Preliminary Programme
Wednesday 5th November 2025
| Parallel A | Great Room | Parallel B | Auditorium | Parallel C |Silent Presentation Area | Parallel D | Writer's Room | Parallel E | Victorian Room | |
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| 15:30 | Conference 2025 Registration Opens | ||||
| 18:00 | Newcomers’ Briefing & Mingle | ||||
| 18:30 | Welcome Reception and Dinner sponsored by Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. |
Thursday 6th November 2025
| Parallel A - GREAT ROOM (Capacity 500) | Parallel B - AUDITORIUM (Capacity 225) | Parallel C - Silent Presentation Area | Parallel D - Writer's Room | Parallel E - Victorian Room (Capacity 15 - 20) | |
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| 09:00 - 09:05 | Welcome & Opening | ||||
| 09:05 - 09:15 | HEAnet Chairperson Address Professor Mike Murphy Chairperson, HEAnet | ||||
| 09:15 - 09:30 | HEAnet CEO Address https://www.conference.heanet.ie/speaker-bios Ronan Byrne CEO, HEAnet | ||||
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Opening Plenary: Quantum Computing and Post-QuantumCryptography: Preparing for the Next Era ofCybersecurity Dr. Hazel Murray | ||||
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Meet our Exhibitors and Sponsors 30 - Second Elevated Pitch | ||||
| 10.30 - 11.30 | Meet and Greet Exhibitors with Tea & Coffee | n/a | Silent Presentation 1: Title of presentation to be announced ICT Security Services, HEAnet 10:30 - 11:30 | Fortinet Workshop Title of workshop to be announced 10.45 -11.30 | n/a |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Presentation :1 Dr, MaryRose Stafford The Cable that Changed the World | Presentation2: Lead the Charge Micheal O'Hara - Techies Go Green | n/a | N/A | HEAnet Development of national EOSC node in Ireland Roberto Sabatino - HEAnet 11:30-12:15 |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Presentation 3: Automating Azure Accout Compromise Investigations - Mr Alan Pike Technological University Dublin | Presentation 4: From Fastnet Lighthouse to the Cloud: Dovetailing Resilence into Greener Data Centre Infrastructure Mr. James Delaney University College Cork | n/a | ||
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | ||||
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Exhibitioon Area - Networking with Tea, Coffee & Dessert | n/a | Silent Presentation 2: Maynooth University's move to intent-based networking, or bowling with the bumpes on! Peter Gaughran 13:30 - 14:00 | Fox-IT Workshop Confessions of a Cyber Defender: Truths from the SOC trenches 13:30-14:15 | Drop in Session Brokerage Team – ‘Ask Us Anything’ drop in session 13:30 - 14:45 |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Plenary Title of session to be announced Panelists include: Ronan Byrne - CEO HEAnet Lise Fuhr - CEO GÉANT Phillip Fischer - University College Dublin Dr. Gerard Culley - University College Cork(Session Chair) | ||||
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Session break | Silent Presentation 3: 14:45 - 15:15 n/a | Amazon Web Services Workshop Title of workshop to be announced 14:45 - 15:30 | ||
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Presentation 5: Zero Trust - Title to be confirmed Richard Dunne - Technological University Dublin Rogerio Palmares - Dublin City University | Lightning Talks: Green Computing for ICT Sustainability: Smarter Code, Lower Emissions: Thalita Nazare - Maynooth University Empowering Users with Microsoft Power Platform: From App to Adoption: Nevan McCartin - University of Galway Boole Bot: Transforming IT Support with AI-Powered Chat on Microsoft Teams: Xiangyu Meng - University College Cork Europe's PM² Project Management Methodology - providing a common approach to project management for UCD staff: Frank Desmond - University College Dublin Quantum Leaps & Password Myths: Spotting the Noise in Cyber Advice: Barry Foley - University College Cork Inclusive Online Presentations | n/a | n/a | 15:00- 15:45 Heavy-Industry Edge Data Fabric: Policy Aware Governance and Industry Integration into EOSC Dr. Neff Flaithri - Technological University of the Shannon 15:45 - 16:00 Lightning Talks Staff Researcher Costs Forecaster App Eoin O' Sullivan - University College Cork Research Advancement Using UL's Project Management Methodology Timo Shinnors - University of Limerick The NORF Strategy and Roadmap for Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) Bridie O' Neill - Maynooth University |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Presentation 6 Embedding Cybersecurity across University College Cork Katie Horgan - University College Cork | Presentation 7: The Future of EU Collaborations: Geopolitical Shifts and Legal Implications Monique Pellinkhof - GÉANT | n/a | Micromail/Adobe Workshop Title of workshop to be announced 16:00 - 16:45 | |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Tea, Coffee and Networking in the Exhibition Space | Silent Presentation 3: HEAnet's New and Improved DNS Services for Clients Kevin Dermody - HEAnet 16:15 - 16:45 | n/a | ||
| 16:45 - 17:30 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. Norah Patten - Aeronautical Engineer Speaker | Author | STEM Advocate More information coming soon! | ||||
| 17:30 | Day One - Close | ||||
| 19:30 | Pre drinks reception and Gala Dinner - Sponsored by Aurora Telecom | ||||
Friday 7th November 2025
| Parallel A | Great Room | Parallel B | Auditorium | Parallel C |Silent Presentation Area | Parallel D | Writer's Room | Parallel E | Victorian Room | |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 | Exhibitor Space Opens | ||||
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Opening Remarks & Raffle Prize Draw | ||||
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Plenary 3: The Beginning o | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tea, Coffee and Networking in the Exhibition Space | 10:30 - 11:00 Silent Presentation 4: From Chaos to Compliance- Management and Threat Protection for Apple Devices in two HE Colleges Joha Ibrahim | University of Limerick | |||
| 11:00 - 11.30 | Lightning Talks Green Computing for ICT Sustainability: Smarter Code, Lower Emissions Thalita Nazare | Maynooth University Empowering Users with Microsoft Power Platform: From App to Adoption Nevan McCartin | University of Galway Guardrails for Cloud Spending: Securing Educational Institutions from Overspending and Account Compromise Dave Heuts | SURF Striving for web accessibility compliance in a university setting Pearse Stevenson | University College Dublin | Presentation 8: Accessible Health Data in Ireland: Learnings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing Dr. Siobhan Scarlett | Tilda, Trinity College Dublin | |||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Presentation 9: Sensing ground motion using telecom fibres: from Earthquakes to urban traffic Dr. Nicolas Luca Celli | DIAS | Presentation 10: Dennis Jennings | |||
| 12:00 - 12:15 | CEO Closing Remarks Ronan Byrne | CEO, HEAnet | ||||
| 12:15 | Packed Lunch To Go | ||||