2023 Speakers

Alberto Barreiro
Creative, Design and Digital Strategist. Professor of Design Strategy, Digital Media & Innovation – IED Madrid, Associate Professor – IE School of Human Sciences and Technology

Prof. Turlough Downes
Computational astrophysicist and plasma physicist who enjoys turbulence, magnetic fields, back-of-the-envelope calculations and mathematical modelling of all kinds. Director of the Centre for Astrophysics & Relativity at DCU.

Nina McGowan
Professional Freediver, Artist and Climate Change Activist. Nina took home Gold for Ireland and a world record at the Freediving World Championships in 2022.

Devon Fox
Senior Director, Media PMO & QA, PGA TOUR Devon is an award-winning leader in the sports technology and media space.

Stephen Kinsella
Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick, Ireland, Head of the Department of Economics, Co-Director of the UL’s Immersive Software Engineering programme, and Research Associate at the Rhodes Centre for International Finance at Brown University. Member of the Irish Government’s AI Advisory Council.
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