Agenda
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Opening Remarks
Welcome from Sarah O’Neill, Head of The Foundry, Google.
Introduction by festival hosts, Charlie Taylor and Jessie Collins, Business Post
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Keynote: Finding opportunities in a world of chaos
Mark Little (Storyful and Kinzen)
Keynote: “What every innovator needs to know about an age of radical uncertainty”
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
Business & Innovation
Rosanne Longmore of Coroflo, Niall Dunne, formerly of
Polymateria & Anna-Marie Turley, Head of Fintech, Financial
Services & Cybersecurity at Enterprise Ireland
Fireside Chat: “Disrupt or Be Disrupted – The Future of Startups”
Hosted by Charlie Taylor
11:30 AM – 12 PM
Innovation on the Edge
Pam Lee
The innovation of survival with world record breaker and ocean sailor
Hosted by Jessie Collins
Lunch served and networking opportunities
1 PM Tradition and Innovation
Musical performance by members of The Bonny Men featuring Stefan Murphy
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Innovation by Design
Fireside with Laura Weber of LW Pearl
Innovations through invention
Hosted by Jessie Collins
2:15 PM – 3 PM
Culture & Creativity
Panel Discussion “The Power of Storytelling in a Digital Age”
Dan Lambert, Mamobo Ongoro and Jonny Boyle of Fuel
Hosted by Charlie Taylor
How culture, art, and media shape innovation
3 PM – 3:30 PM
Fireside: “Innovation for Good – How science can save us”
Roisin Curley (Pharmacist and winemaker)
Inspirational talk from a leading changemaker
Hosted by Jessie Collins
Afternoon Break
Coffee & networking
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Fireside: Inside the HappyStack/Wayflyer playbook
Jack Pierse, Co-Founder at HappyStack || Previously Founded Wayflyer
Hosted by Charlie Taylor
What will be the technologies shaping the next decade
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Closing Remarks & Thank You
Final reflections & acknowledgments