Tech Talk- Transforming your business with GenAI

Tech Industry Alliance and KPMG Ireland are pleased to bring you the next event in the Tech Talk Series: Transforming your business with GenAI.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers significant opportunities for business leaders to drive efficiency and growth within their markets. GenAI is a game-changing technology within that field that offers innovative ways to engage customers, generate rich content and gain deeper insights from your business. It is creating entirely new avenues for improving experiences, delivering new value streams and transforming how businesses think about their data.

Join us at the UCC Centre for Executive Education on Lapps Quay on Tuesday 30 April from 7:30am to 09:00am as we explore how GenAI can transform your business. Registration, refreshments & networking will begin from 7.30am, panel discussion from 8.00am – 9.00am.

This tech talk will provide practical insights for business owners who are seeking to better understand the opportunities and practical applications of GenAI within their own businesses. With a focus on actionable strategies, business leaders will gain a clear view of how to advance their AI journey and reimagine how their businesses can embrace this new transformative opportunity. Our KPMG experts will be joined by Alan O’ Herlihy from Everseen, Olivia Keenaghan from Cloudera and Marie Toft from Emotionise AI who will share their journey embracing AI and how this is shaping their businesses. More speakers will be announced soon.

Who Should Attend

This event is tailored for business owners, senior business leaders and industry leaders who are seeking to learn more about the application of Generative AI technologies to business. This event aims to provide practical insights and strategies for businesses to leverage GenAI to drive efficiency, engage customers, and gain deeper insights into their business operations.

Speakers

The event will feature expert panellists from diverse backgrounds, each bringing unique insights and expertise in the field of AI:

• Alan Lavery, Director Applied Intelligence - GenAI Lead at KPMG Ireland
• Olivia Keenaghan, Senior Director (IT) at Cloudera
• Alan O'Herlihy, Founder & CEO at Everseen
• Marie Toft, CEO & Co-Founder of Emotionise AI
• Cian Kelliher, Partner at KPMG Ireland

Registration

This is a free event for Tech Industry Alliance members only and registration is essential.

Event Sponsor- KPMG Ireland

KPMG in Cork has been advising businesses of every size and sector across the region for over forty years. From start-ups and high potential companies to established global names – KPMG provide audit, tax and advisory services to help their clients achieve their business objectives in all sectors.

Overview of speakers

Alan Lavery

Alan is a Consulting Director with 23 years of advisory and consulting experience, working with Irish, UK and International businesses. Alan, a Chartered Civil Engineer by background, leads the Belfast Centre of Excellence and specialises in the appraisal, design and implementation of data strategies, data solutions and the adoption of Artificial Intelligence across a wide variety of business types. Alan's industry experience covers Retail, Energy and Utilities, Public Sector and Infrastructure.

Olivia Keenaghan

Olivia Keenaghan is a Senior Director in the IT organisation at Cloudera. She has over 20 years of experience leading global IT teams in High Tech, Pharma and Public Sector industries. With a passion for People, Digital Transformation and Automation, Olivia is dedicated to driving innovation and empowering her teams to thrive in this constantly evolving environment.

Alan O'Herlihy

Alan is the founder & CEO of Everseen. Alan has over 20 years expertise in Industry Innovation, he is particularly passionate about Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Robotics & backyard inventing.

Everseen provides Visual AI™ solutions to retailers to improve their bottom line by minimizing shrink, streamlining operations, and helping to deliver a better customer experience. As technology innovators, Everseen's best-in-class AI and computer vision delivers unmatched value at global scale. Whether it's at checkout lanes, in aisles, or at the receiving door, Everseen helps retailers see the unseen.

Marie Toft

Marie Toft is the CEO & Co-Founder of Emotionise AI - a Generative AI company that puts the Emotional Intelligence into Artificial Intelligence, the EI into AI. Emotionise AI helps companies build better relationships at scale for improved customer support outcomes and employee engagement. Emotionise AI inspire trust, connection and greater productivity by empowering users to always communicate with emotional intelligence.

Cian Kelliher

Cian is a Management Consulting Partner with over 17 years of advisory experience working with Irish and international businesses. He specialises in supporting clients with large-scale business transformation, digital and IT change, operating model design and programme delivery. Cian has worked across a wide range of sectors including Lifesciences, Retail, Manufacturing, Technology, Agri and Financial Services. He is currently the lead Consulting Partner for KPMG's Corporates Sector and Life Sciences practice. Cian has a BSc and MBs from University College Cork.