Our 2026 Agenda

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AI UseCase 

Real-world AI success stories and lessons learned, from concept to commercial impact.
AI is moving from potential to practical impact, transforming operations, decision-making and the way people work across every industry. The AI UseCase Stage brings together speakers from a range of organisations to share how they are making that shift happen.
There are five tracks. Each track runs for one hour and features three 15-minute presentations from speakers across different organisations, followed by a 15-minute panel discussion where all three speakers compare experiences, take questions and share practical insights

 

 1. Infrastructure, Utilities & AI
Tuesday 13 October
9.30am – 9.45am
AI Under Pressure: Running Critical Infrastructure Without Failure

Brendan Buckingham, Technology Data Platform Architect, IBM

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9.45am – 10am
Topic to be Announced

EY, Speaker to be Announced

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10am – 10.15am
The Second Build: How Re-Turn Designed its Data Platform for the AI era

Marco Foley, Re-Turn

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10.15am – 10.30am
Panel + Q&A

Panel and Q&A discussion

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2. Agentic AI
Tuesday 13 October
10.45am – 11am
Agentic AI in the DevSecOP World

Mick O’Doherty, Technical Lead, JLR

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11am – 11.15am
Beyond the AI Demo: Turning Agentic AI into Real Business Impact

Sai Vajja, Senior Solutions Engineer, Couchbase

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11.15am – 11.30am
Building a Search Experience for Citizens with an Evals-First Approach

Cian Clarke, Global Head of AI, Nearform

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11.30am – 11.45am
Panel + Q&A

Panel and Q&A discussion

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3. Manufacturing, Life Sciences
Tuesday 13 October
12pm – 12.15pm
Unlocking What's Trapped: How Connected Data and AI Are Transforming Traditional Industries

Peter Trimble, Head of Technology, NI, AWS

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12.15pm – 12.30pm
Unlocking Data At Scale: Building the Foundation Behind an Ultra-dense Dataset of Early Human Development

Stanislav Samko, Head of Data Engineering CoE, Sigma Software

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12.30pm – 12.45pm
AI That Never Leaves the Vault: Running Python and LLMs Natively Inside SPEs

Kerry Kirkham, Senior Sales Engineer, InterSystems

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12.45pm – 1pm
Panel + Q&A

Panel and Q&A discussion

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Lunch

Networking


4. Workforce in the Age of AI
Tuesday 13 October
1.40pm – 1.55pm
Topic to be Announced

Aisling Campbell, Human Resources Lead, Accenture

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1.55pm – 2.10pm
What It Really Takes for People-Led AI Adoption

Cleo McCormack, Director, Future of Work Institute, Cpl

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2.10pm – 2.25pm
Driving Data Culture Utilising Humans & Agents

Aidan Heffernan, Data Scientist, Musgrave

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2.25pm – 2.40pm
Panel + Q&A

Panel and Q&A discussion

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5. Financial Services & AI
Tuesday 13 October
2.55pm – 3.10pm
CAMDA AI-Ristotle: Building Ireland's AI Project of the Year

Eoin O'Sullivan, Director of Data Engineering, AI and Analytics & Seanie Dunne, Associate Director, Data Engineering, AI & Analytics, Carne Group

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3.10pm – 3.25pm
Everyone Has an AI Strategy. Few Have an AI Operations Strategy

Stephen Bonney, Country Lead for Ireland and Northern Ireland, Dynatrace

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3.25pm – 3.40pm
One Poisoned Model. Two Affected Use Cases. One Urgent Decision.

Megan Burns, Senior Solutions Engineer, SAS

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3.40pm – 3.55pm
Panel + Q&A

Panel and Q&A discussion

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