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Women in Tech Awards
2022-04-08 18:30 - 23:59 (Europe/London) | The Europa Hotel, Great Victoria Street, Belfast, BT2 7AP, United Kingdom
The inaugural Women in Tech Awards will recognise and celebrate women who innovate, challenge and embrace technology, and will showcase inspirational individuals who have achieved great success within the sector.

These awards are hugely important and promote a gender balanced workforce across the tech sector in Northern Ireland. We want to support and acknowledge women in tech by highlighting and recognising great achievements by women in tech today.

The awards ceremony will take place at the Europa Hotel, Belfast on Friday 8th April 2022 as a prestigious formal black-tie event with approximately 300 guests in attendance. The drinks reception will begin from 6.30pm and call to dinner will be 7.15pm. The event will be hosted by former BBC Broadcaster Sarah Travers and will feature an array of entertainment along with the all-important awards presentation after dinner.

BelTech 2022
2022-04-07 09:00 - 18:00 | Titanic Belfast, 1 Olympic Way, Queen's Road, Belfast, Belfast, BT3 9EP, United Kingdom
BelTech 2022 will take place on April 7th in Titanic Belfast and will continue to lead the way in gathering, informing and inspiring Northern Ireland’s technology practitioners of today and of the future.
A vibrant, timely and vital hybrid tech conference for practitioners which will reboot the business tech sector, showcase NI tech business resilience to domestic and global audience and lead on the development of a new Cloud Native economy.
BelTech will bring together local software practitioners and entrepreneurs online to learn about and discuss the latest advances
in Software Engineering. Giving technology and business leaders a forum to connect and exchange views with peers locally and globally, BelTech also celebrates achievement in NI tech, whilst engaging and inspiring the next generation of professionals.
This year’s event focuses on Software Delivery – the process of delivering technology to market and the tracks and themes are:

Going Live With Technology: These sessions will discuss the challenges of making it to market, what it means to be production ready, the importance of multi-disciplinary teams, Evolutionary Architecture and LiveOps.
What’s Next, New and Changing the Industry: These sessions will discuss emerging technology markets that present new tools. opportunities and improvements for business. Blockchain, Web3, AI, and Cyber Security. The maturity of offerings and potential for growth in these markets.

HyDeploy – Introducing hydrogen into the UK gas grid
2022-04-05 19:00 - 20:15 | Online
Deploying hydrogen to the point of use will be key if the UK is to make the transition from fossil fuels to greener energies. Can the UK’s existing natural gas grid provide the framework for bringing clean hydrogen to homes and businesses?
Featuring guest speaker Tommy Isaac of Progressive Enery Ltd, learn about the key outcomes and findings of the UK’s first live trial of hydrogen blending into a gas grid, which took place at Keele University between October 2019 – March 2021. Alongside this, a broader overview of the current status of the HyDeploy project will be provided; demonstrating how this ground breaking project fits into the UK’s Net-Zero strategy in kickstarting the hydrogen conversion journey.

Farm to Fork 2020 Conference
2022-04-01 15:33 | Northern Ireland
The Farm to Fork 2020 Conference – Building sustainable food systems together, will take place virtually on 15 and 16 October 2020 (World Food Day) and is the first in what will be an annual gathering of European stakeholders interested in helping to shape the EU’s path towards sustainable food systems.
The conference is hosted by the European Commissioner for Health & Food Safety, Ms. Stella Kyriakides, and the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Janusz Wojciechowski. The opening address of the Conference will be given by the European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans.
Stakeholders across the food value chain, public authorities, international and civil society organisations, as well as other citizens and the interested public are invited to join the debate and contribute to the implementation of the recently adopted Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system. The event will also provide a forum for discussion on the challenges and opportunities linked to the transition to sustainable food systems, as well as on possible further areas of intervention.
Partner Events
The European Commission is organising a series of partner events concerning actions foreseen in the Farm to Fork Strategy. For a calendar of these events, please click here.
Network with other participants and speakers in a 1:1 meeting
Participants can connect through the platform of the conference to fellow attendees in one-to-one discussions on 15 and 16 October, from 12:30 to 18:00. Speakers will also be available for 1:1 meetings on 15 October from 12:30 to 18:00.
Bookings can be made online from 1 October. Once registered, please go on the “Participants” page to find someone you’re interested in meeting and request a timeslot. Your meeting will only be confirmed if the other participant approves it.
Post on the Marketplace
Through the marketplace, participants can list offers and request items:

Project Cooperation – Add a cooperation wish if you are looking for a cooperation partner for your project
Investment Opportunity – If you are seeking investment, create an Investment Opportunity
Expertise – Describe your kind of expertise & know-how
Request – Create a request for anything specific you are looking for in relation with the event theme

Circular Economy community engagement workshops
2022-03-24 08:00 - 2022-03-29 17:00 | Online
EPSRC, part of UKRI, will be holding two workshops in March 2022 with the aim of exploring the role of engineering and physical sciences (EPS) research in achieving a transition to a circular economy. To maximise engagement with all stakeholders who are interested in attending, they will be running the same workshop twice, on different working days. The workshops will consist of:

Keynote talks from community leaders and EPSRC.
Facilitated discussion sessions around circularity and circular economy research across the engineering and physical sciences.
Networking opportunities.

It is anticipated this event will be of interest to researchers working in areas directly supporting the transition to a circular economy as well as those who have an interest in considering circularity in their own research in other areas. A background in circular economy research is not a pre-requisite and applications are actively encouraged from those new to the area or only just beginning to consider how to embed circularity in their research.
Colleagues from industry and the third sector are also encouraged to apply in order to foster relationships between industrial needs and fundamental science research, as well as supporting EPSRC to ensure non-academic drivers are reflected in future priorities and scoping activities.
Although this is primarily an EPSRC event this is an inherently interdisciplinary area of research. Applications from those not traditionally in EPSRC remit but currently or hoping to collaborate with those who are to deliver a circular future and/or embed circularity in EPS research and innovation are also encouraged.
Please note there is no funding associated with this activity.
Objectives
The overarching objectives of the workshops are as follows:
Increase the awareness and understanding of the role of EPS research in delivering a transition to a circular economy.

Increase the awareness and understanding of how to embed circularity in EPS research.
Encourage interaction between a wide range of stakeholders and partners with expertise or interest in the circular economy.
Identify research challenges and opportunities that could be developed as future priorities and develop understanding of the support needed to ensure research in the area delivers maximum impact.
Increase the understanding of current opportunities (including funding) which can be provided by EPSRC/UKRI for circular economy research.

To apply, please submit an Expression of Interest following the instructions in the call document linked below. Expressions of Interest will open on Wednesday 5th January and will close at 16:00 on Tuesday 15th February.
All Expressions of Interest will be assessed by an EPSRC internal panel and in the event of oversubscription an appropriate number of participants will be selected to attend. Successful applicants will be notified by Tuesday 1st March.

Rebuilding the UK Electricity Grid
2022-03-23 18:00 - 21:30 | Online
Reaching Net Zero emissions requires a huge increase in electricity. As we move to electric vehicles, heat pumps for domestic heating, and power generation from renewable sources, what are the implications for the UK electricity grid and the way it is structured? In this event, The Foundation for Science and Technology will explore how the grid needs to change and adapt to meet a decarbonising society.
Speakers at this event include Nick Winser CBE FREng – Chairman, Energy Systems Catapult, Dr Cathy McClay OBE – Trading and Optimisation Director, Sembcorp Energy UK and Professor Keith Bell – Scottish Power Professor of Smart Grids, University of Strathclyde.

Northern Ireland FinTech Symposium
2022-03-23 10:00 - 14:00 | The Europa Hotel, Great Victoria Street, Belfast, BT2 7AP, United Kingdom
The Northern Ireland FinTech Symposium 2022 will unite FinTech leaders from across the UK in Belfast to celebrate our world-class sector.

EVENT DETAILS

10am – 2pm
SESSIONS TO INCLUDE…

ADDRESS, MINISTER OF STATE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

Conor Burns MP, Northern Ireland Office

NORTHERN IRELAND’S PLACE IN UK FINTECH

Peter Cunnane, Director of International & National Initiatives, Innovate Finance

UPDATE ON THE NI FINTECH ECOSYSTEM

FinTech NI Association

SPOTLIGHT ON REGIONAL FINTECH CLUSTERS

Nicola Anderson, CEO, FinTech Scotland
Joe Roche, Engagement Manager, FinTech North
Hilary Smyth-Allen, Executive Lead, SuperTech West Midlands

WHY NORTHERN IRELAND?

Karen Bradbury, Financial Services Sector Lead, Invest NI

SEED TO SERIES A: NAVIGATING INVESTMENT IN FINTECH

Ryan McAnlis, Investment Director, Techstart Ventures

THE GSIRT PROPOSAL – ACCELERATING NORTHERN IRELAND

Steve Orr, CEO, Catalyst

PANEL DISCUSSION: NORTHERN IRELAND’S FINTECH OPPORTUNITY

Roisin Finnegan, Head of Ventures, Deloitte NI
Carol Rossborough, Co-Founder, ESTHER
Chris Jessup, Finance Partner, A&L Goodbody
Daniel Broby, Professor in Financial Technology, Ulster University

Innovative Digital Technologies in Production Systems
2022-03-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Integrated digital production management systems within a business can deliver control and optimisation of manufacturing, product lifecycle and resource management processes. The main systems are SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), which controls the machines and equipment and MES (Manufacturing Execution System) which controls the activities on the factory floor both within and between each operation.

Channelling the Power and Potential of Space Data II
2022-03-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Join Digital Catapult Northern Ireland, NI Space Office and Blue Inspiration to hear about a series of sector led challenges where the use of space data and application of advanced digital technologies may provide innovative solutions.
Key stakeholders across public bodies have identified potential use cases where space data can be used and innovation can be applied to address challenge areas. The purpose is to present opportunities for SME’s to work alongside government and arm’s length bodies in helping realise the benefits of accessing and utilising space data and innovation from analytics and technologies like AI/ML.
In this information session Digital Catapult will present current challenges from across government where access to space data, data analytics and the application of AI/ML can provide innovative solutions. These challenges will include ways to streamline resource intensive tasks, efficiencies and cost savings, contribute to carbon net zero targets, and use data analytics and AI/ML to innovate on current practice.
Attendees will have:

The opportunity to connect with public sector challenge owners
Opportunity to identify ways in which your organisation may be able to offer expertise and solutions
To hear ways in which opportunities may be supported through access to R&D funds and other opportunities

Who should attend:

Enterprises who have experience of using Space and Satellite data in developing solutions
Enterprises interested in or currently working in analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, drone technology etc
Enterprises with experience in computer vision problems, analysing optical (visible spectrum) pictures, Infra-Red, LIDAR or RADAR
Enterprises with experience of applying innovation and technology to solve civil and public challenges

Featuring challenges that include:

Mapping urban risk areas e.g. underground mine shafts
Mapping coastal areas to identify seaweed for aquaculture
Grassland/Silage yield and quality mapping
Satellite Data for land use: agriculture, habitat mapping, planning etc.

Innovative Digital Technologies in Flexible Manufacturing
2022-03-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Production efficiency often centres around a consistent product and process, optimised to run with minimal downtime. But what happens when customers demand more product variation, where you need to switch a process from one product to another, or where batch sizes are small? This event will explore how digital technology can help manufacturers maintain efficiency and asset utilisation whilst offering the customer what they want.

What works in diversity and inclusion?
2022-03-15 10:30 - 15:15 | Online
This years Royal Academy of Engineering’s annual diversity and inclusion conference will convene the engineering community to accelerate understanding and adoption of what works in diversity and inclusion (D&I).
The online conference will bring together engineering and D&I professionals to collaborate and develop successful solutions to make sustained progress on diversity and inclusion. RAEng address important sub-themes during the day, including how to measure D&I success; what works when creating and maintaining inclusive cultures; and the successes and pitfalls when building inclusive systems, services and products.
Join RAEng to hear from leading engineering companies and discuss how we can achieve our diversity and inclusion ambitions, utilise employee perspectives to identify and develop more impactful measures, and create inclusive systems and products where inherent bias is eliminated.

10.30am
Welcome
Professor Sarah Hainsworth OBE FREng – Chair, Royal Academy of Engineering Diversity and Inclusion Committee

10.40am
Keynote address

11.00am
Opening panel: How to measure diversity and inclusion success

11.30am
BREAK

11.45am
Panel discussion: What helps to make an inclusive culture?

1.00pm
LUNCH

2.00pm
Panel discussion: Developing Inclusive systems and products: Success and pitfalls

3.00pm
An evidence-based future for D&I
Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Academy of Engineering

3.10pm
Feedback & next steps

3.15pm
CLOSE

Innovative Digital Technologies in Quality Management
2022-03-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Ensuring your finished product meets the requirements of your customers is the difference between selling your product (and not). This event will explore how the application of digital technology may improve production quality directly or reduce the time involved in ensuring quality through management and data sharing activity.

Next steps for the Research and Innovation Strategy in Ireland
2022-03-08 09:00 - 13:00 | Online
The agenda of this event focuses specifically on issues in Ireland and will assess priorities for R&I, including measures outlined in the consultation on a National Research and Innovation Strategy.
It comes as the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science continues to develop the new strategy, which will run to 2027.
Policy Forum for Ireland are pleased to be able to include a keynote contribution from Peter Clifford, Head of Strategy, Science Foundation Ireland.
Delegates will discuss the development of the final strategy, priorities for its implementation, implications for policy and stakeholders, and what will be needed to achieve its key aims, which include:

using research and innovation to tackle societal and economic challenges in the context of COVID-19
developing the research system and base, growing capacity and capability, and supporting the workforce
increasing public engagement
driving all-island collaboration, as well as collaboration with the EU and more widely, and growing Ireland’s global presence in R&I

Northern Ireland Showcase
2022-03-03 10:00 - 15:00 | Online
The world is changing, but Northern Ireland is still a great business location.
Our economic vision – the 10X Economy – sets out a bold plan to position Northern Ireland among the top small, advanced economies in the world.
Our intent is to build a strong, competitive economy that helps Northern Ireland compete on the global stage, attract investment and stimulate innovation and creativity.
Join the Northern Ireland Showcase, being broadcast live from the ICC Belfast on 3rd March 2022 to learn more about our ambition to take Northern Ireland to the next level.
What can you expect from the Northern Ireland Showcase?

Minister for the Economy’s welcome and address
Panel sessions featuring:

Leading international businesses thriving in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland companies exporting across the world
Northern Irish diaspora and the power of our connections

If you have any difficulty registering online, please contact the events team by emailing investni@event-ful.co.uk

Engineering and Technology lunchtime networking event
2022-03-01 12:00 - 14:00 | Ormeau Baths, 18 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8HS, United Kingdom
Join DASA, ESA and the Royal Academy of Engineering for an informal lunch and learn about engineering and technology funding and support .

An opportunity for entrepreneurs, SMEs and researchers to meet with representatives from DASA, ESA and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Learn about funding and wider support available to help take your engineering or technology idea to the next level.

Enjoy an informal chat over lunch with friends and colleagues from the world of engineering and technology.

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is a cross-Government organisation that finds and funds exploitable defence and security innovations to make the UK safer. It welcomes ideas from innovators small and large, while providing support to those who have not previously worked with Government.
European Space Agency Space Solutions (S2) provides funding for problem-solving projects, for which there is market demand, that use a space asset, most often satellite data.
The Royal Academy of Engineering is a charity that harnesses the power of engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone. The Academy’s Enterprise Hub supports engineering and technology entrepreneurs who want to start, lead and grow their companies.

Innovative Digital Technologies in New Product Development
2022-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Product development might be driven by changing customer demands or may be unlocked by new production capability to satisfy existing customer demand. This event will explore the digital technologies and associated Systems across supply chains. Specifically, technologies that can drive and enable opportunities for new products or variants.

Next steps for energy policy in NI
2022-03-01 08:30 - 17:00 | Northern Ireland
Next steps for energy policy in NI – the Energy Strategy, just transition, modernisation, security of supply, customers, and the future market
This conference focuses on priorities for energy policy in Northern Ireland, including:
– aims for decarbonising the energy sector by 2050
– the way forward for the energy market and energy suppliers, looking at regulation, competition, reliability, and affordability
– core challenges around fuel poverty and security of supply
It is timed as an opportunity for stakeholders and policymakers to examine the new Northern Ireland Energy Strategy, following its publication by the Department for the Economy on 16th December, to assess its aims and highlight key issues for implementation.
We expect discussion to bring out latest thinking on the Strategy’s key areas of focus, including:
– the energy system – what is required for setting achievable decarbonisation targets, a just transition in NI, and an optimal energy mix to serve demands in electricity, heat, and transport
– futureproofing – priorities for infrastructure development and demand-side management that are fit for changing consumer behaviour and can cope with long-term pressures on the energy system
We are pleased to be able to include keynote contributions from Professor John Barry, Professor of Green Political Economy and Co-Director of the Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action, Queens University Belfast; John French, Chief Executive, Utility Regulator; and Richard Rogers, Head of Energy, Department for the Economy.
Overall, areas for discussion include:
– implementing the new Northern Ireland Energy Strategy, key issues for delivery, and the 2050 vision
– decarbonisation, the transformation of the energy grid, and new climate change legislation
– next steps for the NI energy market, regulatory challenges, competitiveness, and sustainability
– the future for energy infrastructure in Northern Ireland and security of supply
– ensuring quality and affordable service for customers and developing a modern regulatory framework
The discussion is bringing together stakeholders with key policy officials who are due to attend from DAERA, NI; the Department for Communities, NI; the Department for the Economy, NI; Department of Finance, NI; NI Assembly; NIAO; the NIEA; Department of Environment, Climate & Communications, ROI; BEIS; and the DfE.

Clean Energy Revolution – the future is now (Belfast)
2022-02-26 10:00 - 16:00 | 2 Royal Avenue, 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 1DA, United Kingdom
Dr Josh Bailey, a Research Fellow in SMAE, is one of six CASE (Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy) researchers who will be putting on stalls at NI Sustainability Fairs as part of the NI Science Festivals. The NI Sustainability Fairs represent a long-term project designed to explore what we must do to meet to achieve a planet in balance, one that provides for humanity and the millions of other species.
The theme of CASE’s stalls is ”Clean Energy Revolution – the future is now” where the latest research going on at QUB and UU around renewable energy and related sustainable solutions will be shared with the public. This encompasses hydrogen, batteries, anaerobic digestion, food waste, wind and tidal energy, photovoltaics and solar thermal, amongst other environmental issues.
Located in 2 Royal Avenue, a range of local, national and international organisations will be demonstrating a variety of practical ways that they are trying to make a real difference for the planet and what we can do to lend a hand.

What’s the ‘Big Deal’ about the Belfast City Deal?
2022-02-23 19:00 - 20:00 | The Graduate School, Queen’s University, University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
Join Queen’s University for a panel discussion where you will hear from experts about why the City Deal is a very Big Deal! Explore the details and the possibilities that this once-in-a-generation opportunity will offer for Belfast to achieve economic growth and prosperity and unparalleled future job opportunities. The Belfast Region City Deal is a £850 million package of funding between central government and the Belfast region.
During this chaired discussion, the expert panel will explain and explore the science and societal impact of these projects and at the end will invite discussion and debate from the audience.

Delivering the AI Strategy – the use of new AI technologies in industry and the public sector
2022-02-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
In September 2021, the UK Government published the National AI Strategy. Part of this Strategy is to support the transition to an AI-enabled economy. In this event, FST will look at how AI technologies are being deployed now in the public and private sectors, and expectations for the coming years.
Speakers:
Professor Tom Rodden, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Professor Geraint Rees FMedSci, Pro-Vice-Provost AI, University College London
Lord Clement-Jones CBE, House of Lords and Joint Chair of the AI All Party Parliamentary Group
Fourth speaker TBC

Chaired by the Rt Hon Lord (David) Willetts, Chairman of the Foundation for Science and Technology

Critical conversations: What works in diversity and inclusion?
2022-02-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
In the first of this year’s Critical conversations series of online events from the Royal Academy for Engineering, Academy CEO, Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE, will be joined by:

Anne-Marie Neatham, Partnership Director at Ocado Group and COO, Kindred
Dr Karen Salt, Deputy Director for Research, Culture and Environment at UKRI

Drawing on their experience of evidence-based leadership, they will explore how to create disruptors in the engineering community with new and innovative ideas to achieve our diversity and inclusion ambitions. The conversation will also look at ways to measure diversity and inclusion that can make a real impact, and discuss the benefits of measurement to ensure greater belonging and meaningful commitments.
This event will set the scene for the Academy’s forthcoming activities to support diversity and inclusion in engineering, including the annual Diversity and Inclusion conference on 15 March 2022.

NI Science Festival - Turing Talk 2022: A Day in the Life of a Smart City with Prof Julie A. McCann
2022-02-23 17:30 - 20:00 | Assembly Buildings Conference Centre, 2-10 Fisherwick Place, Belfast, Ulster, BT1 6DW, United Kingdom
Part of the IET EngTalk and BCS Lecture Series
With the recent COP26 held in Glasgow, sustainability and climate adaption is on everyone’s minds. The main outcome of this has been an agreement to strengthen 2030 targets by the end of 2022. This talk will discuss the role of the Internet of Things, specifically sensor-based technologies, in both providing data to better understand resource usage for optimization and reduction, as well as providing ground truths to track those targets are being met. To do this this technology needs to be embedded in our transport, our factories, our homes even, and with this brings a new set of challenges around privacy and security. Indeed, such systems are core to building the Digital Twins that drive decision making, but what happens when such systems go wrong? Prof Julie A. McCann will explore this and potential solutions to such scenarios and will illustrate where the technologies are heading with a future look.
About
Professor Julie A McCann heads up Adaptive Emergent Systems Engineering (AESE) in the Dept of Computing where she works with a highly multi-disciplinary group of Post Docs and PhD students from a broad spectra of backgrounds. She leads the Resilient and Robust Infrastructure challenge part of the Data Centric Engineering theme in the Alan Turing Institute, she is PI for the NRF funded Singapore Eco Cities initiative, and is Deputy Director of PeTraS and therein leads the Logistics 4.0 project with the Tate Modern, ARM and Ordinance Survey. She is Imperial PI for the EPSRC Science of Sensing Systems Software (S4) programme grant. Until recently she was the Co-director of the Intel Collaborative Research Institute on Sustainable Connected Cities, the Co-PI of the NEC Smart Water Lab, and Director of the cross-Imperial Smart Connected Futures Network.
She has chaired and remains actively involved with the field’s top conferences (including Infocom, Sensys, IPSN, and EWSN) and is an Associated Editor for IoT-J. She currently delivers the Pervasive Computing teaching module and in the past she lectured Operating Systems courses. She was chair of the Department of Computing Equality and Diversity committee (2018-2021), is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Chartered Engineer and consults on computer-based futures for TV and Film .

Skills@ScAle - Funding Your AI Ambition
2022-02-23 08:00 - 10:00 | Online
The Power of Applied Intelligence – This series of webinars is designed to provide no nonsense, practical and pragmatic advice to Business Leaders, to improve their understanding of artificial intelligence, demonstrate where the growth markets exist, where investment is taking place, the sectors of interest and the applications which are delivering bottom-line return on investment.
The fourth webinar entitled: Funding Your AI Ambition investigates the various funding mechanisms available to business leaders and entrepreneurs to reduce the cost of bringing a AI powered innovation to the market. Our speakers will cover Irish state supports, European schemes and discuss those provided from venture capitalist to provide seed investment.
For more information visit: https://www.ictskillnet.ie/training/skillsscale-webinar-series/
After registration please use the calendar options provided to save the event in your diary
*Do you have a question you would like to ask the panel?
Please send your questions to gillian.ogrady@ictskillnet.ie and they will be compiled for the panellists.

Innovative Digital Technologies in Continuous Improvement
2022-02-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
Capturing data to support decision making is crucial to modern continuous improvement programmes, but as the volume of data grows exponentially, powerful analytical and visualisation techniques are needed to bring the data to life. This area of innovation is progressing at a fast pace, and we will highlight the significant benefits of dedicated solutions in this technology area. The benefits of incremental gains compound over time, so the sooner you start the greater the performance gains over slower rivals.

A.rtifical I.mmortality
2022-02-21 19:00 - 20:30 | The Black Box, 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2LA, United Kingdom
Can AI enable us to live forever? Filmmaker Ann Shin sets out on a journey, exploring the latest AI and biotech with scientists and visionaries who foresee a ‘post-biological’ world where humans and AI merge. Will AI be the best, or the last thing we ever do?

The Future of Public Transport in NI
2022-02-21 18:30 - 19:30 | The Mac, 10 Exchange Street, West, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2NJ, United Kingdom
Translink is leading the transport transformation in Northern Ireland, aiming to operate a net zero emissions fleet by 2040 and creating advanced services and networks to be your first choice for travel today, for tomorrow.
This event will give an account of Translink’s actions to revolutionise and decarbonise NI’s public transport system, transitioning to renewable energy technologies and accelerating net zero emissions across their bus and train fleet and wider business by 2040.
The presentation will explore the opportunities to develop public transport in Northern Ireland. Showcasing the ground-breaking work to deliver the first hydrogen double decker fleet and the first hydrogen refuelling station on the island of Ireland, the further delivery of 100 new zero emission (electric and hydrogen) buses due to service this Spring, the programme to decarbonisation of the rail network and the activities underway to encourage more people to use active travel.
Keynote Speaker: Ian Campbell, Director of Service Operations, Translink

RAEng Engineering ethics report launch
2022-02-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Online
Join RAEng to launch the report, “Engineering Ethics: Maintaining society’s trust in the Engineering Profession”.
To mark the publication of this important work from the Engineering Ethics Reference Group (a joint committee of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Engineering Council), we are hosting a webinar to hear from the Chair of the group, Professor David Bogle FREng. This will be followed by a panel discussion with Chi Onwurah MP, Professor Chris Atkin FREng, Chair of the Engineering Council, Dr Ollie Folayan, Chair of AFBE-UK Scotland and Maitheya Riva, early career engineer representative, IOM3.
Ethical practice has long been part of the behaviours (together with sustainability and inclusion) which make a profession aspirational and trust-worthy. Engineering has been working for many years on embedding ethical engineering in professional practice. This report is next step in this work, drawing in progress so far and launching a new vision. It also includes actions to support that vision, and embed it in the culture of professional engineering.
Programme

5.50pm
Zoom webinar opens

6.00pm
Welcome

6.05pm
Panel discussion

6.40pm
Q&A session

6.55pm
Closing remarks

7.00pm
Close

I ❤️ My STEM Career
2022-02-21 10:45 - 2022-02-22 12:30 | Online and In Person
At I ❤️ My STEM Career, team Startacus and MC Emer Maguire will be chatting to a whole host of local STEM professionals to find out why they love their career and highlighting lots of exciting STEM-focused career opportunities and pathways for teenagers and young people in NI. Expect short punchy chats, and discover if a science, tech, engineering or math inspired job could be for you! Tune in to our live stream taking place over 2 days!
If you are a teacher or school principal and would like some of your students to watch the live stream, or attend one of the two live sessions in-person, please email alastair@startacus.net for an invite.

NISF: AI and You Workshop
2022-02-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
What is artificial intelligence (AI), and how does it work? It will be lots of fun exploring our demonstration tools together! Experts from Ulster University’s AIRC will talk about and demonstrate a number of AI application examples. With the help of these examples, we will understand key concepts of AI and the mathematics involved.

Clean Energy Revolution – the future is now (Derry~Londonderry)
2022-02-19 08:00 - 16:00 | The Playhouse, 5-7 Artillery Street, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT48 6RG, United Kingdom
Dr Josh Bailey, a Research Fellow in SMAE, is one of six CASE (Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy) researchers who will be putting on stalls at NI Sustainability Fairs as part of the NI Science Festivals. The NI Sustainability Fairs represent a long-term project designed to explore what we must do to meet to achieve a planet in balance, one that provides for humanity and the millions of other species.
The theme of CASE’s stalls is ”Clean Energy Revolution – the future is now” where the latest research going on at QUB and UU around renewable energy and related sustainable solutions will be shared with the public. This encompasses hydrogen, batteries, anaerobic digestion, food waste, wind and tidal energy, photovoltaics and solar thermal, amongst other environmental issues.
Located in The Playhouse, a range of local, national and international organisations will be demonstrating a variety of practical ways that they are trying to make a real difference for the planet and what we can do to lend a hand.
