The Irish Tech News Podcast

The Covid-19 pandemic hastened digital transformation forcing businesses to usher in remote working, hybrid working whilst facing digital transformation challenges. The Innovation Exchange, a marketplace for innovation aims to help multinational corporate businesses facing digital transformation challenges by connecting them with innovative early-stage tech solution providers with the talent to help them achieve their ambitions. Ronan talks to Conor Carmody, Programme Director of The Innovation Exchange, Conor talks about his background, his future plans, what the Innovation Exchange does, Covid and more. More about the Innovation Exchange: The Innovation Exchange is a multi-year programme that facilitates collaboration between Irish SME’s and large multinationals to boost innovation. It will support over 1,000 companies between 2022-2025. The programme is managed by Furthr (formerly Dublin BIC) in partnership with Skillnet Ireland. The initiative was developed to address the barriers that exist for SMEs engaging with corporates and government. The Innovation Exchange is designed to offer a complete framework that will enable both SMEs and large corporates to develop a full understanding of the innovation process from ideation through to procurement and will allow for a structured and managed process to connect both parties that will lead to increased business opportunities.

We catch up with Christos Makridis to talk about music, blockchain, Nashville, and how he sees Living Opera as a positive way to help artists and musicians in particular.  Bio: Christos A. Makridis is a research affiliate at Columbia Business School, Stanford University and the University of Nicosia. He is COO of Living Opera, and CEO/founder of Dainamic, a startup that aims to democratize access to AI for mid and small sized banks. Christos serves as a Research Professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business and Research Affiliate at the Global Security Initiative (both in Arizona State University), an Adjunct Associate Research Scholar at the Chazen Institute in Columbia Business School, a Digital Fellow at the Digital Economy Lab in Stanford University, a Non-resident Fellow at the Institute for Religious Studies at Baylor University, an Adjunct Scholar at the Manhattan Institute, a Senior Adviser at Gallup, a policy adviser, and an entrepreneur. He is the CEO/co-founder of Dainamic, a technology startup working to democratize the use and application of data science and AI techniques for small and mid sized organizations, and CTO/co-founder of Living Opera, a web3 startup working to bridge classical music and blockchain technologies. Christos previously served on the White House Council of Economic Advisers managing the cybersecurity, technology, and space activities, as a Non-resident Fellow at the Cyber Security Project in the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, as a Digital Fellow at the Initiative at the Digital Economy in the MIT Sloan School of Management, a a Non-resident Research Scientist at Datacamp, and as a Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Christos’ primary academic research focuses on labor economics, the digital economy, and personal finance and well-being. He also writes frequently for syndicated outlets in the press and serves on the Council of Advisers for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. Christos earned a Bachelor’s in Economics and Minor in Mathematics at Arizona State University, as well a dual Masters and PhDs in Economics and Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. About Living Opera Founded by two opera singers and an economist, Living Opera is a multimedia art-technology company that unites the classical music and blockchain communities to produce transformative content. Living Opera takes a holistic approach to life, work, and education: “living” means “full of life and vigor,” and “opera” means (in Latin) “labor, effort, attention, or work.” Living Opera NFT collections, such as Magic Mozart, are designed to bring the art and tech worlds together by expanding the audience of people who traditionally engage with classical music and fine art.

Jillian Godsil interviews the co founders of EZ 24 Ramen - a new unmanned 24 hour ramen outlet targeted for Oxford, UK, where the principles of Web3 met Korean food experiences. A pop up shop in London this week had queues around the block with people wanting to come and sample the food. Worth Listening to!

The Next Renaissance Anders Sorman-Nilsson is a Swedish futurist living in Australia, but he believes that humanity is on the cusp of a new renaissance where humanity finds purpose beyond consumption and market profit. He calls out human systems that are coming to a natural conclusion due to this emerging thinking, including the damage that fossil fuel companies and others have done to our ecosystem in the name of profits. Ultimately, Anders is an optimist but he thinks that human behavior and technological leaps and bounds don't necessarily align, but it's navigating the conflict between our long-held traditions, global conflicts, and climate disasters, along with our rapidly advancing technical capabilities that will define humanity for centuries to come. We get deep on this one...  Brett King is a world-renowned entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, international bestselling author, and media personality. China’s President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address; the same book that was listed as a Top 10 non-fiction book in North America. In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for that year. Robert Tercek is an award-winning author, entrepreneur, and educator focused on the process of dematerialization and innovation. In his professional capacity, Mr. Tercek is a seasoned business executive with deep expertise in digital media and internet services. He is a prolific creator of interactive programs and products. He has designed and launched successful consumer experiences on every digital platform, including digital television, game consoles, broadband Internet, and mobile networks. In 2021, Mr. Tercek was recognized as the Humanitarian of the Year by the Media Excellence Awards for his leadership in designing and launching COVID SMART™, an interactive training program designed to keep workers safe on the job during the pandemic.

In a world divided, where it can be challenging to find common ground, can we still lean on each other and learn to trust, especially when times are tough? In this episode of One Vision podcast, Theo chats with Scott Luton, Founder, CEO, and Host of Supply Chain Now podcast, on the magic of supply chain and our lived experiences. As Scott regularly reminds us , that even during the worst of days, we can always find some good news and rays of hope.  As we continue our journey through the year, let’s be intentional in looking for ways to connect and empower others. Just as Scott says at the end of his Supply Chain Now podcasts: “Do Good. Give Forward. Be the Change That’s Needed.”

In the past 30 years the tech industry has had its up’s and downs, and some well known companies are no longer around or they have been bought. So when a a tech company is around for 30 years that is quite a milestone. One such tech company that recently celebrated 30 years in business is Cashbook, also one of Irelands best kept secrets. Ronan talks to Greg Coulter the CEO of Cashbook. Greg talks about how Cashbook started, their 30 year journey, wanting more Irish clients and more. More about Cashbook: Their purpose is to build super intelligent cash management software solutions which maximise the automation of high volume financial transactions. Since 1992, they have been applying a special blend of finance and technology expertise to maximise the automation of high volume financial transactions for large organisations around the globe. The Cashbook team have a deep understanding of Cash Application, Accounts Payable and Bank Rec functions as well as banking and ERP technologies and processes. Their cash management software technology helps their clients create more intelligent, more automated, more feature rich financial operations. they have led implementations of cash management software solutions in over 25 countries, in a multiplicity of demanding environments, for 100+ global companies and organisations.

We catch up with Siddarth Patil, cofounder of Comdex, and seasoned finch entrepreneur and innovator to learn about their new project and how it can help to solve some key financial sticking points. Siddarth also outlines how you can become part of their upcoming airdrop. He also explains why they chose to base the company in Singapore, and why it is no bad thing to be developing the product during these bear market times. More about Siddarth Patil Comdex Co-founder and COO. Before co-founding Comdex, Siddarth’s professional endeavors centered on finance, with working experience in wealth management and investment banking. He began building Comdex in 2018 as a blockchain-based solution to digitize the commodity supply chain industry. Along with the Comdex team, Siddarth launched Comdex chain in 2021 as a DeFi infrastructure layer to power a multi-chain ecosystem. https://twitter.com/SidP95 https://twitter.com/Harbor_Protocol https://twitter.com/ComdexOfficial More about Comdex A DeFi infrastructure layer for the Cosmos ecosystem. A layer-1 infrastructure for seamless deployment of DeFi applications in the Cosmos ecosystem, powering DeFi in the multi-chain future. The Comdex chain is built to enable bridging of capital to assets across the DeFi and CeFi ecosystems. A truly decentralized ecosystem of solutions enables limitless access to global liquidity in finance. Comdex aims to deliver a robust infrastructure layer that supports seamless creation and deployment of DeFi applications in the Cosmos ecosystem. The Comdex chain enhances investor’s access to a broad range of assets that help investors diversify and generate yield on their investments.

In this episode, creative technologist Roger Holzberg recounts his personal career journey from the Imagineering studio at the Walt Disney Company, where he devised and built original theme park rides, to his second career as where he applies immersive technology to health care and healing, first at the National Cancer Institute and now as a med tech innovator at Reimagine Well.  Roger explains the subtle art of balancing new technologies with real world events and the ever-evolving customer experience. Discussion topics include: designing deep futures, the use case for virtual reality and augmented reality, dealing with animated dolphins, lessons from Walt Disney’s Imagineering, visualization tech in cancer treatment and research, the use of distraction therapy, healthcare by design, teaching the art of world building, turning students in Imagineers, environmental sustainability. WEB SITE:  https://reimaginewell.com/ Brett King is a world-renowned entrepreneur, futurist, speaker, international bestselling author, and media personality. China’s President Xi Jinping cited his book Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane on the topic of Artificial Intelligence in his 2018 national address; the same book that was listed as a Top 10 non-fiction book in North America. In 2019 his book Bank 4.0 was awarded the Top Book by a Foreign Author in Russia for that year. Robert Tercek is an award-winning author, entrepreneur, and educator focused on the process of dematerialization and innovation. In his professional capacity, Mr. Tercek is a seasoned business executive with deep expertise in digital media and internet services. He is a prolific creator of interactive programs and products. He has designed and launched successful consumer experiences on every digital platform, including digital television, game consoles, broadband Internet, and mobile networks. In 2021, Mr. Tercek was recognized as the Humanitarian of the Year by the Media Excellence Awards for his leadership in designing and launching COVID SMART™, an interactive training program designed to keep workers safe on the job during the pandemic.

A conversation around the collaborative approach that Aidonic, a humanitarian social-impact technology startup, is enabling with specifics from the unfolding crisis in the aftermath of the recent earthquake in the Middle East. Severiyos Aydin, CEO and founder of AIDONIC, has been exploring new ways to improve last-mile humanitarian aid distribution through digitalization and innovative technology. His aim is to reach more people in need worldwide faster, with lower costs, full transparency, and accountability. Technologies that make this possible are put in the spotlight. Severiyos Aydin https://www.linkedin.com/in/severiyos... is a Swiss social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of AIDONIC AG, https://aidonic.io/a social-impact technology startup based in Zug, Switzerland. He is also the founder of ARAMAIC RELIEF International, a non-governmental organization that provides immediate humanitarian help to war victims and displaced families in hostile regions. Severiyos started his business career in physical commodity trading and later turned to humanitarian work with a focus on war-torn regions. He has raised and processed around CHF 4 million in humanitarian aid funding and his work has been recognized regionally and internationally through TV and news reports, speeches, and lectures. In 2017, he started exploring new ways to improve last-mile humanitarian aid distribution through digitalization and innovative technology, and in 2019 founded AIDONIC AG to empower humanitarian organizations to reach more people in need worldwide faster, with lower costs, full transparency, and accountability. AIDONIC AG has won several awards and startup prizes for innovation in technology. Dr. Efi Pylarinou is the No.1 Global Woman Influencer in Finance & the Data conversation by Refinitiv, a Top Thought Leader by Onalytica, and a Top Digital Futurist, Linkedin and Twitter Voice, by Engatica. A seasoned Wall Street professional & a recognized technology thought leader on innovation topics. Founder of Efi Pylarinou Advisory servicing Big Tech, Financial Services and Fintech clients. She strongly believes in building bridges between the old and the new economy. She shares her passion of content creation with her 190,000+ followers on Linkedin and 18,000+ on Twitter.  Join her on the social platforms https://linktr.ee/Efiglobal

Piotr Blazewicz, CEO and co founder of Coin Clash Games, talks about casual skill-based mobile games that can be played for money. In the background, reputation is maintained by recording all details on a blockchain. In addition, the platform is funded by tokens. Holders of those tokens can earn fiat from the revenue from the site. Holders can also vote on the direction of the platform.