The Irish Tech News Podcast

Harry Horsfall, CEO of ZebuDigital https://www.linkedin.com/in/harryhorsfall/ Talking about Web3, London crypto and the upcoming ZebuLive in September https://www.zebulive.xyz/ Your host is Jillian Godsil

The ideas of cryptocurrency and blockchain are still fairly new to most of the people. Even those who are involved in it need to educate themselves on the way with the introduction of newer aspects of this world, where very few women could be found investing their precious talent, time and money. In this podcast, Shelle Fantastic, Founder and CEO of SheFan Pro, shares her ambition and plans to include more women in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency through empowerment, education and motivation, and balance the gender gap evident in this new field of work along the way. About Shelle: Shelle Fantastic, Founder and CEO of SheFan Pro - thought leader - showing the world when we come together we are stronger. It’s never too late!Empowering “the girl next door” to navigate the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency as safely as possible through education, collaboration and empowerment. About Tanjima: Tanjima Elham Khandaker is an MA student of Journalism, studying at the University of Roehampton, and an intern at the Irish Tech News. She is from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Back in her country, Tanjima worked for six and a half years as a journalist, sub-editor and senior sub-editor with a TV channel, an online news portal and a daily newspaper. She plans on becoming a better-skilled newsperson by pursuing further studies in the UK. Tanjima is a tech-enthusiast and dreams of walking on the moon one day.

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) took place for the time in Ireland. FIRST’s 34th Annual Conference, entitled ‘Neart Le Chéile: Strength Together’ took place in the Convention Centre, Dublin, from June 26 to July 1, 2022. One of the speakers was a team from Ukraine, Victor Zhora (The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, UA), Yevheniia Volivnyk, Yevhen Bryksin (CERT-UA (SCPC SSSCIP), UA). Ronan talks to the team about their FIRST talk and more. They talk about their experience of cyberwar in the Ukraine, the new challenges Ukraine faces in cyberspace, their talk at FIRST, and the worst cyber attacks Ukraine has faced. They also talk about If the cyber attacks have stayed the same, what we can learn from the cybersecurity attacks on Ukraine, how social media has helped, and why communication is so important. More about FIRST: The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is an international not-for-profit organisation bringing together a variety of security and incident response teams. Today, FIRST is comprised of over 600 member teams from over 90 countries representing government agencies, academia, commercial enterprises, and financial corporations. FIRST is a front-line enabler in the global response community, providing access to the best practices, tools, and trusted communication with its member teams.

On this podcast, Diana Paiva is joined by Brijesh Thoppil, Director of Strategic Partnerships at EOS Data Analytics. He talks about EOS Data Analytics, a global provider of Al-powered satellite imagery analytics and the climate issues that data analytics is more focused to improve and help. Brijesh Thoppil also explained about lucrative agro-partnership in his company and helping agri-related businesses to be more sustainable while staying profitable. About Brijesh Brijesh Thoppil is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at EOS Data Analytics, a global provider of AI-powered satellite imagery analytics that helps businesses get fast and actionable data and preserve the planet. He is primarily responsible for the management, growth, and development of the company's strategic partnerships, both existing and new. Brijesh holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University (Chennai). He has over 11 years of experience in various roles, including business development, implementation of technical projects, and management. Currently, Brijesh is responsible for strengthening the company’s approach to partnership development by developing and implementing a partnership strategy to expand EOSDA products across targeted verticals; coordinating partners' training and communicating to partners EOSDA solutions’ updates and collaborating with EOSDA Sales, Marketing, Product, and Technology teams to deliver partners’ feedback. He is also responsible for assisting in product development to ensure the EOSDA offerings are aligned with the products adoption strategy and tracking the progress of the partnership goals achievement. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brijesh-thoppil/ About Diana Paiva About Diana Paiva Diana is currently interning with Irish Tech News. She graduated from Birkbeck University, with a degree in modern languages and she is currently doing a master’s in Journalism at the University of Roehampton. She has an interest in technology, fashion, and the environment. Starting her master’s in journalism made her realise that she has a passion to report and write people’s stories. After graduation, her main priority is to find a job in communications or public relations. Diana Paiva is active on social media platforms, including Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Crenguta Leaua is a professor at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Romania, where she teaches international comparative arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, the law of communication and new technologies and business law. She is the director of The Swiss Institute for Alternative Thinking in Lugano, Switzerland and a member of the Board of Directors of The Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC), chair of the SVAMC Initiative for Arbitration and Mediation for Blockchain-based Transaction. She is practicing international arbitrator and counsel ( founder of LDDP, a GAR 100 lawfirm). Title: Greek Gods and the Metaverse A delightful and thoughtful perspective on the reality we can build through the Metaverse by Law Professor Crenguta Leaua. As a specialist in international arbitration and New Technology law, Professor Crenguta Leaua, shares her thoughts on arbitration in an AI-driven world, and her takeaways from the events in Davos during the WEF2022.  In the second part of our discussion, she animates her alternative thinking on the Metaverse, which she has presented during the 2022 European conference on international arbitration and is the topic of her Long article:  `The Greek Gods and the Metaverse: Legal Order in the Layered Universe` 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

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) took place for the time in Ireland. FIRST’s 34th Annual Conference, entitled ‘Neart Le Chéile: Strength Together’ took place in the Convention Centre, Dublin, from June 26 to July 1, 2022. One of the keynote speakers was Mick Moran who with Romain Wartel delivered Online Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): The Insider Attack You Have Not Seen Coming. Ronan talks to Mick about his keynote and more. Mick talks about his background, how people abuse technology, encryption, the EU privacy debate, parents educating children about ICT, the traps out there for kids, and his keynote. Mick also talks about blackmail, self harming, Orla’s story, and access to pornography. More about Mick Moran: Mick Moran is a member of An Garda Síochána who formerly worked as Assistant Director in charge of the Vulnerable Communities team dealing with all aspects of Human Trafficking, People Smuggling Networks and Crimes against Children. This team manages the development of the International Child Sexual Abuse database (ICSE) and the implantation of the victim identification discipline in global policing. He has a MSc (Hons.) in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation from University College Dublin and currently teaches on that course.

Roderick McKinley studied economics to master’s level motivated to understand what drives economic inequality and environmental mismanagement. After taking his CFA exams he began working with private equity investors to finance renewable energy infrastructure in Chile. An exciting opportunity but it also ate into his personal autonomy and, combined with 20-hour days, resulted in burnout. “So, I decided to use my quantitative skills to set up my own business modelling consultancy instead, which I ran right up to 2020 when my first tokenomic engagement turned up. I had first heard about Bitcoin back in 2013, but dismissed it as a naïve fad, and did not give it serious scrutiny – which was a mistake of course.” McKinley is now a tokenomics expert in crypto coming full circle around to cryptocurrency and the irony is not lost on him. He committed to this career pivot after realizing that the fundamental view of economics is similar across traditional and cryptocurrency domains. [R1] [JG2] McKinley explains this in terms of his view of economics as the study of human behaviour involving scarce resources, and the effects these behaviours have on those resources Tune in to listen to Roderick explain the dark arts of Tokenomics. Your host is Jillian Godsil

Can you believe that Finovate turns 15 this year? The Disneyland of Fintech, as Bradley would call it, has played a pivotal role in moving the fintech ecosystem forward and bringing us together from all corners of the world.  In this episode of One Vision, we chat with Greg Palmer and David Penn on what goes on behind the scenes and share some of our most memorable moments. One of the best things about Finovate is, and has always been, about the community. Times might change and tech might evolve; but some things always stay the same: The best times are spent together with our friends at Finovate.

Podcast summary: In a time when life seems impossible and incomplete without the internet, maintaining data security and privacy can be a luxury sometimes as it is pretty easy to steal personal data and breach privacy using the same internet. Access to uncensored internet for all also looks like a hard-to-believe concept. This is where technologies such as dVPN come to the rescue. In today's podcast, Tanjima Elham Khandaker talks to Aleksandr Litreev, Founder and CEO of SOLAR Labs, the world’s leading developer of dVPN technology.  Aleksandr shares his background, how he came to work on dVPN and Web3 technologies, how they work to support users with internet safety and privacy and human rights which are intertwined with these issues. Aleksandr's bio: Aleksandr Litreev is Founder and CEO of SOLAR Labs, the world’s leading developer of dVPN technology. The SOLAR Labs mission is to promote free speech, truth, and human rights globally, by empowering all people to have uncensored, untraceable, blockchain-enabled access to the internet via its decentralized applications and consumer hardware products, built exclusively at this time for the Cosmos blockchain ecosystem. Tanjima's bio: Tanjima Elham Khandaker is an MA student of Journalism, studying at the University of Roehampton, and an intern at the Irish Tech News. She is from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Back in her country, Tanjima worked for six and a half years as a journalist, sub-editor and senior sub-editor with a TV channel, an online news portal and a daily newspaper. She plans on becoming a better-skilled newsperson by pursuing further studies in the UK. Tanjima is a tech-enthusiast and dreams of walking on the moon one day.

With Paul Sisnett, CEO of SMD Group, and Kunal Jhanji, Partner & MD at Boston Consulting Group Project New Era is a privately-led, cross-industry initiative that will evaluate a future digital currency ecosystem in the UK that could include stablecoins and a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Differing from other initiatives which seek to promote policy theories for digital currencies, Project New Era is about testing them in practice through a private sector pilot, using a live Digital Sterling (‘dSterling’) asset. The pilot, set to launch in September, will be run by the private consortium but aims to engage with The Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Payments Systems Regulator to update them around the progress and learnings in order to help them make informed decisions on implementing a CBDC in the future. These authorities are not, however, directly involved in the pilot itself. Tune in to hear more - your host is Jillian Godsil