Preliminary Programme
Thursday 6th 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 - 09:05 | Welcome & Opening | ||||
| 09:05 - 09:15 | HEAnet Chairperson Address Professor Mike Murphy | Chairperson, HEAnet | ||||
| 09:15 - 09:30 | HEAnet CEO Address Ronan Byrne | CEO, HEAnet | ||||
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Opening Plenary Quantum Computing and Post-Quantum Cryptography: Preparing for the Next Era of Cybersecurity Dr. Hazel Murray | Munster Technological University Session Overview | ||||
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Meet our Exhibitors and Sponsors 30 - Second Elevator Pitch | ||||
| 10.30 - 11.30 | Meet and Greet Exhibitors with Tea & Coffee Exhibition Area | 10:30 - 11:30 Silent Presentation: The Benefits of Being ISO27001 certified Daniella Vendramini | HEAnet Generative AI and source code development risks Glenn Wearen | HEAnet How the use of AI will make attacks far easier and more common Nathan Duffy | HEAnet ICT Security Services, HEAnet | 10.45 -11.30 Fortinet Workshop: Beyond the Campus - A SASE Approach to Educational Security Workshop Overview | ||
| 11:30-12:00 | Automating Azure Account Compromise Investigations - Alan Pike | Technological University Dublin Session Overview | The Cable that Changed the World Dr. Maryrose Stafford | Munster Technological University Session Overview | 11:30-12:15 HEAnet Development of national EOSC node in Ireland Roberto Sabatino I HEAnet Session Overview | ||
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Inside the Eindhoven University of Technology Cyberattack in January 2025: Crisis, Response, and Resilience Michiel van Grootel | Eindhoven University of Technology Session Overview | From Fastnet Lighthouse to the Cloud: Dovetailing Resilience into Greener Data Centre Infrastructure James Delaney | University College Cork Session Overview | |||
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Garden Dining Room | ||||
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Networking with Tea, Coffee & Dessert Exhibition Area | 13:30 - 14:00 Silent Presentation: Maynooth University's Move to Intent-Based Networking, or Bowling with the Bumpers on! Peter Gaughran | Maynooth University Presentation Overview | 13:30-14:15 Fox-IT Workshop Confessions of a Cyber Defender: Truths from the SOC trenches | 13:30 - 14:45 Drop in Session HEAnet Brokerage Team | ‘Ask Us Anything’ drop in session | |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Panel Discussion Building the Infrastructure of Ideas: Building the Next Generation University Ronan Byrne | CEO HEAnet Lise Fuhr | CEO GÉANT Heidi Fraser-Krauss | CEO Jisc Phillip Fischer | CIO, University College Dublin Dr. Gerard Culley | Director of IT Services, University College Cork (Panel Chair) | ||||
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Session break | 14:45 - 15:15 Silent Presentation: Techies-Go-Green | Lead the Charge Michael O' Hara Presentation Overview | 14:45 - 15:30 Amazon Web Services Workshop Empowering Education with AWS Innovation Sandbox: Secure, Scalable, and Cost-Effective Cloud Learning Environments Workshop Overview | ||
| 15:00 - 15:45 | 15:00 - 15:30 Validated Trust: How to Implement and Sustain Zero Trust in Higher Education Zero Trust Unlocked: From Theory to Practice Richard Dunne | Technological University Dublin Rogerio Palmares | Dublin City University | Lightning Talks Green Computing for ICT Sustainability: Smarter Code, Lower Emissions: Thalita Nazaré | Maynooth University Overview Empowering Users with Microsoft Power Platform: From App to Adoption: Nevan McCartin | University of Galway Overview Boole Bot: Transforming IT Support with AI-Powered Chat on Microsoft Teams: Xiangyu Meng | University College Cork Overview Europe's PM² Project Management Methodology - Providing a Common Approach to Project Management for UCD Staff: Frank Desmond | University College Dublin Overview Quantum Leaps & Password Myths: Spotting the Noise in Cyber Advice: Barry Foley | University College Cork Overview | Heavy-Industry Edge Data Fabric: Policy Aware Governance and Industry Integration into EOSC Dr. Neff Flaithri | Technological University of the Shannon Session Overview | ||
| 15:35 - 15:45 Wellness Breathwork Break | |||||
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Embedding Cybersecurity across University College Cork Katie Horgan | University College Cork Session Overview | The Future of EU Collaborations: Geopolitical Shifts and Legal Implications Monique Pellinkhof | GÉANT Session Overview | 16:00 - 16:45 Micromail/Adobe Workshop Up level your research with Acrobat Studio Workshop Overview | 15:45 - 16:00 Lightning Talks Staff Researcher Costs Forecaster App Eoin O' Sullivan | University College Cork Overview Research Advancement Using UL's Project Management Methodology Timo Shinnors | University of Limerick Overview The NORF Strategy and Roadmap for Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) Bridie O' Neill | Maynooth University Overview | |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Tea, Coffee and Networking Exhibition Space | Silent Presentation: HEAnet's New and Improved DNS Services for Clients Kevin Dermody | HEAnet Presentation Overview | |||
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Keynote Speaker To be announced | ||||
| 17:30 | Day One - Close | ||||
| 19:30 | Pre Drinks Reception and Gala Dinner Sponsored by Aurora Telecom |