Tech connect 2017 brochure

Ireland’s Largest Business & Technology Event

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About the Sponsors

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You are what you settle for – Demand Extraordinary Virgin Media Business has the ambition to challenge the rest of the marketplace. Because that’s what Virgin brands do best.

We don’t like to boast, but with Ireland’s fastest broadband, affordable phone plans and bundles on your side you’ll have everything you need to bump your business up a level, and connect with your customers, clients and colleagues better than ever before. Our range of powerful products can help and our local knowledge are only a click away. www.virginmedia.ie/business

The Branson Effect Virgin Media Business was recently awarded best business broadband provider. That is why getting the country connected to ultrafast internets is no mean feat, but it’s not just about us. By privately investing in Ireland’s digital network, we’re creating jobs, empowering businesses and supercharging the economy.

Later this month, the Virgin Media Business Ireland TechConnect Live will arrive to the RDS on Wednesday 31st May, 2017. This event is known as Ireland’s largest technology event, and Virgin Media will be parking its VOOM 2017 Tour bus.

One Irish success story that was further bolstered by VOOM is FoodCloud.

Headed up by Iseult Ward and Aoibheann O’Brien, the social enterprise manages the redistribution of surplus food between food retailers and charities through an innovative technology platform. Here’s what Iseult shared about VOOM.

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What was it like going into the competition with an idea that you already had up and running?

It was quite an intense process but it was a very good process. As it was intensive but over a short period of time, it really helped us focus on how we can effectively tell the story of where we were at to date and how to share our future plans, but in a way, that appealed to a wide audience. For example, there were interviews during one phase of the competition and we were speaking to people from very diverse backgrounds and we had to appeal to each. So being able to understand the different aspects of our business to that level of detail and put them across to an expert in those different areas in 10 minutes, one after the other is a great way of fine tuning your presentation and understanding how to tailor it. We found that process particularly useful and interesting.

For the final pitch, you have to get everything you know about your business down to two

minutes, so from that perspective I think that’s something everyone should be able to do. That in itself, when you’ve been stuck into the detail for so long, is a great process to go through. What I had done one week in an hour then had to be put across in two minutes.

What was the spirit like among all the other contestants that were going for the competition?

There was a very nice vibe between everyone. In the earlier stages when there was an Irish cohort of entrants and we all ended up on the same flight going home we were able to share our experiences and we all got on very well and were all really rooting for each other at that stage. In the final it was the same and I’ve kept in touch with a lot of the finalists and we’d keep an eye out to see how everyone is getting on.

Because it was quite an intense process and we saw each other so frequently over a month, naturally even if it is a competition then you will see a certain [comradery].

About the Sponsors

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Strong employment and revenue growth in the year ahead as Irish businesses go digital In spite of all the ups and downs in global business markets, confidence is still very high among the vast majority of Irish companies, according to the Virgin Media Business Insights Report, researched for Virgin by Amárach.

Virgin Media asked a panel of Irish business decision makers how they rate their growth prospects for 2017-18 and 86% said growth would be either good or very good.

This shows a trend of gradually rising confidence since the 2012 Virgin Media Business survey. Then, 80% of Irish SMEs and corporates said they had a positive outlook for growth.

74% of business decision makers said their growth into 2018 will be due to digital technology and the majority also plan to invest in digital to fuel that growth.

On average, bosses believe revenues will grow by 19% this year. With the addition of the right digital and online strategy, they say revenues could grow by 26%.

It also looks like new jobs will be created as three-quarters (75%) of businesses said

they expect to hire additional staff. That’s a big increase on the 59% who said they intended to hire new staff in the 2014 Virgin Media Business survey.

This optimistic outlook for jobs correlates well with the downward rate in unemployment now at 7.1% (down from 10.6% in December 2014 at the time of the last study.)

When it comes to hiring, the importance of digital skills has increased with 88% of businesses stating IT capability is an important precondition for considering potential candidates (up from 75% in 2014). Of these, the skills businesses think important are analytics 70%, programming 60%, digital marketing 51% and social media 49%.

Nearly 90% of respondents said their business wouldn’t exist, or would be a lot smaller, if they didn’t have broadband, with over a third saying their business would be less profitable. Consumers having broadband was also rated important by 77% of businesses surveyed.

The survey revealed an encouraging trend around online sales where businesses expect the online channel to account for 40% of sales in 2017, up from 33% in 2015.

Paul Farrell, Commercial Vice-President of Virgin Media said: “The results of the latest Virgin Media Business Insights Survey are good news for Ireland and the economy.

The most significant findings are those around business and employment growth enabled by digital technologies.

“The fact that so many businesses are confident about growth and will create new jobs over the next two years shows the strength of the economic recovery and long may it last.

“Businesses are also telling us that the delivery of better customer experiences is becoming more and more dependent on digital. The availability of high speed broadband is also central to the relationship between businesses and customers.

“It’s important that businesses are encouraged to trade online and to maximise the opportunities of the digital economy.

The overall picture revealed by the Virgin Media Business Insights Report shows a confident business community growing sales at home and abroad, increasing employment, developing new products and services, and investing in digital technologies and online strategies to drive their potential That’s really great news for Irish businesses and for the country.”

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About the Sponsors

ARE YOU READY TO #VOOM? The Voom Tour 2017 is our festival of business, with a major twist of rock ‘n’ roll. Ireland, it’s time to show us what you’ve got! Come along and we’ll help make your business famous.

Your big red publicity machine Grab a 1-to-1 with social and PR experts who’ll show you the insider tricks. We’ll even tweet you out, right there on the day. Or dare to #AskRichard and you might reach an audience of millions.

Then network with a previous #VOOM winner, get advice on how to advertise your business and give your LinkedIn profile a makeover. Plus, there’s workshops and seminars – see overleaf.

Pitch for the prize Today, someone’s going to win €6,000!

Head for the bus at 3pm to watch six entrepreneurs pitch their hearts out to our panel of pros. Come for the drama, stay for the coffee.

This is just a warm-up, though. You can register online to enter Voom Pitch, the national competition, for a chance to pitch to Richard Branson – and win a share of €1.2 million in prizes. Your road to business fame (and riches) truly could be starting here.

Come party with the cool kids This is your chance to meet other Virgin-minded people, while promoting your business to press, experts, potential investors and the wide world beyond. But this is a Virgin event. So of course, we’re also having a party. And you’re invited. Even if you just want to hang-out and kick back for a chat and a coffee (which, of course, are free).

Rock up to these events throughout the day: Meet the people who know what they’re talking about and deliver grown-up business advice, including The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW).

Ask Crowdfunder how to use crowdfunding to promote your business and create a network of people who’ll keep on supporting what you do.

Get free headshots and advice on how to revamp your LinkedIn profile for maximum success at the LinkedIn Profile Booth.

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Get pitching tips and tricks from a man who knows it well: ex #VOOM contestant – and now MD of MacRebur, Toby McCartney.

Discover how to unleash the power of out-of-home advertising (OOH) and supercharge your business with marketing masters JCDecaux.

Six brave entrepreneurs will pitch it out to win a cool €6,000 on the spot. Our panel of judges is limbering up.

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Tech Connect Main Stage Times Name 9.30 - 9.40 Chairman 9.40 - 10.00 Niamh Bushnell – Founder and CEO, Tech Ireland

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Topic Opening Remarks Ireland's Innovation and why it matters

10.00 - 10.20 Louise Phelan – Vice President, Paypal

The future of Money

10.20 - 10.40 Danny McCoy – CEO, Ibec

Ireland: A model of substance

Kieran Harte – Head of Cities: Ireland, Wales, Midlands & The Future of Urban Mobility South West UK, Uber Coffee Break and Networking 11.00 - 11.30 10.40 - 11.00

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Simon McKeever and Nicola Byrne – CEO and Senior Vice President

Supporting tech SME’s on their export journey

11.50 - 12.10 Aisling Curtis – SMSP Director, Microsoft Ireland

Digital Transformation

12.10 - 12.30 Rory O'Sullivan – Managing Director, Pagemill Partners

Technology M&A - Trends and Themes

Amanda Roche Kelly – Managing Director, JUST EAT The Future of Food Tech Innovation Ireland Lunch Break and Networking 12.50 - 1.50

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1.50 - 2.10 Dermot Casey – Venture Investment Leader, NDRC

Your Algorithmic Future: How Algorithms Rule the World

2.10 - 2.30 Peter Kelly – Managing Director, Virgin Media Business

Putting the VOOM behind digital potential

2.30 - 2.50

Gary Stewart – Director, Wayra UK and Telefónica Open Future

From start-up to scale-up

2.50 - 3.10 Aisling Keegan – VP and GM, Dell EMC Ireland Digital Transformation Coffee Break and Networking 3.10 - 3.40 3.40 - 4.00 Paul Byrne – CEO, Currency Fair

How to grow and scale a technology business, whilst dealing with currency uncertainty:

4.00 - 4.20 Luis Franco – MD EMEA, Survey Monkey

The Right Data Makes a Difference

4.20 - 4.40

Stephen McCann – General Partner and Chief Financial Officer, SOSV

4.40 - 4.45 Chairman

Financial Management for Startups.

Closing Remarks

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Sales and Marketing / Grow Your Business Online Main Stage Times Name 9.30 - 9.40 Chairman 9.40 - 10.00 10.00 - 10.20 10.20 - 10.40 10.40 - 11.00 11.00 - 11.30 11.30 - 11.50 11.50 - 12.10 12.10 - 12.30 12.30 - 12.50 12.50 - 1.50 1.50 - 2.10 2.10 - 2.30 2.30 - 2.50 2.50 - 3.10 3.10 - 3.40 3.40 - 4.00 4.00 - 4.20 4.20 - 4.40 4.40 - 4.45

Topic Opening Remarks Export Market Development – Experiences of a Hugh Kelly – Managing Director, Associated Marketing Ltd Seasoned Exporter The perils of big data - what we can learn from Robert Dry – Marketing Manager, Coca Cola Ltd Komar to breaking bad Nikolay Malyarov – EVP, Chief Content Officer and General Stop disrupting consumers, disrupt industries Counsel, Pressreader instead Paul Loughrey – Head of Insights, RTÉ Television From Research to Insight to Action to Growth Coffee Break and Networking Ciaran Crean – CEO & Co-Founder, MicksGarage.com Going Global - Scaling an eCommerce business Conor O'Malley – Regional Vice President UK & Ireland, Driving Hyper Growth Sales Force Aidan McLaughlin – Director International The Simple Shape of a Story Communications, Indeed AppliancesDelivered.ie – Marketing, Measurement Philip Martin – CEO, AppliancesDelivered.ie and Management Lunch Break and Networking Combining Agile and Analytics to improve Next Barry Magee – Client Analytics & Data Transformation Best Customer selection and reduce time taken to Leader, IBM achieve Sales & Marketing Pipeline targets How to Connect Your Sales & Marketing Tech to Lisa Toner – Senior Marketing Manager, HubSpot Drive Revenue From Data Science to Travel Science: Mapping the Silviu Preoteasa – Head of Marketing Technology, Hostelworld Customer Journey in the Age of Data Protection Stan Massueras – EMEA Sales Director, Intercom Making Internet Business Personal Coffee Break and Networking Why you don’t want a website, to grow your Ben Parker – Managing Director, Marketing Company business James Turner – Chief Insight Officer, BlackSwan Slave to the Algorithm Brian Downes – Coach – Facilitator – Consultant, Leading For Performance, Leading & Developing High Leading & Developing High Performing Teams Performing Teams Closing Remarks Chairman

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Grow SME Main Stage

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Times Name 9.30 - 9.40 Chairman

Topic Opening Remarks Dr.Jeckyll or Mr.Hyde, entrepreneur or project manager?

9.40 - 10.00 Pat Lucey – CEO, Aspira

Nick Ashmore – CEO, Strategic Banking Corporation of Innovative Funding for SMEs Ireland (SBCI).

Representation and policy for micro, small and Neil McDonnell – CEO, The Irish Small & Medium 10.20 - 10.40 Enterprises Association medium enterprise Coffee Break and Networking 10.40 - 11.30 11.30 - 11.50 Aidan D'Arcy – Head of Business Division, Virgin Media Grow SME – The €13 billion Digital Opportunity Alan Costello – Venture Investment Leader, NDRC, 11.50 - 12.10 Getting and leveraging market traction supporting Irish Digital Startups Susanne Carpenter – Senior Quality Consultant, CG 12.10 - 12.20 Improving Business Efficiency Business Consulting Caroline Geoghegan – Managing Director, CG Business ISO 9001:2015 for SMEs: How to use it to grow your 12.20 - 12.30 Consulting business Lunch Break and Networking 12.30 - 1.50

10.00 - 10.20

1.50 - 2.10 Hugh Kelly – Managing Director, Associated Marketing Ltd. Kiel Harkness and Christopher Deans – Director of 2.10 - 2.30 Marketing, UK, Ireland and the Nordics and Country Sales Manager for Ireland, UPS 2.30 - 2.50 Ronan Cooper – Sales Director, GRENKE Finance 2.50 - 3.10 Paul Byrne – CEO, Currency Fair 3.10 - 3.40

Export Market Development – Experiences of a Seasoned Exporter Top Tips for Exporting

We Finance Your Business How to grow and scale a technology business, whilst dealing with currency uncertainty Coffee Break and Networking

Nick Ashmore – CEO, Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) 4.00 - 4.20 Derek F. Butler – CEO, Grid Finance 4.20 - 4.40 4.40 - 4.45 Chairman

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IT & Data Main Stage Times Name 9.30 - 9.40 Chairman Eric Robson – Data Mining and Social Computing 9.40 - 10.00 Research Unit Manager, TSSG, WIT West Campus 10.00 - 10.20 Kieran O’Neill – Data Science Manager, ESB Innovation

Topic Opening Remarks Impacts of Conversational Interfaces on your A.I. Strategy Big Data & Analytics – what does this mean for Utilities?

Making Ireland a Global Technology Powerhouse

10.20 - 10.40 Paul Sweetman – Director, Technology Ireland, Ibec Michael Crean – Chief Technology Officer and 10.40 - 11.00 Cyber Smarts - Vital Tech for Scalable eCommerce Co-Founder, MicksGarage.com Coffee Break and Networking 11.00 - 11.30 Andrew Hobbs – Manager Mobile Engineering, Johnson Mobile and Internet of Things enabling Smart 11.30 - 11.50 Controls International Buildings Digital Transformation, how to adapt and change Brian Finnegan – Solutions Architect, Sungard 11.50 - 12.10 Availability Services to deliver your dream business outcomes Internet of Things enabling Smart Connected Charlie Sheridan – Director of Internet of things (IoT) 12.10 - 12.30 systems, Intel Labs Europe world 12.30 - 12.50 Pat Lucey – CEO, Aspira The Peculiar Tale of the Technical Project Manager Lunch Break and Networking 12.50 - 1.50 Achille Carette – Project Manager Mobile Solutions, Agile and compliant: software project management 1.50 - 2.10 Novartis in a highly regulated environment.

2.10 - 2.30 Brian O’Mullane – CTO, Creme Global Delivering Data Science Solutions in the Cloud Richard Linger – Technology Gateway Manager The realities of IoT and Industry 4.0 technology 2.30 - 2.50 Embedded Systems at Nimbus, Cork Institute of development.

Technology 2.50 - 3.10 John O’Shea – Commercial Director, Capventis How “Data Democratic” is your business?

Coffee Break and Networking 3.10 - 3.40 Rich Archbold – Director of Engineering, on People 3.40 - 4.00 People leave Managers, Not Companies Management, Intercom Developing for Success in the Cloud: A real-world 4.00 - 4.20 James Mernin – CTO, Red Hat Mobile, Red Hat insight into delivering managed services in the cloud 4.20 - 4.40 Dr. James Lawlor – Data Scientist, ESB Machine Learning in Utilities (and Beyond) 4.40 - 4.45 Chairman Closing Remarks

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Office Expo Main Stage

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Times Name

Topic

9.30 - 9.40 Chairman

Opening Remarks

Why Good Mental Health is Good for Business

9.40 - 10.00 Miriam Dowling – Founder, Mentality Ireland 10.00 - 10.20 Ronan Cooper – Sales Director, GRENKE Finance

We Finance Your Business

10.20 - 10.40 Alan Fogarty – Sustainability Partner, Cundall

WELL Done: One Carter Lane- the first certified WELL project in Europe.

10.40 - 11.00 Gearoid Collins – Ireland Country Manager, Regus

The Future of Work

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee Break and Networking

11.30 - 11.50

Rich Archbold – Director of Engineering, on People Management, Intercom

People leave Managers, Not Companies

11.50 - 12.10

Phil LaDuke – Principle Consultant, Environmental Resources Management

Why Won’t My Customers Call Me Back

12.10 - 12.30 Ingrid De Doncker – CEO, iDDea

Buying SMART solutions for the future workplace

12.30 - 12.50 Nicole Pretorius – Co-Founder, SheCanCode, London UK.

The Economics of Diversity and Inclusion

12.50 - 1.50

Lunch Break and Networking

"Your Mindset"

1.50 - 2.10 Jason Cooper – Mind Coach, NLP 2.10 - 2.30

Brian Downes – Coach – Facilitator - Consultant, Leading For Performance

Leading & Developing High Performing Teams

2.30 - 2.50

Eddie McFarlane – Entrepreneur & Business Consultant Votive Leadership Consultancy Ltd.

Driving Up Performance in 2017 The Thinking Leader

2.50 - 3.10 Dr Celine Mullins – CEO, Adaptas Ltd. 3.10 - 3.40 3.40 - 4.00

Coffee Break and Networking

Jason Fleming – Head of Shipping and Tracking Solution UK & ROI, Pitney Bowes Ltd.

4.00 - 4.20 Alex Gibson – Senior Lecturer, Marketing, DIT 4.20 - 4.40

Stephen Dargan – CEO, WakeUp! and Happy Workplaces Ireland

4.40 - 4.45 Chairman

How to Track Accountable Items Across Your Organisation AR and VR: Making the Business Case Does Workplace happiness really matter?

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Seminar 1 - In association with the GDPR Awareness Coalition Times Name

GDPR

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9.30 - 9.40 Dennis Jennings

Opening Remarks

9.40 - 10.10 Garry Connolly – Aoife Sexton, Gordon Wade, Ian Lucey

A Societal Change

10:10 - 10:40

Aoife Sexton – Barry Young, David Ewing, Keith O’Leary

A Brave new world for Outsourced Service Providers

10.40- 11.10

Linda Hynes – Geraldine Gibson, Francis O’Haire, Brendan Dowling

GDPR – You’ve heard the hype now what do you do?

11.10 - 11.40

Coffee Break and Networking

11.40 - 12.05

Pascal Derrien – Gerard Meaney, Mark McEvoy, Lorraine Higgins

Every Sector, Every Industry Will be effected

12:05 - 12:30

Mathieu Gorge – Hilary Treacy, Cronan McNamara, Mike Wegwermer

Life Cycle of Data

Paul Prior – Bryan McCarthy, Sharon O’ Reilly, Jim Gregg

25th May 2018 Is the start not End

12.30 - 1.00 1.00 - 2.00

Lunch Break and Networking

2:00 - 2:10 Dennis Jennings

Afternoon Opening Remarks

2:10 - 2:40

Owen Sorensen – Gareth Davies, Shirley Finerty, Barry Rudden

6 Organisational Departments Effected by GDPR

2:40 - 3:10

Brian Seidman – John Cassidy, Mojtaba Akbari, Pat Moran

Small, Medium or Large Company ? What are the GDPR/ Data Protection - Business Realities

3.10 - 3.40

Coffee Break and Networking

3.40 - 4.00 Joan Mulvihill – Liam Lynch, Des McHugh, Paul Conaty

The Techy Bits Associated with Compliance

4.00 - 4.30 Dennis Jennings – TBC, TBC, TBC

Summary, Actions, Conclusions and Closing Remarks

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Seminar 2 Times Name Cristiani Eccher – Ph.D. Student in Manufacturing 9.30 - 09.45 Engineering, DCU 09.45 - 10.00 Bill O'Dea – Business Advisor, NOW business advisors Brian White – Engineering Manager on Product Strategy/ Roadmaps, Intercom 10.15 - 10.30 Devan Hughes – Co-Founder, Buymie Barry Magee – Client Analytics & Data Transformation 10.30 - 10.45 Leader - Digital Sales Europe

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10.45 - 11.00 Simon Rees – Clients & Marketing Director, Idiro Analytics 11.00 - 11.15 11.15- 11.30 11.30 - 11.40 11.40 -11.55 11.55 - 12.10 12.10 - 12.25 12.25 - 12.40 12.40 - 12.55 12.55 - 1.10 1.10 - 1.25 1.25 - 1.40 1.40 - 2.00 2.00 - 2.15 2.15 - 2.30 2.30 - 2.45 2.45 - 3.00 3.00 - 3.15 3.15 -3.30 3.30- 3.45 3.45 - 4.00 4.00 - 4.15 4.15 - 4.30

Analytics, Data & IT Topic Modelling & Simulation applied to Decision Making Process Selling an innovative (early stage) software solution to Multinationals Chasing Waterfall The Accidental Disruptor Combining Agile and Analytics to improve Next Best Customer selection Using advanced analytics to increase your company's revenues

Randall Glick – Digital Marketing Curriculum Lead, Are you Talking to me?

Digital Skills Academy Pamela O Brien – Maths and Computer Science Lecturer, Technology in Education – Staying current without LIT feeling overwhelmed Coffee Break and Networking Donal O’ Mahony – CEO, Cyber Security Ireland SMEs approach to Data Protection and Cyber Safety Aidan Connolly – CEO, Idiro Analytics Red Sqirl – Idiro’s Big Data Platform.

Bruce Bale – CEO, Sportdec Fans of Analytics Suzy Kell – Customer Insights Analyst,Hostelworld Group Avoid Disaster! - Essential Tips for New Analysts Maurice Coyle – Founder & CEO, HeyStacks Data Wars: Who will win?

How Predictive Analytics transforms B2B sales and Glen Westlake – CEO, BrightTarget marketing effectiveness Barry Roche – IT Operations Manager, Concern Worldwide Delivering IT services in the Developing World Sam Whelan – Senior Software Engineer,Dataworks Leveraging Web Technologies to Navigate Data Limited Visualisation Tools Lunch Break and Networking Barry Magee – Client Analytics & Data Transformation How to use analytics to drive client engagement and Leader - Digital Sales Europe find the market sweetspots for your product Investor Readiness Supports for Start-Ups in the ICT Joe Greaney – Director, WestBic Sector Balazs Vajna – Consulting Manager, Idiro Analytics Adaptive Models in a Production Environment Dara Keogh – CEO, GeoDirectory Get the most out of your data Patrick O'Sullivan – Senior Business Analyst, Allianz Waterfalling into Agile Worldwide Ray Walshe – Founder, Spark 2 Start Big Data and Standards Leona O’Brien – Senior Legal Researcher,GRC Technology Standards-based Semantic Technologies for Smart Centre Regulation Calculating the Actual Cost of an ERP Rohit Thakral – CEO, Target Integration Implementation Project Maciej Dabrowski – Chief Data Scientist, Altocloud Real-time Analytics using Apache Spark Case Study: How an outsourced Technical Writing Ruth Quinlan – Service Delivery Manager of TWi. solution can add value to your API documentation

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Seminar 3 Times 9.30-9.45 9.45 - 10.00 10.00 - 10.15

Start-ups / Scaling a business

Name Shay Lynch – Founding Director, FutureState Elaine Walsh – Tender Consultant, Tenderteam.ie Alan Clayton – Roaming Mentor, SOSV

10.15 - 10.30 Emma Boylan – Owner, Outside The Box 10.30 - 10.45

Laurie Knell – Director, Strategic Innovation Partners, and Co-Founder, Brain For Business

Topic Scaling your business without scaling your costs Winning business – tools for growth What Makes a Great Startup Founder The faster path to way more money: 5 steps to fill your business with all the clients you can handle

Resilience in the face of “failure”

How to accelerate business innovation in externally funded scalable start-ups? Insights and Challenges from the field of Business Innovation Coaching 5 Ways to Inspire Your Way to More Clients, Customers and Profits - Without Being Salesy or 11.00 -11.15 Moira Ní Ghallachóir – Founder of “MNG” Pushy 11.15 - 11.30 Marc Wesselink – Managing Partner @Startupbootcamp Industrial Revolution 4.0 Coffee Break and Networking 11.30 - 11.40 Building a Startup Company around Health and 11.40 - 11.55 Ray Walshe – Founder, Spark2Start Wellness: EmployWells Turning Sheep into Unicorns 12.10 - 12.25 Shane Byrne – CEO, Showoff Startups are hard. Gambling ones are f*****g 12.25 - 12.40 Graham Carrick – Co-Founder & CEO, RunLastMan impossible.

12.40 - 12.55 Elva Carri – Founder & Co-CEO, Girl Crew How I Started a Global Tech Company For Free From lab to company: The NVMdurance experience 12.55 - 1.10 Pearse Coyle – CEO, NVMdurance Dr. John Whelan – Executive Director of the Blackstone Tapping the mother lode of University Entrepreneurs 1.10 - 1.25 LaunchPad, Trinity College Dublin Lunch Break and Networking 1.25 - 2.00

10.45 - 11.00

Bernard Chanliau – Executive Leadership and Team Coach, ICF Ireland

2.00 - 2.15 Andrea Bland – CMO, Showoff and Showoff Marketing 2.15 - 2.30 Gillian Barry – Head of Innovation & Enterprise, LIT 2.30 - 2.45 2.45 - 3.00 3.00 - 3.15 3.15 - 3.30 3.30- 3.45

Antonio Bruno – Director and Marketing Manager, Strive International Consulting Ltd. Tom Banville – Head of Enterprise, Wexford County Council Naghmeh Reilly – Senior Development Advisor,HPSU Start, Enterprise Ireland Kevin McGivern – Vice President, Kx, Ireland and UK Daniel Paul – Co-Founder, Parkpnp

3.45 - 4.00 Roseann Heavey – Partner, Noone Casey Accountants 4.00 - 4.15

Gearoid Spellman – Founder & Managing Director, Vitalrate Wristbands

4.15 - 4.30 James Aschehoug – Co-founder, Uriji Jami, UK 4.30 - 4.40 Lesley Burdett – Director, Jaunty Twig Ltd UK

Cut the crap and stuff the fluff Distruptive Innovation- Tools to Test Your Startup Idea International Marketing Strategies for small Irish businesses: a focus on startups companies Don’t start a business from your kitchen table!

Enterprise Ireland, how we work with startups and supports we offer them How Startups Can Utilise Big Data Becoming Ireland’s No.1 Parking Destination Get a grip on the figures’- something every start up needs to get on top of!

Embrace the struggle and grow your business Creating a Start-up in One of the Worst Countries to Run a Business Pitch - Jaunty Twig Ltd

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Seminar 4

AM: AR, VR, AI & Machine Learning/IOT and Industry 4.0 PM: Research & Innovation/Cleantech, Sustainability & CSR

Times Name AR, VR, AI and Machine Learning 09.30 - 09.45 Matthew Bradley – Co-Founder & CEO, Flyte Technologies 9.45 - 10.00 Benjamin J. Z. Boyle – CEO, Bejoza Ltd. 10.00 - 10.15 Alex Gibson – Senior Lecturer - Marketing, DIT Colin Guilfoyle – Managing Director, Nebula 10.15 - 10.30 Interactive 10.30 - 10.45 Darya Recker – Darya Recker Business Consulting

10.45 - 11.00 Kevin Koidl – CEO , Wripl Technologies

Topic

Drones - Behind the Scenes of a New Era Understanding Consciousness,The Route to AI Superintelligence AR and VR: Making the Business Case Using Virtual and Augmented Reality in your Marketing and Sales Process The importance of AR in modern marketing Predict What To Publish Next - Creating an Audience Empowering Content Strategy with Machine Learning and AI Can CISO be replaced by Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning?

3D & VR TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEW PROP-TECH INDUSTRY Tools of Engagement: A Case Study in Virtual Reality

Derek Mizak – Chief Technology Officer, Resilient Defence 11.15- 11.30 Andrea Renzi – Co-Founder / Sales Director, 3D to Sell­ 11.30 - 11.40 Niall Campion – Director, VRAI IOT and Industry 4.0 11.40 -11.55 Donal Bourke – Business Unit Manager, Yokogawa Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) – Where do I start?

Paul McCarthy – Business Solutions and 11.55 - 12.10 Getting started with the 'Internet Of Things Professional Services, RGC Technologies Ltd 12.10 - 12.25 Rick Nassar – CEO/ Co founder, LivingLab.ie Can IoT revive rural areas?

12.25 - 12.40 Mark Bannon – CEO and founder, VT Networks Connecting the physical world to the cloud.

12.40 - 12.55 Conall Laverty – Founder and CEO, WIA IoT Platforms: Build vs Buy Grainne Murphy – IoT Marketing Manager, Analog 12.55 - 1.10 IoT: Moving from the hype curve and into reality Devices Lunch Break and Networking 1.10 - 2.00 Research and Innovation Dr. Diarmuid O’Brien – Chief Innovation and 2.00 - 2.15 Building an Innovation District for Dublin Enterprise Officer, Trinity College Dublin Nick Ashmore – CEO, Strategic Banking Corporation 2.15 - 2.30 Innovative Funding for SMEs of Ireland (SBCI).

The Climate and Tools for Innovation, Creativity and 2.30 - 2.45 Stuart Nelson – Founder, Jigsaw Consulting Problem Solving.

Paidi O'Reilly – Innovation Research Fellow, Infant Lessons from trying to innovate in the age of digital 2.45 - 3.00 Research Centre/Cork University Business School disruption Matching Research Skills to Enterprise Needs: 3.00 - 3.15 Peter Brown – Interim Director, Irish Research Council Employment Based Programme and Enterprise Partnership Scheme Colin Keogh – Research Engineer, University Low Cost Innovation: Tackling major commercial and 3.15 - 3.30 College Dublin humanitarian issues Cleantech, Sustainability and CSR 3.30 - 3.45 Oliver Hynes – CEO, Hubcontrols LTD. Remote control vs Smart Nanotechnology for micromechanical turbines & 3.45 - 4.00 Mark Heaton – Nanotechnologist renewables 4.00 - 4.15 Roy Phillips – Chief Technology Officer, Food Cloud Hacking Hunger Dr.Vikram Pakrashi – Director, Dynamical Systems Energy harvesting for monitoring of the built 4.15 - 4.30 and Risk Laboratory and Assistant Professor, UCD infrastructure Michele Hallahan – LEED AP, Sustainability 4.30 - 4.45 Creating a Culture of Sustainability Consultant 11.00 - 11.15

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Seminar 5

AM: Digital Sales and Marketing PM: Digital Transformation

Times Name Topic Digital Sales and Marketing 09.20 - 09.35 Cara Shields – SEO & Analytics Director, iProspect Using Structured Data to Maximise Organic Visibility 9.35 - 9.50 Sean Owens – Willows Consulting Ltd. How B2B can up revenue by 20% by serving online.

Eddie Shanahan – Retail Consultant and Product Traditional retail and what lessons can be learned 9.50 - 10.05 Development here to convert customers online Lisa Duddington – Head of Customer Experience, Keep It Customer Experience: Your key to conversion and 10.05 - 10.20 Usable growth Edward Nugent – Entrepreneur, Author, Business and Digital 10.20 - 10.35 Digital Strategy from Theory to Reality Strategist, Digital Scorecard 10.35 - 10.50 Jason Hier & Givi Kokaia – Director, Roelto Ltd Polaris Lamps - Swedish Company Launch in the US Gerard Keohane – Omnichannel Commerce Specialist, 10.50 - 11.05 The Irish Ecommerce Dashboard in Practice StudioForty 9 John Burns – Information Services Professional, Fariones 11.05 - 11.20 Safeguarding Your Online Reputation Cloud Services Limited Coffee Break and Networking 11.20 - 11.55 11.55 - 12.10 Barry Adams – Founder, Polemic Digital How Online Search is Transforming The Web 12.10 - 12.25 Mark Stewart – Digital Strategist, Digital Chief The Intimate email and how to pull it off 12.25 - 12.40 Dave McEvoy – Director & founder, Dmac Media Ltd Cracking the eCommerce puzzle for Small Business Turning anonymous clicks into actual leads in a 12.40 - 12.55 Lorcan Lynch – Managing Director, DataXcel compliant new world 12.55 - 1.10 Damien Fegan – CEO, Beacon Internet Marketing A Digital Marketing Plan in 15 Minutes!

Andrew Parle – Digital Marketing Executive, The Irish Red 1.10 - 1.25 The day of "spray and pray” marketing is done Cross What is the big deal with Facebook and Instagram 1.25 - 1.40 Ricardo Lopez – Facebook Advertising Specialist advertising?

Lunch Break and Networking 1.40 - 2.00 How To Increase Your Website Traffic with These 7 2.00 - 2.15 Paul O'Byrne – Head of Digital Strategy, Tinderpoint Clever Tactics Robert Farrell – Digital Marketing Program Director, The Digital Game Changers 2017' 2.15 - 2.30 Digital Marketing Academy of Ireland 2.30 - 2.45 Jessica McIlwaine – Head of Business Solutions, PFH Technology Make Digital your DNA Amy Whelan – CHIPMONGERS Assistant Brand Manager, 3.00 - 3.15 Musgrave Wholesale Partners SFA or CRM: how to get your sales team to update your 3.00 - 3.15 Samantha Magee – Founder and CLO, Symposium Learning data tools 3.15 - 3.30 Laurence Veale – Head of User Experience, Each&Other Ltd. Data of the heart How does SalesOptimize revolutionising the retails 3.30- 3.45 Liz Fulham – CEO and Founder, SalesOptimze sales industry worldwide?

Digital Transformation Damien McCann – Director of Enterprise and Marketing, 3.45 - 4.00 The Digital Divide Viatel Ireland Joining the digital revolution – what is the biggest 4.00- 4.15 John Power – CEO, Ostia Software Solutions Ltd bottleneck Eoin Killian Costello – Digital Connector, Digital Dun The Digital Transformation of Dun Laoghaire Town 4.15 - 4.30 Laoghaire Lessons learnt for small businesses 4.30 - 4.45 Trevor Koen – Director, Digital Strategy, Imperic Media How Marketers Can Lead Digital Transformation

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Seminar 6 Times

Sales and Marketing Skills and Training and Professional Development

Name

Topic

09.25-09.40

Kevin Neary – Founder and CEO, Company Connectors Marketplace

How to leverage guided selling technology to deliver measurable sales results?

9.40 - 09.55

Fiachra Ó Comhraí – Founder & CEO, Pipeline Check

What analysing half a million opportunities in CRM systems told me about salespeople and CRM systems

09.55- 10.10

Bernard Chanlieu – Executive Leadership and Team Coach, BC & Associates Leadership Team Coaching

How to accelerate business innovation in externally funded scalable start-ups? Insights and Challenges from the field of Business Innovation Coaching

10.10 - 10.25

Emma D'Arcy – Marketing Agency Owner, Emma D Marketing

Profit from Client Hacking – Learn HOW to make customers the central focus of your business. In short, learn how to keep your customers happy AND make more money.

10.25 - 10.40

Karl Purcell – Behavioural Change Consultant, Carr Communications

The Best Approach: Harnessing the power of Behavioural Science to Boost Your Marketing Effectiveness

10.40 - 10.55

Gavin Gregan – Regional Sales Manager, Curtiss-Wright

Sales Pipeline Discipline and Data Hygiene

Coffee Break and Networking

10.55 - 11.25 11.25 - 11.40

Muireann Fitzmaurice – CEO, MarketingCoach.ie

How to use Marketing to Grow Sales

11.40 -11.55

Maximilian Thiel – Head of Member Success, Entrepreneurs Anonymous

"How to use Prisoner’s Dilemma to Drive Sales In The Travel Industry"

11.55 - 12.10

Fiachra O Comhrai – CEO, Pipeline

CRM analysts are from Mars, salespeople are from Venus.

12.10 - 12.25

Dr Celine Mullins – CEO, Adaptas Ltd.

The Thinking Leader

12.25 - 12.40

Ramune Rubinaite – Marketing Manager, IG Ireland

From Nike to Netflix and in Between: Marketing Tricks from Global Pros

12.40 - 12.55

Eddie McFarlane – Entrepreneur & Business Consultant, Votive Leadership Consultancy Ltd.

Driving Up Performance in 2017

Fiona Uyema – Owner & founder, Fused by Fiona Uyema

Key Marketing Tips for Small Businesses

12.55 - 1.10

Lunch Break and Networking

1.10 - 1.40 1.40 - 1.55

Brendan Dunne – Founder & Principal Consultant, Proactive Pipeline, Sales Training and Consultancy

Win More Deals by Asking the Right Questions

2.00 - 2.15

Sarah Doyle – Co-founder & Owner, The Better Life Project

5 Habits of Highly Awesome People: Breakthrough fear, doubt and insecurity so you can achieve the levels of happiness, success and greatness you desire!

2.15 - 2.30

Greg Fry – Social Media Expert

Embracing the Digital Video Revolution

2.30 - 2.45

Fiona Flynn – Director, Foresight Coaching and Development

Managing Effectively with Emotional Intelligence

2.45 - 3.00

Stuart Hadden – Director, Crowdcomms

What’s new in event technology for 2017

3.00 - 3.15

Vyacheslav Ladischenski – Founder, TechSalesHookups meetup, Germany

How can you build, manage and grow networking communities with less than 3 hours per week?

3.15 - 3.30

Tony Corrigan – Founder & CEO, TenderScout

Building an RFP Sales Engine

3.30-3.45

David Doyle – Managing Director, B2BSell.com

4 Questions Every Sales Person Needs to Answer?

3.45 - 4.00

Jason Cooper – Mind Coach, NLP

Your Mindset

4.00 - 4.15

Mark Griffen – BrandX

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Seminar 7 Times Social Media 09.20- 09.35 09.35. - 09.50 09.50 - 10.05

AM: Social Media / Content Creation PM: Branding and Design

Name

Topic

Katharine Crawford – Company Owner, Cosmopolitan Communications and Events Robert Farrell – Digital Marketing Program Director, The Digital Marketing Academy of Ireland

Introduction to Social Media for Small and Medium businesses

Lorcan Bannon – Head of Client Strategy, Olytico

Hi @AllBrandsEver, Are you listening?

Denise Whitmore – Social Geek Girl, The Social Media 10.05- 10.20 Department 10.20 - 10.35 Jamie White – Founder and MD of Leading Social 10.35- 10.50 Colm Hanratty – CEO, Sixtwo Digital 10.50 - 11.05 Christine Spies – Social Media Consultant, C.A.F Sharon Tighe – Head of Social Media & Community 11.05 - 11.20 Strategy, Eumedia Ltd 11.20 - 11.35 Sarah Sheeran – Digital Producer / Director, Agtel Samantha Magee – Founder and CLO, Symposium 11.35 -11.50 Learning 11.50 - 12.05 Charlie Byrne – CEO | Co-Founder, Engager Content Creation and Marketing Patrick McHugh – Creative Director, Patrick McHugh 12.05 - 12.20 Digital

The Evolving Social Media Landscape How to Learn from the Mistakes of Others; Get the Best Results From Social Media Social Media, Its An Opportunity Not An Obligation!

15 minutes – 15 practical social media tips Growth hacking – Twitter for business How to Boost Your Social Media Campaigns with MicroInfluencer Marketing The power of social video: creating online videos with impact Social Media & People Management: Do’s and Don’ts Is Social Media finally shaping TV content?

Building engagement online with the use of strong visual content From 0 to 274,843 website visitors: the laws of Content 12.20 - 12.35 Rodolfo Melogli – Owner, Business Bloomer Marketing 12.35 - 12.50 Jack Murray – Founder & CEO, All Good Tales Mastering the Art of Storytelling in Business 12.50 - 1.05 Francis Fitzgibbon – CEO and Founder, Storystock.com How technology is completely changing the media landscape Gina Miltiadou – Co-founder & Managing Director, Making the Case for Content Marketing: Getting Buy-in from 1.05 - 1.20 Zahra Media Group the Higher-ups 1.20 - 1.35 Avril Crotty – Digital Marketer, BranCREATIVE Opposites Attract - A Tinder Date for Creatives & Analysts Lunch Break and Networking 1.35 - 2.00 D&D Digital and Dragons - Engaging the audience and 2.00 - 2.15 Angelo Paolillo – Founder and CEO, Cleerup Ltd. evaluating results through digital story-marketing and gamification Branding and Design Rules Are For Breaking: In the most crowded media 2.15 - 2.30 Ray Sheerin – Managing Director, Chemistry landscape there has ever been, how do you make your brand stand out?

Naomh McElhatten – Director of Digital Education / 2.30 - 2.45 Empowering YOUR professional brand online Founder,Education at House of Comms /DANI Awards NI Kerry Manning – Personal Branding Specialist, How to Figure out your Personal Brand and leverage it to Get 2.45 - 3.00 KerryManning.net More Sales 3.00 - 3.15 Jane Manzor – CEO, Manzor Marketing Discover Your 10% Difference and Bring Your Brand Alive Coffee Break and Networking 3.15 - 3.40 Lorraine Carter – Branding Maven, International 3.40 - 3.55 Speaker, Multi-Award Winner, Mentor, Writer & Designer, Transform Your Brand and Increase Your Sales Persona Branding & Design Niall Austin – Managing, Director, PURE Marketing 3.55 - 4.10 How Big Ideas still trump Data for successful marketing Innovations Ltd. 4.10 - 4.25 Paul McCann – Chairman of the Board, CDG Brand 4 ways to differentiate your brand

All presentations/timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 8 Times

AM: Legal and Finance / Finance PM: Fintech / Jobs, Careers and Human Capital Management

Name

Topic

Legal and Finance 9.30 - 9.45

Fred Logue – Partner, FP Logue Solicitors

The legal issues that keep software engineers up at night

9.45 - 10.00

Paul Kane – Patent Attorney and partner, FR Kelly

What Intellectual Property should mean to your business.

10.00 - 10.15

Mark Regan – Managing Partner, Regan Solicitors

Intellectual Property - An Overview

10.15 - 10.30

Brendan Guildea BL – Barrister-at-Law, Law Library (Ireland)

How not to get robbed by your legal team

10.45 - 11.00

Peter Kerrigan – Celtic Invoice Discounting

20 years in funding SME, Legal and Credit Control

11.00 - 11.15

Jules O’Loughlin – Trade Expert, Transfermate Global Payments

How TransferMate can help you navigate the challenges of Brexit.

11.15 - 11.30

Julain Seymour – Syndicate Manager, HBAN

Angel Investing in Ireland

11.30-11.40

Derek Lowry – Business Advisory, Comerford Foley

Funding options for your company.

11.40 -11.55

Dorian Rees – Associate, Flynn O’Driscoll Business Lawyers

Market Trends in M&A Transactions 2016-17

11.55 - 12.10

Conall Geraghty – Technology Lawyer, MASON HAYES & CURRAN

The Art of the Deal: How to navigate term sheets, loan notes and founder vesting

12.10 - 12.25

Coral Movasseli – Managing Director, Girls in Tech

Investment & Funding

12.25 - 12.40

Nicole Pretorius – Co-Founder, SheCanCode, London UK.

The Economics of Diversity and Inclusion

12.40 - 12.55

Brendan Kelly – Managing Director, Financial Planner

Creating Wealth for Business Owners

Finance 10.30 - 10.45

Lunch Break and Networking

12.55 - 1.10 Fintech 1.10 - 1.25

Andrea Linehan – Commercial Director, Grid Finance

How will FinTechdrive Financial Inclusion in Ireland?

1.40 - 1.55

Ollie Walsh – CEO, PiP iT

Cash in a FinTech World

2.00 - 2.15

David Montgomery – Head of Risk & Regulatory Advisory, EisnerAmper Ireland

Putting the Reg and Fin into Tech products

2.15 - 2.30

Garrett Cassidy – Co-founder & CEO, Trezeo

Financial stability in a Gig economy world

2.30 - 2.45

Peter Oakes – Non-Executive Director, TransferMate and Susquehanna International

Getting to market and getting past the regulator: Uberisation or Teslaisation?

2.45 - 3.00

Ronan McDonnell – Marketing Director, Alpha Fintech

The API Economy: Avoid Drowning in a Sea of Innovation

3.00 - 3.15

Emily O’Mahoney – Consultant , MASON HAYES & CURRAN

How the GDPR will affect Fintech

Jobs, Careers and Human Capital Management 3.15 - 3.30

Pauline Kwasniak – Founder, Hotel4Meetings.com

Raise your sales by keeping the best employees- the effect of incentives and events

3.30- 3.45

Charley Stoney – Managing Director Alternatives Group Managing

How the digital revolution has impacted on organisational design and created brand new roles for marketers

3.45 - 4.00

Cathy Doherty – Director, Practical People Solutions Ltd, Northern Ireland

5 crucial keys to create a winning company culture that saves time, money and employee turnover.

4.00 - 4.15

Frances Keating – Training & Consultancy, Franceskeating.com

Team building is it important in this digital world?

4.15 - 4.30

Jennifer Brennan – Associate Director, Next Generation Recruitment.

How to Hire Great IT Candidates

4.30 - 4.45

Julian Kulkarni – Chief Marketing Officer, Morgan McKinley

Project Galileo – Re-engineering Morgan McKinley’s Websites to Improve Candidate Experience and Increase Engagement

All presentations/timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 9 Times Healthtech 9.45 - 10.00

10.00 - 10.15

10.30 - 10.45

Topic

Dr. John Dinsmore – Assistant Professor in Digital Integrated Care and the Health Innovation Lead/Deputy Director of the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation (TCPHI) at Trinity College Dublin.

ProACT: Advancing Digital Integrated Care for Persons with Multimorbidity

Ignazio Graffeo – Registrar in Psychiatry, HSE

Psytech: an overview on technology applied to Mental Health

11.00-11.15 11.15 - 11.40 11.40 -11.55 11.55 - 12.10 12.10 - 12.25 12.25 - 12.40

Avril Copeland – Founder/CEO, Ticker Fit

12.40 - 12.55 12.55 - 1.05 1.05- 1.45 Data Protection

Gordon Wade – Solicitor, KPMG Legal Services.

2.15 - 2.30 2.30 - 2.45

Elizabeth Fitzgerald – Freelance Technology Solicitor

2.45 - 3.00 3.00 -3.15 3.15- 3.30 3.30 - 3.45

Trials and tribulations of a digital health entrepreneur

Marie McCarthy – Director of Product Innovation, Disruptive Innovations in Drug Development: the role of Information Technology, Icon wearables.

James Lee – Founder and Medical Director, Codoc Medical Structured Data and The Future of Health Care Software Lunch Break and Networking

Keith O'Leary – Principal Consultant, Sungard Availability Services Rob Leslie – CEO, Sedicii

2.00 - 2.15

“3D Technologies for Medicine and Medical Devices”

Leading the switch for patient centric care How medtech in Ireland is innovation for future healthcare and Dr. Sinead Keogh – Director, Irish Medtech Association, Ibec economic growth New Digitalised Recovery and Rehabilitation Platform for Niamh Malone – CEO and Founder, Brainey App fatigue- New planned pathway of care.

Coffee Break and Networking Dr. Michael Barros – IRC post-doc fellow, TSSG/WIT, The Future of Healthcare from a ICT Perspective Ireland

10.45 - 11.00

1.45- 2.00

Name

Dr. Shane Keaveney – Research Engineer/ Co-founder , UCD/ The Rapid Foundation Sara Viegas – Product Line Manager, OpenApp

10.15 - 10.30

AM: Healthtech PM: Data Protection

Hugh Jones – Co founder, Sytorus Data Protection Specialists Olga Gaffney – Senior Solicitor, AMOSS Solicitors Michael Mc Morrow – Principal, MMM Data Perspectives Hilary Treacy – Founder and MD, Barbican Data Protection Services

3.45 - 4.00

Brendan Dowling – Founder & CEO, Consumer Data Protection

4.00 -4.15 4.15- 4.30

Eoin Lambkin – Co-Founder, Circular Data Solutions Ltd Ian Lucey – CEO, PixAlert

What will EU Data Protection Reform mean for Start-up Companies?

Delivering GDPR Compliance GDPR – Your Data just got very personal Nowhere to hide – Processors, GDPR means you’re about to hit the bigtime GDPR – Preparing for Launch – A 12-month plan for compliance An overview of the EU General Data Protection Regulation Data Governance and GDPR - The Clock is Ticking The Role of the Data Protection Officer(DPO) under the New General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) launch of our company and the first Consumer Data Protection (CDP) solution in the world, that provides an online SaaS solution to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) Chain of custody for ‘end of life data’ your responsibility Why should investors and VCs care about EU GDPR

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Seminar 10

AM: Media & Advertising/PR, Communications & Direct Marketing PM: PR, Communications & Direct Marketing/Fulfilment & Procurement

Times Name Media & Advertising

09.30- 09.45 Ruaidhri Mag Fhloinn – Digital Marketing Manager, TVadSync 9.45 - 10.00 Maurice Coyle – CEO, HeyStaks AI Marketing

Topic

TV viewing data and omnichannel marketing attribution Fewer, better ads. How respectful, relevant advertising creates a win-win-win situation.

Connecting Technology And Film

10.00 - 10.15 Julie Ryan – Founder, MK1 Productions Ed Flanagan – Founder and Creative Director of 5 reasons why companies can not ignore VIDEO 10.15 - 10.30 Advanced Photo Video APV.ie; Cofounder of Advanced as powerful SALES TOOL in 2017!

Media; Mentor, and Director of Innovate Dublin PR, Communications & Direct Marketing Dr Catherine Rossiter – Lecturer in Marketing, Dun Persuasiveness, Physical Appearance and Nonverbal 10.30 - 10.45 Laoghaire IADT Behaviour- how can business use them?

Eric Fitzpatrick – Author, Speaker, Trainer, Coach, ARK Persuade on Purpose - How to influence and 10.45 - 11.00 Speaking and Training engage Marc Mulligan – Author, Motivational Speaker & Public Do it today- 15 ways to step up to life by stepping 11.00- 11.15 Speaking Coach, www.marcmulligan.com outside your comfort zone Coffee Break and Networking 11.15 - 11.40 11.40 -11.55 Judie Russell – Founder, THE VIDACADEMY Mobile Video Made Simple 11.55 - 12.10 Ken Nugent – Commercial Manager,RTÉ Building Audiences at Home and Abroad The future of Public Relations: How 12.10 - 12.25 Fiona McNicholas – Account Manager, Heneghan PR communications is changing for corporates that have regulatory and legal requirements Ellen Gunning – Director, Irish Academy of Public 12.25 - 12.40 Some Red Hot Tips to Promote Your Business Relations Dr. Eoin Whelan – Lecturer Business Info Systems How Media Multitasking is Bad for You 12.40 - 12.55 Group, NUI Galway 12.55 - 1.10 Melissa Curley – Founder, Social Bee Let’s connect and Grow our Social Networks Targeting your customers using traditional 1.10 - 1.25 Declan Keane – Managing Director. Leaflet Company Marketing Lunch Break and Networking 1.25 - 2.00 A Powerful Presentation will Deliver a Winning 2.00 - 2.15 Sean Dwan – Founder, Speak for Success International Formula Rob Cullen – Membership Advisor, Dublin Chamber of 2.15 - 2.30 Top tips to start networking Commerce 2.30 - 2.45 Austin Dunne – CEO & Founder, Progressive Mind Action The psychology of selling for a sales professional Sinéad O'Donnell – Media Specialist, Carr Building Brand You: How to discover, develop and 2.45 - 3.00 Communications promote your personal brand to get ahead Fulfilment & Procurement 3.00 - 3.15 Ingrid De Doncker – CEO, iDDea Buying and Selling-2 sides of the same coin Coffee Break and Networking 3.15 -3.40 3.40 - 3.55 Declan Murray – CEO, Zendfast You “Click” We Go!!!!

PropTech: Makin’ money and keepin’ it simple 3.55 - 4.10 Jim Urell – CEO, Property Button with Property Button!

Alan Hickey – Co-Founder and Commercial Director, We The future of ecommerce and the importance of 4.10 - 4.25 Bringg The last Mile All presentations/timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 11 Times 9.30 - 9.40 9.40 - 10.00 10.00 - 10.20 10.20 -10.40 10. 40- 11.00 11.00 - 11.30 11.30 - 11.50 11.50- 12.10 12.10- 12. 30 12.30 - 12.50 1.00 - 2.00 2.00 -2.20 2.20 - 2.40 2.40 - 3.00 3.00 - 3.30 3.30 - 3.50 3.50 - 4.30 4.30 - 4.40

Blockchain

Name Topic Chairman Opening Remarks Alex Bausch – Entrepreneur Keith Fingleton – Chief Technology Advisor, IDA Why Ireland for Blockchain?

Liam Chambers – Strategy Manager, IBM Research Hyperledger Jorge Alvarado – Cybersecurity Architect, ELCA Informatique SA The Mixing standard tech with a distributed tech Coffee Break and Networking Barry O'Connor – CEO, Blue Consulting Blockchain for land registry. How Ghana is leading the Elliot Hedman – COO, Bitland Global World Digital life of things: new ways to interact with your Stan Nazarenko – Co-founder and CEO, PipRate coffee machine using blockchain technology Data Management Hub; architecturally distributed Denis Parfenov – Kubrik Engineering research data management solution Lunch Break and Networking Jake MccGwire – Jake MccGwire, CEO, TicketChain Utilising smart contracts to control ticket touting & fraud Anil Nayak – Principal Consultant at FS Industry Advisory Group, Wipro Mark Casey – CEO, Plexus365 Blockchain solutions for legal practices Coffee Break and Networking Let’s make a deal; demonstration of how to make a Daithi Coombes – CoderForge smart contract Panel- Conor Ryan, Team Lead of Operations and Partner Engineering Departments MIRACL - Liam Chambers, Watson Center of ‘The Internet of Value’ Competency,IBM Research -Jorge Alvarado, Cybersecurity Architect, ELCA Informatique SA - Dr.Paul Ennis, Quinn Business School, UCD Closing Remarks Chairman

LIVE PITCH – WAYRA UK START UP PITCH COMPETITION - 11AM HALL 1 - UPSTAIRS - GANTRY LEVEL 6 Live Pitches in front of a live audience: • Local-Dublin.com • Popertee • Sanctifly • Sitepassport • Planetjuno.com • Novalaria. Event takes place at 11am in Hall 1, upstairs in the Mezzanine area.

Winner receives free office space in Central London for 4 people Plus mentoring, networking, coaching and access to Wayra’s global partners Prize One Three months of pre-acceleration in the London Academy Pre-acceleration includes: • Free office space in Central London for a maximum of four people for the pre-acceleration period • Access to Wayra’s best-in-class coaches, including experts in customer development, sales, investor readiness and pitching • A mentor from Wayra’s network • Invitations to Wayra events, including opportunities to pitch to Telefónica, O2 and Wayra partners where appropriate.

Wayra would expect one key decision-maker from the company to be based in the London Academy on a full-time basis. The start-up would sign a preacceleration agreement, which would be valid for the duration of the pre-acceleration period (Sept-Nov 2017).

Prize Two Fast track to Wayra Finals The finals of the Wayra Call are judged by a panel of investors from the Wayra network. This has previously included VCs from LocalGlobe, Octopus Ventures and Wayra investors-in-residence Ascension Ventures and Mustard Seed Impact.

The start-up would complete an application form when the Call opens and then bypass early selection rounds to go straight through to the Finals, which will take place in November 2017. Before the Finals, the start-up would conduct a Skype session with members of the Wayra Acceleration Team and receive feedback.

Prize Three Bootcamp The start-up that wins this prize would be invited to the London Academy for a single day when there would be a number of coaches present, effectively becoming part of the Wayra cohort. The entrepreneur would attend sessions including masterclasses and 1:1s according to his/her specific needs.

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About the Sponsors

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Ibec communicates the Irish business voice to key stakeholders at home and abroad.

We are Ireland’s largest and most influential business representation organisation. We proudly speak on behalf of 7,500 Irish businesses; home grown, multinational, big and small, spanning every sector of the economy and employing 70% of the private sector workforce in Ireland. Together with our 40+ trade associations, we lobby government and policy makers nationally and internationally to maintain a positive climate for business and drive economic growth. Our policy is shaped by our members and our work has probably influenced your business.

We regularly produce market leading industry and business events, positions on issues impacting business, economic research, forecasts and analysis. We also provide a wide range of professional services and management training to members on all aspects of human resource management, occupational health and safety, employee relations and employment law.

With 200 staff in 6 offices around Ireland as well as an office in Brussels and connections in the U.K. and Washington, Ibec communicates the Irish business voice to key stakeholders at home and abroad.

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About the Sponsors

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The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) has been in operation for two years as Ireland’s first promotional institution. It was set up with clear objectives in the wake of the financial crisis to enable access to flexible funding for Irish SMEs by facilitating the provision of: • Flexible products with longer maturity and capital repayment flexibility, subject to credit approval; • Lower cost funding to financial institutions, the benefit of which is passed on to SMEs; • Market access for new entrants to the SME lending market, creating real competition.

Channelling lower cost, flexible finance The SBCI isn’t a retail bank, however, it’s more like a wholesaler which channels lower cost finance from domestic and EU sources to banks and non-bank providers servicing the Irish SME market. To date the SBCI has raised €1.25bn in lower cost funding for this purpose.

AIB, BOI & Ulster Bank, along with five non-bank lenders have so far provided [over 12,500] Irish SMEs with SBCI loans at a lower cost than they would have otherwise

secured – saving on average 1.15 per cent on the interest rate. The loans are appealing to almost every sector of the SME market and all across the country.

Bringing non-bank lenders into the market

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Promoting sensible borrowing

The SBCI has spent a lot of time promoting awareness of the availability of this money and encouraging businesses which are thinking about borrowing to consider the value of availing of lower interest rates and greater flexibility.

Essentially, it has been spreading the message to understandably cautious borrowers that sensible borrowing can be a smart way to realise ambitious growth plans.

development and support delivered by the SBCI.

At the many SME events attended and organised by the SBCI in the past year businesses concerned about the impact of Brexit and other issues have been encouraged to discuss their needs in order to help inform the future product

Risk Sharing and Access to Finance In the year ahead the SBCI will continue to expand and promote its range of loans and lenders as well as launching its first risk-sharing initiatives. Risk share products will form a new element to the

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is a way of driving competition and has provided more niche loan products including leasing, hire purchase and fleet finance, agri-equipment finance and invoice finance to the SBCI mix.

Accountants and business advisers play a key role in both spreading the word about the options available to businesses and in preparing their business plans and applications to ensure a smooth and swift processing of loans, and the SBCI is committed to working with advisers to prepare for these discussions.

SME lending market, which will be vital to your clients, particularly SMEs that may be challenged in accessing traditional forms of finance.

The recent new mandate for the SBCI in managing the Credit Guarantee Scheme in addition to the roll out of the recently announced Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme will see the SBCI play a key role in supporting Irish SMEs in areas where it’s most needed.

SMEs and business advisers interested in finding out more about the SBCI can visit their website sbci.gov.ie and follow their Twitter feed @SBCIreland.

12,593SMEs

67,150JOBS

across Ireland have drawn down SBCI loans

In Irish SMEs supported

by SBCI loans

SBCI funding is benefiting a wide range of sectors (% of loans by value)

22.9% Agriculture

10% Admin &Support

7.7% Manufacturing Services

4.5% Professional & Scientific

4.2% Construction Services

4.2% Transport & Storage

14.5% Other

13.6%

18.4% Wholesale & Retail

Accommodation & Food Trade

SBCI funding is benefiting a wide range of sectors (% of loans by value)

84%

of loans used for investment in growing the business

11%

used for working capital

5%

used to refinance loans owed to banks exiting the Irish market

SBCI funding and products available through

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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

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accessible. Its popular ‘Imagine’ app allows people to print their digital photos on a variety of items including photo books, mugs, coasters, clothing and keyrings to make personal gifts and mementoes. If consumers were unable to instantly access their photos the service would grind to a halt and FUJIFILM’s reputation would suffer irreparable damage. High availability around the clock is critical.

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Data protection, Brexit and the implications for Irish business Brexit will have implications for Ireland in many sectors, not least of which will be the area of data protection. This is all the more significant pending the introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018.

Gordon Wade, Manager, Legal Services, KPMG in Ireland Post-Brexit, the UK will be considered a “third country” and any transfers of personal data, even within a group of companies, will be considered to be a transfer outside the EEA. Irish and European data protection laws require certain conditions to be met before any personal data may be transferred to a “third country”, one of which is the designation by the EU Commission, following a review of the UK’s data protection laws, of the UK as a country offering an “adequate” level of data protection equivalent to that protection offered in the EU. Matt Hancock, the UK government minister responsible for data protection, made it clear on the publication

by UK Government of the “White Paper on the United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union” that the GDPR will come into effect in the UK on 25th May 2018. Therefore data controllers and data processors in the UK will be bound by the GDPR until the Article 50 process is complete. Importantly, Minister Hancock noted that he did not foresee any significant changes being made to UK data protection law.

EU regulators and courts have adopted a very strict interpretation of “adequacy” effectively requiring substantial equivalence with the EU data protection regime. So far, only Switzerland, Guernsey, Argentina, Isle of Man, Faroe Islands, Jersey, Andorra, Israel, New Zealand and Uruguay have been approved in full. Canada has been approved for certain types of personal data and the transfer of advance airline passenger data to the US, Canada and Australia has also been approved.

giving sweeping powers of surveillance and retention to UK law enforcement agencies, it is questionable whether the EU Commission will so readily approve the UK as providing “adequate” levels of data protection. Indeed, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has already called the Snoopers’ Charter into serious question, giving the sense that should it still be in force following Brexit, the UK may be unlikely to get the EU stamp of approval for data transfers.

Whilst the initial introduction of the GDPR will mean business as usual between Ireland and the UK in terms of data transfers, what happens once Brexit formally happens is crucial. If the UK receives formal approval from the Commission for data transfers, then any concerns Irish companies may have will fall away.

However, if the Commission feels that the UK’s laws do not meet the “adequacy” standard, businesses in the UK would be subject to the same restrictions that currently apply to data transfers from the EU to the US – namely, they can happen only in certain specified situations which includes the use of: • EU Standard Contractual Clauses (general type of contracts prepared specifically for data transfers by the Commission) (SCCs); • EU Binding Corporate Rules (legally enforceable privacy/data protection codes of practice) (BCRs); or • a bilateral agreement similar to the (now invalid) EU–US Safe Harbour or the (currently in limbo) Privacy Shield.

“The Snoopers Charter” Whilst the UK have committed themselves to the GDPR, it may be noted that considering the UK recently passed the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (aka the Snoopers’ Charter),

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It should be noted that implementing SCCs or BCRs can be both costly and complex for Irish businesses and any bilateral agreement would need both EU and UK approval. It should also be noted that although officially a non-EU member

state post-Brexit, the UK will nonetheless bound by the GDPR as it will still apply as a matter of EU law to UK businesses in relation to their sales of goods and services into, or monitoring individuals in, the EU. Payroll Issues To put this issue into perspective, where an Irish company has a UK-based operation and holds, for example, payroll data about Irish or other EU nationals in that UK base, it may need to start considering whether another EU country should act as the base instead.

Alternatively, the company may instead have to adopt compatible standards to the new EU rules (such as BCRs). Otherwise, unless and until the UK receives Commission approval or some form of bilateral agreement is reached, any transfers of payroll data from Ireland to the UK postBrexit will fall foul of the GDPR. It should also be noted that any company found to have transferred payroll in breach of the GDPR may be subjected to a fine of 4% of its global turnover or €20m, whichever is higher.” If the UK retains the GDPR post-Brexit, the UK courts, although not bound to have regard to decisions of the CJEU, are likely to be heavily influenced by the CJEU, either because they will be conscious of the “adequacy” issue or because the CJEU’s approach closely aligns with a modern, universal approach to data protection. In any event, Irish business with UK operations need to be aware of the data privacy challenges that Brexit poses and should monitor the progress of Brexit with this very much in mind.

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for TickerFit while working in the Irish public hospital system. Together with her cofounder/CTO, Greg Balmer, they have built a technology which enables health professionals to prescribe, deliver and monitor personalised interventions of exercise and education, to patients currently living with or at risk of chronic conditions.

Aisling Keegan Vice President & General Manager, Dell EMC Ireland

Amanda Roche Kelly Managing Director JUST EAT Ireland Amanda is managing director for JUST EAT in Ireland.

She joined JUST EAT in 2012 as head of sales and quickly progressed to her current role managing the Irish business across sales, marketing, operations and customer care.

Amanda joined JUST EAT from Bewley’s, where as Regional Manager for Dublin and Leinster she was responsible for a team delivering annual sales of over 10m and her area was the most profitable in the business.

Andrea Renzi Co-Founder / Sales Director 3D to Sell­ Andrea and Mauro both have a strong Sales and Marketing Background. Both Italians of origin, they have been living in Ireland for a long time.

Andrea, with a degree in Marketing, moved from Rome to Dublin in 2015. He previously worked as an ICT Sales Consultant for 3 years before starting his own business in Rome, where he was promoting online a large portfolio of properties for short term corporate rentals.

When Andrea and Mauro met in Ireland in 2015 decided to put together their own experiences in promoting properties online. They understood the importance of 3D and Virtual Reality technology as a powerful Marketing tool, both to acquire more business from Property Owners and to reach more qualified (and remote) Buyers/Tenants.

Avril Copeland Founder/CEO TickerFit Avril Copeland is a chartered physiotherapist and Founder/CEO of TickerFit, a digital healthcare company based in Dublin and London. With a background in exercise science and physiotherapy, Avril had the idea

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Aisling Keegan is Vice President and General Manager for Dell EMC Ireland. Aisling is responsible for driving the company’s commercial business on the island of Ireland. This involves delivering a wide range of services, solutions and products to a diverse group of customers in the public and private sector. Aisling is a member of the Ireland Leadership Forum, a group which provides strategic direction and governance to Dell EMC’s sites in Cork, Limerick and Dublin. Dell EMC’s Irish operations span sales, services, operations, IT, manufacturing, finance and solutions development.

Alan Hickey Co-Founder and Commercial Director We Bringg Alan is the Co-Founder and Commercial Director at WeBringg. Alan is a graduate from UCD in both Economics Degree and the Grad Dip in Financial Planning. As Commercial Director Alan has responsibility for driving sustainable growth for WeBringg in market both home and aboard.

Andrea Linehan Commercial Director GRID Finance Andrea is a commercial, finance and marketing professional with over 15 years of international experience across a range of products and services.

She spent 10 years in the Middle East working on commercial and leisure development for the Omani Government and is now Commercial Director and founding team member at GRID Finance providing finance to small and medium Irish businesses and wealth products for individuals.

Aisling Curtis Director of Small Medium Solutions Business and Partner Group, Microsoft.

Aisling is Director of Small Medium Solutions and Partner at Microsoft Ireland. Prior to joining Microsoft in January 2016, she spent 15 years in the telecommunications industry including Vodafone, where she held several senior Global and Country roles, leading teams across Strategy, Transformation, Marketing and Sales.

Aisling’s passion is to create value for customers, help transform businesses, as well as developing an

engaging results driven environment for her team. She has led transformation programmes and P&Ls with a value up to €1bn, and has led teams of up to 150 people.

Alex Gibson Senior Lecturer Marketing DIT Alex is a lecturer in marketing at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and Visiting Professor at ESSEC Business School, Paris. He has been involved in research into Augmented Reality in the tourism and heritage area and is also the Chairman and Founder of the ARVR Innovate Conference.

Brendan Guildea BL, Barrister

Brendan is a practicing barrister, with expertise in intellectual property and technology law. He lectures on the subject at the Law Society and Griffith College.

He holds a Master of Intellectual Property Laws from King’s College London and published an article “App stores: digital no man’s land or innovation’s bane” in the Journal of IP Law and Practice in August 2016.

Brendan Kelly Managing Director Financial Planner Brendan Kelly is the Managing Director of Financial Planner (financialplanner.ie). He has extensive experience in this sector, having worked as a financial advisor and investment advisor specialising in creating wealth for business owners. His previous roles have been in management positions in the banking sector. Since leaving over several years ago, has set up his own successful financial advisory firm since 2000.

Brendan has extensive knowledge and experience in lending, investments, pension and insurance planning.

Benjamin J. Boyle CEO BeJoZa Ltd Benjamin J. Boyle is a serial entrepreneur that now invests his time in innovative new entrepreneurs and start-ups. Benjamin’s company, BeJoZa Ltd. has holdings in everything from clothing products to Artificial Intelligence technologies. Benjamin himself has consulted for a full range of entities from SME’s to Government bodies.

Cathy Doherty Director-Practical People Solutions Ltd Northern Ireland Cathy helps businesses be more successful, profitable and productive by preventing costly staffing and employee problems before they steal valuable time

Speakers and money. She helps them create a win-win company culture that saves time, money and employee turnover.

Cathy’s fresh, forward thinking approach is built on having grown up in a successful and reputable family business.

Conall Laverty Founder & CEO Wia Conall Laverty is Founder & CEO at Wia. He has developed and architected products for a wide range of companies including BBC, Net-a-Porter, IBM, Channel 4, Deezer and many more.

Conall Geraghty Technology Lawyer Mason Hayes & Curran,Ireland Conall helps companies to become investor-ready.A technology lawyer with Mason Hayes & Curran,Conall advises on raising investment – including Enterprise Ireland Competitive Start Fund (CSF) and High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) investments – term sheets, shareholders’ agreements and share option plans (ESOPs).

Colin Keogh Research Engineer University College Dublin Colin is an engineer working out of UCD in the areas of Design, Innovation, Advanced Manufacturing and Disruptive Technologies (3D Printing, Low Cost Design, AR/VR Applications). He works with Government, Academic, Corporate and Private clients, and is currently running the Printastic marine waste upgrading project, and co-founded The Rapid Foundation, a charity project that implements disruptive technologies in underprivileged settings globally. He was named as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science & Healthcare for 2017.

Charlie Byrne CEO | Co-Founder Engager, Dublin Charlie is CEO and Co-Founder of Engager. He previously worked as a Business Development Executive within two of Ireland’s largest law firms, working closely with their key stakeholders on marketing strategy and business development. Charlie is a graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.

Charley Stoney Managing Director Alternatives Group Managing Charley’s career to date spans over 25 years of working in professional services in the UK and Ireland across every key industry sector. The majority of her time has

been spent providing marketing, sales, digital and people related services, so in Alternatives, all these skills combine to spearhead their specialist talent and organisational design consultancy. Alternatives has pioneered flexible talent solutions since our inception in 2000, working with clients on interim, contracting, permanent and executive search assignments.

Christine Spies Social Media Consultant C.A.F Christine Spies is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society which she obtained with her degree in Media and Journalism. Her company’s goal is to assist her clients by growing their online presence organically, so they are in the driver seat of their own success.

Colm Hanratty CEO Sixtwo Digital Colm Hanratty is Founder and CEO of Sixtwo Digital, a digital marketing agency that helps businesses get more from their social media and content marketing… by being social. Having worked with Hostelworld. com for almost 11 years, he set up his business in November 2013. Since then he has worked with clients across a wide rang of industries including East Coast Bakehouse, ding* (formerly known as ezetop), Digicel Bermuda, Homestay.com, Tourism Ireland, The Irish Sun, Trekksoft and Erdinger Ireland. He also lectures on social media with the Marketing Institute of Ireland.

Coral Movasseli Managing Director Girls in Tech Dublin, Ireland Coral Movasseli is the Managing Director of Girls in Tech Dublin, a dedicated platform for women-in-tech and entrepreneurs. A techie problem solver at heart, Coral co-founded a mobile transit app for Toronto’s transportation system to make it easier for users to get to their destinations on time. Passionate about changing the world, Coral started her career on route to becoming a Canadian diplomat.

Colin Guilfoyle Managing Director Nebula Interactive A keen entrepreneur who founded Nebula where his team mixes coding with design and business to create games, apps and websites that fully utilise the new era of digital communication. Pioneering 360 and VR into companies marketing and product offering to create immersive experiences for customers across the spectrum.

David Montgomery Head of Risk & Regulatory Advisory EisnerAmper Ireland As Head of the Firm’s Risk & Regulatory Advisory team, David advises financial services providers on risk, regulatory and compliance-related matters.

David supports clients throughout the regulatory engagement cycle and specialises in the design and implementation of risk and compliance frameworks.

David is the former Deputy Head of Risk in the Central Bank of Ireland.

Derek Lowry Business Advisory Comerford Foley Ireland QFA, Dip Corp Fin, APA (Debt Management). A Member of the Institute of Directors and Institute of Bankers.

Derek has 5 years experience in assisting business owners achieve their objectives and 14 years across a number of Irish financial institutions, including leading a lending unit that focused solely on providing funding to meet the needs of SME’s and Family owned businesses.

Denise Whitmore Social Geek Girl, The Social Media Department Denise Whitmore is one of Ireland’s best known digital marketers. She has an Honours Degree in Information Technology and is renowned for her fresh approach to building business using platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat and email marketing.

She is also the founder of The Irish Women in Business Network, a successful women’s network that assists women all over Ireland in achieving their business goals. Denise has given talks on Social Media as well as workshops on Twitter and Facebook all over Ireland.

Danny McCoy CEO IBEC Danny McCoy is CEO of Ibec, Ireland’s largest business representative organisation. He currently leads the Irish business response to Brexit. As a strong advocate of the Irish enterprise model, he led business in a visionary campaign to restore Ireland’s international reputation abroad following the economic crisis. Prior to joining Ibec, Danny was a senior economist at both the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Central Bank of Ireland.

Diarmuid O’Brien Chief Innovation and Enterprise Officer Trinity College Dublin Diarmuid has worked in senior research and innovation roles both the public and private sector. Previous roles

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Speakers include the Director of Research & Innovation and the Executive Director of CRANN at Trinity College Dublin.

Prior to Trinity Diarmuid worked in leadership roles in Dublin based start-ups NTera and Deerac Fluidics and Xoliox SA based in Switzerland.

Dorian Rees Associate Flynn O’Driscoll Business Lawyers Dorian has gained significant domestic and international experience in mergers, acquisitions and disposals. Dorian has acted for a wide range of clients ranging from owner-managers to blue chip companies.

Dorian worked for one of the UK’s largest law firms before relocating to Dublin in 2015.

Dermot Casey Venture Investment Leader NRDC Dermot is a Venture Investment Leader at NDRC where he sources investment opportunities and mentors them through to securing early customers and follow-on investment as they build ideas into globally scalable business.

Prior to NDRC, Dermot ran his own consultancy business.

Dermot was COO and CTO for Storyful where over three years he grew it from two to 35 staff, build the core technology platform and operations and managed finances and investment. Storyful was sold to NewsCorp for $25 million in 2013.

Declan Murray CEO and Co-Founder Zendfast Ireland Declan is a Former Director of Irish Express Cargo Ltd, Global Logistics Director with Flextronics Ltd, and Operations Manager with Kuehne and Nagel Ltd. An accomplished Senior Executive with over 25 years experience in the logistics/ Supply Chain and manufacturing industry both domestically and internationally. UCD, Business Degree (IIPMM). DBS (Advanced Project Management.)

Damien McCann Director of Enterprise and Marketing Viatel, Ireland Damien McCann leads a team of highly skilled telecoms and data centre solutions experts based in Ireland. Damien is the Director of Sales and Marketing of Viatel – an Irish owned corporate telecoms company, which specialises in data connectivity, voice, data centre and managed network solutions.

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Darya Recker Darya Recker Business Consulting

Darya is an expert in international business with focus on sales and marketing and international trade. She is a serial entrepreneur and owner of several business.

Darya was mentioned in media multiple times: Startup Awards, publications in Irish Tech News, Silicon Valley, Best Young Entrepreneur Winner, Small Irish Business Association Magazine, VOOM 2016, Triathlon magazine, TV shows (business oriented), publications on export portals and export online resources as expert in international trade, advisor at number of governmental organizations in regards to international trade, intercultural business and export. websites: www.neuventure-global.com, www. cleverbooks.eu, www.pacepilates.eu, www.start-upbooster.com

Derek Mizak Chief Technology Officer Resilient Defence With over 25 years of IT experience, Derek is an expert in cybersecurity, counterintelligence and digital forensics, as well as a background in law enforcement.

As an ISO27001 Lead Auditor, Derek has spent his career designing infrastructure and systems to ensure compliance and minimise cyber threats. Derek has a passion for machine learning and has consulted and implemented Security Management Systems and Intelligence Analysis Systems for multinational organisations across Europe.

Donal Bourke Business Unit Manager Yokogawa Donal Bourke is Business Unit Manager for Yokogawa Ireland and Business Development Manager for their Advanced Solutions Consultancy Group in UK and Ireland. He is a graduate of Griffith College Dublin (BA) and also holds an MSc in Information Systems Management from NUI Galway.

As business development manager for Yokogawa’s Advanced Solutions consultancy group Donal works with customers in the process manufacturing industries to provide professional services and technologies for IIoT, Cyber Security and Data Analytics.

Ed Flanagan – Founder and Creative Director of Advanced Photo Video APV.ie; Cofounder of Advanced Media; Mentor, and Director of Innovate Dublin

Ed Flanagan Successfully founded Advanced Photo Video production company, servicing the corporate market, creating compelling videos along with capturing events, speeches and testimonials and providing an alternative to stock images.

Subsequently founded Advanced Media, which help

company formulate their growth strategy, creates the media assets, pushes them on web and social media, measures the results to insure increase in sales leads, to drive growth.

Emily O’Mahoney Consultant MASON HAYES & CURRAN Emily is a consultant on our Commercial Team.

Emily has multi-jurisdictional expertise on data protection, privacy, intellectual property and media law. She regularly advises domestic and international businesses in the information technology sector on technology agreements, IP licensing and commercial contracts. Emily has in-depth knowledge of international data protection law and data transfer strategies.

Eoin Killian Costello Digital Connector Digital Dun Laoghaire Eoin Costello is a well known innovation, startup and digital marketing/social media expert. Eoin was CEO for Startup Ireland for a number of years and served as National Director for the successful ‘Startup Gathering’. Having started and grown a number of businesses himself he is very familiar with the innovation challenges faced by SME owner managers. He also worked hands-on with dozens of entrepreneurs when he managed Ireland’s largest startup programme, the Dublin Institute of Technology Hothouse New Frontiers programme. Eoin managed high profile digital marketing/social marketing campaigns for Startup Ireland and the national Startup Gathering as well as for his own companies Novara Technology and Omniserve. He is the Digital Connector for Digital Dun Laoghaire, helping connect and grow digital companies in Dun Laoghaire.

Frances Keating Training & Consultancy Franceskeating.com Frances is a qualified teacher, specialising in project management education. She has over 15 years’ experience as a Senior Project Manager in Software Development, Financial Services and Telecommunications. Frances holds a diploma in Project Management from UCC and a Masters in Arts in Training and Education from Griffith College. She has been an accredited Project Management Professional (PMP®) since 2003. She is currently Outreach Officer for Project Management Institute (PMI) Ireland Chapter.

Fred Logue Partner FP Logue Solicitors Fred is a solicitor, specialising in technology, IP and commercial law. Fred has a science background and worked as an engineer before becoming a solicitor.

Speakers Fred has experience and expertise in licensing and exploitation of software and technology. He specialises in advising clients on strategy, contracts, transactions and disputes in business sectors where technology plays a key role.

Grainne Murphy IoT Marketing Manager Analog Devices As IoT (Internet of Things) Marketing Manager, Grainne Murphy manages alliances, customer engagement and IoTmarketing/communications which originate from many business and technology groups across Analog Devices.She is a University of Limerick graduate (BENG) and also holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University.

Gary Stewart Director of Wayra UK and Telefónica Open Future (UK).

Gary Stewart is the Director of Wayra UK and Telefónica Open Future_ (UK). He is also an associate professor and the Entrepreneur-In-Residence at IE Business School in Madrid. Gary co-founded Nuroa.es, a Barcelona start-up that raised over €4M in funding before being sold to an Australian competitor.

Garrett Cassidy Co-founder & CEO Trezeo, Ireland Garrett is Co-founder and CEO of Trezeo, a FinTech business with a mission to provide financial stability for self-employed working in the gig economy.

Garrett is a FinTech entrepreneur and advisor with over 20 years experience in Finacial Services.

As well as leading Trezeo, Garrett advises FinTech startups and large financial institutions through Abarta Consulting. He was European Managing Director at Circle Internet Financial, held a range of senior roles at Bank of Ireland and previously worked at Ulster Bank and Goldman Sachs.

Ingrid De Doncker CEO iDDea I am the founder of iDDea, previously known as IDD Consult and e-Quiddity, a company that increases the ROI and impact of procurement’s contribution to the bottom line of any business. We focus on delivering value beyond cost savings and on implementing best procurement practices upfront. We do this either by upskilling the competencies of your procurement professionals, by offering an outsourced buying team who will buy on your behalf and deliver savings upfront, or by designing fit for purpose “value beyond cost savings” transformation programs.

Dr. Ignazio Graffeo Registrar Psychiatry presso HSE's Promotor and First Author in Academic Researches on the field of the CyberTherapy and CyberPsychiatry in Italy, he gained huge experience with Neuro Virtual Reality (full NeuroVR2 Trained). He was one of the first to study the relationships and the interrelations between Social Media and Mental Health issues, using the major social networks as a mean for trying to help people in distress. He is actually developing a project in order to bring Psychiatrists and Mental Health Operators nearer to the Patients in need.

Dr. John Dismore – Assistant Professor in Digital Integrated Care and the Health Innovation Lead/Deputy Director of (TCPHI) at Trinity College Dublin.

Dr. John Dinsmore is an Assistant Professor in Digital Integrated Care and the Health Innovation Lead/ Deputy Director of the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation (TCPHI) at Trinity College Dublin. His role involves building and leading teams to research and develop (R&D) technologies, services and practices in a wide range of healthcare areas

John Power CEO Ostia Software Solutions, Ireland Mr. Power is the founder and CEO of Ostia Solutions. He has over 30 years’ experience in the software industry with particular focus on large scale business critical systems.He is now focused on helping organizations that want to innovate and participate in the digital revolution by removing the bottlenecks in that process.

Julian Kulkarni Chief Marketing Officer Morgan McKinley, Ireland As CMO Julian Kulkarni has transformed recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley into a data and insightdriven business, growing a global database of clients and candidates from 200,000 to more than 3,000,000 over three years. Content-driven marketing through the company’s 12 corporate and local websites has played a key role in this strategy.

Jennifer Brennan Associate Director Next Generation, Dublin Ireland Jennifer is the Associate Director for the IT Division within Next Generation Recruitment. She currently manages a team of 10 Talent Acquisition Partners.

Jennifer has eleven years of experience in the recruitment sector, ten of these with a leading Global Irish Agency where she managed the number one Irish Office Support Agency in Ireland.

Over her career she has recruited for all levels of roles within Legal, Finance, Office Support and IT. Jennifer is fast becoming a taught leader in the area of IT recruitment and has spoken on events in the past on how to hire great candidates.

Jamie White Founder and MD Leading Social Jamie is an award winning entrepreneur, winning Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur in Dublin in both 2014 and 2015.

He is an acclaimed public speaker, speaking in Ireland, the UK and internationally on start -up business, social media & entrepreneurship.

At age 29, Jamie is already a seasoned businessman.

He has employed hundreds of people, promoted, managed and sold events to over half a million people.

James Lee Founder and Medical Director, CODOC Medical Software Dr James Lee is a medical entrepreneur with a lifelong interest in health informatics. His main area of interest is the transformation of medical information into structured data enabling semantic interoperability and the development of meaningful electronic health and personal health records. Codoc seamlessly enables this innovation to take place.

JULIE RYAN Founder MK1 PRODUCTIONS Julie Ryan is an international producer having worked in TV & Film in Ireland, Canada and the US over the last 10 years. Julie recently produced the box office smash hit The Young Offenders which grossed over 1.2 million and was the fastest Irish film to pass the 1million mark last year with the biggest opening weekend. The film ran for 25 weeks in the cinema, played to rave reviews internationally and is now available in over 180 countries on Netflix. She is currently working on a slate of projects, one of which is a TV drama shot entirely through mobile technology. www.mk1productions.com

Jules O’ Loughlin Trade Expert TransferMate Global Payments With over 5 years’ experience working within the financial sector and a further 6 years’ operating her own business, Jules has worked with some of the world’s leading importers and exporters and her insight and knowledge of international trade is second to none.

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Speakers Julian Seymour Syndicate Manager HBAN Julian is business development professional with over 18 years international experience in Telecoms, ICT, Cleantech, Education, NGO and FMCG sectors.He has held senior sales roles with Diageo in Germany, Ericsson, Telecom New Zealand and is former Head of Operations for ECDL Foundation. He has also worked as Head of Industry Engagement for The Green Way, Dublin’s Cleantech cluster.

Katharine Crawford Company Owner – Cosmopolitan Communications and Events Katharine Crawford, founder and Managing Director is a University College Dublin graduate, with over 20 years experience working in the areas of communications, advertising – online and offline, sales, marketing and event management.

Having lived and worked in several different countries, and knowing how hard it can be to meet new contacts (friends or business) when moving a lot, she wanted to create a platform to welcome people from all countries and backgrounds to the social networking events, hence the name – Cosmopolitan!

Kevin Koidl CEO Wripl Technologies In 2008, Kevin received his Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in Computer Science pioneering CrossSite Personalisation, a privacy sensitive Content Personalisation and Recommendation service. Prior to that Kevin worked as a consultant for the German Automotive Industry and received a dual master in Business Administration and Applications from Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. In 2009 Kevin co-founded the crowed-sourced Poetry Translation Platform Kaffeehouse.com. Kevin is now CEO of Wripl Technologies. Wripl offers SaaS-based solutions for content producers to predict what to write next, how to target the right audience and measure success by increasing content engagement.

Kieran Harte Head of Cities: Ireland, Wales, Midlands & South West – UK Uber Kieran Harte became General Manager for Uber in Ireland in March 2015. Previously, Kieran has worked for some of Ireland’s best known digital brands including Daft.ie and IrishTimes.com. Originally hailing from Australia, Kieran has years of working with disruptive digital business models across the world.

Uber is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through their apps, Uber makes cities more accessible, opening up more possibilities for riders and more business for drivers.

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Louise Phelan Vice president PayPal Louise Phelan is Vice President, Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Ireland, Middle East and Africa. She was recently appointed to this role following her tenure as VP of Global Operations Europe, the Middle East and Africa. She has responsibility for growing revenue and customers for PayPal in more than 100 countries across the region.

Louise joined PayPal from the senior management team of GE Money in 2006, when PayPal had 200 employees in Ireland. She oversaw significant growth and expansion with employee numbers currently at more than 2,600 in Dublin and Dundalk, and is on track to grow to 3,000 by 2018.

Lorcan Bannon Head of Client Strategy Olytico, Ireland Lorcan Bannon is Head of Client Strategy at Olytico where he leads Social Media Monitoring activities for leading brands like Heineken, Electric Ireland and Liberty Insurance. Prior to joining Olytico, he worked at Pernod Ricard as Senior Global Brand Manager for Jameson Whiskey working across multiple markets leading strategic marketing plans for key activation pillars.

Luis Franco MD EMEA SurveyMonkey Luis joined SurveyMonkey in January 2010. He is responsible for SurveyMonkey’s international operations in Dublin. Previously he was at Portugal Telecom, where he spent 7 years in a number of managerial roles, most recently as General Manager of tradecom.pt and COO of pmelink.pt. Before PT, Luis was a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting. He has spent much of his career internationally, having worked in the U.S., Germany, Brazil, Spain and the Netherlands.

Luis received a BA in Management and a postgraduate degree in Multimedia and Communications Management from the Technical University of Lisbon.

Dr Mark Heaton Nanotechnologist

My work in nanotech was carried out at Imperial College and Omicron was to fabricate a MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) microturbine, using the integrated circuit fabrication methods of printing, masking and prototyping with final laser machining to contour the microturbine in 3D. MEMS is part of the ideal to scale down conventional machines so that they can work with the miniaturization seen in the IC industry which in

following Moore’s Law in double downscaling every 18 months is now at 3 Teraflops per chip.

Maurice Coyle CEO HeyStaks AI Marketing Maurice has spent the past 15 years developing innovative technology to personalize online experiences, first as part of his Ph.D. research and since 2008 as part of HeyStaks. Helping people find what they are looking for while respecting their privacy and user experience are joint goals of Maurice’s work.

Mark Regan Managing Partner Regan Solicitors Managing Partner, Regan Solicitors

Matthew Bradley Co-Founder and CEO Flyte Technologies Matthew brings an in-depth knowledge of, and passion for the future of aviation, having been exposed to flying at a young age. Matthew has also worked extensively in developing location based technical solutions for regulators, governments and private companies across the UK and Ireland.

Mark Bannon CEO and Co-Founder VT Networks Mark Bannon is CEO and Co-founder of VT, the operator of Ireland’s first dedicated Internet of Thingsnetwork.

Using Sigfox technology, VT provides connectivity for simple, low-power IoT devices.

Dr. Michael Barros IRC post-doc fellow TSSG/WIT, Ireland Dr. Michael Barros was born in Campina Grande, Brazil, 1990. He is currently an IRC Government of Ireland post doc fellow associated with the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) and the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT – Ireland). Michael received his Ph.D. in Telecommunication Software at the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT-Ireland-2016).

Marie Mc Carthy Director Product Innovation Information Technology ICON PLC Marie Mc Carthy, Director Product Innovation, is part of the multidisciplinary Innovation Team at ICON PLC. She has specific responsibility for developing solutions in the direct to patient paradigm. Her focus has been that of the use of wearables and sensors in clinical trials with particular

Speakers emphasis on the potential these devices have to monitor the physical behaviours of the digital patient.

Michele Hallahan LEED AP, Sustainability Consultant, Ireland Michele has worked in the environmental and sustainability sector for over fifteen years in the USA and in Europe. She has worked for 20 years with various organisations, including Fortune 500 businesses, to establish eco-efficient practices, sustainable culture and management systems.

Nick Ashmore CEO of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) Nick Ashmore is Chief Executive of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). Prior to taking up this role he served as Project Director during the setup of the SBCI. He joined the NTMA as part of the team managing the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) in 2006, where he served as Head of Private Equity and Infrastructure before becoming Deputy Director in 2011. Before joining the NTMA Nick was an Investment Manager with Greenaap Consultants Limited, a private family office. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Grant Thornton in Glasgow and Edinburgh and is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen in Accountancy and a member of the Scottish Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Nicola Byrne Senior Vice President Irish Exporters Association Founded 11890 directory enquiries in 2006, created Cloud90 in January 2013. Cloud90 is a Data Preparation Service. Harvesting 24/7 live social media data, we touch each piece of data for cleaning and distribution through text, email and dashboard for a total business solution through every department and business unit. Delivering instantly usable analysed social media data in the right place at the right time 24/7.

A global first in delivery of Ready Data. Nicola is a board member of the Ireland US Council, sits on the new Childrens Group Hospital board, board member British Irish Chamber of Commerce 2012-2014, currently board observer.

Niamh Bushnell Founder and CEO TechIreland Niamh Bushnell is the founder and CEO of TechIreland, a not for profit established in Dublin in January 2017.

TechIreland maps and tracks all product innovation in Ireland and is on a mission to tell the story of Irish innovation to the world.

Niamh Malone CEO and Founder Brainey App, Ireland I worked as a clinical nurse specialist in stroke rehabilitation and had a sub arachnoid haemorrhage (ruptured aneurysm in my brain) 4 years ago. I live with ongoing chronic fatigue and cognitive impairments.

I co- won the patient panellist “dragon’s den” Sunday Business Post Conference 2017, have been shortlisted for the Global Brain Health Institute Scholar’s Programme 2017. I won a poster presentation for European Integrated Care Conference and abstract will be published in the International Journal of Integrated Care 2017.

Nicole Pretorius Cofounder SheCanCode, London UK Nicole was born and raised in South Africa, educated at St. Andrews University in Scotland and is currently immersed in the tech industry having cofounded SheCanCode – a career consulting platform that aspires to bridge the digital skills gap by empowering diverse technologists to enter and remain in the tech industry.

Niall Campion Director VRAI Niall has worked in various roles in film and television post production for the past 15 years. As well as directing content for television, he has also created large scale audio-visual pieces for many museums and exhibitions nationally and internationally. He has worked in visual effects for feature film, as an editor in film and television and has created content for projects as diverse as the RTE newsroom and the Irish Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. He has a passion for bringing new technology to visual storytelling which brought him to virtual reality.

Oliver Hynes CEO HUB Controls Oliver Hynes has spent the past two decades working across Europe for some of the biggest companies in the HVAC sector. In 2014 he founded HUB Controls, an IoT start-up that has successfully launched the world’s first Household Utility Bill (HUB) Controller, a next generation smart thermostat. www.hubcontrols.com

Ollie Walsh CEO Pip Payments Ollie Walsh has been involved in Start Ups since 1994 both as an entrepreneur and as a consultant. Based in Galway, Ollie works with companies around the world

developing strategy for investment, launch and growth.

He is the CEO of PiP Payments, a innovative Digital Cash Collection platform which has recently launched in the UK. At TechConnect Live, Ollie will be talking on ‘Cash in a FinTech World’ which will discuss the role of cash in the digital society and also in developing nations.

Paul Mc Carthy Business Solutions and Professional Services – RGC Technologies Ltd RGC Technologies provide flexible software solutions for: • Engineering and Construction Job Costing & Project Management • Purchasing, Supplier and Contractor Management • Facilities, Asset Management and Maintenance • Workforce Management, CRM and Time-Billing • PC, Internet, Mobile Phone and Tablet Solutions

Paul Kane Computing & Electronics | Patents Partner Paul is a European Patent Attorney and partner with FRKelly. He has a BEng in Electronic Engineering specialising in Integrated Circuit Design from UL and Higher Diploma in Microelectronics (HDipMicro) from UCC. Areas of expertise include electronics, telecommunications, physics, mechanical devices, software/computer implemented inventions, integrated circuit design and optoelectronics.

Pauline Kwasniak Founder Hotel4Meetings.com Pauline is a founder of hotel4meetings.com. Female entrepreneur and social media enthusiast and a passionate event manager. An ex fashion model . A big fan of Guy Kawasaki and a firm believer of “The art of enchantment” in both business and personal life. Pauline is now working on a bespoke hotel sourcing platform for meetings and events for companies and corporates.

Paul Byrne CEO Currency Fair Paul Byrne has started, led, and scaled 4 software businesses, the first in Ireland and the last 3 in the US. These businesses all delivered consistent high revenue growth and profitability with liquidity events each delivering returns significantly greater than market norms.

Like all serial entrepreneurs, retirement wasn’t for him and he recently invested in Currency Fair, a business which provides consumers and small businesses with access to exchange rates for making international payments normally only offered by banks to large businesses.

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M6 Flooring Providers.ie M6A Flooring Providers.ie E15 Flyte D15 FP Logue J8 Green IT A4 GeoDirectory J3 GP Online L8 GPS2Find Ltd C1 Grenke A7 Herbst Software D4 Highline Office Technology E4 Highline Office Technology K20 Host-IT M10 iWhoAmI D16 IE Domain Registry CLG E16 IE Domain Registry CLG B11 Ibec / Technology Ireland C11 Ibec / Technology Ireland K6 Idiro Analytics C5 Independent News & Media M5 Institute Project Management Ireland K16 Intellicom G16 IPS Ltd A2 Irish Exporters Association F20 Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) B16 Irish Research Council F17 IS4PROD A5 The Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association D2 ISO-IRL.ie F9 IMGS I12 ITQuickQuotes.ie E11 KAISER+KRAFT E12 Limor J9 Linked Finance

J13 QPTech IT Recruitment G10 Priority-Medatech N15 Men’s Grooming Ireland F13 Monread CRM J4 Nebula Interactive K4 Nebula Interactive B10 Netcomm K18 Newlove Games D13 Next Generation E13 Next Generation J6 New Horizons Ireland L6 NUACOM A3 The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) A14 O’Brien Diaries Ltd. H11 Ortus Managed IT & Cloud C06 PFH Technology B9 The Pip B4 Pitney Bowes Ltd L9 Phonewatch Ltd G4 Post Logistics K10 Property Button A6 Regan Solicitors L14 Realex Payments D3 Roslyn Park College J16 Sandpiper Technology F3 SCBI F4 SCBI G14 Servecentric Ltd N7 Sproose.ie H3 Store 2000 A10 Sync NI D17 Sytorus E17 Sytorus G13 Sungard Availability Services F11 Surf Accounts Limited

N10 Tech Guard K19 Technology Ireland A8A Think Contemporary G5 TransferMate Global Payments J10 TSSG L11 TV3 K17 TWi F5 Viatel A15 Virgin Media Business A16 Virgin Media Business C2 VRAI B17 VT Networks D14 WeBringg N8 Web World Ireland I1 Welltel Ireland H1 Welltel Ireland A8 Welltel Ireland F8 Willows Consulting Ltd B15 WikiBuild B5 WorkThere / Savills F16 Xeretec N9 xunison Table Top Irish Tech News Voom Bus Virgin Media Business Grow Car Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Ireland DAC

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M3 DataXcel L12 Dmac Media G9 Easy Display J1 ebuild Web Solutions D11 Fastway Couriers N13 Travel Open Partnership K1 Exterion Media K11 Fixo L16 Grow M2 Hackman Enterprises Ltd. L5 H2 Films K3 Hotel4Meetings K22 Intreo

H8 Leaflet Company Ireland Limited and Marketing Company I8 Leaflet Company Ireland Limited and Marketing Company I9 Leaflet Company Ireland Limited and Marketing Company N1 MarketingCoach.ie N6 MailingBags.ie Dispatch Packaging L3 MindLab.ie J5 Origin Tutors N12 PayPerClick.ie J11 Proactive Pipeline E1 Qflow Promotions

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Speakers Peter Brown Interim Director Irish Research Council Peter is currently the Interim Director of the Irish Research Council. The Council is an associated agency of the Department of Education and Skills and is charged with funding excellent research across all disciplines, enabling a vibrant research community and the development of diverse expertise. He joined the Council as Deputy Director in early 2015.

Peter Kerrigan Celtic Invoice Discounting

I help cash strapped SME Business Owners on a daily basis by releasing funds and cash flow through Transactional Based Invoice Discounting. I know exactly what it is like to be given the run around by financial institutions that is why I set up Celtic Invoice Discounting over 20 years ago as an alternative funding option for Irish business owners.

Peter Kelly Managing Director Virgin Media Business Over the past 25 years, Peter has used passion and knowledge to help UK businesses #VOOM. With his wealth of experience from Vodafone, Nortel and Virgin Media Business, he’s a true innovative thought-leader in the B2B market. Driving growth, profit, market share and inspiring future leaders is at his core.

Peter Oakes Non-Executive Director of TransferMate and Susquehanna International Peter Oakes, Non-Executive Director of TransferMate and Susquehanna International and advisory board member to fintech and regtech firms. Peter is founder of Fintech Ireland and Fintech UK. He is former Director of Enforcement and Financial Crime at the Irish Central Bank and has worked as a senior regulator in the UK, Australia and Saudi Arabia.

He works with regulators on their supervisory and enforcement strategies.

Paidi O’Reilly – Innovation Research Fellow – Infant Research Centre/Cork University Business School Dr Paidi O’Reilly is a plain talking innovation workshop facilitator, trainer and speaker. He is a Research Fellow at the SFI funded Infant Centre in University College Cork (UCC). He is on the global lecturing panel at the Irish Management Institute and is an adjunct innovation lecturer at UCC. In the past he has been Director of Innovation & Research with a UK headquartered technology company. For more see: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/paidioreilly

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Ruaidhri Mag Fhloinn Digital Marketing Manager TVadSync Ruaidhri is the Digital Marketing Manager at TVadSync.

After a number of years working in digital marketing and client-services for one of the world’s leading marketing agencies, Ruaidhri spotted an exciting opportunity to move into the wonderland of TV data and omnichannel marketing with TVadSync.

Rory O’Sullivan Managing Director, Pagemill Partners, a Duff & Phelps Business Rory O’Sullivan is a managing director at Pagemill Partners, a division of Duff & Phelps. With over 20 years of experience of M&A and corporate finance within the technology industry, Rory is an accomplished dealmaker with experience of over 50 transactions totaling in excess of $5 billion in value across enterprise software/SaaS, internet, information services, semiconductors and communication technology.

Roy Phillips CTO FoodCloud Roy started out developing software for mainframes, through client/server, to today’s reactive and serviceoriented systems. In more than 35 years, he has worked for companies large and small, including IBM, UBS and Citibank to smaller start-ups. Roy’s interest is in the development of reactive, scalable solutions with an open-source stack, including Scala, Play Framework, Akka, Postgres and Apache Spark.

Ronan McDonnell Marketing Director Alpha Fintech Ronan McDonnell is the marketing director for Alpha Fintech, the fintech enablement platform, empowering banking, service provider and merchant acquiring customers for their fintech needs both today and in the future.

Rick Nassar CEO / Co-Founder LivingLab.ie Rick has been in the startup scene for over 10 years with speciality in Business scaling and growth. His new Startup is a Social Enterprise with the mission to Disrupt Centralisation. It is an initiative to revive Rural Areas by utilising IoT (Internet of Things) environment.

Robert Farrell Digital Marketing Program Director, The Digital Marketing Academy of Ireland Rob is the Digital Marketing Program Director with the

Further Learning Group. He is active with industry and judges the eir Spider awards, Digital Media awards and PostGradIreland awards. Rob regularly speaks at conferences in Ireland and the UK discussing Digital Marketing, Innovation & Disruption and eLearning.

Sarah Sheeran Digital Producer / Director Agtel Sarah develops digital strategies for Agtel’s clients and manages our video, social media and web projects. In a past life, she worked for the BBC and produced multi million hit viral videos for a top UK agency.

Stephen McCann General Partner /CFO SOSV Stephen McCann is a General Partner and the CFO at SOSV, one of the World’s leading early stage investors.

SOSV is primarily focused on accelerator programs, specifically in the areas of Hardware, Software, Food and Biotechnology, with offices all over the Globe.

SOSV invests from $50,000 to $2 million in over 150 companies per year.

Samantha Magee Founder and Chief Learning Officer Symposium Learning Samantha Magee, MA in Philosophy (UCD) and CIPD Accredited Trainer, has been working with front managers, supervisors and team leaders for the past 20 years in Ireland, Europe, Americas, North Africa and Asia. Our motto is “To build a well-functioning team is an extra-ordinary goal – accessible to all.

Simon McKeever CEO Irish Exporters Association Simon McKeever has over 20 years’ international experience developing businesses, an outstanding track record in trade development, trade policy and strategy. Simon drives the direction of the IEA through representation, member development, networking & connectivity, and export services. Simon established the IEA’s SME initiative, the National Export Hub in 2015.

Dr. Shane Keaveney – Research Engineer – University College Dublin, Co-Founder at The Rapid Foundation, Ireland A passionate innovator who wants to use his engineering skills and knowledge to change the world for the better. He sees technology as a key to creating a sustainable environment where humans and nature can live and prosper in harmony.

Expertise: Manufacturing, Medical devices, 3D Printing, CAD/CAM-CNC Machining, Mechatronics

Speakers Sharon Tighe Head of Social Media & Community Strategy – eumom.ie Sharon Tighe co-ordinates the online journey of over 300,000 Irish moms registered with eumom. Ireland’s largest parenting community, eumom have an active online presence with expert-led articles, email marketing and social media, as well as numerous offline touch points. With a dedicated commitment to facilitating relevant communications which add value at all times, she is currently optimising eumom’s social strategy & is instrumental in campaign planning on the site for well-known brands such as Skoda, Johnson & Johnson & SuperValu.

Dr. Sinead Keogh Director, Irish Medtech Association Ibec Sinead is the Director of the of Medtech and Engineering sectors in Ibec, which comprises of the recently rebranded Irish Medtech Association. Sinead is a member of the EU National Associations Committee at Medtech Europe and sits on the advisory Board of BioInnovate Ireland. She holds a PhD and degree in Physics from DIT.

Stuart Nelson Founder Jigsaw Consulting Ireland Stuart works with organisations to solve problems and develop an organisational Growth Mindset. Stuart bring over 20 years’ experience managing teams, coaching, training, and consulting, to the analysis and improvement work he carries out. Using tools from Lean, Six Sigma, and Design Thinking, and techniques such as coaching, mentoring and training, he is in a unique position to guide the person and the process through the change cycle. Stuart holds 3rd level qualifications in Psychology, Innovation, Lean, and Six Sigma and has researched and published in Leadership, Psychological Safety, and Employee Engagement. He is an approved provider of the Enterprise Ireland Lean offer.

Sara Viegas Product Line Manager OpenApp Sara Viegas is an accomplished and certified project management professional. She has over 7 years in international and cross cultural experience in Healthcare software development and implementations. Having had the opportunity to live in a Navajo reservation in Arizona, Sara spent 2 years there implementing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) at their local hospital.

At OpenApp, Sara has been engaged in the continual development of a Patient Centric platform and is a customer facing advocate for several international patient registries covering over 10 diseases.

Trevor Koen Director, Digital Strategy Imperic Media Future island owner. Former Head of Digital now on the agency side with Imperic Media – Major league F1 fan, Science Nut, Weekend golfer.

Dr. Vikram Pakrashi Chartered Engineer UCC Dr. Vikram Pakrashi, a Lecturer in Structural Engineering within the School of Engineering UCC, is a researcher with over 100 peer reviewed journals and conference papers. He is the director of the Dynamical Systems and Risk Laboratory (DSRL) in UCC. Vikram received his doctorate from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland specialising in the field of health monitoring of structures employing dynamic responses and associated vibration control methods. He carried out his postdoctoral research in structural reliability analysis at Trinity College Dublin.

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Aidan D’Arcy Head of Business Division Virgin Media Ireland Aidan has worked across the telco industry for the past 14 years beginning with engineering and gravitating towards his current position as Head of Business for Virgin Media in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Developing the Virgin Media proposition in Public Sector and other business markets have led to an innovative and alternative customer experience along with growing the revenue and profit position for Virgin Media in Ireland.

Antonio Bruno Director and Marketing Manager Strive International Consulting Ltd. Antonio Bruno is the founder and Director at Strive International Consulting Limited. Before Antonio has been Marketing and Business Development Manager at the Federation of Italian Business in Ireland focusing on Promotional events and Business projects in Ireland

for italian firms. In the past he was PromoExport Consultant at Intertrade, promoting annual services and trade events abroad, and Marketing and communication consultant at the Chambre de commerce italienne au Canada.

Andrea Bland - CMO Showoff and Showoff Marketing – BA Hons in Law – University of Westminster, CIP – Insurance Institute of Ireland / UCD

Andrea has been working in the marketing industry for over 12 years having started her career in the UK working in sales for the largest publishing house in Europe. After moving to Ireland in 2005, Andrea has carved out a successful marketing, communications and PR career having worked with large brands and companies such as Chill Insurance, Horse Racing Ireland, Toys 4 Big Boys, Kerrygold, The Irish Farmers Journal and RTE to name but a few and created and executed high level, high profile campaigns for major brands in Ireland, the UK, Germany, France, The Netherlands and the USA.

Alan Costello Venture Investment Leader NDRC Alan is a Venture Investment Leader with NDRC and works with early stage companies whose focus is on delivering with and through technology. Special interest in convergent tech – fintech, healthtech etc and development of startup and scaling SME ecosystems.

Alan Clayton Roaming Mentor SOSV Since leaving a corporate career at WalMArt UK behind, as well as 10 years executive coaching for global brands at Unilever, Motorola, AT&T et al, Alan has spent the last 7 years as “Roaming Mentor” with SOSV, in the trenches with most of the 1500+ startup founders selected by the world’s 3rd largest seed stage investor for any one of its global accelerator programs.

Much learned. Much to reveal at Tech Connect!

Bernard Chanliau Business Innovation Coach

Bernard Chanliau is the owner of BC Team Leadership Coaching (http://www.teamleadership.ie/) and a registered European Business Innovation Coach with the SME instrument managed by EASME (Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) in Brussels. As part of the Horizon 2020 programme, the European Commission is hand-picking potentially disruptive businesses to invest and support as part of the SME Instrument. Businesses can receive up to €2.5 million in funding, and world-class business coaching.

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Speakers Caroline Geoghegan Managing Director, CG Business Consulting CG Business Consulting was founded in 2009

by Caroline Geoghegan. Caroline is a Chartered Quality Professional with over 16 years of experience in advisory and management roles within the construction, banking, finance, insurance and consultancy sectors.

Caroline holds a B.A. in Business Studies, a Safety, Health and Environmental Diploma, is a Certified Lead Auditor and holds a Master Trainer Certificate from the Irish Management Institute (IMI).

Christopher Deans UPS Country Sales Manager for Ireland

Chris, joined UPS in 2009 and is currently the UPS Country Sales Manager for Ireland, leading a team of sales professionals throughout the full portfolio of UPS services. A key focus of his current role is concentrated on empowering his salesforce to build strong dynamic teams both within the department and across other functions.

Derek F. Butler CEO GRID Finance Derek is an experienced executive and chartered accountant who has worked in a variety of organisations, across industries around the globe.

He began his professional career in Goodbody Stockbrokers and Ernst and Young. He subsequently worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dublin, Boston and Los Angeles with a specific focus on financial services and private companies. He also led a variety of special projects within the firm.

Elaine Walsh Tender Consultant

A Tender Consultant and Business Development Executive with Tenderteam.ie, Elaine Walsh narrates client bids and future business success stories. Startups should tender to scale up their business – Ireland spends over €9billion a year on public procurement, which may not be glitzy but it is the biggest show in town. Writing and delivering a tender is daunting, overwhelming and demanding but we can help with that. ewalsh@tenderteam.ie

Elva Carri Founder and Co-CEO Girl crew Elva Carri is the founder & Co-CEO at GirlCrew, a women’s only social network with a focus on offline,

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local, get togethers and events. GirlCrew has groups in 46 different cities, over 85,000 members and userorganised events happening every week.

Emma Boylan Owner Outside the Box - Ireland Emma helps small business owners, who struggle with marketing, fill their business with ideal clients and find a faster path to way more money by Standing out and NOT sounding the same as every other business.

So they have massive breakthroughs in their profit and attract their ideal clients again and again.

Graham Carrick Co-Founder & CEO RunLastMan Graham is the founder of RunLastMan.com and is the company’s CEO. Based in Dublin RunLastMan has quickly become the #1 supplier of Last Man Standing prediction games and B2B solutions. With games aimed at sports clubs and charities as fundraisers over €500,000 has been raised for great causes so far through RunLastMan Premier League, GAA and golf games.

Garret Flower CEO Parkpnp Garret Flower is co-founder & CEO of Parkpnp.

Parkpnp is one of Europe’s fastest growing parking marketplaces, matching under-utilised parking spaces with drivers to solve the global parking crisis. One space at a time. One city at a time. Garret is also cofounder of Krust Bakery.

Gearoid Spellman Founder & Managing Director Vitalrate Wristbands At nineteen years old Gearoid Spellman set up his own business (Vitalrate Wristbands) from his home. By accident he noticed there was no wristband company in Ireland and felt it was a market with huge potential.

He started by visiting sports shops all over Ireland selling club and county silicone wristband. Now seven years later he has a customer base of almost 200 retailers in Ireland and abroad.

Vitalrate Wristbands is also the top online website in Ireland for a large range of custom wristbands.

Gillian Barry Head of Innovation & Enterprise LIT

Gillian is head of the Innovation & Enterprise at LIT whose mission is to deliver high quality support for aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators at the early

stages of their startup journey in order to maximise the opportunity for venture success. LIT have the largest portfolio of enterprise, incubation &acceleration centres in Ireland. They have a highly successful RD&I function to support growing companies as well as startups who can scale, operate 2 seed funds and run Enterprise Ireland’s National Entrepreneur Development Programme for emerging High Potential Startups called New Frontiers.

Hugh Kelly Managing Director Associated Marketing Ltd. Hugh Kelly is a recognised expert in the field of international business and export market development.

He is a former President of the Irish Exporters Association and Chairman of the IEA’s Asia Trade Forum. He is Managing Director of Associated Marketing Ltd., an Export Management Company (EMC) that supports companies to enter and accelerate their sales in targeted export markets. His market experience spans the Middle East, Far East, Australasia and Southern Africa while his sectoral experience covers both B2B and B2C.

James Aschehoug Co-founder @Uriji Jami, UK James Aschehoug: Co-founder @UrijiJami, tech addict, sports junky, art lover, globe trotter, passionate husband & dad. Uriji Jami is a network where we share our dreams and projects, our stories and experiences, it’s the social-media-meets-e-commerce start-up that brings meaning and purpose to social media.

Dr. John Whelan – Executive Director – Blackstone LaunchPad & LaunchBox, Trinity College, Dublin John Whelan holds a BSc in Applied Physics and Electronics and a PhD in Applied Geophysics, both from NUI, Galway. Upon graduation he worked in software design and development for a range of companies in financial services, based in Ireland and Japan. These include Davy Stockbrokers and Daiwa Securities.

Then he went on to found a number of tech start-ups, riding the internet bubble in 1999 and 2000 and raising significant venture capital. He then settled down with the third which was most successful being Aalto technologies. Alatto traded for 9 years with sales averaging over €1m per year. More recently consultant to Vodafone Ireland for one year and then in 2008 became Technology Transfer Case Manager at Trinity College, Dublin responsible for commercialisation of IT/web research. I now run Trinity College’s startup accelerator LaunchBox and I am also Executive Director of Blackstone LaunchPad at Trinity College, Dublin.

Speakers Kevin McGivern VP, Kx, Ireland and UK

From helping to setup the firm’s Singapore presence to propelling the world’s fastest time-series database into new verticals, Kevin McGivern has had a fastpaced and dynamic career. Now working on the Kx Technology Fund, giving startups access to funding and technology, helping the next big thing.

Kiel Harkness Director of marketing, UK, Ireland and the Nordics, UPS With 17 years’ experience at UPS, Kiel has recently taken on an international role as director of marketing, overseeing revenue and opportunity management, segmentation and communications for the UK, Ireland and Nordic markets.

Lesley Burdett Director Jaunty Twig Ltd UK Lesley Burdett – Entrepreneur and professional photographer. Ex Wunderman and Ford employee.

Creator of the Jaunty Twig app which provides event guests with the opportunity to share their experience with others by way of a live social media wall/ slideshow.

Laurence Knell – Director, Strategic Innovation Partners, and Co-founder – Brain for Business Ireland Laurence Knell is director of Strategic Innovation Partners and co-founder of Brain for Business, an initiative bringing the lessons of neuroscience to the world of organisations. Laurence specialises in working with senior business leaders and their teams to achieve breakthrough results through enhanced focus on strategy, innovation and performance.

Marc Wesselink Managing Partner @Startupbootcamp

Managing Partner @Startupbootcamp: serial Entrepreneur who started 12 companies in FMCG, Home Electronics, Healthcare, E-Commerce, HR, and Finance, B2B & B2C. Failed 4 times. Because of this experience, he has an in-depth knowledge in many fields which can help entrepreneurs maintain a 360-degree view of their business. He is a motivator, business coach, and critical optimist.

Moira Ní Ghallachóir Founder MNG Moira helps small business owners and entrepreneurs – inspire their way to more clients, customers and profits without being salesy. She built a consistent 20K monthly revenue stream lightning fast by following her dream of having her own business, and now helps others to fulfill their dreams with their own profoundly profitable business. She does this by way of business coaching and running one of a kind business retreats in Donegal.

Naghmeh Reilly – Senior Development Adviser, High Potential Startup Divisions – Enterprise Ireland Naghmeh Reilly is a Senior Development Advisor with Enteprirse Ireland’s HPSU (High Potentail Startup) division. Naghmeh works with a portfolio of early stage compaines to help them become investor ready and raise seed funding with possible matching funding from EI. She has held a number of other roles in EI, inclduing Director Nordic Area based in Stockholm and Senior Executive in coprorate marketing. She has Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) from UCD and a MBs (Master of Business Studies) from UCC.

Neil McDonnell CEO ISME Neil McDonnell served fifteen years in the Irish Defence Forces, leaving in 2000 with the rank of captain. After 12 years in contract logistics for Hoyer Ireland and Wincanton Ireland, he joined FTA Ireland as country general manager in October 2013, until taking up his role as CEO of ISME in October 2016.

Nick Ashmore CEO of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) Nick Ashmore is Chief Executive of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). Prior to taking up this role he served as Project Director during the setup of the SBCI. He joined the NTMA as part of the team managing the National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) in 2006, where he served as Head of Private Equity and Infrastructure before becoming Deputy Director in 2011. Before joining the NTMA Nick was an Investment Manager with Greenaap Consultants Limited, a private family office.

Pat Lucey CEO Aspira Consulting & IT Services

Management Certifications and Awards and has established an international reputation in this arena.

Pat worked his way up to a Senior Executive level with a global Multinational, before being made redundant with the company closure in Ireland in 2007. At that point he co-founded Aspira and has led the company to consistent growth to the point where Aspira is now challenging the Big Four, with specific focus on IT Project Management, Cloud Development and Enterprise IT.

Paul Byrne CEO Currency Fair Paul Byrne has started, led, and scaled 4 software businesses, the first in Ireland and the last 3 in the US. These businesses all delivered consistent high revenue growth and profitability with liquidity events each delivering returns significantly greater than market norms. Like all serial entrepreneurs, retirement wasn’t for him and he recently invested in Currency Fair, a business which provides consumers and small businesses with access to exchange rates for making international payments normally only offered by banks to large businesses.

Pearse Coyle CEO NVMdurance Pearse joined NVMdurance as CEO in 2013. He is a serial entrepreneur who played a key role in the early commercial development of data storage and other technology companies that went on to significant exits or continue to trade successfully. These include Eurologic, Peregrine/Exceptis and Propylon. A computer science graduate of Trinity College, Dublin his focus at NVMdurance is sales, marketing and funding.

Ray Walshe Senior Funded Researcher, Insight Centre for Data Analytics@DCU Ray Walshe is a Funded Investigator (FI) in the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in Dublin City University.

He runs Big Data projects in the areas of Health/ Human Performance, Power Electronics and Personal Communication Platforms. Ray is a recognised expert in Big Data Standards where he some of his work includes : – Lead Editor of ISO WG9 Big Data Standards, – Head of Ireland Delegation for Big Data at NSAI, – Member of Cloud Select Industry Group (C-SIG) for DG-CNECT, Software and Services, Cloud Unit at European Commission , – Steering Board member for NetWorld2020, the European Technology Platform for communications networks and services, – Rapporteur for FOG Computing White Paper for European Standards Development Organisation (ETSI).

Pat is the co-founder and CEO of Aspira, the Consulting and Enterprise IT specialists. With a B.Eng and M.Eng in Engineering, Pat holds multiple International Project

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Speakers Roseann Heavey Partner Noone Casey Accountants, Dublin Roseann Heavey is a partner in Noone Casey. She has over seven years’ experience in delivering financial accounting and financial reporting advice to a wide range of clients from Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing and Information Technology sectors. Roseann understands both the financial and non-financial risks facing Tech Start-ups in today’s environment and works with her clients to ensure they continue to obtain value from Noone Casey at all stages of their business life cycle. Roseann writes for Dublin globe where she encourages start-ups to ask questions and get involved in the finances from the very beginning.

Ronan Cooper Sales Director GRENKE Finance Ronan Cooper is Sales Director at GRENKE since joining in October 2015. Ronan is a highly skilled networker and communicator specialising in tailoring financial products, specifically in the area’s of Invoice Financing and Leasing, for SME’s in the Irish market. With over 10 years experience in the industry, Ronan has been at the forefront of driving GRENKE’s presence in the market and delivering on working capital and cash flow solutions.

Shane Byrne Showoff CEO – Degree in Finance, University College Dublin

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Susanne Carpenter Senior Quality Consultant CG Business Consulting Susanne holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Degree in Business Studies from Dublin Institute of Technology and a Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute.

With extensive experience working as a Quality Manager, Quality Engineer and in Operations Management, Susanne has been merited with many opportunities to work with large industries in the development and transition of Quality Management Systems and the deployment of continuous improvement activities.

Tom Banville Head of Enterprise Local Enterprise Office Wexford, Ireland Tom Banville is the Head of Enterprise at the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) in Wexford County Council. Tom has over 20 years’ experience working with start-ups and small businesses. He runs a team of 10 people and an annual budget of €2million to focus on enterprise and economic development in the county with a strong focus on sectors such as Food, Tourism and Technology. LEO Wexford is part of a network of 31 Local Enterprise Offices located in every county of Ireland. Local Enterprise Offices offer business advice and information, business training and mentoring, business networking and grant aid, typically to start up and small business with 10 or less employees.

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Andrew Hobbs manages a team of native IOS and Android Developers that develop enterprise level/ prototype apps for external and internal customers in the Internet of Things space. Andrew is Manager Mobile Engineering for Johnson Controls which is a world leader in Smart Building Technology such as Security, HVAC, Fire Protection and Suppression.

Aidan Connolly CEO Idiro Analytics Aidan, founder of Idiro, has over 20 years experience in the IT industry including over 15 years in analytics & CRM for telecommunications, utilities and gaming.

Aidan has worked with numerous companies, including Vodafone Ireland, ESB, AT&T and the European Commission, and graduated from the University College Cork (U.C.C) with a BSc in Computer Science (1990) and a post-graduate diploma in New Business Development (2005) from Dublin City University, Ireland.

After studying History, Politics in UCD then a bit of Public Relations I like many of my contemporaries travelling to the US in 1994. After a short stint in Boston I ended up in San Francisco, ground zero of the tech boom. I worked in stock brokerage business for a number of years before migrating to the IT side of the business. In 2003 I came back to Ireland and starting working with Concern. In the last decade I’ve seen at first-hand how the internet and technology can radically transform working lives in the developing world.

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Shay Lynch Founding Director Future State Being an engineer by trade, Shay has leveraged his knowledge of process to create a systems thinking approach to business success. These systematic methods have been implemented successfully in over 100+ companies worldwide making good companies truly great a what they do. Shay will systematically accelerate your business success.

Andrew Hobbs Manager Mobile Engineering Johnson Controls International

Barry Roche Global IT Operations Manager Concern Worldwide

Shane is a qualified financial advisor with a degree in finance from UCD, which he obtained while working in the sector. He has four years experience in the banking sector as a Relationship manager and Regional Coordinator for multiple sales campaigns. Throughout his career in the financial services sector Shane project managed numerous campaigns and projects all of which were a resounding success.

In September 2011 Shane left his position to take up the opportunity to travel to Australia, after traveling for the year he returned to Ireland to set up Showoff and take over his family farm. Shane has an outstanding sales record and has the ability to win new business connections over easily with his natural sales focus and professional attitude.

has been applying agile practices in mobile apps development for the Pharmaceutical sector. Engaged in start-ups since 2000, he is strongly convinced that agile methods are the most efficient way to manage projects.

Achille Carette Project Manager, Mobile Solutions – Novartis Achille Carette has 15+ years’ experience in software development management. He started his career as consultant and Software Architect then managed an Offshore Center in Brazil before being hired as CTO of a start-up in Shanghai. More recently, he

Bill is a success driven, experienced professional who has worked in the software and e-commerce sector in the UK, US and Irish markets.He has founded, funded and served on the boards of multiple technology businesses. He is particularly successful at selling innovative software products and solutions into large global enterprises.

Speakers Brian O’Mullane CTO Creme Global Brian leads the software team at Creme Global. He has 20 years professional experience in software development and management. He has founded a high growth startup and worked on and lead teams through some exciting and high profile projects such as, Great Northern Haven at CASALA (a finalist for engineering project of the year) and the world’s first face recognition border passport control at Sydney airport.

He is driven by creating elegant solutions to complex problems and is as comfortable coding, as facilitating brainstorming sessions, to delivering on a plan. The tools he likes to use include, Machine Learning, Metric analysis, Agile development and Lean management.

Balazs Vajna Consulting Manager Idiro Analytics Manages a team of data analysts and data scientists at one of Idiro’s clients. Nine years’ experience in multivariate statistics, data science and data engineering with broad experience across the entire data/analytics lifecycle, with various types of data.

Holds a Ph.D. degree and has worked in technology and consulting companies. Currently working in the banking sector.

Barry Magee Client Analytics & Data Transformation Leader – IBM Digital Sales Europe Barry Magee leads Client Analytics and Demand Generation for IBM Digital Sales in Europe where he works to put data-driven approaches to Client selection and engagement at the heart of the sales and marketing process. Barry lectures in the IMI and UCC and is pursuing a PhD in the field of Client Analytics Strategies for Sales and Marketing.

Brian Finnegan Solutions Architect Sungard Availability Services Brian is a Solutions Architect with Sungard Availability Services (Sungard AS) in Dublin with over 20 years of experience in IT management, consultancy, and service provision.

Prior to joining Sungard AS, Brian held several positions, including Project Manager at AboveNet, IT Network Manager at Maxol, and Senior Consultant at Ciall (an IT Consultancy).

Brian White Engineering manager on product strategy/roadmaps Intercom Brian is a product engineer at Intercom, a highly successful and fast growing technology company that offers a customer messaging platform to Internet businesses. Brian builds the APIs that power the Intercom platform. Previously, he worked as an engineer building Amazon Web Services.

Bruce Bale CEO Sportdec He has now worked in sports, technology and gaming for over 15 years, and prior to Sportdec, was Head of Social Games & Development at Sky Betting & Gaming (acquired by CVC Capital from Sky Plc in early 2015).

Before that, Bruce led Facebook’s gaming team in EMEA – based in Dublin, having previously managed European operations for social gaming startup Lionside (sold to DeNA in June 2011).

Charlie Sheridan Director – Internet of Things (IOT) Systems, Intel Labs Europe.

Charlie is the Director of Internet of things (IoT) systems research Lab in Intel Labs Europe and leads a team of researchers focused on the application of IoT Edge computing technologies across industry verticals such as Smart Cities and Autonomous Driving.

Together with his team he leads an extensive research portfolio partnering with internal Business units, external academic and industry partners focused on the key technology challenges addressing IoT adoption.

Cristiani Eccher Ph.D. Student in Manufacturing Engineering – DCU CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management – APICS). Currently in a Ph.D program focused on application of modelling & simulation in Supply Chain Management. MBA in Industrial Engineering with a strong background in Systems Analysis applied to different sectors such as food, automotive and chemical. ERP implementation in Mexico and Brazil.BSc in Computingfocused on the development of a flexible system to simulate taxes based on formulas and scenarios to support different ERPs.

Dara Keogh CEO GeoDirectory Dara Keogh is the CEO of the innovative technology company GeoDirectory. GeoDirectory’s address-mapping

‘geocode’ database suite is a unique tool for address management and geographic data management for Ireland.

Devan Hughes Cofounder Buymie Devan holds a degree in Finance from the National College of Ireland, and has worked in the start-up sector for most of his career. Most recently Devan worked for a Fortune 500 cloud computing company, Salesforce.com, as part of their strategic enterprise team, with a focus on the FMCG and Manufacturing sectors. Devan has extensive experience in commercial and operational efficiency with expertise in platform economics and architecture.

Donal O’ Mahony CEO Cyber Security Ireland Donal O’ Mahony is CEO of Cyber Security Ireland, responsible for monitoring security trends and developing long-term strategies for new solutions and product development to meet the emerging needs of customers. An information security and compliance professional, with successful leadership experience in various-sized organizations that serve the IT security and quality assurance industries. Donal believes that education has been and always will be the most powerful weapon against cyber crime.

Eric Robson – Data Mining and Social Computing Research Unit Manager TSSG, WIT West Campus Eric Robson is a senior leader in the software industry with over 14 years’ experience delivering high quality innovative products in multi-national, SME and R&D environments. Eric currently leads the Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in TSSG where where his team are published groundbreaking research and delivered world class technology to clients around the world. As the leader of an R&D division Eric has promoted a culture of continuous innovation coupled with industry grade (agile/scrum) engineering.

Glen Westlake CEO BrightTarget Glen Westlake is on a mission to help B2B marketers maximise their impact on pipeline and contribution to sales.

As a senior executive, with his roots in technology, sales and marketing, Glen brings a unique vision to how modern B2B sales & marketing professionals can leverage data using AI and machine learning to accelerate both new business and customer account growth.

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Speakers Joe Greaney Director Westbic Joe Greaney is the Director of WESTBIC, the EU Business &Innovation Centre for Irelands Northern and Western Region. Joe is a regular policy contributor at both EU and National level on many aspects of Applied Innovation Support Services in the SME market. He has extensive experience in the Start-Up sector in the areas of strategy, marketing, innovation, finance and business development

John O’Shea Commercial Director Capventis Ireland John joined Capventis in 2016, having previously headed up the online publishing divisions of INM and The Irish Times, both of whom had significant BI and analytics capabilities. He previously led Zamano from start-up to AIM flotation, and was an early web development leader in Webfactory, Ireland’s leading web agency.

James Merrin Chief Technology Officer Red Hat Mobile, Red Hat.com James Mernin is Chief Technology Officer at Red Hat Mobile, the mobile division of the world’s leading open source software company, Red Hat. With a background in software engineering as well as mobile, cloud and storage technologies, James is responsible for the technical direction and Engineering aspects of Red Hat’s mobile product and community portfolio.

Dr. James Lawlor Data Scientist ESB Dr. James Lawlor works as a data scientist at the utilities company ESB, developing projects using machine learning and predictive analytics. In his talk he’ll discuss a few of these projects in detail and how these novel techniques, combined with the explosion in the availability of data, can be applied across many businesses.

Kieran O’Neill Data Science Manager ESB Innovation Kieran has worked in the Energy sector in a variety of roles for the past 13 years including I&C customer pricing, energy trading, risk & governance, emerging technologies. He is currently managing the ESB Innovation Data Science team.

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Leona O’Brien Senior Legal Researcher GRC Technology Centre Ireland Leona O’Brien BBus, BCL, LLM currently works as a senior researcher within the GRCTC, and is actively involved across the research platform, actively engaging with the GRCTC’s industry members and partners, and academic actors on the areas of semantic technologies, AI and Law, and Finance to ensure the research and proofs of concept developed at the GRCTC help with the regulatory compliance and risk management challenges faced by the financial industry.

Maciej Dabrowski Chief Data Scientist Altocloud Maciej has 10+ years of experience building scalable data analytics and AI systems for industry leaders such as Cisco, currently as Chief Data Scientist at Altocloud.

He is the founder of the Galway Data Meetup with over 250 members and was shortlisted as one of the four finalists of the DatSci 2016 competition.

Michael Crean Chief Technology Officer and Cofounder – MicksGarage.com Michael Crean is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of award winning automotive parts and accessories website MicksGarage.com. With a background in both the automotive industry and information technology, Michael co-founded MicksGarage.com in 2004 after identifying a gap in the automotive online market. Since then, under his guidance, the company has grown to become one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce businesses, selling automotive parts and accessories to over 70 countries every month, operating via international sites in both Ireland and the UK.

Maurice Coyle CEO HeyStaks AI Marketing Maurice has spent the past 15 years developing innovative technology to personalize online experiences, first as part of his Ph.D. research and since 2008 as part of HeyStaks. Helping people find what they are looking for while respecting their privacy and user experience are joint goals of Maurice’s work.

Paul Sweetman Director, Technology Ireland Ibec Paul is Director of Technology Ireland. Representing over 200 members, Paul advocates on behalf of Ireland’s indigenous and foreign-direct-investment technology companies. In 2016, Paul oversaw

the merger of ICT Ireland and the Irish Software Association that led to the creation of Technology Ireland. Paul leads a high performing team dedicated to making Ireland a competitive, global technology powerhouse.

Pamela O’Brien Maths and Computer Science Lecturer, Limerick Institute of Technology Pam O’Brien is a Maths and Computer Science lecturer in the Limerick Institute of Technology. She is passionate about inspiring students to develop a love and understanding of Maths principles in the world around them. The integration of techology in education is a key driving force and is an area to which she devotes a significant effort. She organises the ICT in Education conference (http://lit.ie/ictedu), an annual event which provides an opportunity for educators to share ideas for the integration of technology in teaching and learning. She has been a CoderDojo mentor for more than five years.

Pat Lucey CEO, Aspira Consulting & IT Services

Pat is the co-founder and CEO of Aspira, the Consulting and Enterprise IT specialists. With a B.Eng and M.Eng in Engineering, Pat holds multiple International Project Management Certifications and Awards and has established an international reputation in this arena.

Pat worked his way up to a Senior Executive level with a global Multinational, before being made redundant with the company closure in Ireland in 2007. At that point he co-founded Aspira and has led the company to consistent growth to the point where Aspira is now challenging the Big Four, with specific focus on IT Project Management, Cloud Development and Enterprise IT.

Patrick O’Sullivan Senior Business Analyst Allianz Worldwide Care Patrick holds a Master’s degree in E-Business from University College Cork. Since graduating in 2011, Patrick worked for a number of years in Glanbia’s CRM team delivering key global projects in sales mobilisation and pipeline management (to name a few).

In 2015, he took up the position of Lead Business Analyst in the sales stream of AIB’s customer experience programme responsible for the redesign of banking processes with particular focus on the customer. More recently, Patrick joined Allianz Worldwide Care and their Digital Customer Journey programme.

Speakers Randall Glick Digital Marketing Curriculum Lead Digital Skills Academy Randall Glick is the Digital Marketing Curriculum Lead and Mentor Lead for the Industry Partner Major Projects with Digital Skills Academy. Randall has been working in online and digital in Ireland since 1999 and has worked with start-ups, SMEs, international and multinational organisations dealing with their digital strategy, online optimisation, eCommerce, web analytics and digital marketing strategies. https://digitalskillsacademy.com/

Rich Archbold Director of engineering, on people management Intercom Rich Archbold is an Engineering Director at Intercom, a highly successful and fast growing Irish technology startup company that provides customer communication software to Internet businesses. Rich leads some of Intercom’s Ops, Infrastructure & Product engineering teams. His teams are responsible for the security, performance, availability, scalability and cost of Intercom’s infrastructure. Previous to Intercom Rich was a Senior Manager at Facebook and Amazon.

Richard Linger – Technology Gateway Manager, Embedded Systems at Nimbus - Cork Institute of Technology.

Over the past 25 years Richard has worked extensively in the technology sector and abroad for blue-chip consulting/energy companies. He has expert knowledge of Applied Internet of Things (IoT) / Industry 4.0 and commercialisation of new technology. Richard currently manages all industry projects for one of the largest IoT technology development centres in Ireland, the TEC Gateway, part of the Nimbus centre. Nimbus have over 70 staff full-time researchers and engineers.

Rohit Thakral CEO Target Integration With an experience of working for more than 10 years in the industry, Rohit Thakral runs a mid-size software development company, Target Integration, spread in 4 countries, with development centre in 3 of them. He has the experience of managing large CRM and ERP implementation projects, cloud migration projects, and software sales management.

He has a remarkable reputation in the industry for successfully delivering a number of projects to clients all over the world and has been consulting their ERP and CRM implementations on a regular basis.

Ray Walshe Senior Funded Researcher Insight Centre for Data Analytics@DCU Ray Walshe is a Funded Investigator (FI) in the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in Dublin City University.

He runs Big Data projects in the areas of Health/ Human Performance, Power Electronics and Personal Communication Platforms. Ray is a recognised expert in Big Data Standards where he some of his work includes: – Lead Editor of ISO WG9 Big Data Standards, – Head of Ireland Delegation for Big Data at NSAI, – Member of Cloud Select Industry Group (C-SIG) for DG-CNECT, Software and Services, Cloud Unit at European Commission, – Steering Board member for NetWorld2020, the European Technology Platform for communications networks and services, – Rapporteur for FOG Computing White Paper for European Standards Development Organisation (ETSI).

Sam Whelan Senior Software Engineer Dataworks Limited Ireland Sam is a senior software engineer at Dataworks Ltd. He has 18 years’ experience working with clients to deliver innovative software solutions across a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, medical device and manufacturing. Sam specialises in data visualisation and providing intuitive user experiences using web technologies.

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Ruth Quinlan Service Delivery Manager TWi Ruth Quinlan works as the Service Delivery Manager with TWi. She has seventeen years of experience in information technology, working initially as a technical writer and documentation project lead before moving into development management. Ruth’s qualifications include a first-class MA in Writing from NUI Galway, a Postgraduate Diploma in Technical Communication, as well as a BA in Law and European Studies from University of Limerick.

Suzy Kell Customer Insights Analyst Hostelworld Group Suzy Kell is a customer insights analyst for Hostelworld, passionate about driving excellent customer experiences with data. Her time as a data mining consultant for Presidion and her background in Psychology have served her well in building an approach to truly understanding customer behaviours through team work and problem solving effectively.

Simon Rees Clients & Marketing Director Idiro Analytics Simon Rees is Clients and Marketing Director of Idiro Analytics, an Irish company specialising in advanced analytics. Idiro offers helps Irish businesses get more value from their data.

Simon has worked in sales and marketing management since 1986 and has been with Idiro since 2005.

Alan Fogarty BSc Dip Eng MA MCIBSE.

Alan is a Sustainability Partner in Cundall and heads up their specialist environmental building physics group. He is a chartered Building Services Engineer who has specialised in passive building design and low carbon systems.

Alex Gibson Senior Lecturer Marketing DIT Alex is a lecturer in marketing at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and Visiting Professor at ESSEC Business School, Paris. He has been involved in research into Augmented Reality in the tourism and heritage area and is also the Chairman and Founder of the ARVR Innovate Conference.

Brian Downes Facilitator, Coach, Consultant, Speaker Leading For Performance Brian Downes is the founder of performance consultancy, Performance Cubed. He is a specialist on people centred performance for business growth, a sought after public speaker and the creator of the Performance Cubed approach, the Performance Equation and the Business Design methodology. Brian’s performance through people approach to business growth and change is founded on 20+ years of business experience around the globe, a successful career in sport and an academic background in business, accounting and behavioural science.

You can read his full bio at www.performancecubed. com/brian-downes

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Speakers Dr. Celine Mullins CEO Adaptas Ltd. Celine is a Psychologist, and Coach. She is also an actor and writer, and combines skills, techniques and experience from this variety of areas to create unique and impactful learning & development.

See www.adaptastraining.com for testimonials, blogs and lots more.

Eddie McFarlane Entrepreneur & Business Consultant Votive Leadership Consultancy Limited Eddie is an entrepreneurial business consultant with over 22 years experience in all aspects of sales, sales management and sales training. He specialises in providing real sales management expertise. Eddie’s core modus operandi is to energise sales teams, and their routes to market, using a proven structure, process and methodology to open new and existing clients, and extend and stretch the available accounts and markets.

As a business consultant, Eddie’s experience extends to people, leadership and management development across any part of the organisation.

Gearoid Collins Ireland Country Manager Regus As Country Manager for Regus, Gearoid Collins has responsibility for Regus’ business activities in Ireland, where the global workspace provider currently has 11 locations, including its new centre at Dublin Airport.

Regus is the global workspace provider with a reach extending across 107 countries. The company’s network of locations in Ireland currently covers Dublin, Cork and Limerick.

Ingrid De Doncker CEO iDDea I am the founder of iDDea, previously known as IDD Consult and e-Quiddity, a company that increases the ROI and impact of procurement’s contribution to the bottom line of any business. We focus on delivering value beyond cost savings and on implementing best procurement practices upfront.

We do this either by upskilling the competencies of your procurement professionals, by offering an outsourced buying team who will buy on your behalf and deliver savings upfront, or by designing fit for purpose “value beyond cost savings” transformation programs.

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Jason Cooper Mind Coach NLP Jason Cooper is an accredited Mind & Business Coach from The Irish Institute of NLP and uses other tools and techniques. He has over 18 years of Sales and online marketing experience from large multinational to aggressive, small online tech startups. Jason specialises in shifting people’s mind focus in order to help them achieve their personal and business goals. Jason will work on getting you to simply create more useful beliefs and better quality thoughts. Jason believes that this is the first step in opening up the possibility for major change with your success in business.

Jason Fleming Head of Shipping and Tracking Solution UK & ROI,Pitney Bowes Ltd. Head of Shipping and Tracking Solution for the UK and ROI. Supporting clients in the Private and Public sectors along with Higher Education, with their transformation from physical to digital processes, advisory role to many organisations throughout the UK on work flow optimisations and improving operational efficiencies, standardisations of workflows across multiple locations.

Phil LaDuke Principle Consultant Environmental Resources Management Phil La Duke is an internationally renowned executive consultant, safety expert, speaker, blogger, trainer, and business author. He has over 225 published articles in print. La Duke speaks extensively on organizational change and worker safety. He frequently guest lectures at universities including presentations at Tulane, Loyola, the University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, and Wayne State Universities. Mr. La Duke is the author of a popular weekly blog on performance assurance topics www.philladuke.wordpress.com.

He also guest blogs on the popular Australian blog www.safetyrisk.au.com and the prestigious www. monsterTHINKING.com.

Miriam Dowling Founder Mentality Ireland Miriam Dowling, is the founder of Mentality, a business consultancy practice focused solely on the area of mental health in the workplace. Miriam previously ran an awareness project called Don’t Mind the Gap, highlighting the challenges those dealing with mental ill health have in the workplace.

Miriam has recently completed an MBA (HRM) researching the area of disclosure of mental illness during the recruitment process.

Nicole Pretorius Cofounder SheCanCode, London UK Nicole was born and raised in South Africa, educated at St. Andrews University in Scotland and is currently immersed in the tech industry having cofounded SheCanCode – a career consulting platform that aspires to bridge the digital skills gap by empowering diverse technologists to enter and remain in the tech industry.

Rich Archbold Director of engineering, on people management Intercom Rich Archbold is an Engineering Director at Intercom, a highly successful and fast growing Irish technology startup company that provides customer communication software to Internet businesses. Rich leads some of Intercom’s Ops, Infrastructure & Product engineering teams. His teams are responsible for the security, performance, availability, scalability and cost of Intercom’s infrastructure. Previous to Intercom Rich was a Senior Manager at Facebook and Amazon.

Ronan Cooper Sales Director GRENKE Finance Ronan Cooper is Sales Director at GRENKE since joining in October 2015. Ronan is a highly skilled networker and communicator specialising in tailoring financial products, specifically in the area’s of Invoice Financing and Leasing, for SME’s in the Irish market. With over 10 years experience in the industry, Ronan has been at the forefront of driving GRENKE’s presence in the market and delivering on working capital and cash flow solutions.

Stephen Dargan CEO,WakeUp! and Happy Workplaces Ireland Stephen Dargan Spent 14 years in Industry and now works with happiness. His Company www.wake-up. ie provide programmes in personal happiness for individuals. The Why? of employee motivation led him to the concept of how we can create happier workplaces and now along with his programmes runs a yearly event Happy Workplaces Ireland for Irish organisations.

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companies coming to or in Ireland and indigenous Irish early-stage & growth companies; Founder, strategist, CEO, senior executive, mentor & investor; Public and private business success spanning 25 years throughout the US and Europe.

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Brendan Dowling Founder & CEO Consumer Data Protection, Ireland Aoife Sexton Co-founder Director Frontier Privacy Aoife is Principal at the law firm, Tech Law Services, and more recently Co-Founder and Director at Frontier Privacy.

Barry Rudden Director, Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Limited Barry has more than 17 years’ recruitment industry experience. Part of the senior management team that completed an MBO in 2009, Barry has ownership of Contract & Temporary recruitment as well as Compliance across the Sigmar group. He has also been involved at national level driving the broader employment agenda.

Barry Young Senior Compliance and Privacy Specialist. CISSP Riot Games.

I’ve worked in the IT Industry for 16 Years. Prior to joining Riot Games, I worked in Government where typically,I wore many hats, but primarily focused on Security,Telecoms and Vendor management. As my role in Riot Games requires me to liaise with all disciplines, having both an understanding of Government Compliance and a technical background, has proven massively beneficial, especially when discussing such topics as privacy by design and raising awareness on GDPR requirements.

Bryan McCarthy Partner-Ronan Daly Jermyn’s Cyber and Data Protection Group Bryan McCarthy leads Ronan Daly Jermyn’s Cyber and Data Protection Group, representing organisations on a broad range of data management issues including GDPR, data security breaches, data subject rights, international data transfers, employee data, due diligence in sales of corporate assets and compliance training.

Brian Seidman Managing Director at Seidman & Co. Limited Highly experienced, innovative & well-networked FDI & early-stage advisor, consultant & EaaS/NED to foreign

Brendan Dowling is the Founder and CEO of Consumer Data Protection, the world’s first Consumer Data Protection (CDP) cloud technology, that allows Consumers take control of their personal data and relationships with Enterprise, allowing Enterprise to freely engage with Consumers, across various communications channels, while being compliant with the latest Data Protection legislation (GDPR).

Cronan McNamara – Founder & CEO, Creme Global Founder & Director, Predict Conference Chair, Irish Software Association Cronan’s passion is in applying data and predictive models to solve problems and to help people to make better decisions. His vision is a world where everyone makes better decisions, based on real data and expert models.

Dave Ewing Email Expert SensorPro Dave Ewing has been working in the marketing automation space for over 15 years with Limerickbased company Sensorpro. Global brands like IHG, WD40 and NFL trust Sensorpro for their email marketing and/or online survey requirements.

Dr. Dennis M. Jennings Chairman Co-Chair Irish GDPR Coalition Dr. Dennis M. Jennings is an Irish physicist, IT Director, Pioneer in the Internet Society’s (ISOC) Internet Hall of Fame, and an early stage investor. In 1985–1986, he was responsible for the decisions that shaped the development of the National Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), the network that became the US National Research and Education Network, and that evolved into the Internet.

Des McHugh Information Governance & Analytics ZL Technologies Des has 20 years’ experience working with technology and service providers assisting large enterprises manage their data and information governance strategies – most recently assisting organisations implement best practice information governance, managing their communications data for the purposes

of information risk, compliance, ediscovery and analytics, and prior to that, in financial services implementing master data management for asset management products.

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Freelance Technology Solicitor

Elizabeth is a freelance technology and commercial law solicitor, co-founder of Dublin Legal Hackers and member of the Technology Committee of the Law Society of Ireland. Elizabeth has extensive experience of advising on privacy, regulatory and commercial issues in the technology sector.

Eoin Lambkin Co-Founder Circular Data Solutions Ltd. Co-Founder of Circular Data Solutions Ltd provider of data destruction equipment and services. Based out of Catalyst Inc (formally known as Northern Ireland Science Park in Belfast) Eoin has had a long career in technology start-up companies including mobile wireless communications and internet security solutions. Currently holds the position of Entrepreneur in Residence supporting the Connect Programme at Catalyst Inc.

Francis O’ Haire Director of Technology & Strategy DataSolutions Francis is Director of Technology & Strategy at DataSolutions, a specialist distributor of disruptive new technologies in the UK and Irish markets.

As one of DataSolutions founders, Francis has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry with extensive knowledge of topics including security, virtualisation, cloud, and data communications.

Gareth Davies Data Protection Officer Kerry Group I have specialized in Data Protection for over a decade and have worked within or consulted in industries including, Telecommunications, Social Media, Transportation and Taste & Nutrition. In that time I have liaised regularly with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, seen new legislation introduced and contributed to cross industry working groups to lobby and publish guidance papers. I am currently the Data Protection Officer for the Kerry Group, responsible for compliance across the Group, worldwide.

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Speakers Garry Connolly Chairman, GconnTec & Founder, Host in Ireland Garry Connolly has over 20 years of both entrepreneurial and executive experience in assisting foreign direct investment companies to achieve global success. Garry currently serves as President and Founder of Host in Ireland, a strategic global initiative created to increase awareness of the benefits of hosting digital assets in Ireland, and winner of the Datacloud Europe 2016 award for Innovative Data Center Location.

Gerard Meaney CEO & thought leader, Dandelion Innovation Gerard Meaney is the founder of Dandelion, a successful design and management consultancy, specialising in sustainability projects and policies across a number of sectors including customer information, energy management and data protection.

Gerard also provides business innovation coaching on behalf of the European Commission H2020 programme.

Gerard is a GDPR ambassador and member of Ireland’s GDPR coalition.

Geraldine Gibson CEO AQMetrics Geraldine Gibson is the CEO of AQMetrics. In 2012, Geraldine left her then role as Head of Professional Services at BAE Systems and founded AQMetrics.

Geraldine is a computer scientist with a MBA from the Michael Smurfit School of Business, Dublin.

Gordon Wade Solicitor KPMG Legal Services Gordon is a solicitor with KPMG Legal Services. Gordon regularly advises domestic and international clients on their European-wide compliance obligations under data protection law. Gordon work closely with KPMG Risk and Consulting in assisting clients in devising data protection strategies in areas such as multijurisdictional data transfers, drafting privacy and data protection policies and GDPR readiness.

Hilary Treacy Founder and MD Barbican Data Protection Services Hilary is a Data Protection expert and a qualified solicitor in Ireland, England and Wales. Hilary has almost 2 decades’ experience working across various industry sectors in Ireland, including telecoms and banking, and over the past 8 years has worked as Group Data Protection Officer for various large Irish based multinational companies.

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As a non-practising solicitor, Hilary now offers practical Data Protection training and support through Barbican Data Protection Services.

Hugh Jones Co-founder Sytorus Ltd Hugh Jones is a co-founder of Sytorus Ltd, a specialised provider of Data Protection training, consultancy and assessment services.

With his colleagues, Hugh provides professional Data Protection guidance, and is a frequent speaker at Privacy and Data Management events in Ireland and overseas. Through Sytorus, Hugh offers both general and bespoke training to organisations in the areas of data management and regulatory compliance.

Ian Lucey CEO PixAlert Ian is the founder of the Lucey Fund, a Venture Technology firm that build, sell and finance products for early-stage startups.

Previously Ian has been Sales Director with Relate Software, a Deloitte Fast50 company, managed the Accountants Division in Sage. Now he is CEO and founder of Lucey Fund and sits on board of numerous companies such as PixAlert, BoscaBox, StyleFinch, ISOgenie and MedXNote.

Joan Mulvihill Centre Director, Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4) at DCU As Centre Director for the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4) at DCU, Joan Mulvihill has been at the heart of the tech community in Ireland for the past decade, having served as IIA CEO for the previous 7 years. Working with the very best technology entrepreneurs and researchers across the spectrum of start-up and scaling indigenous business to established global operators, Joan is long-term champion of innovation and a recognised industry spokesperson.

John Cassidy Global Head of Sales Ground Labs An expert in data security and technology, John has more than twenty years’ experience working at industry leading companies including Dell and isheriff who were acquired by Mimecast late last year.

As global head of sales at Ground Labs, John is guiding the expanding company in the quickly developing data security software industry.

Ground Labs’ innovative data discovery software helps organisation to conduct risk assessments, and prepare

for the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Jim Gregg Professional Development Consultant, Irish Computer Society Jim is a Professional Development Consultant at the Irish Computer Society. He delivers Data Protection training and advises clients on how they can achieve and maintain compliance with Data Protection legislation. Jim is a founder member of the Association of Data Protection Officers.

Keith O’Leary Principal Consultant, SunGard Availability Services (Ireland) Limited Has worked with global organisations in managed IT, cloud and recovery services provider (Sungard Availability Services), consulting (TCS, ThruPoint, Accenture, PwC, PA Consulting), independent software vendors (Compuware and Progress Software), hardware vendors (UB Networks), end-user (Goldman Sachs) and fixed & mobile service provider (O2, eircom) sectors

Liam Lynch Cyber Security Evangelist, L2 Cyber Security Solutions, Ireland Liam started his career as a Developer, moving onto being an IT Manager and Global Infrastructure Manager over the last nearly 30 years. However he finally broke free and started his own IT security business in 2016. Now he delivers simple information security advice to anyone that will listen.

Linda Hynes Head of Employment & Data Protection Leman Solicitors Linda heads up Leman Solicitors’ Employment & Data Protection Team and is a Certified Data Protection Practitioner with PDP Ireland with an in-house legal background. Linda advises a variety of clients from sports bodies to commercial enterprises on their data protection obligations includingadvice on getting ready for the new General Data Protection Regulation.

Lorraine Higgins Head of Public Affairs and Communications with Retail Excellence Lorraine Higgins is Head of Public Affairs and Communications with Retail Excellence, the largest industry representative organization which supports Irish retailers to be the best they can be. Retail Excellence involves over 1650 leading retail companies who operate in the Irish market. We provide HR Advice, Market Insights, Representation, Learning and Events and eCommerce support to all of our members.

Speakers Mike Wegwermer Co-founder Director Circular Data Solutions Ltd Northern Ireland Industry veteran in data destruction services specialising in end of life data storage equipment and devices. Co-Founder of Circular Data Solutions Ltd based in Belfast, manufacturers and distributers of a range of new generation data destruction equipment for all types of commercial applications.

Mathieu Gorge – Security Subject Matter, PCI DSS expert, International Speaker, and Trainer on Security & Compliance, Networker, Entrepreneur, VigiTrust.

Mathieu has been involved with the security industry for the last 15 years. In 2003 he identified a gap in the market to provide pro-active consultancy services around key legal aspects of corporate security such as compliance with international data protection legislation as well as industry security frameworks.

He started VigiTrust, which enables organisations to achieve and maintain compliance PCI-DSS, PA-DSS, HIPAA and ISO 27001.

Mojtaba Akbari CEO Grouper Technology Mojtaba (AKA Moji) has 14 years’ experience in strategic leadership and ICT operation assurance framework development. He is CEO and co-founder of Grouper Technology, and has been advisor to boards of directors and executive teams within multiple industries including Telecom, Hospitality, Engineering, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Consumer Business, Retail, and Government.

Mark McEvoy Head of Data Dentsu Aegis Network Ireland Responsibilities: Mark’s is responsible for constructing a group-wide data strategy that shapes industry leading data analytics capability. The focus will be sourcing and combining data from multiple sources to generate actionable insights that drive real business impact and deep data partnerships with our clients.

Michael McMorrow Principal MMM Data Perspectives Michael is Principal of MMM Data Perspectives, providing consultancy to businesses, and lecturing to business colleges, on common-sense approaches to organising, understanding and exploiting data.

Prior to this Michael was Head of Information Solution Design at AIB Bank and the leading architect for the design, build and business use of the Enterprise Data Warehouse. Michael is past-chairman of the UK &

Ireland Teradata User Group and has presented and published widely on data-centric topics including governance, modelling and analytics.

Owen Sorensen CEO PlanetVerify Owen is CEO of PlanetVerify, a company that assists lettings agents/ employers/professional services collect and verify documents/data from their clients.

Olga Gaffney Senior Solicitor AMOSS Solicitors Olga is a Senior Solicitor in AMOSS Solicitors and is highly experienced in several key areas of law including commercial law, commercial and residential property, landlord and tenant law, and banking law. Olga is also a lecturer, tutor and examiner with the Law Society of Ireland and also lectured on the MA in Literature and Publishing, NUI Galway in the areas of “Intellectual Property Law” and “Technology Law”.

Pascal Derrien – Leadership, Managing Complexity, Governance, Change Management, Coaching & Mentoring, Directorships, Irish Executives Network

I am recognised as a high energy team builder with proven leadership competencies. I step-up, take control of challenges and opportunities and make things happen. As a senior manager & leader, I have a successful track record in implementation and change management.

Pat Moran Head of Cybercrime & IT Forensic PwC Dublin I am partner in PwC Dublin with responsibility for Cybercrime and IT Forensics. I have worked for over 25 years in Ireland, across Europe and Asia Pacific performing cybercrime projects, information security assessments, IT forensics and fraud investigations.

Throughout my career, I have experience of working with a broad range of clients from financial services, utilities and communication sectors.

Paul Conaty Principal Consultant CWSI Paul leads the enterprise mobile consulting arm of CWSI which provides strategic and tactical advisory services for public and private sector organisations in Ireland and the UK, as well as several multinationals.

Specialising in security, governance, and business innovation using mobile technologies with over 16 years’ experience in ICT and security roles.

Robert Leslie CEO Sedicii, Ireland Rob is a co-founder of Kyckr (ASX:KYK) which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Itprovides organisational identity services for KYC & AML to banks and other regulated financial institutions. He also foundedSedicii which is a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Rob has been invited to speak at Davos on Cybersecurity, Identity and other technology issues.

Shirley Finnerty Windows and Devices Business Group Lead in Microsoft Ireland Shirley Finnerty is the Windows and Devices Business Group Lead in Microsoft Ireland. With a 25 year career in Telecoms and IT, she has experienced the evolution of mobility and productivity in the workplace. She is focused on IT security and how it can support Organisations in their GDPR journey to enable Digital Transformation.

Sharon O’Reilly – Experienced Information Security, Data Protection, Quality and ISO Management Systems Consultant and Auditor, Sharon O’ Reilly Business

Sharon O’ Reilly is a highly experienced Information Security, Data Protection and Business Management Systems Consultant who has a verified track record of successfully leading Irish companies to implement and maintain Information Security Management Systems standards (ISO 27001) with a focus on robust Data Protection compliance within the standards requirements.

Paul Prior Managing Director, FTI Consulting and Ireland, UK and US Paul is an international innovator and blue-sky strategist chairing FTI Consulting’s Innovation Form.

A vetern of 15 years working with global clients in Europe, the UK, South America and South Africa; this year he has been featured in the Sunday Business Post, Future CIO Magazine and the Times.

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Conor Ryan Team Lead of Operations Department & Partner Engineering MIRACL I am a passionate and committed technologist with over two decades of experience in Software and Cloud Infrastructure Development, Systems Integration, Financial Services, E-Commerce and Business Development. I specialise in Transaction, Financial & E-Commerce technology.

Anil Nayak Principal Consultant Wipro FS Industry Advisory Group Anil has 10 years of experience in IT Services Industry.

He has managed various Treasury implementation projects. Anil is currently involved in upcoming technologies, being a member of Wipro Blockchain practice and council. He has expertise in designing and conceptualizing use-cases in Blockchain for Capital Market and Payments. He is also a Member of Blockchain Association of Ireland.

Anil is currently working on a PoC to do MIFID 2 regulatory reporting using Blockchain as infrastructure for one of the pillar Irish Bank

Alex Bausch Entrepreneur

Alex is a seasoned entrepreneur with broad experience in all aspects of international business development.

He is experienced in the mobile and security industry, with a proven track record in building successful high growth companies that won many awards. Alex is a firm believer in business ecosystems which aim to inspire and facilitate co-innovation among its members.

He has published and presented on Mobile Platform as a Service and Mobile Identity Security. Alex is an advocate on Blockchain, which is considered foundational technology that will impact our everyday lives. It will change the way in which traditional digital services are provided across all public sectors, industries and services, globally.

Barry O’Connor CEO Blue Consulting A technology veteran who has worked with the biggest and the smallest. He is now focused on the the blockchain and crypto domain as this is where he sees the future.

Daithi Coombes Software Developer Coder Forge Digital nomad, vagabond coder. With a passion for emerging technologies and disruptive products.

Founder of Coder Forge, a community based non profit teaching programming to adults. Has over 10 years IT experience and can’t stop talking shop. Current interests are in open source as a mode of production and blockchain as a solution to political-economy issue’s.

Denis Parfenov Co-founder and CEO Kubrik Engineering Experienced consultant with a strong academic background and an in-depth understanding and knowledge of open data and open government solutions.

I am passionate about empowering evidence-based decision-making through open knowledge and development of public data infrastructures driven by open-source technologies. I am a motivated selfstarter who enjoys generating ideas and making them a reality.

Elliot Hedman Chief Operating Officer BitLand Global

Chief Operating Officer BitLand Global

Jake MccGwire CEO TicketChain Final year Economics Student. I focus on the business applications of disruptive technologies, specifically AI &Blockchain.

Jorge Alvarado Cybersecurity Architect, ELCA Informatique SA Responsible for architecture, design and implementation of enterprise cloud and blockchain applications.

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Keith Fingleton Chief Technology Advisor, Financial Services,IDA Keith Fingleton is the Chief Technology Advisor within the Financial Services Division in the IDA, with cross company responsibility for FinTech.

In this role Keith builds and maintains relationships with senior corporate technology executives, helping them maximise their return on financial technology investment in Ireland.

Grant Leech Project Manager Mabu IoT Security Project Manager at Mabu IoT Security

Liam Chambers Strategy Manager IBM Research Liam Chambers is a Strategy Manager at IBM Research in Dublin. IBM Research is one of the world’s largest and most influential corporate research organizations.

With a history of sustained investment in basic research and core science. IBM Research collaborate across disciplines and partner with clients to address some of the world’s biggest challenges.

Mark Casey CEO Plexus Blockchain enthusiast, serial entrepreneur with two decades of experience in Fintech & Infotech domains.

Dr. Paul Ennis Quinn Business School UCD My current research interests are related to Bitcoin, blockchain technology and how consensus is built in the communities surrounding these technologies. I also take an interest in ‘alternative,’ ‘deviant’ or ‘outsider’ organisations and specifically in their digital form (e.g. cybercriminals, dark net markets).

Reuben Godfrey Founding Director Blockchain Association of Ireland Founding director of the Blockchain Association of Ireland, Reuben has worked in sales, business development, finance and operations roles for major multinationals and start-ups in the tech, telecoms and pharmaceutical industries globally.

Speakers Stan Nazarenko Co-Founder & CEO PipRate Stan Nazarenko, CFA is the co-founder and CEO of PipRate; a Dublin based company that builds permanent digital footprints of real world objects as an enabling platform for a wide range of applications from on-demand insurance and IoT data markets to recycling and green economy. Stan is a technology leader with 20 years experience in the areas of reinsurance, quantitative finance & risk management.

He is also a member of Open Knowledge Ireland, a local non-profit organisation which uses advocacy, technology and training to unlock data and enable people to create, manage and share knowledge.

responsible for the Irish Red Cross Digital Marketing activities.

Angelo Paolillo Founder and CEO, Cleerup Ltd.

Following experience with web and software development, marketing and IT for business, after joining IBM, Google and LinkedIn, Angelo Paolillo has started Cleerup as a consulting, development and education digital company. His experience ranges from marketing and advertising to software development and learning, for a 360 degrees digital strategy building.

Aidan McLaughlin Director International Communications, Indeed Aidan is the director International communications at Indeed and leads a team responsible for the strategy, execution and measurement of integrated campaigns in APAC, South America and EMEA. Aidan will share insights and pitfalls learned from preparing hundreds of c-suite executives for media interviews all over the world.

Amy Whelan CHIPMONGERS Assistant Brand Manager – Musgrave Wholesale Partners

Avril Crotty Digital Marketer, BranCREATIVE Avril is a marketing professional with over 4 years’ experience. She has worked with multiple organisations in the arts industry such as Music Generation and The Gaiety School of Acting where she was Marketing Manager and International & Outreach Marketing Manager. She has recently launched a new agency, branCREATIVE, that specialises in all things digital and social. She currently helps manage social media accounts for organisations like The Cork Rose of Tralee Centre and Wicklow County Council Arts Office.

Andrew Parle Digital Marketing Executive Irish Red Cross A graduate of DIT and the Digital Skills Academy in Dublin, Andrew has a BSc Honours Degree in Technology, Design and Innovation, specialising in Digital project management and marketing, A teacher at heart, Andrew is seasoned Social Media & Digital Marketing lecturer. Andrew has developed digital campaigns for a variety of businesses and is currently

Currently working in brand management for CHIPMONGERS – Musgrave Wholesale Partners Ireland, Amy is part of the team behind the aggressive campaign to rollout new stores across Ireland. Although one of the youngest speakers at this conference, Amy has built up a vast amount of experience working with a wide range of clients on consumer research projects for companies such as Kellogg’s, AIB, Data Solutions and The Hope Foundation.

Austin Dunne CEO & Founder Progressive Mind Action Training and coaching with direction and purpose is how Austin has been described by many of his clients and groups which have benefited from his unique style. He continues to assist many individuals gain greater success in their business and personal lives.

His style of facilitation is one of interaction and fun will ensuring participants gain usable strategies to enhance their personal performance. When Austin speaks, nobody sleeps.

Generation for IBM Digital Sales in Europe where he works to put data-driven approaches to client selection and engagement at the heart of the sales and marketing process. With a deep commercial and analytical background Barry guest lectures in the IMI and UCC while pursuing a PhD in Client Analytics Strategies.

Barry Adams Founder Polemic Digital Barry Adams has been making websites successful since 1998. His agency Polemic Digital delivers SEO services to clients worldwide, and was named the Best Small SEO Agency at the 2016 UK Search Awards. Barry teaches SEO for Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, and regularly speaks at digital conferences in Dublin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, New York, and Las Vegas.

Bernard Chanliau Business Innovation Coach

Bernard Chanliau is the owner of BC Team Leadership Coaching (http://www.teamleadership.ie/) and a registered European Business Innovation Coach with the SME instrument managed by EASME (Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) in Brussels. As part of the Horizon 2020 programme, the European Commission is hand-picking potentially disruptive businesses to invest and support as part of the SME Instrument. Businesses can receive up to €2.5 million in funding, and world-class business coaching.

Brendan Dunne Founder & Principal Consultant, Proactive Pipeline, Sales Training and Consultancy Brendan Dunne has over 30 years experience selling B2B technological solutions in Ireland and overseas.

He has worked for indigenous and multinational companies in positions including; Business Development Manager, Key Account Manager and Sales Director. He currently runs his own sales training and consultancy firm Proactive Pipeline.

Ben Parker Managing Director Marketing Company Ben Parker started his career in National newspapers in the UK and Ireland and with his passion for marketing moved into Direct Mail, Creative and Digital marketing. He is now a co-owner of the Leaflet Company Ireland and Marketing Company Ireland.

Barry Magee Client Analytics & Data Transformation Leader – IBM Barry Magee leads Client Analytics and Demand

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Speakers Cara Shields SEO & Analytics Director iProspect Cara Shields is SEO & Analytics Director with iProspect, Ireland’s leading digital performance agency. In her role, Cara is responsible for organic visibility and performance for iProspect clients, as well as clients across the broader Denstu Aegis Network. Using dataled insights and backed by user intent research, Cara and her team build SEO and content strategies to drive quality traffic to clients’ websites.

Dr. Catherine Rossiter Lecturer in Marketing Dun Laoghaire IADT Dr. Catherine Rossiter, is a Lecturer in Marketing and Marketing Research in Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, third level college. She has previously worked in marketing and public relations before pursuing a career in education. She has 15 years experience teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her PhD research focused on bringing psychology theory on nonverbal behaviour into services marketing theory, and combining these elements with physical theatre training, to create a front of house staff training framework for 5 star hotels in Ireland.

Dr. Celine Mullins CEO Adaptas Ltd. Celine is a Psychologist, and Coach. She is also an actor and writer, and combines skills, techniques and experience from this variety of areas to create unique and impactful learning & development.

See www.adaptastraining.com for testimonials, blogs and lots more.

Conor O’Malley Regional Vice President UK & Ireland Salesforce Conor O’Malley leads Salesforce’s SMB (geo) business in the UK & Ireland and is responsible for growing revenues across all product lines. Conor is passionate about helping his customers be even more successful and attracting the best talent to Salesforce’s Dublin hub. He has worked in tech for over 20 years.

Ciaran Crean CEO & Co-Founder MicksGarage.com Ciaran Crean is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of award winning automotive parts and accessories website MicksGarage.com. With a background in software development, Ciaran cofounded MicksGarage.com in 2004 after identifying a

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gap in the automotive online market. Since then, under his guidance, the company has grown to become one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce businesses, selling automotive parts and accessories to over 70 countries every month, operating via international sites in both Ireland and the UK.

Damien Fegan CEO Beacon Internet Marketing Damien has been growing business’s online for over 15 years, which is a long time in the life of the internet!

He currently runs Beacon Internet Marketing – a selective digital marketing agency who believe in keeping a low client to staff ratio. He’s a passionate internet marketer who loves digital marketing strategy and embarrassing his children at every opportunity.

Find him at https://beaconinternetmarketing.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/damien-fegan/

David Doyle Managing Director B2BSell.com David has spent over 30 years in the IT business working from the bottom up and successfully building IT enterprises from zero to acquisition. Currently he is running a lead generation outsourcing business and will be sharing the most important lessons learned.

Dave McEvoy Director & founder Dmac Media Ltd Dave McEvoy is Director and founder of Dmac Media Ltd. Dave has been involved in the Design industry since 2004. In 2006 Dave launched Dmac Media, a website design company aimed at delivering bespoke online solutions for the SME’s. The company has grown to a 8 strong team that service over a 1000 clients nationwide.

Dmac Media specialise in eCommerce success for small business operators. Over the last decade Dmac have helped their clients develop consistently strong and sustainable revenue from their eCommerce activities.

Declan Keane Managing Director Leaflet Company Declan Keane has a master’s in business and over 20 years’ experience sales and marketing. He joined the leaflet Company Ireland in 2005 and has gone from Sales Manager to Managing Director since joining the Company. Overseeing Many changes within the Marketing landscape over the last decade Declan and his Team have led the way in introducing a more targeted approach to Marketing for the SME, FMCG.

Ellen Gunning Director Irish Academy of Public Relations Ellen Gunning MA, MIAPR, FPRII, NUJ, is a director of the Irish Academy of Public Relations which she formed in 1992. The Academy provides communications training worldwide. Ellen has written three books. Her latest – 10 Red Hot Tips to Promote Your Business – was published

by Mercier Press in November 2016.

Eoin Whelan – Lecturer in Business Information Systems, National University of Ireland, Galway Eoin Whelan is a Lecturer in Business Information Systems at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

His research interests focus upon the unintended consequences of information technology. His works have appeared in a variety of journals including MIT Sloan Management Review, Journal of Information Technology, R&D Management, and Information Systems Journal.

Eddie Shanahan Retail Consultant and Product Development Eddie Shanahan is Chairperson of the Council of Irish Fashion Designers and a Director of the Leitrim Design House. He regularly undertakes special mentoring projects for the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland.

He developed the Irish Designers Create project with Brown Thomas to identify emerging Irish design talent with the potential to sell in this premium department store. Member of the Steering Committee for Ireland – The Design Island, a consultation paper towards a National Design Strategy. Eddie devises professional business development programs for retailers including sourcing, marketing and customer service modules.

Each year he facilitates quality production for clients in some of Europe’s leading production centres.

Edward Nugent Entrepreneur, Author, Business and Digital Strategist – Digital Scorecard Dr Edward Nugent is the founder of several businesses across Europe. He is a guest lecturer at Lund University and the author of several books. Edward focuses on business growth through sales and marketing and is the designer of Digital Scorecard, a means to find out how well your business is using digital in sales and marketing and powering many digital strategies today.

Edward currently lives in Ireland but undertakes most of his work in Scandinavia and Europe. www.digitalscorecard.com

Speakers Emma D’Arcy MSc BBS Marketing Agency Owner Emma D Marketing Emma has 20 years experience in a variety of industries, such as with retail giant Lidl, as a sales manager, as a market researcher, in the agricultural & bloodstock industry & in warehousing & logistics.

Emma has also worked as a CMO in the Tech Industry.

Emma provides a consultancy service to clients all over the world with her online Business & Marketing Consultancy service. Emma works with corporates and business owners on a one to one basis, in addition to in-group settings. She has half day & full day packages as well as having a marketing mentorship available for six / twelve months.

Eddie McFarlane Entrepreneur & Business Consultant Votive Leadership Consultancy Limited Eddie is an entrepreneurial business consultant with over 22 years experience in all aspects of sales, sales management and sales training. He specialises in providing real sales management expertise. Eddie’s core modus operandi is to energise sales teams, and their routes to market, using a proven structure, process and methodology to open new and existing clients, and extend and stretch the available accounts and markets.

As a business consultant, Eddie’s experience extends to people, leadership and management development across any part of the organisation.

Eric Fitzpatrick Author, Speaker, Trainer, Coach ARK Speaking and Training Eric Fitzpatrick is the owner of ARK Speaking and Training. He speaks, coaches and trains on the subjects of Improving Performance and Communicating with impact in the areas of sales and leadership.

He works with entrepreneurs, SME’s and large organisations to help them craft and tell their story.

His clients have included Kelloggs, VHI, the HSE, Irish Life, The Tyndall Research Institute, New Ireland Assurance and Snap Printing.

Fiachra Ó Comhraí Founder & CEO PipelineCheck Fiachra, founder and CEO of Pipeline, loves selling and CRM systems (and his family). He is a middleaged, bald genius who can confound and inspire his audience even in a 15 minutes speaking slot.

Fiona Flynn Director, Foresight Coaching and Development Fiona has significant experience in building and developing sales teams to deliver results and growth in market share in a highly competitive fast paced environment.

She passionately believes that as a manager /leader – creating the right environment allows the team to flourish and this approach allows each of us to reach our full potential.

Fiona is an experienced sales professional with over 20 years sales and marketing experience, 12 years of which was spent working in the highly competitive telecommunications and internet sectors.

Fiona McNicholas Account Manager Heneghan PR At Heneghan PR Fiona develops and delivers strategic, high impact national and local communications campaigns across multiple media channels for a range of bluechip clients.

She is a Fellow of the European Institute of Communications and in 2016, Fiona was shortlisted by the PRII for the Young Communications Professional Award. Fiona holds a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University. Previously, Fiona worked as a journalist.

Fiona Uyema Owner & founder Fused by Fiona Uyema Fiona Uyema is an award winning cook and author of cookbook “Japanese Food Made Easy”. She provides consultancy to restaurants and gives talks/demos across Ireland. Inspired by her time in Japan, she created “Fused by Fiona Uyema” a healthy and tasty range of flavoured soy sauces to bring Japanese flavours to your everyday cooking.

Francis Fitzgibbon CEO StoryStock, Ireland StoryStockCEO and founder Francis Fitzgibbon is an award winning journalist with over 15 years’ experience working in Radio,TV and in print media working with TV3, Newstalk and Independent News and Media in Ireland. He has worked as a reporter on the Pat Kenny show, a senior series producer at Newstalk radio and as a documentary maker with TV3. He was awarded a Justice Media award by the Law Society of Ireland in 2013 for his contribution to Irish Journalism.

Gavin Gregan Regional Sales Manager Curtiss-Wright Gavin Gregan is Regional Sales Manager, Rest of World, for Curtiss-Wright. Curtiss-Wright are the original Wright Brothers’ company and are one of the world leaders in Aerospace and Defence Technologies and are the original inventors of what we now refer to as “the Black Box” or Fight Data Recorders.

Gavin is responsible for Curtiss Wright Sales for a territory spanning from Istanbul to Indonesia.

Gerard Keohane Omnichannel Commerce Specialist StudioForty9 Gerard Keohane is an Ecommerce expert with over 15 years of industry-grade web development experience.

In 2006, Ger founded StudioForty9, an award-winning team with a national and international reputation for excellence, specialising in systems integration and omnichannel retail ecommerce.

StudioForty9 is the 2017 “Supplier of the Year” to the retail industry, awarded by Retail Excellence Ireland.

Gina Miltiadou Co-founder & Managing Director Zahra Media Group Gina is the managing director and co-founder of Zahra Media Group, founded in 2003. Gina has extensive experience in the media and publishing industries in South Africa, Australia and Ireland. She is an expert in strategic planning and the application of global best practices in communications. A few of her international blue-chip clients include The Australian Defense Force, Jaguar, Deutsche Bank, Aviva, SuperValu, MSD and ESB.

Givi Kokaia Management Consultant Kunskapspartner AB Givi Kokaia is a Management Consultant at Kunskapspartner AB, a consulting and research firm based in the very dynamic and entrepreneurial environment of Southern Sweden. Givi is also a guest lecturer at Lund University and has a background within international sales and marketing, business development and finance. Givi works closely with Dr Edward Nugent and the launch of Digital Scorecard in Scandinavia.

Greg Fry International Trainer and Social Media Expert Greg is an international trainer and one of Ireland’s top Social Media experts. He believes that in order to

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Greg has worked with top companies including: Abbott Labs, Bord Bia, Sage, Enterprise Ireland, Ulster Bank, Microsoft, Vodafone, Virgin Media, Symantec, Coca Cola Hellenic and many of Ireland’s Local Enterprise Offices.

Hugh Kelly Managing Director Associated Marketing Ltd. Hugh Kelly is a recognised expert in the field of international business and export market development.

He is a former President of the Irish Exporters Association and Chairman of the IEA’s Asia Trade Forum. He is Managing Director of Associated Marketing Ltd., an Export Management Company (EMC) that supports companies to enter and accelerate their sales in targeted export markets. His market experience spans the Middle East, Far East, Australasia and Southern Africa while his sectoral experience covers both B2B and B2C.

Jason Cooper Mind Coach NLP Jason Cooper is an accredited Mind & Business Coach from The Irish Institute of NLP and uses other tools and techniques. He has over 18 years of Sales and online marketing experience from large multinational to aggressive, small online tech startups.

Jason specialises in shifting people’s mind focus in order to help them achieve their personal and business goals. Jason will work on getting you to simply create more useful beliefs and better quality thoughts. Jason believes that this is the first step in opening up the possibility for major change with your success in business.

Jason Hier Director Roelto Ltd Jason provides visual and collaborative solutions to help you communicate the benefits of your business products, services and solutions quickly and easily As a BS 11000 accredited facilitator and leading SharpCloud Expert Jason can help you enjoy the benefits of developing profitable business relationships with your clients and business partners.

James Turner Chief Insight Officer Black Swan James (JT) Turner is Chief Insight Officer of Black

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Swan, where he leads the Data Consulting division.

His team helps clients apply cutting-edge predictive analytics to solve their business problems, to create better outcomes through technology, prediction and data science. They are constantly exploring new ways to connect data, using data science alongside more traditional research and data techniques.

Jack Murray Founder & CEO All Good Tales Jack is a media innovator with over 20 years’ experience in the Irish communications Industry.

In 2006 he purchased the Irish Media Contacts Directory. Over the last ten years he transformed the business to MediaHQ. In 2016, Jack had his eureka moment and created All Good Tales, after realising that communications was evolving to a golden age of storytelling, and those with the best stories succeed.

He is a native of Ballinasloe, he lives in Harold’s Cross, Dublin with his wife, two daughters and dog called Maxi Lopez.

John Burns Information Services Professional, Fariones Cloud Services Limited John Burns is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant with a 1st class hons Graduate Diploma in Computing. After spending 25+ years working as an accountant in industry, John is keen to develop a career as a thought leader in the area information technology security, innovation and trends.John offers consultancy services in Office 365 rollouts, data security, data encryption, and mobile working to micro businesses and SME’s.

Jane Manzor CEO Manzor Marketing With over 15 years’ experience in the food and beverage sector (Kepak, Unilever, Valeo Foods), Jane Manzor (CEO) brings a wealth of experience to her clients with a particular emphasis on the SME sector. Growing up in two family businesses Jane was immersed from a young age in a strong business culture. She has always had a strong interest in marketing and in particular in the food industry.

A continuous learner, Jane has recently completed training courses in digital marketing (Masters DCU), event management & PR (The Fitzwilliam Institute) and train the trainer (Professional Development). She is a passionate, organised and data obsessed marketer who is focused on results driven marketing.

Jessica McIlwaine Head of Business Solutions PFH Jessica is passionate about technology-led business

transformation and the design of innovative, practical and easy to use Sales Automation software.

With 10+ years Business Systems Consultancy and Implementation experience, she thrives on helping companies derive practical benefit and tangible ROI from IT adoption and usage.

Judie Russell Founder THE VIDACADEMY Judie is a producer, director, editor and mobile content creator. Judie was ‘Behind the Scenes Producer’ of the 2016 box office hit, The Young Offenders and following the film’s release Judie founded The Vidacademy to make mobile video production and editing simple for everyone via public speaking consulting, and training workshops.

Karl Purcel Behavioural Change Consultant Carr Communications Karl Purcell is a Behavioural Change Consultant with Carr Communications’ Behavioural Economics and Sciences Team (B.E.S.T). He develops innovative behavioural change solutions for Carr Communications’ clients; helping them understand their customers’ attitudes and finding solutions to influence and motivate behavioural change. At the Sales and Marketing Summit Karl will outline the core principles of behavioural science, explain how it provides a better understanding of the consumer and will demonstrate how the B.E.S.T method can be applied to boost your marketing effectiveness.

Kevin Neary Founder and CEO Connectors Marketplace Kevin Neary is founder and CEO at Connectors Marketplace, working with sales leaders to implement a digital selling program that delivers measurable results. Connectors Marketplace is a social media lead generation tool for social selling and marketing. They are offering a new way to research prospects on social networks using Connectors Marketplace to build lists of targeted prospects, to source leads using social media profiles and to track social conversations.

Ken Nugent Commercial Manager RTÉ Ken has over 20 years commercial experience, 10 of which is in the digital advertising market. He joined RTÉ in 2003, having previously worked for Standard Life Fund Managers and Tribune Newspapers. He has commercial responsibility for the development of RTÉ. ie, RTÉ Player and RTÉ News Now.

Speakers Kerry Manning Personal Branding Specialist KerryManning.net Kerry Manning is a personal branding specialist and a passionate marketer. ‘I believe that brand is the core of the apple when it comes to marketing. Getting the brand right is the first step in product development and this needs to be applied to yourselves.’

People buy from people which means that we need to distill our own brand and then work it!

Kerry has worked in marketing for over 30 years as an entrepreneur and in the corporate world She is also a professional speaker, a blogger and the founder of the international Fabulous Woman Group on Facebook.

Lorraine Carter – Branding Maven, International Speaker, Multi-Award Winner, Mentor, Writer & Designer, Persona Branding & Design

Lorraine Carter is founder and principal of Persona Branding and Design, a multi-disciplinary branding and design company leading their clients to become No. 1 in their target market. A winner of numerous awards over 20 plus years, she takes no-name companies and transforms them into highly recognised brand names amongst their primary audiences. She’s worked with brands from a multitude of sectors for both the national and international markets, many of which are household names.

Lisa Toner Senior Marketing Manager HubSpot Lisa leads a team of marketers who run the content strategy and influencer relations for HubSpot’s Sales product line. Her team is responsible for driving brand awareness through educational and valuable online experiences.

Lisa Duddington Head of Customer Experience Keep It Usable, United Kingdom Lisa is a recognised Customer Experience Expert, Digital Psychologist, Author and Founder of Keep It Usable, a multi-award winning CX and conversion agency. She works with the biggest brands in the world to improve their business and revenue through an in-depth understanding of customer behaviour.

With appearances on BBC Breakfast, radio, and international events, Lisa has co-authored several books, and is the winner of the women in business award 2015.

Laurence Veale Head of User Experience Each&Other Ltd.

Laurence has a wealth of experience in designing leading consumer products, and in enabling & leading businesses through digital transformation.

Liz Fulham Founder and CEO SalesOptimze Liz is a CEO of Sales Optimize.com. SalesOptimize helps sales and marketing teams resolve two of the biggest problems lead generation and lead quality. It is a B2B online sales lead generation platform. Their patent technology scans the internet, analyzing online shops globally and ranks them in terms of Enterprise ($20m) versus Sole Proprietor ($10k). They have found over 1.7M online shops which drive in excess of $ 1Trillion in retail sales.

Lorcan Lynch Managing Director DataXcel Lorcan Lynch MD at DataXcel, Ireland’s Leading Provider of Consumer Data and Real Time Leads Lorcan has been working in the data industry in Ireland for over 20 years where their technology turns anonymous clicks into actual consumer leads and data. A regular speaker at industry wide data events both in Ireland and the UK his focus in recent times is around Data Acquisition, Lead Generation and the implications for all marketers regarding the new GDPR: www.dataxcel.ie

Maximilian Thiel Head of Member Success Entrepreneurs Anonymous, Ireland Max Thiel is an event host, speaker, workshop facilitator, and entrepreneur. As the Head of Member Success for Entrepreneurs Anonymous, a pan-European community of 15,000+ entrepreneurs, he helps companies by providing feedback, improving their business processes and raising funding. He is currently starting a new venture, launching May 2017.

Marc Mulligan – Author, Motivational Speaker & Public Speaking Coach www.marcmulligan.com Author, motivational speaker & public speaking coach, Marc Mulligan delivers an inspirational presentation.

Marc struggled for 2 years to recover from brain trauma. His passion is in understanding fear & how to overcome it. When we do, we open up a world of possibilities.

Mark Stewart Digital Strategist Digital Chief Mark has spent the last ten years working in start-ups and small successful businesses. He has lived and worked in Argentina and Spain, before stopping off in London for a couple of years on his return trip to Ireland. Through his work in the publishing industry and website design he has had the opportunity to work closely with a wide variety of business in numerous different industries. He has a natural curiosity in social behaviour and is constantly improving on tactics to make marketing more personal.

Muireann Fitzmaurice CEO MarketingCoach.ie “Engaging”, “Fun” and “Inspiring”: Muireann Fitzmaurice is an experienced Marketing trainer and speaker. She runs a vibrant marketing agency MarketingCoach.ie. She has 15 years’ experience with multinational brands and for the last 6 years has worked with small business owners to build marketing plans that grow sales.

Melissa Curley Founder SocialBee Melissa is a secondary school teacher turned entrepreneur. She created her business, SocialBee, because she had the lofty notion that people needed more opportunities to socialise and connect in meaningful ways. SocialBee is a niche service with a huge imagination. It has grown to become a successful corporate events service, specialising in the beautiful and timeless occasion of the Afternoon Tea party. The youngest in a family of ten children, and a dedicated globe wanderer, Melissa has sought out social connection wherever she has gone, and believes it is key to our wellness and wellbeing, as well as to our business health.

Naomh McElhatton – Director – Digital Education at House of Comms (UAE) and Founder of the DANI Awards (NI) Naomh’s main role is to help guide clients define and understand their digital vision and strategy. Having worked with some of the world’s leading brands including Emirates, Dior, Gulf News, and the Marriott Hotel Group to name but a few, Naomh realises the continuous need for digital education. Being voted NI’s Top 40 under 40 Entrepreneur in 2011 and 2014, she is now a trusted global digital marketing mentor and Associate lecturer at Ulster University.

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Speakers Niall Austin Managing Director PURE Marketing Innovations Ltd. Niall Austin is a veteran of the Irish Advertising and Marketing industries, having worked in a variety of agencies since 1985 including Ogilvy, McCann Erickson (London), the Adsell Agency and as co-founder of Grey Advertising and Mediacom in Ireland.

He formed his own agency ‘Pure Marketing’ in 1999, where he is ‘Director of Imaginations’ specializing in ‘Big Creative Ideas’ for brands, and ‘Strategic Initiatives for Business Development’. Pure’s clients including RTE, the GAA, Heineken, Unilever, Cadbury, the Road Safety Authority, Independent Newspapers and the John Lennon Estate, where he works directly with Yoko Ono on digital opportunities for the John Lennon brand.

Nikolay Malyarov EVP, Chief Content Officer and General Counsel Pressreader Nothing gets past Nikolay. As Chief Content Officer and General Counsel at PressReader, that’s a good thing. His attention to detail and complete knowledge of the tech and publishing industries have helped turn PressReader into a truly global business with a brand new office in Dublin.

Nikolay believes in the power of storytelling. He also knows how people think about, read, and share stories in the digital world. He makes PressReader work the way people want it to. Capitalizing on opportunities that others don’t even see, Nikolay leads the industry with strategic vision and insightful commentary.

Paul Loughrey Head of Insights RTÉ Television Paul Loughrey is Head of Insights at RTÉ Television (yes, ALL people still watch TV in large numbers!).

Multi award winning researcher. I thoroughly believe that Research brings the voice of the consumer into the business and acting on the insight will bring you closer to the consumer.

Paul McCann Chairman of the Board CDG Brand 27 years of working in the brand and graphic design industry, with a Masters in Professional Design Practice and currently researching a PhD in Design Innovation in NUIM Paul Mc Cann embraces the brand design industry with gusto and fervor. He has demonstrated that brand design has come of age and that digital brand design is now part of mainstream business in Ireland with the ability to thrive and innovate.

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With Paul at the helm, CDG has grown to be one of Ireland’s leading full service design agencies with an enviable portfolio of clients across the world including University of Toronto, Canon, Microsoft, Pan Asia Group, Airsynergy, RTE and Vodafone Group.

Patrick McHugh Creative Director Patrick McHugh Digital Patrick McHugh has worked in the fashion and advertising industry in New York and London for almost 18 years. He studied Art and Photography at SVA and Parsons in NYC and later Information Technology at DCU in Ireland. Today, he runs a creative practice Patrick McHugh Digital which develops effective online solutions for fashion, retail and design clients.

Currently working on projects for both national and international brands in Ireland, Europe and the USA. His clients have included Aer Lingus, Baileys, McDonald’s, Mazda and Time Inc. and his work has featured in Communication Arts, the New York Photo Festival, the Royal Hibernian Academy and an array of international fashion magazines.

Philip Martin CEO AppliancesDelivered.ie Philip Martin is the CEO of AppliancesDelivered. ie, Ireland’s first online-only appliances retailer.

AppliancesDelivered.ie pride themselves in taking the hassle out of buying appliances, with an easy-to-use website, same and next day delivery options, and guaranteed lowest prices. Philip is a graduate of DBS where he studied Marketing with Digital Media and Cloud Computing.

Ramune Rubinaite Marketing Manager IG Ireland In 2016, Ramune was named amongst the top 100 marketing professionals in Ireland by Business & Finance magazine. A strong analytical mind with a creative problem solving ability and broad international experience, she develops effective marketing campaigns with rapid results. She joined IG in 2014, and has been instrumental in driving the company’s rise to being a dominant provider of financial derivatives to the retail public in Ireland.

Ricardo Lopez Facebook Advertising Specialist

Ricardo is a Facebook advertising specialist for businesses across the US, UK and the rest of Europe.

Over the past 6 years he has been working with businesses whose budgets have ranged from $1000 per month to companies who spend up to $250,000 per

day! This has included companies like King – makers of Candy Crush Saga, where Ricardo was part of the team that helped this application become one of the most downloaded mobile apps in history.

Robert Farrell Digital Marketing Program Director, The Digital Marketing Academy of Ireland Rob is the Digital Marketing Program Director with the Further Learning Group. He is active with industry and judges the eir Spider awards, Digital Media awards and PostGradIreland awards. Rob regularly speaks at conferences in Ireland and the UK discussing Digital Marketing, Innovation & Disruption and eLearning.

Ray Sheerin Managing Director Chemistry Ray Sheerin is the Managing Director of Chemistry, Ireland’s most award-winning creative agency for the past 18 years, and Chairman of brand and design and digital agency, Clickworks. He is also a Board Director of the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland and was elected a Chartered Director by the Institute of Directors in 2016. He is a passionate advocate for creativity in business and in communications.

Rob Cullen Membership Advisor Dublin Chamber of Commerce Rob works as a membership advisor at Dublin Chamber of Commerce and is responsible for new member development and helping companies grow their business through networking and connecting.

Dublin Chamber of Commerce has 1200 SMEs, corporates, multinationals and semi state bodies.

Dublin Chamber can help with introductions with Irish and international businesses.

Rodolfo Melogli Owner Business Bloomer Author, Speaker, Web developer and Internet marketer, Rodolfo Melogli founded his own Web Agency in 2011.

During these 6 long years, Rodolfo has established himself as a worldwide Digital marketing and WordPress expert, and today he freelances with small-to-medium businesses to troubleshoot, fix or improve their website. Rodolfo is the organiser of the Dublin Ecommerce Meetup & the Dublin WordPress/ WooCommerce Meetup.

Robert Dry Marketing Manager Coca-Cola Ltd. I have spent the last 20 years working in the Coca-Cola

Speakers System in various positions and different markets most recently in Poland and prior to this in Ireland. Currently, I am working on a number of start-up projects.

Sinéad O’Donnell Media Specialist Carr Communications Sinead O’Donnell is an award-winning journalist and media specialist with over ten years’ experience working as a reporter with Newstalk, TV3, Today FM and The Sunday Times. In Carr Communications, Sinéad develops communication strategies and delivers customised media training for clients, using the ‘practice by doing’ method in Carr Communications’ simulated TV and Radio studios.

Sean Owens Willows Consulting Ltd.

Sean Owens has been building ecommerce sites since 1994. His switch from a 10 year career in family retail to programming in 1991 put him in a perfect position to realise the potential for e-commerce. He has worked for Oracle web services since 1994 for 7 years. In 2002 he founded Willows Consulting a specialist ecommerce agency. Since then he has delivered over 450 online stores for B2C and B2B businesses and organisations.

His presentation will show real life examples of where online has increased revenues by over 20%.

Stuart Hadden Director CrowdComms We specialise in building apps and mobile web sites for conferences and exhibitions, providing audience response solutions, lead tracking & silent auction systems for charity events.

Sean Dwan Founder Speak for Success International Sean Dwan has worked in Sales & Marketing of Engineering Machinery to numerous Industries, SMEs and Multinational Organisations. He held the position of Area Manager, Sales Manager and Sales Director over a period of 25 years. Since 2007, he has delivered the Top Rated SpeakersTrainingCamp(R) Workshop – Presentation & Public Speaking Skills Training to Sole Traders, SMEs and Multinational Organisations.

Sean believes that being able to deliver powerful presentations will be highly beneficial in winning business from your competitors.

Silviu Preoteasa Lead Instigator Travel Open Partnership Silviu Preoteasa is a serial entrepreneur, investor and

travel technologist. Before joining the Travel Open Partnership, Silviu was Head of Marketing Technology with Hostelworld.com for over 3 years and EMEA Online Business Manager for Dell, before that.

startups and has worked for multinationals like Credit Suisse, PwC, Dell and now is full time employed as Cloud Sales Specialist at IBM.

Stan Massueras EMEA Sales Director Intercom Stan is Sales Director for EMEA at Intercom. He has spent the past 10 years working on the growth of communication platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. He co-founded the social platform www.pulp. mobi in 2014 before joining Intercom.

Sarah Doyle Co-founder and Owner The Better Life Project Sarah Doyle is a life coach and motivational speaker.

As the co-founder and owner of The Better Life Project, a movement dedicated to helping you live happy, healhty, positive and confident lives and with oodles of infectious energy she is super passionate about helping to inspire you make your awesome life happen.

She’s the “go to” coach for anyone feeling stuck in a rut, lacking in confidence or struggling with low selfesteem or body image.

For more information check out thebetterlifeproject.ie.

Samantha Magee Founder and Chief Learning Officer Symposium Learning Samantha Magee, MA in Philosophy (UCD) and CIPD Accredited Trainer, has been working with front managers, supervisors and team leaders for the past 20 years in Ireland, Europe, Americas, North Africa and Asia. Our motto is “To build a well-functioning team is an extra-ordinary goal – accessible to all.”

Tony Corrigan Founder & CEO TenderScout, Ireland Tony is Founder and CEO of TenderScout,a SaaS finds qualified RFPs and helps businesses to deliver winning proposals. He worked in technology roles for multinationals and startups and in 2003 founded his first company. Tony has worked on hundreds of RFPs and proposals primarily for businesses around the world.

Vyacheslav Ladischenski Founder, TechSalesHookups meetup

Vyacheslav is a Founder of TechSalesHookups meetup – a Dublin based community for sales professionals and sales leaders. He holds a master degree in computer science and has previously founded 3 tech

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with people, and for people. We’re researchers, designers, engineers and innovation specialists

Website: www.audionetworks.ie Tel: +353-1-201-3660 Email: info@audionetworks.ie BARBICAN DATA PROTECTION SERVICES

Website: www.chaosdesignorder.com

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We provide the highest quality Data Protection consultancy services to our clients.

We help clients enhance their reputation with their customers, members, employees and peers.

Email: DataProtection@Barbican.ie Website: www.barbican.ie Tel: +353 (86) 8494074

BLUEFACE A-IOT TECHNOLOGY GATEWAY CLUSTER

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A-IoT (Applied Internet of Things) Technology Gateway Cluster delivers world-class project support for new & innovative products, services and processes.

THEA Offices, Fumbally Square, Fumbally Lane, Dublin 8 email: tom@aiot.ie Tel: +353 (0)1 708 2951 Website: www.aiot.ie +353 (0)1 708 2951

AUTOADDRESS

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Autoaddress is Ireland’s leading solution for managing addresses and Eircodes. A set of simple APIs and tools that enable you to quickly capture accurate addresses. Saving up to 91% of keystrokes, autocomplete function improves website usability and reduces cart abandonment rate.

4 Inns Court, Winetavern Street, Dublin 8, D08 XY00, Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 1 514 3439 Website: www.autoaddress.ie

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Audio Networks is an award winning Dublin based music booking agency and has been successfully providing the best Wedding Bands available for hire in Ireland.

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Cleerup has the mission of making the digital world accessible to any business and individual, through consulting, development and education services.

With experience from companies like IBM, Google, LinkedIn, we help you build your success.

Address: Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylor’s Lane, Dublin 8, Ireland Website: www.cleerup.com

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Blueface’s award winning cloud telephony platform provides better business communications for over 20,000 organisations of all sizes worldwide.

10/11 Exchange Place, IFSC, Dublin 1 Tel: 00 353 1 524 2000 website: www.blueface.com

CLOUDSTRONG

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We help organisations achieve breakthrough business results using cloud technology. Founded in 2011, CloudStrong is Ireland’s & UK’s largest Microsoft cloud specialist, delivering a beautiful customer experience.

Tel: 01-5240302 Website: www.cloudstrong.ie email: info@cloudstrong.ie

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Brother has been operating in Ireland since 1958 and is a member of the Brother Global Group.

Their vast range of information and communication products includes Printers, All in one Machines, Fax Machines, Label Printers and Scanners together with Brother original consumables and accessories.

Come visit us at stand F6.

Brother Ireland DAC, Unit 37, Boeing Road, Airways Industrial Estate, Santry, Dublin 17, D17 E893, Ireland Tel: 01 2411900 Website: www.brother.ie

CHAOSDESIGNORDER AUDIO NETWORKS

CLEERUP

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We are chaosdesignorder, powered by CuteMachines.

We specialise in Industrial Design, Robotics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Mechatronics. We combine strategic and creative design thinking to deliver services and products engineered

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Compu b is Ireland’s most complete provider of Apple Business Solutions. Our business team will explain how a fresh approach to technology can help your company improve productivity and deliver long-term savings.

Compu b Corporate HQ, Unit B1, Calmount Park, Dublin 12 Tel:+353 (0)1 525 3999 Email: business@compub.com Website: http://www.compub.com/business

COMPUTER FUTURES

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Computer Futures is one of the most dynamic and highly regarded specialist IT recruitment companies in the world. We support IT professionals who are looking to hire the most accomplished IT specialists.

3rd Floor 80 Harcourt Street 2, Dublin, Ireland Tel: +353 1 888 3444 Website: www.computerfutures.com

Exhibitors CONSUMER DATA PROTECTION

ELEARN.IE

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We developed the first Consumer Data Protection (CDP) solution in the world, to give Consumers total control over the personal data that they share with Enterprise, which they choose to engage with, as an employee or customer.

The Digital Hub, Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.

Email: info@consumerdataprotection.org Tel: +353-1-9079227 Website: www.consumerdataprotection.org

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Design Risk Management Ltd (DRM) founded our eLearning site www.elearn.ie in 2013 in response to a growing demand from our clients for a more flexible and affordable form of safety training.

10 Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 278 1938 Website: www.elearn.ie

ERS IT SOLUTIONS LTD CURRENCYFAIR

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CurrencyFair began as the answer to a common problem; expats looking for a cheap, simple way to move money to and from their new home countries. The natural evolution was a service that would make this option available to everyone.

Colm House, 91 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Tel: +353 (0) 1 526 8411 Website: www.currencyfair.com CURAGO TECHNOLOGIES

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ERS IT Solutions will be exhibiting our highly successful Team Konnect Cloud and Mobile Application Platform. Team Konnect puts you in full control of your resources to create new projects.

Flyte Technologies, Ormeau Baths, Belfast, BT7 1AZ, Tel: 07450249583 Web: www.flyte.ie

The Plaza, East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 1 7272531 Website: www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/

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Develop cloud based software in the area of predictive intake modeling, we have gathered unique data sets on consumer habits, practices, consumption and chemical occurrence from all over the world.

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Enterprise Ireland is the Irish State agency that works with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets.

Enterprise Ireland clients recorded export sales of â‚Ź21.6bn in 2016, representing a 6 per cent increase on 2015.

FIXO

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Flyte provides dedicated flight planning, inventory report and operational management for commercial drone pilots and businesses.

Buziness PALS House, Unit 5, Block 8, Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Dublin 15, D15 V240, Ireland Tel: 018859500 Website: www.ers.ie

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Unit 69 Cookstown Industrial Estate, Dublin 24 Tel: 01 2530484 Website: www.curagotechnologies.com

Creme Global, 4th Floor, The Tower, Trinity Technology & Enterprise Campus, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel: +353 1 677 0071 Website: www.cremeglobal.com

Unit 5 Kells Enterprise & Technology Centre Kells Business Park, Cavan Road, Kells, Co. Meath Tel: 046 9241535 / 1890 987982 Website: www.flowebdesign.ie

FLYTE

ENTERPRISE IRELAND

E14

Formed in 2002, Flo Web Design Ltd is one of Ireland’s longest established design studios offering web design & web development, branding, graphic design, print and online marketing services.

FP LOGUE

We provide our customers with proven solutions to meet their communication needs, from simplifying presenting in huddle spaces with wireless presentation solutions, to interoperable video collaboration technology.

CREME GLOBAL

FLO WEB DESIGN LTD.

Nuvolaria is an Italian innovative startup: its mission is design, development and patenting of technological objects. The first trademarked product released is FIXO Smart Disc: an integrated ecosystem of functions and accessories for the smart homes. Conceived to be used at home through the display or via voice control, FIXO is remotely controllable from smartphone and pc via a dedicated web app.

Law firm specialising in technology, intellectual property, data protection, brands and commercial law.

Address: 8-10 Coke Lane, Smithfield, Dublin 7 Telephone: 01 531 3510 Website: www.fplogue.com

GPS2FIND

L8

GPS2Find Ltd (gps2find.com) sell and support GPS tracking and alerting devices to customers of many types, and are committed to excellent quality standards in serving customers, reliability and support while minimizing overhead costs to maintain competitiveness.

Whitehouse Cross, Dromiskin, Dundalk, Co. Louth.

Tel: +353(0)42 942 0560 Website: www.gps2find.com

www.fixo.io

www.techconnect-live.com

Exhibitors

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for research communities and industrial partners.

GP ONLINE

J3

GP Online is a suite of cloud services designed for the modern surgery.

7th Floor, Tower Building, Trinity Technology & Enterprise Campus, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2 D02 HP83, Ireland Tel: +353 1 7645845 Website: www.ichec.ie

40 Northumberland Road, Dublin 4.

Website: www.gp-online.ie GREEN IT

IDIRO ANALYTICS

J8

GreenIT area Microsoft registered refurbisher and are also Irelands largest supplier of refurbished PCs and Laptops into the IT trade and educational sector .

GreenIT, W4D Toughers Business Park, Naas, Co Kildare Tel: 1890 815 699 Website: www.greenit.ie

Idiro is a pioneer in big data and advanced analytics. We help organisations, from Fortune 500 companies down to young start-ups, understand and improve their businesses by leveraging the inherent value of their data.

Clarendon House, 39 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2, D02 HD78, Ireland Tel: +353 1671 9036 Website: www.idiro.com

THE IEDR HERBST SOFTWARE

The IEDR is the registry for .ie Internet domain names and maintains the database of .ie registered domain names.

IE Domain Registry CLG, 2 Harbour Square, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin Tel: 01 2365 430 Website: www.iedr.ie

2nd Floor, Ballymount House, Parkway Business Centre, Ballymount Dublin 24 Tel: +353 1 450 9329

B11 & C11

Ibec is the group that represents Irish business both domestically and internationally. It has over 180 professional services staff in seven locations, and is the umbrella group of over 40 different sectoral industry associations.

IMGS

The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) operates the national HPC service and provides compute resources, and software & domain expertise

www.techconnect-live.com

Intellicom are a specialist software development company and service provider focusing on open standards based IP telephony, advanced contact centre and unified communications solutions.

Intellicom Ireland Ltd, Innovation House, DCU, Innovation Campus, Old Finglas Road, Dublin 11, D11 KXN4 Tel: +353 (0)1 901 5060 Website: http://www.intellicom.ie IRISH RESEARCH COUNCIL

B16

The mission of the Irish Research Council is to enable and sustain a vibrant research community in Ireland by supporting excellent researchers in all disciplines from Arts to Zoology.

Shelbourne Building, Crampton Avenue, Ballsbridge, D04 C2Y6, Ireland.

Tel: +353 (0)1 231 5000 Website: www.research.ie

IS4PROD

F17

IS4PROD: (Intelligent Systems for Production and Resource Optimisation in Industry) was established to assess the need for a Regional Digital Manufacturing Innovation (RDMI) Hub in the Mid-West Region. Funded by the European Commission under the I4MS platform, IS4PROD is one of of 60 RDMI hubs throughout Europe working to address the barriers faced by SME’s and provide them with access to expertise on digital transformation and raise awareness of the technology advancements in Manufacturing

INSTITUTE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IRELAND

C5

The perfect daily briefing, delivered free to your business every morning.

INM are now offering bespoke corporate packages tailored to your company.

T +353 1 705 5478 W www.inm.ie

K16

Website: www.acornresearch.ie/is4prod

Address: Unit 8, Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11, D11Y779 Tel: +353-8853839 Email: info@imgs.ie Website: www.imgs.ie INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA

F20

F9

In IMGS, information with Location is at the core of what we do. We provide solutions to automate data flows and visualise information across the enterprise.

84-86 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2 Tel: 01 605 1500 Website: www.ibec.ie

ICHEC

D16 & E16

A7

Herbst Software is a leading provider of integrated business management software, designed specifically for the engineering and manufacturing sectors. Available modules include job costing, handhelds, BOMs, and more…

See http://www.herbstsoftware.com/industries/ engineering/ for additional information.

IBEC

K6

INTELLICOM

M5

The Institute of Project Management occupies a unique position as Ireland’s premier certification authority. Founded in 1990, it is globally recognised as Ireland’s leading provider of project, program and portfolio management certification, training and education.

25 Upper Mount Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel: 01 6614677 Website: www.projectmanagement.ie

Exhibitors ITQUICKQUOTES.IE

I12

ITQuickQuotes.ie is the procurement services division of leading Irish ICT provider PFH Technology Group. Serving over 1500 customers including Government, Health, Educational & Corporate bodies, from offices in Dublin, Cork & Galway.

Postal Address: PFH Technology Group, Eastgate Business Park, Little Island, Co. Cork Web Address: www.ITQuickQuotes.ie / www.pfh.ie

IRISH TECH NEWS

TABLE TOP

Irish Tech News is an award winning online publication aimed at keeping you informed of all the latest news from the world of Technology.

LIMOR

KPMG

KPMG is Ireland’s leading professional services firm and works with companies across Ireland to provide audit, tax and advisory services.

1 Stokes Place, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.

Tel: +353 1 410 1000 Website: www.kpmg.com

MONREAD CRM

E12

LIMOR ‘The Future of Social Audio’ LIMOR is a new app that combines the best aspects of social media with audio and podcasting into a new form of social media, ‘social audio’.

Join the Limor conspiracy to record, edit, share and listen to audio and podcasts in a social way.

Unit 11 D Newgrange business park, Donore road, Drogheda, Co.Louth, Ireland Email: Shanemonahan2@gmail.com Website: www.limor.ie

PRIORITY-MEDATECH

Website: www.irishtechnews.ie Email: info@irishtechnews.ie

KAISER + KRAFT

16 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1, D01 P0E0, Ireland.

Tel: 01 906 0300 Website: www.linkedfinance.com

G10

An authorised Priority Software (www.prioritysoftware.com) partner, Medatech UK has been providing ERP systems to customers in the UK and Ireland since 2001, offering marketing & sales, installation and ongoing customer support and service to a fast-growing customer base. Medatech UK supply, implement and support market-leading Priority ERP software solutions to a wide range of vertical industries.

Co Kerry, Ireland Tel: 0035 3866642245 Website: http://medatech.com/ Contact: Patrick McCarthy, patrickmccarthy@ medatech.ie

E11

KK – Industrial equipment from a simple waste bin to a mezzanine floor with an engineer’s store.

Catalogue to bespoke orders.

Kaiser + Kraft Ltd, Zodiac 5, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead,HP2 7SJ, United Kingdom Phone 1 800 677 300 Fax 1 800 677 301 https://www.kaiserkraft.ie

LINKED FINANCE

J9

Using technology to cut out the middleman, Linked Finance brings business lending back to basics : where ordinary people with savings can connect and lend to trustworthy businesses that wish to borrow.

MEN’S GROOMING IRELAND

F15

Men’s Grooming Ireland is one of the best Barber Shops and Stores located in Stillorgan (Dublin South) and known for its prestige, clientèle and traditions. We offer remarkable lifestyle experience in a superior masculine environment and provide a premium range of male grooming services that give our guests the opportunity to look and feel their best.

7 Old Dublin Road, Stillorgan, Blackrock, Co.Dublin A94 HF63 Tel: +353 (0)1 288 28 70 Website: www.mensgrooming.ie

F13

Monread CRM, the Premium Alliance Partner for Zoho in Ireland and the UK, helps business pull together Sales, Marketing and Call Centre operations, as well as Invoicing, Email and Quoting in one holistic solution using Zoho – the Operating System for Business.

Tel: UK (0)20 3051 4806 | IRL: (0)1 554 0251 Website: www.monread.com NEBULA INTERACTIVE

J4 & K4

Digital Agency that creates amazing websites, mobile apps and games boosting your brand with boundless creativity. Our solutions include integration with 360, VR and other innovative technologies to deliver the wow factor.

The Mill Enterprise Hub, Drogheda, Co Louth Contact Phone: 041-6830110 Contact Email: hello@nebula.ie Website: http://nebula.ie

NETCOMM

B10

Netcomm is one of Irelands leading providers of Communications and Network Solutions. We have specialised in the installation of Data and Fibre Optic infrastructure for over 25 years.

23A St. Peters Road, Phibsboro, Dublin 7, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 838 8013 Website: www.netcomm.ie

NEXT GENERATION

D13 & E13

Next Generation’s IT Teams are industry leaders in resourcing professional IT roles both in Ireland and internationally. Next Generation are also the Founders of the DatSci Awards. Visit nextgeneration.ie or datsciawards.ie for more info.

Next Generation Recruitment, 2nd Floor, 2-4 Ely Place, Dublin 2, DO2 FR58, Ireland Tel: +353 1 6629120 Website: www.nextgeneration.ie

www.techconnect-live.com

Exhibitors NEWLOVE GAMES

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health and wellbeing. That’s why we created the Pip. K18

Newlove Games are based in Dublin City, makes online, visually stunning and feature rich, 3d games for PC, Mac and Linux. www.newlovegames.com NEW HORIZONS IRELAND

PITNEY BOWES LTD

J6

New Horizons Ireland is the leading training provider for IT training and certification in Ireland.

New Horizons Ireland, Strand House, 22-24 Strand Street Great, Dublin 1, Ireland Tel: +353 18898700 Website: www.nhireland.ie

NUACOM

Galvanic Ltd, One Gateway,East Wall Road, Dublin 3 Ph: 014433132 Website: www.thepip.com

Block B, Maynooth Business Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Eircode W23T6P9.

Telephone: 015540200 E mail: info@nuacom.ie Website: www.nuacom.ie

L9

At PhoneWatch, we instantly respond to your burglar, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. Whether you’re at home or away, having a PhoneWatch alarm means you can relax knowing that we’ll be there to make sure everything is safe 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Floors 3-5, Block 1, Irish Life Centre, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1 Tel: (01) 207 6100 Website: www.phonewatch.ie

The Pip

Phone: (01) 4620810 Email: post.logistics@anpost.ie Web: www.postlogistics.ie

At Galvanic we believe in encouraging and empowering people to lead healthier, happier, more productive lives by improving their mental

www.techconnect-live.com

J13

QPTechFirst Floor Chandler House, Henry St, Limerick Tel: 061209510 Website: www.qptech.ie

L14

Realex Payments leads eCommerce for Global Payments, and our ambition is to be the eCommerce payments technology leader worldwide.

The Observatory, 7-11 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel: +353(0)1 702 2000 Website: www.realexpayments.com

SERVECENTRIC

G14

Servecentric is an Irish, carrier-neutral Data Centre operator. We provide colocation, connectivity, hosting, Disaster Recovery and have 24×7 onsite presence.

Unit 9, Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Dublin 15, D15 CXE2, Ireland.

Tel: +353 (0)1 448 1400 Website: www.servecentric.com

SPROOSE

Specialist IT Recruitment company with over 200 years of IT industry experience used to help our customers find the right staff.

REGAN SOLICITORS

B9

G4

Post Logistics from An Post is a high-quality, reliable, standardised freight forwarding and groupage service for SMEs exporting to the UK and Europe. We have designed a dedicated pallet delivery service for Irish SMEs looking to export up to 7 pallets at highly competitive rates.

QPTECH IT RECRUITMENT PHONEWATCH

B4

Pitney Bowes Ltd, Langlands House, 130 Sandringham Avenue, Harlow CM19 5QA, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 7803 506730 Website: www.pitneybowes.co.uk

L6

Cloud Business Phone System with 50+ features for unified communication. Focused on improving business communication, customer service level and sales, NUACOM has been providing reliable hosted phone system since 2009.

REALEX PAYMENTS IRELAND

As the physical and digital worlds collide and change the commerce landscape as we know it, here at Pitney Bowes we’re changing too.

POST LOGISTICS

E: hello@regansolicitors.ie Website: www.regansolicitors.ie

N7

Sproose provide software solutions for the dry cleaning industry. Specifically; booking apps for the customer and management apps for the dry cleaner, saving time, money & effort for both parties.

We service Dublin, Cork, Sligo, Galway & Westport We’re based at 13 Garville Mews, Rathgar Road, Dublin 6 Tel: (01) 447 5941 Email: info@sproose.io Website: www.sproose.io

SURF ACCOUNTS

A6

Regan Solicitors are based in Dublin 2 and Rathfarnham. We provide an innovative legal practice that offers good quality commercial legal advice and cost effective solutions to private individual clients in all areas of law.

No. 4, The Eden Centre, Grange Road, Dublin 14.

Tel: + 353 (0)1 687 4100

F11

Cloud based bookkeeping that offers accounts in the palm of your hand. Surf Accounts is invoicing and accounts made easy.

Unit D6, South City Business Park, Whitestown Way, Tallaght, Dublin 24.

Tel: 01 494 0580 Website: www.surfaccounts.com

Exhibitors SYNC NI

TRANSFER MATE

A10

G5

Our website and magazine keeps readers informed on the latest technology and business news, jobs, and events, from Northern Ireland and abroad.

TransferMate Global Payments, the marketleading, international choice for businesses worldwide that send and receive foreign currency payments at top speed and lowest cost.

Tel: 02890 820 944 Website: www.syncni.com Email: team@syncni.com

Transfermate Global Payments, 14 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2.

Tel: (01) 635 3700 Website: www.transfermate.com

SYTORUS

D17 & E17

Sytorus is a recognised leader in pragmatic Data Protection deployment, utilising our proven services and products, including assessments, implementation, training and support.

Unit 243 The Capel Building, Dublin 7.

Tel: +353 87 987 8741 Email: Kieron.higgins@sytorus.com Website: www.sytorus.com/

TECHNOLOGY IRELAND

K19

The Technology Ireland Innovation Forum @Ibec “Creating Innovation Fusion” The Innovation Forum offers a route into a vibrant innovation ecosystem which promises organisations new opportunities to grow their bottom-line. Stop by stand K19 where on the day we will assist you on that journey. Contactdave.feenan@ibec.ie for further information.

Technology Ireland, 84-86 Lower Baggot Street Dublin 2 Tel: 01 605 1500 Website: www.technology-Ireland.ie

Tech Guard

TV3

Virgin Media | Building P2, Eastpoint Business Park, Clontarf, Dublin 3 www.virginmedia.ie/business Ph: 1800 940 450

VRAI

TV3 Group is Ireland’s leading commercial broadcaster operating three free-to-air channels, TV3, 3e, be3 and digital platforms, www.tv3.ie and 3Player. TV3 Group reaches over 2.7 million viewers every week and is wholly owned by Virgin Media Ireland Limited. Virgin Media is part of Liberty Global, the world’s largest international cable company, with operations in more than 30 countries.

Westgate Business Park, Ballymount, Dublin 24 Tel: 01 4193333 email: info@tv3.ie Website: www.tv3.ie

TSSG

J10

TSSG is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for ICT research and innovation. We carry out a wide spectrum of industry-informed research in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).

F5

Viatel is the largest Irish-owned provider of advanced voice, broadband connectivity, data centre and managed WAN solutions.

Unit 1, College Business & Technology Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, D15 PEC4, Ireland Tel: 1800 930 860 Website: www.viatel.com

C2

VRAI is a Virtual Reality Content Studio. We are focused on delivering immersive content for brands, large organisations and centres of excellence through virtual and mixed reality.

46 South William Street, VRAI Suite, Dublin 2 hello@VRAI.ie Email: hello@VRAI.ie Website: vwww.vrai.ie

VT NETWORKS

B17

VT is the exclusive operator of the Sigfox Internet of Things (IoT) network in Ireland.

VT, DCU Alpha, Old Finglas Road, Glasnevin, D11 Website: www.vt-iot.com Phone: +353 (0)1 5328958

WILLOWS CONSULTING LTD

Tel: +353 51 302 Email: info@tssg.org Website: www.tssg.org

VIATEL

Tel: +353 (1) 699 1545 Website: www.techguard.ie

Virgin Media Business is one of the largest B2B communications providers in Ireland. Our competitive advantage lies in both our high capacity optical fibre network and the breadth of our product portfolio, which spans the complete spectrum of business communications.

L11

N10

Human error due to Phishing and Social Engineering is the number one cause of Ransomware and Data breaches for companies worldwide. Tech Guard solves this by providing a world class security awareness training and simulated email phishing service that creates a human firewall for businesses reducing their risk of attack.

VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS A15 & A16

F8

e-Commerce digital agency since 2002. We design, build and promote your ecommerce store.

B2B and retail ecommerce solutions to suit your business model. “Your advantage is using our experience”.

Web : www.willowsconsulting.ie Phone : 01 52 24 100 Chase House, Northern Cross, Malahide Road, Dublin 17 d1ak63 Email : sales@willowsconsulting.ie

www.techconnect-live.com

Exhibitors WeBringg

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WIKIBUILD

D14

On Demand Delivery: WeBringg provide delivery when you want it. We solve The last dilemma of online retailers, instant grafication. Delivery in as little as 60 minutes.

Unit 14a, Ashleigh Centre, Main Street, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland EIRCODE: D15 FY2W Tel: 00353 1 5388838 Website: www.webringg.com

F16

Address: Unit C9 Santry Business Park, Dublin 09, D09 C7W1 Phone: 01 862 2976 Website: www.xeretec.ie

N8

Web World has 19 years’ experience in the hosting industry and is one of Ireland’s leading hosting service and wireless broadband providers. We offer shared hosting, cloud, VPS, dedicated, colocation, and domain registration services all from our own Dublin data centres.

Address: Unit B15, South City Business Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland Tel: +353 1 495112 Website: www.webworld.ie

WORKTHERE

CG BUSINESS CONSULTING LTD

Website: www.wikibuild.com Tel: +353 1 531 0300

Xeretec is a leading integrator of digital print hardware, software, solutions and services, supporting the print needs of businesses across Ireland, the UK and Western Europe.

WEB WORLD

54 Mulgrave St, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin Tel: (01) 230 0866 Website: www.celtic-id.com

A source for free answers in domestic construction for homeowners; impartial advice & guidance compiled by independent contributing professional’s #wikibuildit #getintouchtogetonboard

WELLTEL IRELAND XERETEC

B15

B5

Find flexible work space to help your business grow. We are the smart agent and website that matches businesses with office space. So whether you’re a start-up or a global corporate we take pride in intelligently finding you the right space to help your business thrive.

I1, H1, A8

Welltel are a leading provider of business communications solutions including VoIP, Fibre Optic Broadband and Phone Systems.

Welltel Ireland Ltd. Victoria House, 4-6 Haddington Road, Dublin 4 Tel: 01 2541800 Website: www.welltel.ie

1A Hume Centre, Park West,Dublin 12.

Tel: 01 6204121 Website: www.cgbusinessconsulting.com

E3

Financial Advisors for personal, family and Business Finances. We have over 20 years experience in assisting clients with their individual finalcial requirements. For Expert advice.

GROW GROW

SME

st 31 31 st May May 2017 2017

RDS, RDS, DUBLIN DUBLIN

Room 3, Office Block, The Mill Centre, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland Tel: +353 1 627 9495 Website: www.financialplanner.ie

GeoDirectory

BUSINESS COST MANAGEMENT

M8

At BCM our focus is on Cost Management and Cost Reduction. We examine small, medium and large organizations for savings potential. We simply look at items or services you currently purchase and identify savings for you.

BCM Ireland, BCM House, 17-18 Mallow Street, Limerick, Ireland, V94 N12Y Tel: +353 61 400 580 Website: www.bcmcorporate.com CELTIC INVOICE DISCOUNTING

Celtic Invoice Discounting, provides cash flow

www.techconnect-live.com

B2

CG Business Consulting is Ireland’s leading management system consultancy firm specialising in designing, implementing and upgrading of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems.

FINANCIAL PLANNNER

Think there. Create There. Workthere Tel: 0345 454 0014 Email: hello@workthere.com Website: www.workthere.com

to small, medium, start up and fast growing businesses.We are the largest independent invoice discounting company operating in Ireland.

B1

A4

Backed by An Post and OSi (Ordnance Survey Ireland) GeoDirectory supplies Ireland’s most comprehensive address database with 2.2 million business, residential and non-commercial addresses.

GeoDirectory, O’Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 Tel: 01 705 7005 Email: info@geodirectory.ie Website: www.geodirectory.ie FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES IRELAND DAC

To create the next generation family transportation, FCA sought the collaboration and fresh ideas of millennials working inside its design and engineering functions. Those ideas led to the Chrysler Portal concept — created by millennials for millennials.

Exhibitors within the export industry including SME’s.

GRENKE

C1

At Grenke, we take a personal approach to our work. We believe that traditional values such as transparency, fairness and honesty still hold true. www.grenkeleasing.ie

CMD GROUP

D1

At CMD Group we take pride in developing strong leadership, supervisor and senior management skills through high quality training and coaching.

CMD Group, Head Office, The Gateway Building, North West Business Park, Collooney, Sligo (Offices also in Dublin, Cork & UK) Tel: 071 9130742 www.cmd.ie

ISO-IRL.IE

D2

ISO-IRl.ie is a new and progressive company aiming to rethink the ISO standards to bring them into line with today’s modern business.

If you’re working for your ISO system Then it’s NOT working for YOU ISO Lead auditor / Consultant, Trim Co Meath Tel 046 9486783 Email: info@isoirl.ie Website: www.isoirl.ie

ISME

A5

ISME, the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, is the only independent representative association for Small and Medium Enterprises and currently has in excess of 10,200 members nationwide.

SOFTWARE SUPPORT GROUP LTD.

28 Merrion Square N, Dublin Phone: (01) 661 2182 Website: www.irishexporters.ie THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT (ODCE)

A3

Established in 2001, the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) is responsible for improving the compliance environment for corporate activity in Ireland.

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Tel. 01 8585833 Email: info@odce.ie website: www.odce.ie

PROPERTY BUTTON

Software Support Group Ltd. supply & support Maximizer Customer Relationship Management Software.

Maximizer CRM is an on premise or web based application which has been customised to manage: • Contacts • Business Relationships • Sales Opportunities • Quotations • Property & Rental Management • SubContractors – tracking employee Health and Safety records • Reporting – Dashboards, Advanced Searches, Excel Reports.

G1 Calmount Park, Ballymount, Dublin 12, D12 TH56 Tel: +353 1 297 3322

K10

Property Button is a property technology company with a vision of maximizing occupancy of residential properties by automating the traditional tasks of property professionals. Using property-related data, in combination with simple cloud-based technology, we are digitizing the property industry #PropTech

SOFTWARE

& DATA

S UMMI T • 20 1 7

The Boulevard Centre, Quinsborough Rd, Bray, A98 R6D7, Co Wicklow.

Tel: +353 1 969 6091 Website: www.propertybutton.io

ROSLYN PARK COLLEGE

ATHENA COLLEGE OF IRELAND

National Learning Network provides a range of flexible training programmes and support services for people who need specialist support (job seekers, unemployed, people with an illness or disability) in 50 centres around the country.

Roslyn Park College, Beach Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4 T: 01-2613400 F: 01 2613403 E: rpc@nln.ie W: www.nln.ie

SBCI

THE IRISH EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION (IEA)

A2

The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) assists its members to grow their exports to world markets.

The IEA represent the whole spectrum of companies

F3 &F4

If you have big plans for your small business, the SBCI can help you fund them. A new, strategic SME funding company, the SBCI’s goal is to ensure access to flexible funding for Irish SMEs. Treasury Building, Grand Canal St. Dublin 2.

Tel: 01 238 4000 Website: www.sbci.gov.ie

K21A

D3

Athena College gives you the flexibility to fit education into your busy lifestyle from any location. We offer several types of live online courses and virtual hybrid courses.

2G Fingal Bay Business Park, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 1 691 1358 Website: www.athenacollege.ie

ASPIRA

17 Kildare St, Dublin 2 Tel: (01) 662 2755 Website: www.isme.ie

B2

K21

Aspira is the Consulting and Managed IT specialist company, providing the people, technology and expertise to solve your project problems.

ASPIRA IT & Consulting, Butler’s Court, 77 Sir Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2 Email: clodagh.geary@aspira.ie Tel: +353 21 235 2550 Website: www.aspira.ie

www.techconnect-live.com

Exhibitors

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BGATE

L7

Bgate is a cloud based B2B e-procurement platform that integrates and streamlines buying and selling processes.

Suite 203, I.a.d.t. Media Cube, Ascaill Na Cille, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath Tel: 086 667 8278 Website: www.bgate.com BARBICAN DATA PROTECTION SERVICES

J17

We provide the highest quality Data Protection consultancy services to our clients.

We help clients enhance their reputation with their customers, members, employees and peers.

Email: DataProtection@Barbican.ie Website: www.barbican.ie Tel: +353 (86) 8494074

3rd Floor 80 Harcourt Street 2, Dublin, Ireland Tel: +353 1 888 3444 Website: www.computerfutures.com

ERS IT SOLUTIONS LTD

K13

Capventis is a Specialist Business and Technology consultancy company that focuses on the areas of Business Intelligence (BI), Customer Experience (CX), Communications Management, Data and Processing Management.

Dublin Office, Building 4, Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin D18 K7W4, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 272 7700 Website: www.capventis.com

COMPU B

B7

Compu b is Ireland’s most complete provider of Apple Business Solutions. Our business team will explain how a fresh approach to technology can help your company improve productivity and deliver long-term savings.

Compu b Corporate HQ, Unit B1, Calmount Park, Dublin 12 Tel:+353 (0)1 525 3999 Email: business@compub.com Website: http://www.compub.com/business

COMPUTER FUTURES

Computer Futures is one of the most dynamic

www.techconnect-live.com

G1

H14

ERS IT Solutions will be exhibiting our highly successful Team Konnect Cloud and Mobile Application Platform. Team Konnect puts you in full control of your resources to create new projects.

Buziness PALS House, Unit 5, Block 8, Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Dublin 15, D15 V240, Ireland Tel: 018859500 Website: www.ers.ie

GREEN IT CAPVENTIS

Enterprise Campus, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2 D02 HP83, Ireland Tel: +353 1 7645845 Website: www.ichec.ie

and highly regarded specialist IT recruitment companies in the world. We support IT professionals who are looking to hire the most accomplished IT specialists.

J8

GreenIT area Microsoft registered refurbisher and are also Irelands largest supplier of refurbished PCs and Laptops into the IT trade and educational sector .

GreenIT, W4D Toughers Business Park, Naas, Co Kildare Tel: 1890 815 699 Website: www.greenit.ie

HOST-IT

K20

Host-IT established in 2004 is now one of Irelands best Cloud services and IT support providers. We work with the best Vendors such as Cisco, Amazon and Microsoft.

Unit 2 The Mews, Wicklow Arms Center, Delgany, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 5241155 Website: www.host-it.ie

ICHEC

F20

The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) operates the national HPC service and provides compute resources, and software & domain expertise for research communities and industrial partners.

7th Floor, Tower Building, Trinity Technology &

IDIRO ANALYTICS

K6

Idiro is a pioneer in big data and advanced analytics. We help organisations, from Fortune 500 companies down to young start-ups, understand and improve their businesses by leveraging the inherent value of their data.

Clarendon House, 39 Clarendon Street, Dublin 2, D02 HD78, Ireland Tel: +353 1671 9036 Website: www.idiro.com

IWHOAMI

M10

iWhoAmi suppliers of W-Code labels, the cost efficient way forward to identify securely, quickly and easily all your physical items.

2 Belfry Crescent, The Belfry, Citywest, Dublin D24 FN28, Ireland Email: info@iwhoami.com Website: www.iwhoami.com

IPS LTD

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IPS Limited is a service, equipment and applications supplier of printing, photocopying, scanning and document management applications and associated tools.

Unit 61, Baldoyle Ind. Estate, Dublin 13, Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 1 832 0930 website: www.ipsl.ie

ORTUS

H11

At Ortus, service is our focus. We take pride in understanding your business and how our IT services can deliver short-term help and long term stability and peace-of-mind.

4A Sandyford Business Centre, Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland.

Tel: 0818 891000 Website: www.ortus.ie

Exhibitors PFH TECHNOLOGY

C6

With technology PFH enables business performance through agile, competitive solutions. PFH Technology Group provides complete applications, infrastructure, security, communications and managed services solutions.

HEAD OFFICE, UNIT 2, BALLYMOSS ROAD, SANDYFORD IND. EST., DUBLIN 18 Tel: +353 (01) 242 2000 Website: www.pfh.ie

recovery services to global enterprise companies.

Sungard AS partners with customers across the globe to understand their business needs and provide production and recovery services tailored to help them achieve their desired business outcomes. Learn more :www.sungardas.ie.

Sungard Availability Services Unit 5 Beckett Way, Park West Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12 Tel: 01 467 3600

TWi

QPTECH IT RECRUITMENT

J13

Specialist IT Recruitment company with over 200 years of IT industry experience used to help our customers find the right staff.

QPTechFirst Floor Chandler House, Henry St, Limerick Tel: 061209510 Website: www.qptech.ie SANDPIPER TECHNOLOGY

J16

K17

Technically Write IT (TWi), a leading technical writing and information design provider, serving some of the largest companies in the ICT, Utilities, and Life Sciences Industries.

Tel: +353 (0)21 2428800 Website: www.technicallywriteit.com Email: emmet.kearney@technicallywriteit.com

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ASPIRA

SYTORUS

Sytorus is a recognised leader in pragmatic Data Protection deployment, utilising our proven services and products, including assessments, implementation, training and support.

SUNGARD AVAILABILITY SERVICES

K21

ASPIRA IT & Consulting, Butler’s Court, 77 Sir Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2 Email: clodagh.geary@aspira.ie Tel: +353 21 235 2550 Website: www.aspira.ie

AUGUST ENGRAVING

Unit 243 The Capel Building, Dublin 7.

Tel: +353 87 987 8741 Email: Kieron.higgins@sytorus.com Website: www.sytorus.com/

G13

Sungard Availability Services (“Sungard AS”) is a leading provider of critical production and

B6

Cartridgeone is a major supplier of printer cartridges and office supplies in the Irish market.

We pride ourselves on our broad product selection, customer service and savings we offer customers on products.

Unit 4, Oak Court, Oak Road, Western Ind Estate, Dublin 12 Tel: 1890 411 511 Website: www.cartridge1.ie

CAPVENTIS

K13

Dublin Office, Building 4, Cherrywood Business Park, Dublin D18 K7W4, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 272 7700 Website: www.capventis.com

Aspira is the Consulting and Managed IT specialist company, providing the people, technology and expertise to solve your project problems.

D17 & E17

CARTRIDGEONE

Capventis is a Specialist Business and Technology consultancy company that focuses on the areas of Business Intelligence (BI), Customer Experience (CX), Communications Management, Data and Processing Management.

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Sandpiper Technology is a Salesforce consulting and implementation partner which works with a diverse range of SMEs to implement the Salesforce platform and provide a 360 degree view of customers to enable a company’s success and growth.

11 Exchange Place, IFSC, Dublin 1, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 908 1020 e: info@sandpipertech.ie w: www.sandpipertech.ie

Unit D5 Riverview Business Park, Nangor Road, Dublin 12 Tel: 014604333 Website: www.augustengraving.ie

CURAGO TECHNOLOGIES

We provide our customers with proven solutions to meet their communication needs, from simplifying presenting in huddle spaces with wireless presentation solutions, to interoperable video collaboration technology.

Unit 69 Cookstown Industrial Estate, Dublin 24 Tel: 01 2530484 Website: www.curagotechnologies.com

EMS COPIERS

J14

With over 45 years’ experience of rubber stamp making we manufacture traditional rubber stamps, self-inking stamps and pre-inked stamps. We also supply related products such as company seals, signs, badges, and print pens, stencils and craft stamps – ideal for educational purposes, making personal greeting cards, birthdays or Christmas.

C10

C7

EMS Copiers, founded in 1970 is one of the oldest firms in the output business. Headquartered in Dublin, EMS has branches in Cork, Galway and Tipperary. Our equipment and systems partner is UTAX, the German multinational printer brand.

EMS Copiers are an accredited UTAX Solutions Partner. Our Managed Print Solution is tailored to the specific needs of the client organisation to

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provide maximum efficiency and savings.

EMS Copiers, Unit 7 Whitestown Business Park, Whitestown Drive, Tallaght, Dublin24 Tel: +353 (1) 9018386 Website: www.emscopiers.ie

GRENKE

C1

At Grenke, we take a personal approach to our work. We believe that traditional values such as transparency, fairness and honesty still hold true.

IMGS

In IMGS, information with Location is at the core of what we do. We provide solutions to automate data flows and visualise information across the enterprise.

Address: Unit 8, Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11, D11Y779 Tel: +353-8853839 Email: info@imgs.ie Website: www.imgs.ie

www.grenkeleasing.ie

INDEPENDENT NEWS & MEDIA FLOORING PROVIDERS

M6 & M6A

Set up in 1998, Flooring Providers act as Commercial Flooring Distributors. Working with established leading manufacturers, we pride ourselves on offering the highest level of service in the industry.

Unit 4, East Coast Business Park, Donore Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 KH52 Tel: +353 (41) 984 5522 HIGHLINE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY

D4 & E4

Highline Office Technology supply, maintain and repair mono/colour printers, A4/A3 mono/ colour photocopiers and multifunctional devices (integrated printer/copier/scanner). Specialists in Managed Print Solutions.

Robert Pepper | sales@highline.ie Tel: 01 4097034 Website: www.highline.ie

INTELLICOM

Intellicom are a specialist software development company and service provider focusing on open standards based IP telephony, advanced contact centre and unified communications solutions.

Intellicom Ireland Ltd, Innovation House, DCU, Innovation Campus, Old Finglas Road, Dublin 11, D11 KXN4 Tel: +353 (0)1 901 5060 Website: http://www.intellicom.ie

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22-24 Westlink Estate, Dublin 10, Ireland Tel: + 353 1 6266722 THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE ENFORCEMENT (ODCE)

C5

T +353 1 705 5478 W www.inm.ie

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement 16 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Tel. 01 8585833 Email: info@odce.ie website: www.odce.ie

STORE 2000 KAISER + KRAFT

E11

KK – Industrial equipment from a simple waste bin to a mezzanine floor with an engineer’s store.

Catalogue to bespoke orders.

Kaiser + Kraft Ltd Zodiac 5, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead,HP2 7SJ, United Kingdom Phone 1 800 677 300 Fax 1 800 677 301 https://www.kaiserkraft.ie

H3

Store 2000 is a market leader in supplying display systems and graphics to the retail and corporate sector. Offering a wide range of services including sign manufacturing, window graphics, vehicle branding , in-house design, display shelving, racking, and point of sale.

For more information contact the office on 01 626 1127 or info@store2000.ie.

Website www.store2000.ie THINK CONTEMPORARY

A8A

B10

Netcomm is one of Irelands leading providers of Communications and Network Solutions. We have specialised in the installation of Data and Fibre Optic infrastructure for over 25 years.

23A St. Peters Road, Phibsboro, Dublin 7, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 838 8013 Website: www.netcomm.ie

OBRIEN DIARIES LTD.

A3

Established in 2001, the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) is responsible for improving the compliance environment for corporate activity in Ireland.

The perfect daily briefing, delivered free to your business every morning. INM are now offering bespoke corporate packages tailored to your company.

NETCOMM

K16

F9

Organisations – Special Corporate Pages & Colours, Special Covers etc. DESIGNED TO ENHANCE YOUR UNIQUE IDENTITY, Yes! Paper Images Last Longer. www.obrienprinting.com

A14

Ireland’s Specialist Manufacturers for over 30 years of Desk & Pocket Diaries, Corporate Notebooks, Journals & Calendars – All customised in-house, for large & small Companies &

Think Contemporary is an award winning Design Studio, which was established in May 2010.

Working across the commercial and residential sectors both in Ireland and broad, they specialise in Office and Hospitality Design.

Address: 76 Thomas St, Dublin 8.

Tel: 01 5550398 Email: info@thinkcontemporary.com Web: www.thinkcontemporary.com

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VOTIVE LEADERSHIP CONSULTANCY LIMITED

THE BILL MOSS PARTNERSHIP

K2

Votive help to release the potential that lies within people, teams and businesses for outstanding transformation and results.

As Ireland’s longest established List Broker, List Owner and List Management Company, we have over 30 years experience and over 55,000 consultations to our credit.

Votive Leadership Consultancy Limited, The Rowans, Draughton Road, Maidwell, Northants, NN6 9JF Tel: +44 (0) 1604 686177 Website: www.votiveleadership.com

WELLTEL IRELAND

24-26 Bridge Street, Ringsend, Dublin 4 Tel: 353 1 6630497 Website: www.bill-moss.com

BRAND IT

ACORN INSURANCE

N11

Acorn Insurance (a subsidiary of Acorn Life Group Ltd) is an Irish owned company with a registered office at St Augustine Street, Galway. We are dedicated to achieving excellence through our advanced administration systems and we are 100% committed to providing all our clients with a consistently high level of client service.

Welltel Ireland Ltd. Victoria House, 4-6 Haddington Road, Dublin 4 Tel: 01 2541800 Website: www.welltel.ie

F16

Xeretec is a leading integrator of digital print hardware, software, solutions and services, supporting the print needs of businesses across Ireland, the UK and Western Europe.

Address: Unit C9 Santry Business Park, Dublin 09, D09 C7W1 Phone: 01 862 2976 Website: www.xeretec.ie

Tel: 1890 800 222/091 894426 Website: www.acornlife.ie

B2B SELL

K5

Missing Sales Opportunities? Dublin based Lead Generation, Appointment Setting, Telesales and Sales Outsourcing agency delivering campaigns in Ireland, UK and US within the Technology and Professional Services B2B space.

B2BSell, Unit C1 Bluebell Industrial Estate, Bluebell Avenue, Dublin 12, D12 N799 Tel: +353 1 554 7351 david@b2bsell.com Website: https://www.b2bsell.com/

BGATE

A trusted partner for corporate merchandise and printing programmes with a clear goal for quality, creativity, service and value.

Ballymount Cross Business Park, Unit 2, Ballymount Rd Lower, Dublin 24 Tel: (01) 901 2094 Website: http://www.brandit.ie/

BRANDX

J12 & K12

BrandX, the digital brand creative. We accelerate customer engagement and ROI by developing stunning bespoke solutions in Branding, Web and Digital Marketing.

The Studio, 37 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)1 603 4555 Email: info@brandx.ie BRADLEY BRAND & DESIGN

I3

Strong brands have strong margins. We believe good branding creates dynamic, ever evolving and meaningful relationships with customers.

Andrew Bradley Managing Director L7

Bgate is a cloud based B2B e-procurement platform that integrates and streamlines buying and selling processes.

Suite 203, I.a.d.t. Media Cube, Ascaill Na Cille, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath Tel: 086 667 8278 Website: www.bgate.com

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Welltel are a leading provider of business communications solutions including VoIP, Fibre Optic Broadband and Phone Systems.

XERETEC

I4

Bradley Brand & Design 109 Q House, Furze Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18 T 01 2937787 M 086 2584368 E andrew@bradleybrand.ie

BREMS MEDIA

Brems Media is a digital agency that offers services from full digital marketing strategy

K8

Exhibitors to social media management and influencer marketing. We want to help you maximize your digital presence and expand your reach.

Brands, whilst bringing value to everyone involved.

Connection + value.

519 Grants Rise, Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, County Dublin.

Ph. 00353 862414683 www.covaworld.com eMail info@covaworld.com

Tel: (UK) +44 (0) 747 984 5496 (IR) +353 (0) 870 914 267 Email: contact@bremsmedia.com Website: www.bremsmedia.com BRIGHTTARGET (A SIDETRADE COMPANY)

L2

BrightTarget, a Sidetrade company, is Europe’s leading predictive analytics solution for B2B Marketing. It accelerates the process of identifying valuable new customers, enables churn reduction and maximises cross-sell potential.

H4

41 Fitzwilliam Place,Dublin 2 Ireland Tel: +353 16624281 email: sales@capitalmarketing.ie Website: www.capitalmarketing.ie

L12

Dmac Media aim to create a partnership with each of our clients which allows them to grow a successful online platform.

Unit 12C Cleveragh Business Centre, Cleveragh, Sligo Tel: (071) 930 0637 Website: www.dmacmedia.ie EBUILD WEB SOLUTIONS

J2

At Commercial Consultants Ireland (CCI) we specialise in reducing your utilities, telecoms, water & merchant service bills so your business can reduce these overheads. We put the time into ensuring our Clients get the best possible rates, by conducting a detailed usage analysis and rate comparison, so you don’t have to.

First Floor, Red Abbey Building, Frankfield, Cork Tel: 0818-911-811 Website: www.commercialconsultants.ie

COVA WORLD

M3

29 Lower Patrick Street, Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny Tel : 056 7790295 Website: www.dataXcel.ie

When it comes to getting your brand noticed Capital Marketing plays a crucial role in getting your brand noticed. Our dedicated team of account managers and designers will be happy to work with you within budget requirements.

COMMERCIAL CONSULTANTS IRELAND

DATAXCEL

DMAC MEDIA

I5

COVA. Securely connecting Consumers, Retailers and

J1

eBuild Web Solutions has over twenty years of on-line and off-line experience. We work with SME’s and multinationals, private and public organisations.

220 Holly Road, Western Industrial Estate, Naas Rd, Redcow, Dublin 12 Tel: (01) 687 7933 Website: www.easydisplay.ie FASTWAY COURIERS IRELAND

D11

Fastway Couriers is a franchised courier organization operating nationwide across Ireland and Northern Ireland.Voted Ireland’s Courier Company of the Year 2016 at the Irish Logistics & Transport Awards, and Most Entrepreneurial Franchise by the Irish Franchise Association 2017, Fastway Couriers consistently delivers Best Rates, Best Service and Best Standards.

Unit 4 Crosslands, Industrial Estate, Ballymount Rd, Dublin 12 Phone: 01 4242 900 Website: www.fastway.ie

GROW

L16

Grow offers customised development programmes for sales teams with a simple, measurable goal: Improve sales performance to generate more business.

Tel: 01 254 9915 Website: www.growsales.net

3013 Lake Drive, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, D24 PPT3, Ireland.

Tel: +353 1 4693751 Website: www.ebuildwebsolutions.ie

EXTERION MEDIA

G9

The best creative advertising and marketing systems come from Easydisplay! With fresh ideas and quality products, we are mixing up the stagnant marketing display market.

DataXcel is now established as Ireland’s Leading Collector of Real Time Consumer leads and compliant driven Data with over 500k Irish consumers and 2m UK.

Ferry House, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, IRELAND Email: marketing@brighttarget.com Phone: +44 (0) 121 663 1990 Web: www.brighttarget.com

CAPITAL MARKETING

EASY DISPLAY

HACKMAN ENTERPRISES LTD.

K1

Exterion Media delivers national OOH audiences through our network of both traditional and digital media formats; on assets including Dublin Bus, Aircoach, Dart and Irish rail stations, and shopping malls.

M2

We specialise in supplying a broad range of promotional products for the sports, commercial and industrial market sectors.

O’Rahilly Hall, Church Terrace, Bray, Co. Wicklow Tel: (01) 286 1428 Website: www.hackman.ie

6th Floor, 25 – 28 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2.

T: + 353 1 669 4500 Website: www.exterionmedia.ie

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Exhibitors H2 FILMS

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L5

H2 Films is a Commercials Production Company that truly loves what it does. Dedicated to quality and obsessed with perfection, we strive to create with both passion and flair.

1st Floor, 23 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, Dublin 2, Ireland Tel: +353 1 662 4188 Website: www.h2films.com

MARKETINGCOACH.IE

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This vibrant marketing agency just launched an online tool, Marketing Coach Toolkit, that creates bespoke marketing action plans for entrepreneurs. This online system is making marketing expertise affordable for small business! Checkout www.marketingcoach.ie/ toolkit.

Address: 46 Richmond St S, Saint Kevin’s, Portobello, Co. Dublin, D02 V020 Email: aidan@payprclick.ie Tel: (01) 908 1495

K3 MAILINGBAGS.IE

INTERNATIONAL EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES – sourcing destinations, hotels, venues and suppliers. Providing fresh and creative ideas for your event; designing and executing it on the day.

25 Lios Dubhaile, Dualla, Cashel, Co Tipperary, Ireland Tel: (+353) 086 395 3276 Website: www.hotel4meetings.com

INTREO

K22

Intreo – A new name and a better service.

Intreo is a new service from the Department of Social Protection. Intreo is a single point of contact for all employment and income supports. www.welfare.ie LEAFLET COMPANY IRELAND LIMITED

H8, I8 & I9

The Leading Leaflet Distribution data targeting company in Ireland, specialising in Mosaic audience profiling and National door-drop solutions.

55 Western Parkway Business Park, Ballymount, Dublin 12, D12 DH31, Ireland.

Tel: +353 (01) 460 1673 Email: ben@leafletcompany.ie Website: www.leafletcompany.ie MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED

H8, I8 & I9

Leading the way in online conversion platforms and impactful digital marketing campaigns and strategy. We believe in your business.

Url: www.marketingcompany.ie Email: info@marketingcompany.ie

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At PayPerClick.ie our aim is to be the number 1 Online advertising agency in Ireland and to always put the customers needs first. We save our customers time and money while growing their business and maximising their potential online.

Tel: 0868932768 Email:muireann@marketingcoach.ie HOTEL4MEETINGS

PAYPERCLICK.IE

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PFH TECHNOLOGY

C6

MailingBags.ie sell Dispatch packaging & are a one stop shop for any Business with an online Store or where they need to ship Products to their customers. We stock a large Range of sizes and colours of Plastic mailers, Boxes, Bubble wrap, Tissue paper, Parcel tape, Postal Boxes and Tubes etc. www.mailingbags.ie

With technology PFH enables business performance through agile, competitive solutions. PFH Technology Group provides complete applications, infrastructure, security, communications and managed services solutions to enable our customers grow efficiently and operate with agility.

Fortmill, Ardagh, Co. Longford, Irl. Tel: 087 8249783 Email: robbie@mailingbags.ie

HEAD OFFICE, UNIT 2, BALLYMOSS ROAD, SANDYFORD IND. EST. DUBLIN 18 Tel: +353 (01) 242 2000 Website: www.pfh.ie

MINDLAB.IE

L3

David Kavanagh is the Director of Mindlab, a company dedicated to using applied neuroscience to improve business performance.David’s vision is to give companies an unfair advantage over their competition by using research from laboratories all over the world.

Lynwood House, Lynwood, Dundrum, Dublin 16 Tel: 01- 498 2242 Website is www.mindlab.ie

ORIGIN TUTORS

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Proactive Pipeline is a sales training firm specialising in consultative selling, we work with technical sales teams to improve productivity.

Mountain West, Oranmore, Co. Galway Phone: 086-2818-111 Website: www.proactivepipeline.ie

QFLOW PROMOTIONS

Origin Tutors is a private tuition company specialised in educational and professional development support services. These include our sessions on mind-booster training, pre/postemployment personality development training, computer skills training and foreign language learning.

Dublin (Ireland) Phone: +353 (0) 14456969 Website: www.origintutors.com Email: info@origintutors.com

PROACTIVE PIPELINE

E1 & E2

Qflow Promotions are a full service promotional product, display system, branded clothing and paper print house operating from offices and a print factoryin Dublin. Qflow is a 100% Irish owned company.

Unit 106 Lagan Road, Dublin Industrial Estate, Glasnevin, Dublin 11 Tel: 01 903 0121 Website: www.qflowpromotions.ie

Exhibitors SCL SALES LTD

K14

SCL Sales Ltd benefits from extensive experience of providing innovative and strategic outsourced solutions to large blue-chip clients. We understand the needs of our clients thoroughly and have designed and developed our service offering to accommodate and exceed the essential requirements within each project.

Unit 1 & 2, Ballysaggart Business, Complex, Beechvalley Way, Dungannon, Tyrone, BT70 1BS Tel: 028-87726111 Email: info@saleschannel.ie Website: sclsales.ie SMART SALES TALENT

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LOOKING FOR QUALITY SALES TALENT, TRAINED TO SUCCEED? Smart Sales Talent helps high growth companies to hire AND on-board quality sales talent, trained to succeed. We get you the right person for the right job, and go beyond the initial hiring to help them succeed.

6-9 Trinity Street, Dublin 2.

Tel: +353-86-8217150 Web: www.smartsalestalent.com Email: pat.cody@smartsalestalent.com TRAVEL OPEN PARTNERSHIP

VOTIVE LEADERSHIP CONSULTANCY LIMITED

K2

Votive help to release the potential that lies within people, teams and businesses for outstanding transformation and results.

Votive Leadership Consultancy Limited, The Rowans, Draughton Road, Maidwell, Northants, NN6 9JF Tel: +44 (0) 1604 686177 Website: www.votiveleadership.com

XUNISON

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Xunison is a software/hardware company based out of Ireland that has developed the perfect product for the telco and RetailMarkets. The X-brain has a Built-In-Router,can take a 4Gsimcard, that connects to the TV with an androidOS system and can manage all your IOT products through zwave,zigbee,wi-fi and becomes the brain of your SmartHome.

25: Kilcarbery Business Park, Upper Nangor Rd, Kilcarbery, Dublin 22, Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 76 680 1013 Email: sales@xunison.com Website: www.xunison.com

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Travel Open Partnership helps hotels make sense out of their data, and to make better decisions through Data science, and machine learning. TOP developed Travel Science to incentivise customers and hotels to work directly with each other, as partners.

Tel: +353877835700 Website: www.travelopenpartnership.com

THE LOGO SHOP

M1

Suppliers of Embroidered + Printed clothing for the past 20 years. We sell Corporate Clothing, School-wear, Sportswear & Leisure wear.

Hills Industrial Estate, 22, Lucan, Co. Dublin Tel: (01) 628 0092 Website: www.thelogoshop.ie

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