(L-R): Angela Mitchell, Senior Client Advisor, Enterprise Ireland; Fergal Geraghty, Business Development Manager, Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR); Terry Scanlon, Director of Technology Operations, Digital Manufacturing Ireland (DMI); Laura Plunkett, EDIH Programme Manager, CeADAR.
Last week, CeADAR, Ireland’s Centre for Applied AI and the European Digital Innovation Hub for AI joined 60 other organisations for an AI & Digitalisation Open Day hosted by Kerry and Enterprise Ireland in Kerry Group’s Global Technology & Innovation Centre, Naas.
The event explored how AI, digitalisation and upskilling can support business transformation in the Food and Beverage industry here in Ireland, with attendees hearing first hand from organisations already adopting new technologies and business processes.
Laura Plunkett, EDIH Programme Manager at CeADAR, joined panellists Terry Scanlon from Digital Manufacturing Ireland (DMI) and Fergal Geraghty Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) to explore what food and beverage businesses can learn from other sectors, drawing on practical experiences of addressing business challenges through data, AI and upskilling.
Conor Cahill shared lessons from Dawn Farms Foods’ participation in a Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) project with CeADAR, highlighting the benefits of collaboration. Laura also outlined how businesses can access expertise and support through the Irish EDIH network: CeADAR, Data2Sustain, ENTIRE EDIH Ireland and FactoryXChange 2.0.
Thank you to Angela Mitchell for the invite, and Edmond Scanlon and all the team in Kerry for welcoming and hosting us down in Naas for the day.
