Let’s Talk: AI & Sustainability Opportunities, Challenges, and Impact

In collaboration with The CUBE, Portlaoise. 

Learn. Connect. Get Inspired.

Join us for an event that explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and sustainability, a timely conversation on how smart technologies can improve productivity and drive better outcomes for businesses, people, and the planet.

Our keynote speaker for this event is Adrian Weckler, Technology Editor of The Irish Independent and The Sunday Independent, and host of Ireland’s most listened-to technology podcast, The Big Tech Show.

Hosted by the Midlands ICT Network in collaboration with The CUBE Low Carbon Centre of Excellence, this event brings together AI experts and innovators who are actively shaping the future of tech-enabled sustainability.

🔍 Event Agenda

10:00 AM – Registration & Networking (Tea/Coffee served)
10:25 AM – Welcome Remarks from Caroline Hofman, Managing Director, The CUBE and Cormac Strain, ICT Network Co-Ordinator

10:30 AM – Prof. Michael Dowling, Professor of Financial Technology, DCU
Using AI to Maximise Your Business

10:50 AM – Ramy Ebeid, EDIH AI Training Manager with CeADAR Ireland – CeADAR's fully funded EDIH for AI Programme, Empowering Enterprises and Public Sector Organisations to use AI

11:10 AM – Networking / Coffee Break

🎤 Keynote Address

11:20 AM – Adrian Weckler, Tech Editor, Irish & Sunday Independent
Implementing AI as a Sustainable Tool for Business

📊 Case Study Presentation

12:00 PM – Jenna Farrell, Founder of Scopey
Tackling Cost Overruns & Delays: How Scopey Keeps Projects Moving

💬 Interactive Q&A + Panel Discussion

12:20 PM – Q&A and Panel Discussion with Speakers

12:45 PM – Light Lunch & Networking

Who should attend:
Business leaders, SMEs, entrepreneurs, sustainability advocates, public sector professionals, and anyone curious about the practical and ethical role of AI in building a more resilient and sustainable future.

This is a free event but registration is essential as places are limited. Register now and be part of the conversation shaping tomorrow.

The Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan Pathway for Just Transition Programme is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the EU Just Transition Fund Programme 2021-2027