Join Vanessa Hartley, Head of Google Ireland and VP of Large Customer Sales EMEA as she showcases some of Google’s groundbreaking AI innovations and discusses how these powerful technologies can transform the business landscape.
2025 Agenda
8:30am
Registration & Networking
9:40am
Government Address
9:50am
Welcome from Summit Hosts
Technology and innovation editor, Business Post
Head of The Foundry, Google Ireland
10:00am
Opening Address:
Capturing the AI opportunity
Head of Google Ireland and VP of Large Customer Sales, EMEA
10:20am
Keynote Address:
Navigating the AI revolution
Deloitte’s Harry Goddard will explore if AI is a technological revolution, compare it to previous technological leaps of progress, and asks where are we in the cycle right now? Harry tracks the AI surge from smarter chips to sharper code, fuelling previously unimaginable advances in language, life sciences and business, reminding us that revolutions reward the ready rather than the reactive.
CEO, Deloitte Ireland, and Member of the Deloitte Global GenAI Board
10:40am
Panel Discussion:
AI and Ireland: What the Future Holds
As AI application becomes more prevalent within Irish industry, its potential to create employment is huge. But what are the skills we need to meet the demand for AI specialists? Ireland is also uniquely placed to become an EU AI Hub, but how can we shape the structures to support this?
A panel of experts will discuss what is needed to take Ireland’s AI leadership to the next level.
Professor of Computing, Dublin City University
Managing Partner, Sure Valley Ventures
Director, Technology Ireland, Ibec and Executive Board Member, Digital Europe
11:10am
Networking Coffee Break
11:40am
Google on stage demo: Google Agentspace
Product Lead for Google Agentspace and Vertex AI Search at Google Cloud
12:10pm
Panel Discussion: AI in action - driving sustained value through AI
AI in action – driving sustained value through AI
There is plenty of talk about AI’s potential but less on how organisations are actually using it to grow their businesses and improve productivity. So what benefits and returns are businesses seeing from AI?
This panel aims to go beyond the hype and discuss real use cases of AI, how AI can be linked to strategy and what good change management can do to ensure value is realised.
CTO and Co-Founder, Protex AI
Director, Large Customer Sales, UKI, Google
VP of Financial Operations, Meta
Generative AI Market Leader and Managing Partner of Deloitte’s Consumer Industry across North-South Europe (NSE)
12:50pm
Networking Lunch Break
1:40pm
Welcome back facilitated by Google
Head of The Foundry, Google Ireland
1:50pm
Fireside Chat
The power of integration in AI
Jentic is building the core integration layer for AI, enabling developers to connect agents to the World, easily and securely. Sean will discuss the power of integration in the AI revolution and why it will change the game for developers.
CEO and Co-Founder, Jentic
2:10pm
Panel discussion:
What does it mean to build trustworthy AI?
With the EU AI Act in place, the conversation around the ethical and responsible use of AI continues to be an important one here in Ireland. But with the Trump Administration’s AI Agenda to enhance the US’ leadership in this area, and Biden’s AI Executive Order being revoked; what shifts can we expect in the international regulatory space, and how can AI and business leaders draw the line between what is possible, and what is ethical.
A panel of AI thought leaders will discuss the frameworks and safeguards that should be established to ensure responsible AI use.
Assistant Professor, School of Information & Communication, UCD and Member of Irish Government AI Advisory Council
CEO, Soapbox Labs
Partner in Technology & Transformation, Deloitte
2:35pm
Case Study:
Transforming AI: From Novelty to Necessity
2:50pm
Google on stage demo: Google Arts & Culture
Head of The Foundry, Google Ireland
3:00pm
Panel Discussion:
Leveraging AI to secure your business
AI has caused significant challenges for cybersecurity with threats becoming more sophisticated than ever. However, AI tools are quickly becoming major components of an advanced cyber security strategy and if used effectively can help identify vulnerabilities and strengthen response.
A panel of experts will discuss how AI threats are evolving and how AI innovation can be leveraged to enhance privacy and security.
Chief Operations Officer, BH Consulting
President & CTO of CalypsoAI
Founder & Executive Chairman, Smarttech247, Co-Founder, Getvisibility.
3:35pm