8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcoming addresses from
Professor Eeva Leinonen, President, Maynooth University
Professor Markus Helfert, Director, Innovation Value Institute

9:40 Roundtable discussion
With this panel discussion we look at five distinct European regions that are critical to the continent’s digital future and ask what is possible beyond 2030, in the context of sustainability and how we safeguard our (digital) society.

10:30 Break and poster display

11:00 International Research Symposium begins

11:00 Masterclass with Prof. Jörn von Lucke – “Generative AI in the Public Sector”

11:00 [Simultaneous sessions] Parallel co-creation workshops, including

• The European Health Data Space: How to Fill the Gaps? with Sam Santosh
• Process Mining Meets Generative AI: Toward Intelligent and Explainable Process Analysis with Dr Azra Aryania
• Can AI Run This Workshop Better Than We (Humans) Can? with Sana Kiran
• The Nature of Data for Sustainability and Health with Dr Tadhg MacIntyre

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00 International Research Symposium, afternoon session

14:00 Masterclass with Prof. Jörn von Lucke – “Generative AI in the Public Sector”, afternoon session [attendees should also have attended morning session]

14:00 [Simultaneous sessions] Parallel co-creation workshops (II), including

• Advancing Age Friendly Futures: State-of-the-Art Technology, Challenges, and Innovations with Dr Claudia Roessing
• From Fields to Data Spaces: Unlocking Agricultural Data Sharing with Fjolla Berisha, Leidiane da Silva and Erica Tegolo
• Cyber to Cyborg: How to preserve critical thinking to keep the human element in tech with Dr Linzi Ryan and Indu Havaldar
• Risk in a Changing World: Digital Risk and Cybersecurity with Dr Ruth Buckley

16:00 Launching the Next Stage of IVI
Reflecting on 20 years of innovative research to celebrate and to ask, what’s next?

17:00 onwards Wine and canapé reception

18:30 Digital Future Forum & Leadership Dinner @Barberstown Castle (invite only)

9:00 Welcoming addresses from
Professor Rachel Msetfi, Vice-President for Research & Innovation, Maynooth University
Professor Markus Helfert, Director, Innovation Value Institute

9:45 Opening address from leading public sector figure

10:15 Keynote addresses from international thought leaders

11:15 Q&A session following keynote addresses

11:30 Break and poster display

12:00 Key strategic debate: The future of regulation and AI
In this high-profile debate, experts from different sectors with very different perspectives will examine the advantages and challenges of governance and regulation in the international context and the age of AI. Does governance stifle innovation, or actually aid it? 

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Parallel deep-dive discussion sessions – a choice of three simultaneous panels

Session 1: Technological Change
Bringing together experts from various areas of cutting-edge technology, we will discuss the tech frontiers we are currently facing and what the future might look like – as well as see some of these new technologies up close!

Session 2: Organisational Change
Examining how businesses are adapting to the challenges of AI to workflows, governance and management

Session 3: Societal Change
Led by Dr Tadhg MacIntyre and the GoGreen Next team, with experts on education, AI and food manufacturing technology, this session looks at how digital transformation impacts upon health, wellbeing and society – as well as work

15:30 Tea & coffee break

16:00 International panel discussion – shaping future research
In this high-profile panel discussion, we will hear from experts from industry, academia and policy who are focused on shaping international research, how they aim to establish strategic collaboration with universities, and interdisciplinary frameworks to address the global challenges. Speakers represent a range of continents (Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas) and will bring different contexts to bear on this international, multi-perspective discussion.

17:00-17:20 Closing remarks and plenary – reflecting on the day’s learnings and discussion

18:30 onward (optional): Summit Gala Dinner (Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth)

9:00-9:30 International Networking Breakfast and welcome in Maynooth University’s historic South Campus (St Patrick’s College)

9:30-10:00 ‘Meet the Experts’ session – hear from and connect with IVI’s resident experts in digital transformation

10:00-10:30 Results of International Student Innovation Challenge & award presentation

10:30-11:45 Tour of the College’s ‘hidden history’ and photo opportunity

11:45 Transportation to local historic site – this year, we visit the National Stud and Gardens

12:30-13:15 History tour of Stud

13:15-15:00 Networking lunch leading into Inspiring Talks from three expert speakers, reflecting on challenges and opportunities

15:00 Transport to return to Maynooth