Day 1 
 | 20 Jan

Melbourne  Main Hall

Main Stage

08:00 - 09:00 
 coffee & scones
09:00 - 09:15 
 Welcome
  • Richard Linger
    Nimbus Technology Manager
09:15 - 09:30 
 opening remarks
  • Barry O' Connor
    CIT President
  • Christopher O' Sullivan
    Mayor Councilor | Cork County Council
09:30 - 10:30 
 Technology and Society is it broken?
  • Prof. John Barrett
    Acting Head of Centre/ Head of Academic Studies | Nimbus Research Centre
  • Dave Troy
    Co-founder & CEO | 410 Labs
10:30 - 11:00 
 Tea & Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 
 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - Where will this take us?
  • Followed by Panel Discussion (Sponsored by Clearstream)
  • Ross Comerford
    Founder & CEO | FastModel Sports
  • John Biggs
    News Editor | CoinDesk
  • Xavier Litt
    CEO | Skylads
  • Markus Buschky
    Head of section Customer Care & Financial Core | Clearstream
12:30 - 13:00 
 Climate Change & Smarter Cities - From smart cities to smart societies
  • Dr Sally Eaves
    Emergent Tech CTO, Global Strategy Advisor
  • Simon Cocking
    Chief Editor | Irish Tech News
13:00 - 14:00 
 lunch
14:00 - 14:25 
 Turning Technology into profit
  • Andrew MacAdam
    Western Europe MD for Startups | Microsoft
14:25 - 14:45 
 Robotics, AI & Automation: The Time to be Human
  • Gillian Bergin
    Vice-Chair | IT@Cork
14:45 - 16:00 
 Cyber Security - Is it possible?
  • Followed by Panel Discussion (Sponsored by Jacobs)
  • Lauren Knausenberger
    Director of Cyberspace Innovation | U.S. Airforce
  • Ralph Echemendia
    World-renowned cyber security expert, speaker and entrepreneur
  • Clarke Moyer
    Principal Solutions Architect | Jacobs
16:00 - 16:30 
 Tea & Coffee
16:30 - 17:30 
 Funding - China - USA - Europe
  • Brandon Donnelly
    CEO | Stracos LLC
18:00 
 Close
Day 1 
 | 20 Jan

Main Hall

Research Stage

11:00 - 11:30 
 Morning Session: Digital Transformation and Enabling Technologies
  • Moderator: Dr Susan Rea
    Research Fellow & Group Lead | Nimbus Research Centre
 This session will discuss and highlight the Role, Challenges & Opportunities of Digital Transformation and Technologies across various application areas
11:00 - 11:15 
 Introduction to Session by Moderator
  • Dr Susan Rea
    Research Fellow & Group Lead | Nimbus Research Centre
11:10 - 11:35 
 Digitalisation to support the Energy Transition
  • Dr Alan McGibney
    Research Fellow & Group Lead | Nimbus Research Centre
11:35 - 11:55 
 Digital Transformation: The key to unlocking the power of predictive maintenance
  • Tristian O'Gorman
    Lead Product Architect | IBM
11:55 - 12:15 
 Healthcare
  • Graham Baitson
    Global Lead of Innovation Labs | McKesson
12:15 - 12:35 
 Agriculture
  • Brian Cahill
    Business Development Lead | Nimbus Research Centre
12:35 - 12:55 
 Q&A with speakers
13:00-14:00 
 LUNCH
14:00-14:20 
 blockchain
  • Cillian Leonowicz
    Director, Consulting at Deloitte and EMEA Blockchain Lab Co-Lead
14:20-14:40 
 6G
  • Prof T. Russell Hsing
    Chair Professor | National Chiao Tung University
14:40-15:00 
 The Future of Productivity & Creativity
  • Pierce Ó Brádaigh
    UX Prototype Engineer | Logitech
15:00-15:20 
 A guided tour of AI research
  • Dr Haithem Afli
    Assistant Lecturer | Computer Science Department, CIT
15:20 - 15:45 
 Q&A with Speakers
17:00 
 close
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Day 2 
 | 21 Jan

Nimbus Research Centre

Startup Stage

09:00 - 09:30 
 Registration/ Coffee & Tea
09:30 - 09:45 
 Introductions
  • Richard Linger
    Gateway Manager | Nimbus Technology Gateway
09:45 - 10:00 
 Arrow - Startup supports
  • Danny Jennings
    IOT Solutions Development | Arrow IOT
10:00 - 10:15 
 Microsoft - Startup supports
  • TBC
10:15 - 10:30 
 Rubicon - Incubator Overview
  • Paul Healy
    General Manager | Rubicon Centre
10:30 - 10:45 
 Nimbus - Technology Development Support and Capabilities
  • Richard Linger
    Gateway Manager | Nimbus Technology Gateway
10:45 - 11:00 
 SFI Technolgy Development Funding
  • Brian Cahill
    Research Fellow & Business Development | Nimbus Research Centre
  • Dr Susan Rae
    Research Fellow & Group Lead
11:00 - 11:15 
 Tea and Coffee
11:15 - 11:30 
 EI Funding
  • Niall McEvoy
    Manager, High Potential Start Up Dept (ICT) | Enterprise Ireland
11:30 - 11:45 
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    TBC
11:45 - 12:00 
 Hardware and Integration
  • Dr Nikolaos Chalikias
    Research Fellow & Group Lead
12:00 - 12:15 
 AI - real world applications
  • Dr Conor Lynch
    Senior Researcher | Nimbus Research Centre
12:15 - 13:00 
 Lunch
13:00 - 13:30 
 Good examples of what we can do - Expert Security
  • Dave O' Toole
    Managing Director | Expert Security
13:30 - 14:00 
 Good examples of what we can do - SmartFactory
  • Brendan Sheppard
    CEO | SmartFactory
14:00 - 14:30 
 Good examples of what we can do - Fast Model Tech
  • Dr Alex Vakaloudis
    Research Fellow & Group Lead
14:30 - 15:00 
 Nimbus Tours

Investor Clinics

Clinics will provide a unique opportunity to get expert advice from field experts in investment, funding avenues, entrepreneurship and academic research. From technical resources and free cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel, these sessions will provide invaluable advice and guidance on how attendees can facilitate investment, drive technology innovation, create collaborations, and foster new commercial relationships.

F A Q 

Contact Beyond IoT at info@beyondiot.ie if you have any additional questions.

What is the refund / transfer policy for the tickets?

All ticket purchases are NON-REFUNDABLE but you can transfer your ticket to another delegate provided you inform us via email.

Will there be food provided?

There will be food provided as well as tea and coffee breaks in between sessions. The same applies for Day 2 of the event.

Do you charge VAT?

Yes, VAT is applied already in the price of the tickets. For sponsorships, all prices outlined are excluding VAT which is at 23%.