Our Technology Conference – Talent, Funding and the Future took place on Wednesday 1 March 2023 at The Marker Hotel, Dublin.

Pictured L-R: MC Áine Kerr; Oisín Tobin, Partner and Head of our Technology Sector team; keynote speaker Kenneth Cukier; Melanie Crowley, Partner and Head of Employment Law & Benefits.

Our keynote speaker on the day was renowned journalist Kenneth Cukier, Deputy Executive Editor at the Economist and author of “Framers - Make Better Decisions in The Age of Big Data". Digital Entrepreneur, Journalist and COO of Kinzen, Áine Kerr, was our MC for the event.

Technology Sector Survey

Our audience poll found that 71% of Ireland’s technology sector would use generative AI like ChatGPT in their business. The findings showed that sales and marketing is seen as the business function most likely to be affected by AI in the future (31%), followed by legal services (20%) and pharma & life sciences (16%). Explore the full technology sector survey findings.

Panel Discussions

We had three expert panels dealing with topical issues in the sector.

Human Capital - recruiting and retaining talent
Panellists:

Siobhan O’Shea, Director, Scaled Business Success (EMEA/APAC), Indeed
Hannah Cronin, Director, Employment Legal (EMEA, APAC, LATAM & Canada), Pinterest
Anne-Marie Tierney Le-Roux, Head of FDI – Technology, IDA
Ger Connolly, Partner, Employment and Benefits Team, Mason Hayes & Curran

This session was chaired by Melanie Crowley, Partner and Head of Employment Law, Mason Hayes & Curran