Speakers

The first speakers at this year’s Furthr Festival have been announced. Stay tuned as we release more in the run up to the event!  

Paddy Hayes 

CEO, ESB

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Sophie Howe

Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

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Arsenio Otero

COO, Celonis

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Gina London

CEO, Language of Leadership

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Michael Culligan

CEO, Furthr 

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Niamh Graham

Senior Vice President of Global Human Experience, Work Human

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Ken Cahill

CEO, SilverCloud Health

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Matt Allen 

Managing Director at CrowdComms

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Stephanie Anderson

Public Policy Manager, Ireland at Meta

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Tracey Donnery

Director of Communications and Policy at Skillnet Ireland

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Aisling Teillard

Co-founder and CEO at Our Tandem

 

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Nancy Xu 

VP Producer at Epic Games

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Fiona Kilkelly

Eirmersive, Founder of Immerse UK

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Dan Ring 

Head of Research at Foundry 

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Sol Rogers

Global Director of Innovation, Magnopus

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Steve Cambell

Assistant Professor, University College Dublin

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Dr Colm Browning

Senior Research Fellow, DCU

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Jason Rothberg

CEO, Xavatar

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Paul Healy

CEO, Skillnet

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John Glennane

CEO, Capventis

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Liz Thomas,

Head of Strategic Projects, Skillnet Ireland

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Anthony Quigley

Founder & Director, The Corporate Governance Institute

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Isabelle O’Keeffe

Partner, Sure Valley Ventures

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Niall McEvoy

Venture Partner, Elkstone Ventures

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Samira Kaissi

Entrepreneur in residence,  Lightstone Ventures

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Emmanuele Angione

Managing Partner, Lira

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Michelle Tierney

Co-Founder, SymPhysis Medical

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Neil Cocker

Experienced startup founder/ CEO, startup community builder, coach and mentor

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Deborah Cameron

Chief Business Development Officer, Denver Economic Development & Opportunity

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Thierry Artaud

Consultant, Furthr

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Richard Watson

Managing Partner, Furthr VC

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Raoul Empey

Managing Director, Sustineo

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Sarah Miller

Chief Executive-Rediscovery Centre,
The National Centre for the Circular Economy

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Breandan Goss

European Accelerator Manager, Tangent UCD

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Aisling Kirwan

Founder, PositiveCarbon

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Alan Costello

Director, Resolve Partners

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Eamon Galvin

Founder, KnowCarbon

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Darren O’Donoghue

COO, Cameramatics

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Dr. Janice O’Connell

Head of Department, IT/MW Technology
Ambassador

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Chelsea Rosty

Chief of Staff, Denver Economic Development & Opportunity

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Mark Jordan

Chief Strategy Officer, Skillnet Ireland

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Michael Guerin

Founder and CEO, Imvizar

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Kieran Mahon

Smart DCU Projects Facilitator, Dublin City University

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Alireza Dehghani

Technical Program Manager, CeADAR, UCD

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John O’Dea

Tech Ireland

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Prof. Kevin R. Powers

Founder and Director, MS in
Cybersecurity Policy & Governance Programs, Boston College

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Dr Paul Anglim

Health Lead, Guinness Enterprise
Centred

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Laurie Knell

Strategic Innovation

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Camille Donegan

Eirmersive

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Machaela O’Leary

Talent Garden, Campus Manager

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Andrew Chitty

UKRI Director Audience, Future UK

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Maria Diviney

COO at Luna Systems

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Jonny Cosgrove

MeetingRoom

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Keith Jordan

VP Innovation, Mastercard

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Ronan McCabe

Animation Ireland

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Aaron Jay

CEO, Emagine

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Brenda Mannion

COO, Mersus

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Mark McCarville

CEO/Founder at Mindseed

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Nicky Gogan

Producer & Development Exec, Piranha Bar

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Declan Keeney

Studio Ulster

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John Cassy

CEO, Factory 42

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Niamh Herrity

Head of Production, Pink Kong

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Emily Aoibheann

Turrus

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Majella Murphy

Business Consultant, Furthr

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Sally-Ann O’Callaghan

Regional Director EMEA, Maxio

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Captain Eddie McGuire

RTI Unit Dept of Defence

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Helen McBreen

Partner at Atlantic Bridge

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Stephen O’Driscoll

Science Foundation Ireland

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Dr Sabrina Decker 

Climate Action Coordinator at Dublin City Council

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Joanne Rourke

DCC Resource Efficiency Officer

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Stephen McNulty 

Ambisense

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Eoghan Finneran

CEO at Farmeye

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Orla Veale

Director of Academic Health Sciences centre at SJH

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Barry Rodgers

Smart Tourism Programme Manager at Smart Dublin

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Caroline Conroy 

Lord Mayor of Dublin

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Grace D’Arcy 

Engagement Programme Manager at Smart Docklands

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Sinead Keogh

Head of Sectors, and Director Medtech & Engineering at IBEC

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Dr Jeremy Skillington

CEO Poolbeg Pharma

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Conor Molloy

AEMS, Climate Ready Academy Moderator

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Gina Dollard

Head of Cyber Resilience and Strategic Regulatory Relations at AIB

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Dr Rosalind Beere 

Furthr Consultant

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Gary Leyden 

HBAN Investment Consultant

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Sarah Jane-Larkin

Director General at Irish Venture Capital Association

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Niamh Sterling 

HBAN Investment Consultant

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Michael Bevis 

Director of Entrepreneurship IP and Innovation at Denver City 

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Eamon Tuhami

Hywl Ventures

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Samira Kaissi

Entrepreneur, scientist, communicator

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Szilvia Szabó

Business Spirit News

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John Stobie

Sales Leader at Salesforce

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Finnian Quinn

Director Of Business Development at Bluewave Technology

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Sean Burke 

Horizon Europe National Delegate and National Contact Point for EIC in Enterprise Ireland

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Neil Cocker 

Experienced startup founder/CEO, startup community builder, coach and mentor.

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Marc Butterly

Business Creation Lead, EIT Health Ireland-UK 

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Paul Manning

Chief Commercial Officer of NovoGrid

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Neil Cocker 

Experienced startup founder/CEO, startup community builder, coach and mentor.

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Marc Butterly

Business Creation Lead, EIT Health Ireland-UK 

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