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Irish Tech News
Irish Tech News are Ireland's number one online tech publication and often Ireland's number one tech podcast too.
We aim to cover innovation, entrepreneurs, startups, green tech, clean tech and tech for good that aims to help the planet.
If you have a good story drop us a line.
We aim to cover innovation, entrepreneurs, startups, green tech, clean tech and tech for good that aims to help the planet.
If you have a good story drop us a line.
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Oct 4, 2022 • 54min
Finnishing the Future, Futurist insights with Elina Hiltunen
In this week's episode of the Futurists, top-ranked Female Futurist (Forbes), science fiction author and TV presenter Elina Hiltunen joins us to talk her unique brand of futurism from Finland. Elina takes us through some of her more concerning forecasts on potential climate collapse, and the role that futurists have to play in setting policy responses, galvanizing public opinion, and helping us navigate the unknowns of the future.
https://www.thefuturesagency.com/speakers/elina-hiltunen
Dr. Elina Hiltunen – Futurist, Author, D.Sc (business), M.Sc (chemistry)
Elina Hiltunen has been as one of the 50 top female futurists in the world in the Fortune. She has extensive experience of key note speeches both in English and in Finnish. She is also an author of 11 books (numbers 12 and 13 on the progress…) for example about future of technology and strategic foresight. She is also a well known columnist in Finland and participates a Finnish TV- science show.
Elina Hiltunen is a Finnish futurist, keynote speaker, author of 11 books. Elina has been listed in Forbes as one of the 50 leading female futurists in the world. Her background is D.Sc. (business) and M.Sc. (chemistry). Elina is currently an entrepreneur, but she has experience in working in organizations like Nokia, Finpro (Finnish trade promotion organization) and Finland Futures Research Centre as a futurist.
Elina has a vast experience in keynote speeches about futures thinking, megatrends, future technology, consumer trends and weak signals- of which she has written also books.
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.
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/

Oct 3, 2022 • 27min
Step into the Metaverse with Mark Van Rijmenan
The vision of an Open Metaverse includes six main characteristics. Consumer and enterprise brands should experiment with the potential of the future immersive internet. This blue ocean will shape the future of many industries. A discussion with Dr Mark Van Rijmenan from Sydney about his new book: Step into the Metaverse: How the Immersive Internet Will Unlock a Trillion-Dollar Social Economy Dr Mark Van Rijmenan https://www.linkedin.com/in/markvanri...
Dr Mark Van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker. He is a future tech strategist who thinks about how technology changes organisations, society and the metaverse. Dr Markvan Rijmenam is an international keynote speaker, 4x author and entrepreneur.He is the founder of Datafloq and the author of the book published by Wiley on the metaverse: Step into the Metaverse: How the Immersive Internet Will Unlock a Trillion-Dollar Social Economy detailing what the metaverse is and how organizations and consumers can benefit from the immersive internet. He is the publisher of the ‘f(x) = e^x‘ newsletter, read by thousands of executives, on the future of work and the organization of tomorrow. The Digital Speaker has spoken in 25 countries across the globe and collectively inspired over 100.000managers, directors and C-level executives.
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

Sep 30, 2022 • 25min
What Does Your Community Fight For? With Jonny Prest, SEED
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

Sep 29, 2022 • 40min
Happy 200 — Celebrating stories with purpose
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.

Sep 28, 2022 • 19min
Flight with no sound, no fuel, no impact and no limits with Charles Seadon, Aerospace Propulsion Systems
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.

Sep 27, 2022 • 16min
Encryption in use Tilo Weigandt, Co-Founder & COO of Vaultree
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.

Sep 26, 2022 • 53min
Creating far flung futures and epic space operas from scratch, Gareth L Powell
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/

Sep 24, 2022 • 47min
How to achieve Deep & Sustainable Transformation, Iris Maria Welten
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

Sep 24, 2022 • 21min
Highlighting Ocean Acidification on the Sustainability Tour with Manel Bustelo and Alana Alvarez Vernice
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

Sep 22, 2022 • 32min
It’s not all doom and gloom for fintech. Now is the time to build.
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.


