Midlands ICT Network Event

Let’s Talk: AI & Sustainability Opportunities, Challenges, and Impact
In collaboration with The CUBE, Portlaoise.
LEARN. CONNECT. GET INSPIRED.
CeADAR’s EDIH AI Training Manager, Ramy Ebeid is speaking at this 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.
The 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.