recent events
2023
January
BlockW in partnership with Institute of Banking (online)
CREATING CITIES OF THE FUTURE: HOW AI, IOT, WEB3 AND BLOCKCHAIN ARE CHANGING OUR CITIES.
Dr Irina Tal, DCU and BlockW. Event moderated by Prof. Joyce O’Connor, BlockW
March
BlockW in Partnership with KPMG
BLOCKCHAIN 2023 NEW HORIZONS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES (IN PERSON)
Mr Niall Dennehy, AidTech; Ms Mary Gordon, Institute of Banking; Ms Mai Santamaria, FCA, Dept of Finance. Event moderated by Prof. Joyce O’Connor, BlockW
April
BlockW in partnership with Institute of Banking
RECLAIMING STOLEN FOCUS: AI AND BLOCKCHAIN ARE REVOLUTIONISING EDUCATION (ONLINE)
Ms Paula Marie Kilgarriff, TUD, Fashion and Retail Innovator. Event moderated by Prof. Joyce O’Connor, BlockW
BlockW in partnership with Irish Computing Society
SMART CITIES (ONLINE)
Dr Irina Tal, DCU and BlockW. Event moderated by Prof. Joyce O’Connor, BlockW
May
BlockW in partnership with BYMellon
WEB 3 AND THE METAVERSE REVOLUTIONISING FASHION: (IN PERSON)
Ms Paula Marie Kilgarriff, TUD, Fashion and Retail Innovator. Event moderated by Ms Paula Kelleher, Citi and BlockW
BlockW in partnership with Irish Computing Society
WORKSHOP :THE WORLDS FIRST BLOCKCHAIN EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALING PLATFORM (ONLINE)
Ms Mary Gordon, Institute of Banking. Event moderated by Prof. Joyce O’Connor, BlockW
June
BlockW and the Institute of Banking of Banking
REGULATING AI: THE AI ACT (ONLINE)
Prof. Barry O’Sullivan, UCC, Director Insight SFI
Moderated by Prof. Joyce O'Connor, BlockW
BRITISH BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION GLOBAL FORUM IN THE METAVERSE
National Blockchain Roadmaps
IRISH BLOCKCHAIN ROADMAP
Prof. Joyce O’Connor
August
BlockW in partnership with the Institute of Banking (online)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI: IMPACT FOR GOOD
Dr Alessandra Sala, Senior Director of AI and Data Science at Shutterstock, Global President of Women in AI, UNESCO Co-Chair of Women for Ethical AI
September
BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT IRELAND, RDS
BLOCKW AND WOMEN IN IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY (WIIT EUROPE)
IMMERSIVE WEB3
Introduction: Prof Joyce O'Connor, BlockW Co-Founder & Chair
Moderator: Sorcha Mulligan, Venture Partner, The SME Chain
Panellists:
- Paula Guilfoyle, A Block of Crypto
- Tanya Vacarda, Scrum Master, Allstate WiiT
- Leyla Karaha, Founder, YourY Network
- Barry Haughey, Founder, Halogen
- Sara Jane Kenny, Algorand
Thank you to Sorcha Mulligan for the images
HOW TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING THE ART WORLD

OCTOBER
AI MEETS BLOCKCHAIN: THIS IS WHERE INTELLIGENCE MEETS THE TRUTH
Moderator: Dr Irina Tal, DCU
Speakers:
- Prof Dr Naseem Naqvi CBE, CEO British Blockchain Association
- Dr Alessandra Sala, Director of AI & Data Science, Shutterstock
Thanks to Victor Del Rosal at NCI for the pictures and to KPMG for the venue.
november
IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES: IRELAND AS AN INTERNATIONAL HUB
In association with KPMG
Speakers:
- Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, Minister of State at the Department of Finance with responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance
- James Corbett, Managing Director of Simvirtua Ltd, Director of Eimersive
- Camille Donegan, Virtual Reality Consultant, Director of Eimersive
Revolutionizing Fashion: Exploring the Metaverse with AI and Blockchain Technology