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IVI Summit 2024 What’s possible by 2030? Accelerate change with responsible use of AI

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Managing IT like a Business is to research, develop and disseminate empirically proven and industry validated best practice for Digital Transformation.

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Managing IT like a Business is to research, develop and disseminate empirically proven and industry validated best practice for Digital Transformation.

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Managing IT like a Business is to research, develop and disseminate empirically proven and industry validated best practice for Digital Transformation.

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Managing IT like a Business is to research, develop and disseminate empirically proven and industry validated best practice for Digital Transformation.

IVI’s mission is to research, develop and disseminate empirically proven and industry validated best practice for Digital Transformation through a unique open innovation collaboration between leading academic and industry practitioners.

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Caroline Creamer Caroline Creamer
Director of the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD)
Dr. Marco Alfano Dr. Marco Alfano
Senior Researcher / Digital Health Cluster Lead
Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre
Associate Professor, Environmental Psychology
Dr. Michael Hanley Dr. Michael Hanley
Knowledge Transfer Manager and Senior Research Fellow

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Case Studies

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Circular Business Models for the Construction Sector
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Business Transformation Empowering business evolution with strategic expertise in digital readiness
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Toolkits & Frameworks Providing structured resources to guide digital maturity

IVI Summit 2025

Frontier AI, Data & Digital Transformation Conference Maynooth University
Day 1: Visions In Action Overview
8:30 am
Registration & Coffee
8:45 am
Opening by Summit Co-Chairs Simon Hanratty and Zoe Ryan
CIO of Irish Life Group | Streaming Coordinator at RTÉ Sport
8:50 am
Directors Welcome: Prof. Markus Helfert
Director of Innovation Value Institute
9:00 am
Opening Address by Prof. Rachel Msetfi
Vice President Research and Innovation at Maynooth University
9:20 am
Opening Panel:
Advanced Digital Skills in a rapidly changing world - Can we win the race for talent?

This panel explores how advanced digital skills fuel economic growth and competitiveness. With EU and Irish targets for digital literacy and innovation talent, it examines the rising demand for AI, data science, and digital transformation experts, alongside challenges for SMEs and gaps in lifelong learning.

Caroline Creamer, Dr. Marco Alfano, Dr. Michael Hanley, Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre
10:00 am
Coffee & Networking Break With Poster Display
10:30 am
Roundtable debate:
The Future of Digital Service Innovation | Bridging Al & Human-Centric Design

This roundtable brings together experts to explore digital service innovation, focusing on AI, data, and human-centered design to enhance user experience, enable sustainability, and shape adaptable, service-driven business models.

Caroline Creamer, Dr. Marco Alfano, Dr. Michael Hanley, Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Dr. Zohreh Pourzolfaghar, Prof. Markus Helfert
11:00 am
Research symposium on Digital Transformation, AI and Data

Researchers, students and early-career researchers are given a platform to present their work and facilitate discussion among experts across varying fields and institutions.

Caroline Creamer, Dr. Marco Alfano, Dr. Michael Hanley, Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre
11:30 am
Process Science in Action: Process Mining to Untangle, Discover, and Optimize Your Business

Understand Process Mining: key techniques and real-world applications and challenges. Learn to analyse and optimize business processes, to use Process Mining tools, and how to leverage enhanced efficiency, compliance, and improved decision-making.

Dr. Michael Hanley, Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Dr. Zohreh Pourzolfaghar
12:00 am
Funding Innovation for SME's

An engaging event focused on innovation and business growth for startups and SMEs looking to scale their businesses. We will explore the supports available for Irish business to turn their innovative ideas to working solutions.

Caroline Creamer, Dr. Marco Alfano, Dr. Michael Hanley, Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Dr. Zohreh Pourzolfaghar, Prof. Markus Helfert
1:00 pm
Networking Lunch & Poster Display
2:00 pm
Sustainable Cities and Urban Places: Digital Innovation, New European Bauhaus and Circular Strategies

This workshop engages municipalities, businesses, and researchers in exploring digital transformation in Smart Cities and Regions, focusing on sustainable urban planning, circular design, and data-driven planning while addressing citizen engagement and cybersecurity challenges.

Dr. Marco Alfano, Dr. Michael Hanley, Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre
2:20 pm
Transforming Food & Beverage: Addressing Digitalization Challenges Across Europe

This workshop engages Food and Beverage (F&B) Industry Leaders, Digital Transformation experts, and Key Stakeholders in an in-depth exploration of the challenges and barriers to digitalization in the F&B sector in Ireland and the EU.

Dr. Tadhg E. MacIntyre, Dr. Michael Hanley, Dr. Marco Alfano
2:40 pm
GoGreen Next: Pathways to Change for New Horizons

A bespoke workshop for leaders. Reflections and adapting change. Practical tools to embed sustainability into your work by harnessing storytelling, positive language, future-thinking, and influence.

Dr. Marco Alfano, Dr. Michael Hanley, Dr. Zohreh Pourzolfaghar
6:30 pm
Presentation by Prof. Edward Gregg
Head of the RCSI School of Population Health
4:50 pm
Feedback From Sessions
5:10 pm
Wine & Canapé Selection
Day 2: Digital Futures Overview
8:30 am
Registration & Coffee
9:00 am
Opening by Summit Co-Chairs Simon Hanratty & Zoe Ryan
CIO of Irish Life Group | Streaming Coordinator at RTÉ Sport
9:06 am
Directors Welcome: Prof Markus Helfert
Director of Innovation Value Institute
9:15 am
Welcome Address by Prof. Jan Vom Brocke
AIS President-Elect of the Association for Information Systems 2025-2028
9:45 am
Welcome Address by Minister of State for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment, Emer Higgins, T.D.
Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
10:15 am
Paul Delahunty
Chief Information Security Officer at Stryve
10:35 am
Dr. Tim Calahan, MS, MBA, DBA
Chief Technology Officer at Michigan Medicine
10:55 am
Colleen Fitzgerald
IT Director at Aramark
11:15 am
Q&A Panel with Morning Spotlight Speakers

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