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