Preliminary Programme

Friday 7th November 2025

Parallel A | Great RoomParallel B | AuditoriumParallel C | Silent Presentation AreaParallel D | Writer's RoomParallel E | Victorian Room
09:00 - 09:30Exhibitor Space Opens
09:30 - 09:45Opening Remarks & Raffle Prize Draw
09:45 - 10:30Plenary
Riding The AI Wave that Never Ends
Alan Smeaton | Dublin City University
Plenary Overview
10:30 - 11:00Tea, Coffee and Networking in the Exhibition Space10:30 - 11:00
Silent Presentation
From Chaos to Compliance- Management and Threat Protection for Apple Devices in two HE Colleges
Joha Ibrahim | University of Limerick
Presentation Overview
10:30 - 11:15
Munster Technological University-MTU Escape Room Workshop
Michael O' Brien
Details to be confirmed
11:00 - 11.30Accessible Health Data in Ireland: Learning from the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing
Dr. Siobhan Scarlett | Tilda, Trinity College Dublin
Session Overview
Lightning Talks
Ctrl + Alt + Deleting Our Digital Clutter: UCC's Digital Tidy Towns Initiative
Michelle Nelson | University College Cork
Overview
Guardrails or Cloud Spending: Securing Educational Institutions from Overspending and Accounts Compromise
Dave Heuts | SURF
Overview
Striving for Web Accessibility Compliance in a University Setting
Pearse Stevenson | University College Dublin
Overview
Inclusive Online Presentations - Making the Most of M365 tools
Noelette Hurley | University College Cork
Overview
11:30 - 12:00Sensing ground motion using telecom fibres: from Earthquakes to urban traffic
Dr. Nicolas Luca Celli | DIAS
Session Overview
Understanding the EU AI Act: Implications and Strategies for the R & E Community
Magdalena Rzaca | GÉANT
12:00 - 12:30Closing Plenary
The Beginning of the Open Internet
Dr. Dennis Jennings | NSFNET
Plenary Overview
12:35CEO Closing Remarks
Ronan Byrne | CEO, HEAnet
12:40Packed Lunch To Go