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The Future of Technology
Caroline O'Reilly
Senior Director of Engineering @ Workday
From student to engineer and from manager to director, Caroline will give her advice on how you need to rewire your thinking as you navigate through the various stages of your tech career. Illustrated by her own personal journey, and grounded in practical and accessible takeaways, she will walk you through her path to date and the key learnings and organisational tools which helped her at each stage of her journey.
Key Takeaways: The tools that can help you jump to the next level in your career. The importance of Impact Mapping. A toolkit for finding your burning priority. Decision making frameworks. How to communicate your strategy and vision.
The Future of Technology
Julie Spillane
Commercial Director - Global Geographic Services Division, Founder of The Dock @ Accenture
How do we plan our careers when the world is moving so fast and we know the pace of change will never be as slow as it is today? How do we keep our skills fresh when there are so many new and emerging skills every day? How do we constantly challenge our own thinking from outside our core areas of competence to keep us agile?
From creating new businesses, leading global change programs and leading innovation I think we need to apply the principles of innovation to our own career development: Discovery, no regrets and big bets.
The Future of Technology
Sarah Cunningham
Vice President, Technology Hub @ Mastercard
Nobody is more qualified than you to own your career. During this session, Sarah Cunningham, Vice President of Mastercard’s Dublin Technology Hub, will share learnings from her career on how you can become the lead architect of your professional future.
The Future of Technology
Laura Doyle
Head of HR @ Distiled SCH
The Future of Technology
Alastair Blair
Country Managing Director @ Accenture
Aisling Keegan
Vice President & GM @ Dell
Liam Halpin
Head of Sales Solutions EMEA @ LinkedIn
Priscilla O’Regan
Head of Communications @ BT Ireland
We don't need to wait until we're CTOs or Directors to help others up the ladder. Ensuring that we are part of the solution to the various challenges facing women in the industry should be part of all of our career plans, but how? Where do we start? How do we know we're really making a difference? We'll look at what we can do to help create a brighter future and better diversity balance in the industry.
Leading Success
Kate Driskell
Technical Operations Manager @ Google
In this session Kate will talk about the challenges and benefits of building out early career programmes to kick start careers in IT. Capturing school-leavers, career changers and returners to work and integrating them into the workforce in meaningful ways.
Getting Technical - Workshops & Seminars
Dr. Cliodhna Ní Scanaill
Software Engineering Manager @ Intel
Fintan Buckley
Co-Founder & CEO @ Ubotica Technologies
Léonie Buckley
Senior Engineer @ Ubotica Technologies
AI is a rapidly growing and widely applicable field with significant career opportunities. This session will introduce the low-power, low-cost Myriad VPUs; the resources available to get started in a career in AI; and how to get involved with the Intel Edge-AI Incubator program to bring Myriad VPU enabled products to market.
The Future of Technology
Catarina Oliveira
Senior Software Developer @ Groupon
Tugba Tosun
Senior Data Engineer @ Groupon
Join us as we get a snapshot of the engineering world at Groupon. Two of the company’s female Senior Engineers - Catarina and Tugba - will take you on a tour through some of Groupon’s cutting-edge Big Data and Marketing platforms. While showing the great things they have built they will also share their experiences, challenges and how engineers can thrive when given the right working environment.
Key Takeaways: See how engineers think about the world. Learn about how modern marketing is driven by engineering and data. Creating the right environment for engineers to thrive.
Leading Success
Ciara Garvan
CEO @ WorkJuggle
Key takeaways: How to harness the new ways of working to create positive change, how to manage resistance to changes in working practises (the infamous "can't set a precedent" line) & why what we do now is more important than ever.
The Future of Technology
Stephen Caulfield
Vice President & GM @ Dell Bratislava
Stephen Caulfield, Vice President of Services at Dell will discuss strategies for bringing the men in the industry to the table, how Dell walks the walk and the importance of making it personal and telling your story.
Getting Technical - Workshops & Seminars
Olivia MacDonnell
Founder @ Confident Speak
Despite amazing advancements in technology, what can it not give you? Technology still cannot give you the presence to persuade and the ability to move any audience.
Whether you need to speak with key stakeholders, C level or to influence your team in a confident, credible manner, this workshop will give you the confidence to enjoy doing so.
Imagine yourself instantly improving and transforming your speaking style - simply by controlling your voice and body. What would that mean to you personally? What would that mean for your business success?
Key Takeaways: Speak, stand and move with confidence and credibility when communicating with key decision makers, leadership and clients. Learn vocal secrets from the world of performance to engage and connect with listeners. Understand what “presence” is and how to use it to achieve positive results when communicating in the tech world.
The Future of Technology
Dorothy Creaven
Account Management, Client Partner @ EPAM
Rachel Izzard
Chief Financial Officer @ Aer Lingus
Margaret Troy
VP Technology & CTO EMEA @ First Data
Sarah O’Neill
Head of the Foundry @ Google
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Sheree Atcheson
Board-appointed Global Ambassador @ Women Who Code
Diversity of your leadership means diversity of your team which means diversity of your product. Products made by diverse people are substantially more likely to be profitable as they are created for a varied audience.
This talk will focus on the business benefit of diversity in your organisation, how employees of all levels can be involved and how we need to embrace diversity of all facets, not just gender.
Key Takeaways: Everyone can have an impact, male allyship is crucial, middle management must be engaged for your D&I strategy to succeed.
The Future of Technology
Barbara McCarthy
Director of Engineering @ HubSpot
Key Takeaways: find out what Generation Z expects from employers, and learn how to build an engineering culture that will attract and retain a diverse team of top talent in a competitive landscape.
Getting Technical - Workshops & Seminars
Jillian Godsil
Co-Founder @ Blockleaders
The mis-coined expression from Alexander Dumas' novel, 'The Mohicans of Paris', refers to how woman are the source of all problems. I want to use this familiar expression to look for women in blockchain - whether they be problematic or not! Right now only 4% of the blockchain community are women.
We will look at the exciting and transformational world of blockchain and why women need to get involved. Jillian has never been more excited in her 30+ career in fintech to be part of blockchain - and she invites women of all ages to come join the revolution.
Key Takeaways: It is never too late to teach an old dog new tricks. Pivot your experience into new areas and excel. You cannot afford not to be involved in blockchain - we are going to change the world and we need women to be at the helm.
The Future of Technology
Sarah Cunningham
Vice President, Technology Hub @ Mastercard
Ciara Garvan
CEO @ WorkJuggle
Along with a panel comprising a remote worker; a recent returner to the workplace; a Dad who took extended paternity leave; and a HR professional – all discussing the topic of workplace flexibility
Sarah and Ciara will be joined by a panel comprising a remote worker; a recent returner to the workplace following a career break; a Dad who took extended paternity leave; and a HR professional – all sharing their personal, honest journeys of their quest to achieve workplace flexibility
Career Guidance and Personal Development
Oksana Afonina
Director of EMEA Growth Partnerships @ AppLovin
Key Takeaways: learn how to implement change that starts from you, self-awareness and self-education is key, there are always opportunities to empower others around you and scale your impact.
Career Guidance and Personal Development
Geraldine MacCarthy
Head of Business EMEA @ Dropbox
We spend more time managing work and than actually doing it. Workaboutwork is all the extra, bureaucratic work that we do before we get to our actual work, and it’s stopping us from bringing our best selves to the office. Geraldine MacCarthy, head of Dropbox Business at EMEA will share her insights on how to reduce workaboutwork through a more enlightened way of working, and how being a senior leader at Dropbox has taught her the importance of improving workspaces, encouraging teams, and offering tools that work best for people.
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