The Irish Tech News Podcast

Do you ever meet an individual and feel very inspired?  I met Jonny a month ago at an event in the UK and found him truly inspirational.  His journey into sustainability and reducing single use plastic in his house, his local community and one day soon hopefully, his town is well worth a listen.  Can you engage your community into action?  Listen in for tips and remember, every little helps.. Jonny  Prest is a brand strategist based in Leicester, UK. From environmental  to social, Jonny's role is to help leaders build brand and communication  strategies with purpose. He specialises in enlightened brand strategy.  It's brand building with a conscience: remodelling brands to leverage  skills and resources for the protection of our planet and its people.  What do you stand against? What do you fight for? Does your identity  truly represent who you are? If you're ambitious, hungry for positive  growth and feel that you were meant for more, then it's probably time to  rethink the way you have always done it. It's time for new ideas, to  reconfigure your game plan. @seedcreativity @brandmasterflash

4 years. 200 episodes. From “Blockchain and Financial Inclusion”, to “Shades of Grey”, “Judge me by my cover”, “Red Envelope”, “The Other 50”, and finally “One Vision”, it has been our privilege to share the platform with over 170 guests on the show to talk about wide-ranging topics from innovation and fintech to the future of work and emerging technologies; from founders to funders and evangelists across geographical boundaries, we were united with a common goal: to tell stories with purpose. Thank you for your support through the years. It has been an honor to bring you the show every week and we look forward to the next 200.

In this podcast Melanie Speaks with Charles Seadon about a brand new approach to flight that uses no fuel!  This transformational method also looks to have zero impact on our planets environment as well.  Listen in to find out more about ultra high-frequency engines that started as a concept for an engineer in Ukraine and looks to become a reality in the next year. “Our UHF Drive Propulsion System is a totally unique technology. Nothing like this has been built or tested before. It’s radically and fundamentally different from all currently known propulsion systems. The UHF drive can work in any environment and does not interact with the environment in any negative way: It is capable of working in or out of the atmosphere and even under water,” said Charles Seadon, CEO of Aerospace Propulsion Systems.

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has fined Instagram €450M for failing to protect children’s data. proving yet again that data breaches can happen anywhere, anytime to organisations we entrust with our personal data. Tilo Weigandt Co-Founder & COO of Vaultree thinks it shouldn’t be this easy for scammers to get their hands on our most sensitive information. Ronan talks to Tilo Weigandt talks about his personal mission, what Valultree does, data governance, data access, encryption technologies, the €450M Instagram fine, companies updating their security culture and transparency. More about Tilo: Tilo Weigandt is an entrepreneur whose mission to combat hacks and leaks. As Co-Founder & COO of Cork, Ireland based Vaultree, his goal is to fundamentally change the way we work with data: from vulnerable to fully encrypted.

TheFuturists.com Podcast where hosts Brett King and Robert TerceK interview the worlds foremost super-forecasters, thought leaders, technologists, entrepreneurs and futurists building the world of tomorrow. Together we will explore how our world will radically. In this week’s episode of the futurists, award winning British Science Fiction author Gareth L Powell joins the duo to talk far flung futures and creating epic space operas from scratch. Powell talks through his process as well as discussing the possible future of humanity, and where we might go next. More about the show  Subscribe and listen  to TheFuturists.com Podcast where hosts Brett King and Robert TerceK interview the worlds foremost super-forecasters, thought leaders, technologists, entrepreneurs and futurists building the world of tomorrow. Together we will explore how our world will radically change as AI, bioscience, energy, food and agriculture, computing, the metaverse, the space industry, crypto, resource management, supply chain and climate will reshape our world over the next 100 years. Join us on The Futurists and we will see you in the future! https://thefuturists.com/episodes-blogs/

Description. A cross-industry must listen to understand deep transformation for leaders and their teams.  Most transformation initiatives in business and at a personal level, fizzle away. Iris Welten sat in the hot seat at the C-suite and CEO level and shares with us her insights from her personal deep transformation and how she helps leaders at the top of businesses and their teams to deeply transform. We are talking at the Neural Patterns level, the infrastructure level.  Iris Maria Welten https://www.linkedin.com/in/iris-welten-4274772b/ is Chair and Board member of several companies as well as co-founder of the consulting firm Welten & Welten AG in Switzerland. She is a Responsible Leadership coach focused on transforming life patterns for a happier and more successful life. Further, she teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Bern Corporate Governance. Her profound experience includes international capital markets, leadership of 8 country representatives, broad industry experience (6 industries) and the management of 9 units. In addition, she is well connected economically as well as politically (communal, state and federal level). She worked in Munich, Miami, Hong Kong and New York for large stock exchange listed companies in leading Group Corporate functions as well as CEO. 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

In this podcast Melanie Boylan chats with Manuel Bustelo and Alana Alvarez Vernice about their ongoing mission to highlight ocean acidification. Listen in to find out how you can help to make everyday changes to improve our planets oceans. The Sustainable Tour is DAN EU's project to raise awareness of the need to drastically reduce our CO2 emissions if we want to maintain a healthy ocean. Manu and Alana are touring Europe and its surroundings (UK and Ireland in 2022) in an electric vehicle - recharging it only with renewable energy - visiting dive centres and other interested parties to give lectures on ocean acidification. Brief intro about Manu: As a mountain climber Manuel Bustelo has witnessed sunsets at 7000 metres and as a diver scuba dived all major coral systems in the world. He is a PADI Open Water Instructor, Fourth Element Ambassador and DAN Europe's Business Developer manager, helping the Foundation to run new projects that are inline with their Corporate Shared Values. Brief intro about Alana is an ocean conservationist with a background in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a Master's degree in Corporate Sustainability. She currently serves as Sustainability & CSR Manager at DAN Europe Foundation. DAN Europe is a Non-profit Organisation that assists and protects divers, conducting scientific research and safety campaigns to make diving a safer, more accessible, and sustainable activity for all. Find them on their Social Channels IG: @daneurope / @manubustelo / @alanafromthesea - FB: DAN Europe / Manu Bustelo / Alana Alvarez Vernice - Twitter: @DAN_Europe / @Manuel_Bustelo / @AlanaGabriella - LinkedIn: DAN Europe / Manuel Bustelo / Alana Alvarez - Youtube: DiversAlertNetwork / Manu Bustelo • Website address: www.daneurope.org / www.sustainabletour.eu

We consume a lot of information each day. When we read the latest news about what’s going on in fintech, venture capital, and the different spectrums of new technology, we aren’t always provided context around the broader story, nor are we often brought into the lives of those building what’s next. Context is important, as is understanding how technologies are impacting our lives. Those that shape the news can either remove or fan the flames of biases around our perception of these changes and how they impact our communities. In this episode of One Vision, Bradley chats with Mary Ann Azevedo, Senior Report at Techcrunch, about how she sees the current fintech landscape, and how she approaches the craft and responsibility of reporting the changing face of technology.It’s not all doom and gloom for fintech. Now is the time to build.

Alex Nahai, co-founder and CEO of DancingSeahorse.com, has a long music career both in working with some of the most prominent artists and companies in the industry. He speaks fondly of times where he was backstage at some of the biggest names in the business including Prince and Calvin Harris and attending events at Coachella. “Each time, the energy was amazing and I felt so privileged to be present. I really wanted to be able to share that feeling with other fans.” With 20 years in showbusiness, Nahai became involved in Web 3 about 18 months ago. He had witnessed the rise of NFTs and the growth of utility in NFTs, and with his partner Andy Nematalla, felt there was an opportunity to use NFTs in the music business. “As NFTs grew in utility, we could see a way of providing relationships between fans and artists, giving the fans access to events and experiences. We certainly felt we had the access to the top names in the music business to make this work.” To find out more, tune in. Your host is Jillian Godsil

The war in Ukraine has been going on for seven months now and during that time we have seen some great leadership in action. One great example of this is CEO Natalie Kaminski of software startup JetRockets.  When Russian invaded Ukraine, she did something pretty unbelievable: she helped 46 of her Russian engineers (plus spouses and children) safely relocate out of the country. In the first days of the war, Natalie realised their Russian employees were in physical danger because of their association with an American company. Natalie feared that the Russian police might suspect employees of anti-Russian sentiment and that they could be arrested or have their bank accounts shut down. Where other tech companies have abandoned their employees in the region, Natalie helped every single person who wanted to relocate to get out safely. She's also dedicated significant effort to hiring tech talent based in Ukraine, many of whom had been left unemployed by the war, with 6 Ukrainians already onboarded. Ronan talks to Natalie about this and more. More about Natalie Kaminski: She came to the US at 18 by way of Russia, Ukraine, and Israel with $500 in her pocket and a desire to be financially independent. She had no one to fall back on. Two decades later, she's an active supporter of female leadership in her own and other businesses, has great insights into how the tech industry has changed and the struggles that female founders specifically still face. She is also the acting CTO for many of JetRockets’ clients, so she sees this again and again firsthand.