The Ireland AI Conference 2026

An evening panel and a long networking session for around 300 AI, business and tech leaders at the Convention Centre. Registration from 18:00, introduction at 18:20, panel 18:30 to 19:15, then networking until 22:00 with meetings arranged in advance through a networking app.

On the panel: Rob Quigley, VP of Engineering at Vectra AI; Anthony Brew, Senior Director of Engineering for AI Orchestration at Zapier; Orla Doyle, Senior Director of Data Science at Novartis; Chris Donnelly, CIO at BWG Foods; and Richard Hodgins, CTO at Intuition Publishing. Run by Startup Network Europe, sponsored by St. Gallen IMT Business School. Paid ticket, refunds up to 14 days before.

Why go: five people running AI in production at real scale, and most of the evening is deliberately left for the room rather than the stage. Best if you are after introductions rather than a conference programme.