Agenda

MORNING WEBINAR 10:00 – 12:00 GMT

10:00 – WELCOME REMARKS

Jenna Kelly, Conference Producer, Bonhill plc

Breda McCague, CoFounder & Lead, LeanIn Ireland

Ramat Tejani, Chief Encouragement Officer, The Inspiration Box

10:05 - KEYNOTE

Speaker

Jacky Fox, Managing Director, Security Lead Ireland, Accenture

STREAM 1: TECH FOR THE 2020s

10:25 PANEL: Tech Connects Us
  • How has technology kept us connected to friends, family & colleagues this year?
  • The future of connection and socialising, on platforms and off.
  • What new innovations have emerged in an attempt to keep up interactions?
  • Are there risks that we need to be aware of, in relying on tech for connection?

Moderator

Siobhain Colborne, Program Manager – Europe, Merchant Risk Council 

Speakers

Cara Antoine, President & Chairwoman, Netherlands, Women in Tech

Sinead O’Keeffe, Facilitator, Techstars

Rafael Pagés, Co-Founder & CEO, Volograms

11:10 LIGHTNING TALKS: A Future with Emerging Tech

Lightning Talk #1: IoT – An Insider Look
with Evelyn Nomayo, Leader & Founder, Phase Innovate

Lightning Talk #2
with Máirín Murray, Digital Innovator & Founder, Digital Doddle

11:35 LIVE Q&A: Mobility of Tech Talent
  • With a world working from home, will non-nationals move out of Ireland?
  • Is the quality of a job in Ireland enough to keep workers in the country?
  • If Irish expats return, what does the future look like for the tech community?
  • What can tech companies, big and small, look out for in recruiting new talent?

Interviewer

Kelly Bissell, Global Managing Director, Accenture Security

Speakers

Gina Laverty, SVP, European Finance, Global Payments

Rose Barrett, Community Manager, Grow Remote

STREAM 2: TECHNOLOGY & HUMANITY

10:25 PANEL: AI: Catch Me if You Can
  • Where and how is AI being used for good, pre- and post-pandemic?
  • How can artificial intelligence help solve some of our biggest global challenges?
  • For workplaces adopting and scaling AI – how can this be done ethically?
  • Bias in, bias out: the real dangers of AI that must be eradicated. But how?

Moderator

Al Williams, Director, Enterprise Sales EMEA, New Relic

Speakers

Deepa Mann-Kler, Chief Executive Neon & Visiting Professor In Immersive Futures, Ulster University 

Toju Duke, Project Lead, Women in AI Ireland

Áine Mulloy, Innovation Strategist & Startup Advisor

11:10 CASE STUDY: Be Innovative, Be Diverse
  • Tech companies are amongst the most innovative in the world; why?
  • How can this innovation be accelerated using a diverse and inclusion approach?
  • What are the facts and figures around diversity fuelling innovation?
  • Ways to embed diversity strategically to see greater growth, and a better bottom line

Speaker

Deborah Somorin, Chartered Accountant & Founder, Empower the Family

11:35 FIRESIDE CHAT: Social Impact is Key
  • Taking stock, and being responsible, in emerging from a global lockdown
  • What social and environmental risks is the world now facing?
  • What role can technology play in bettering workplaces and society?
  • How can tech companies focus strategies on responsible & ethical practices, for social good?

Moderator

Rebecca Rae-Evans, Host, Tech for Good Live 

Speakers

Jen Rodvold, Head of Digital Ethics & Tech for Good, Sopra Steria

Jude Morrow, CEO, Neurodiversity Training International

12:10 – CLOSING REMARKS

12:15 – END OF MORNING WEBINAR

 

 

AFTERNOON WEBINAR 14:00 – 16:15 GMT

14:00 – WELCOME REMARKS

Jenna Kelly, Conference Producer, Bonhill plc

Breda McCague, CoFounder & Lead, LeanIn Ireland

Ramat Tejani, Chief Encouragement Officer, The Inspiration Box

 

14:05 KEYNOTE

Speaker

Gillian Keating, Co-Founder, iWish

STREAM 1: DIVERSITY ISN’T ENOUGH

14:25 CASE STUDY: Building a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion-first Culture
  • How can we leverage the power of our employees to create inclusivity?
  • What role do communities have to play?
  • The significance of talent in building a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace
  • What challenges come up in the journey of DEI culture, and how to solve them

Speaker

Jasmine Arora, Head of Capital Markets, Google Cloud Platform, Google

14:50 FIRESIDE CHAT: Intersectionality: It’s Staggered
  • What are the uncomfortable discussions we need to have to improve inclusion?
  • Are we doing better on gender equality than LGBTQ+ representation?
  • Where is the race conversation now, and where does it need to go?
  • Work is needed across the board, but how do we spread the effort to be intersectional?

Moderator

Dr Arun Verma, Intersectionality & Impact Specialist 

Speakers

Vessy Tasheva, Founder, Global Knowledge Community for D&I, Vessy.com

Sheree Atcheson, Global Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Peakon

15:25 THINK TANK: Inclusion in Digital Spaces
  • Underrepresented groups in the workplace need physical space to be seen and heard
  • How are these groups impacted by remote working and virtual workplaces
  • How can employers ensure that effort is going into INCLUDING marginalised employees?
  • What can you do as a manager, or an employee, to give others a digital voice and space?

Speaker

Furkan Karayel, CEO & Inclusive Leadership Advisor, Diversein.com

STREAM 2: UP YOUR PROFESSIONAL GAME

14:25 PERSONAL INTROSPECTIVE: How to Embed Allyship
  • Without a physical audience, what challenges come up in presenting via a screen?
  • The dos and don’ts of virtual presentations
  • Ways to engage an audience that you can’t see: unique and quirky ways to execute
  • Are visual aids best left ‘at home’, or can they truly enhance your presentation?

Speaker

Bilal Harry Khan, Host, Over the Bridge podcast

14:50 INTERVIEW: Leading Through Crisis
  • What’s been learnt this year about good leadership in heightened situations?
  • What do we define as ‘good’, when it comes to a leader? Is it measurable?
  • Are there particular skills or abilities that align with ‘good’ leadership?
  • How can we all practice inclusive promotions, especially during this time, and ensure that everyone, particularly our most underrepresented groups, receive equal opportunities for career growth?

Moderator

Terri Moloney, Senior Director, Employee Success, Salesforce

Speakers

Michael Levin, President, Custom Solutions Inc

15:25 MASTERCLASS: Managing Your Personal Brand
  • A lot of individual career plans were put on the back burner this year
  • What initiatives can we adopt now that that table is a virtual Zoom room
  • How do we influence those that are geographically scattered to the four winds?
  • Harnessing some of the tools of corporate reputation building for the benefit of your personal brand

Speaker

Debbie Zaman, CEO, With

CLOSING PLENARY KEYNOTE

16:00 POWER KEYNOTE

Special Guest Speaker

16:10 – CLOSING REMARKS

16:15 – END OF AFTERNOON WEBINAR

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