• Start: June 17th, 2025
    End: 17th June 2025
  • Start: 9:00
    End: 13:00
  • , Ireland

2nd Edition - Innovation Conference (AI)

Start Date:

June 17th, 2025 9:00

End Date:

1:00pm, 17th June 2025

Location:

Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylor's Ln, The Liberties, Dublin 8, D08 YPP9, Ireland

Country:

Ireland

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The Ireland Portugal Business Network (IPBN) are pleased to announce the 2nd edition of our Innovation conference, this year around AI, in Dublin to take place again at the Guinness Enterprise Centre (GEC) Tuesday June 17 from 0900 to 1300.

In this year’s edition, we will be highlighting the key overlaps and opportunities that both countries share in various sectors, making these sectors ideal for collaborative projects and partnerships. Ireland’s strong tech ecosystem and Portugal’s competitive costs and talent make them complementary partners in AI-driven innovation.

The conference will feature a series of practical case studies from different sectors, bridging the gap between theory and practise and showcasing how AI can transform your business. There will be two captivating panel conversations about Implementing a robust AI Governance Management System and about trends & opportunities of Investment in AI startups, with experts assembled from both countries for everyone interested in knowing how AI can transform its business

It will be a comprehensive introduction of transforming your business using AI for those thinking or starting their journey, providing valuable insights and essential information and contacts and the opportunity to learn from experts from both countries, who are already extensively using AI.

We are delighted to be able to count on the presence of the Chair of the IPBN and its Board members as well as representants for Spain & Portugal of IPBN partner Enterprise Ireland and a special thank you to our Executive Partners for their constant support and to our sponsors who have made this conference possible..

We extend our thank you again to the Guinness Enterprise Centre and their Director Niamh Collins for hosting a second time our conference and to all our sponsors, IPBN Executive Partner Ardanis, IPBN Members VMotion IT Solutions and Daylight and Multi Award Winning Marina Vilamoura.

REGISTER TODAY .The conference is free of charge, but we are charging €25 for the lunch.
The conference is open to members and non members 

Note: Travelling to Dublin for the conference ? We are pleased to announce our partnership for the cionference with Talbot Hotel Stillorgan - Special offer to IPBN conference delegates:  €169 Single B&B / €185 Double B&B per night for the dates between 15th and 18th June.The Aircoach from the airport stops right outside the hotel and there are direct, quick bus routes into the city centre right outside the hotel as well. To book a room, please quote "Ireland Portugal conference" and email reservations@talbotstillorgan.com or call +353 1 2001800

Provisional Programme (Subject to changes)

0830  Registration and Welcome coffee

0915  Welcome statements - Geoffrey Graham, Chair of the IPBN Board  & Niamh Collins, GEC Director

0925   Keynote statements – IPBN Executive Partner Martin Duffy, Head of GenAI at PwC Ireland & IPBN member Lee Bristow, Human AI Alliance Author, advocating a Safe, Ethical, and Transparent AI   

0945  Panel 1 – About new EU regulations. AI legislation. – Framework for SMEs. Tools to go through being compliant.  

  • Agatha Bulha, Lawyer at José Bulha International Law Office from Faro & Representative to the Council of Europe (European Young Bar Association) 
  • Stephanie Prenderville, Founder SP Consulting. Stephanie helps CEOs with AI planning.
  • Moderated by IPBN member Lee Bristow 

1015  Panel 2 – AI Case Study 1 & 2 – Sustainability & Data Analysis 

1100   Sponsors introduction – 3min Pitch each

1115    Coffee Break

1145    Panel 3 – How to start with AI & Investment opportunities for Start ups in AI

  • Sam Marchetti, IPBN member & Founder ConsortiaCo about LEO Grants 
  • Mark Kelly, AI Leader | Chief Customer Officer at Alldus | Founder of AI Ireland | Author & Keynote Speaker on AI Innovation 
  • Ali Rebaie - AI Phenomenologist/Data Anthropologist, Industry Analyst, Visiting Professor, Coimbra (Portugal) – To be confirmed
  • Moderated by Carlos Justino. IPBN Member, Algarve TEC Hub, AI Adoption & Strategic Growth Advisor 
  1. Panel 4 – Case Studies 3 & 4 
  • Philippe Brodeur, IPBN member & CEO & Founder at Overcast HQ | AI and data-driven video cloud workflows 
  • Barry Flynn, IPBN member & Managing Director at IN2 Engineering Design Partnership
  • Introduced by Martin Duffy. Head of GenAI, PwC Ireland

1300   Networking with light lunch

1400    End

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Conference Only
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Conference + Light Lunch
€25

**Anyone purchasing IPBN Member Tickets must have valid IPBN Membership on the day of the event. If you would like to purchase IPBN membership please go to https://www.ireland-portugal.com/join/. To check your membership status please contact arnold.delville@ireland-portugal.com.