Future of Work Institute this talk promises to offer new perspectives on the
future of work and what it means to each and everyone of us.


BARRY PROST

CO-FOUNDER - RENT - A - RECRUITER

"STRATEGIES TO SUCCESSFULLY FILL ‘HARD-TO-FILL’ ROLES IN THE TECHNOLOGY"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Barry Prost has 20 years’ experience in international recruitment and has co
founded award winning brands in the sector including Propel Consult, Yala, and
now Rent A Recruiter, whose mission is to be a leading international, technology
lead, embedded recruitment services provider with operations in Ireland, US,
Middle East and Australia. Barry has a degree in Business from Trinity College
Dublin and MBA from the Smurfit School of Business. Barry is a Committee Member
of the Employment & Recruitment Federation, serves on the board for the SFA
overseeing the MentorsWork initiative and has also recently been nominated to
Vice Chair of the Dublin Regional Skills Forum.





The future of work is being shaped by two powerful forces: The growing adoption
of artificial intelligence in the workplace, and the expansion of the workforce
to include both on- and off-balance-sheet workers. In this talk, we outline the
challenging roles companies are currently struggling to fill and provide
insights and tips into how to successfully resource this talent.


JARED BROWNE

HEAD OF DATA PRIVACY - FEXCO

"THE REVOLUTION WILL BE AUTOMATED: HOW THE EU'S A.I. ACT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD
OF A.I.."

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Jared Browne is the Head of Data Privacy for the Fexco Group, an Irish-based and
Irish-owned Fintech multinational with operations in 29 countries. Jared has
responsibility for data protection compliance globally. Jared, originally a
philosophy graduate, and a qualified a solicitor, has over ten years’ experience
in the area of regulated financial services compliance. He is a European
Certified Data Protection Officer as well as being an experienced speaker,
having delivered many talks in the areas of data protection and technology,
including on big data, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things.
Furthermore, he is a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of
Data Protection Officers in Ireland and he is a member of the Executive
Committee of the Confederation of European Data Protection Organisations. The
latter organisation works closely with the EU Commission and the European Data
Protection Board in assessing the on-going effectiveness of the EU GDPR. Jared
is currently undertaking the M.A. in Data Protection and Privacy Law at Dublin
City University and, in 2021, he oversaw the completion and publication of an
industry guidance paper, ‘Data Protection by Design – Making it Effective’. He
has a particular interest in the emerging area of ethical A.I and, in 2022, will
be chairing an EU-wide working group on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act.





By examining the core features of the EU's proposed Artificial Intelligence Act,
this talk will explore how the EU's ethical A.I. agenda promises to turn the
world of artificial intelligence inside out. Being the world's first regulation
to govern A.I., this new law insists that affected A.I. providers must meet
stringent compliance standards, or they will not be allowed to sell their tools
within the EU market. With a multi-billion dollar A.I. market at stake, it is a
brave move by Brussels, and one which is destined to shake up commercial
strategies in boardrooms worldwide.


SEAN CROWLEY

DIRECTOR OF ADVISORY SERVICES - SECORA CONSULTING LTD

"PRACTICAL WAYS TO DEFEND YOUR BUSINESS FROM A RANSOMWARE ATTACK"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Sean Crowley is Director of Advisory Services at Secora Consulting. He is an
experienced consultant and leader with diverse experience in cybersecurity, data
privacy, risk and compliance. Sean has spent almost 15 years in the Financial
and Professional Services sectors in a number of roles including Security, Risk,
Audit, Compliance and Electronic Discovery.





Ransomware has become one of the "go-to" mechanisms that cyber-criminals will
use to extort money from businesses, due to its relative low barrier to entry
and potential for a significant payoff. Over the years, the techniques used for
carrying out a ransomware attack have been refined by cyber-criminal groups to
make them more effective and include a combination of social engineering,
encryption, business analysis, extortion and negotiation. This talk will discuss
some of the new techniques that are being used by criminal groups that you
should be aware of, and what you can do to avoid becoming the next victim. In
summary, the talk will discuss: What is ransomware Real-life examples Practical
steps you can take to prevent a ransomware What to do if you have become
infected


GILLIAN HORAN

CEO/FOUNDER - THE PUDDING

"THE FUTURE OF WORK’S BRAND BUILDING ESSENTIALS: EVP AND THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF
EX AND CX"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Gillian Horan is the CEO and founder of The Pudding – Ireland’s award-winning
brand consultancy delivering impact through strategy, culture and creative.
Gillian is an author, educator, and speaker, and was nominated for both the
IMAGE Businesswoman of the Year Awards in 2019 and the WMB Female Entrepreneur
Award in 2022. In addition, The Pudding, under Gillian's creative direction, has
won five national and international awards between 2021-2022. With over 18 years
of experience, Gillian has worked across the realm of branding with clients
including Colgate, WP Engine, Blackrock Clinic, Sheraton, Lynoslife, Carton
House, Smyths Toys, and Renatus, and her portfolio spans private equity groups,
large-scale multinationals and SMEs.





In this talk, Gillian Horan – CEO & Founder of the award-winning brand
consultancy, The Pudding – will discuss the interdependence of the Customer
Experience (CX) and Employee Experience (EX) and the roles they play alongside a
robust EVP in safeguarding brands for the future of work.


MARK SAGE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - AUGMENTED REALITY FOR ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE (AREA)

"STATUS OF THE AR IN ENTERPRISE ECOSYSTEM AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE IT!"

Speaker Bio Synopsis



Mark is the Executive Director of the Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance
(AREA). The AREA is a membership funded alliance, helping to accelerate the
adoption of Augmented Reality (AR) through a comprehensive ecosystem.
With a focus on creating value and ROI for its members, his goal is to develop a
robust and active ecosystem for AR. His background includes a strong interest in
mobile, AR, VR, and IoT and he is excited to work with enterprises, providers
and research organizations to the benefit and growth of AR within
the enterprise.





Many analysts comment that the Enterprise sector is the biggest growth area for
Augmented Reality (AR), yet the ecosystem is still developing, and companies are
unsure if they should invest, or they find themselves in AR pilot purgatory.
Find out what the AREA (Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance) is doing to
grow and educate the ecosystem and what you can do to help!




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