The Irish Tech News Podcast

Unique in its intersection of Indian and global art, culture and technology, EyeMyth Festival explores present and future cases of immersive storytelling and new media. It brings together young creative professionals, artists and performers from India, South Asia & the Global Media Arts space. The 2022 edition of the festival brings together creative professionals from around the world to create an environment of learning, skill building and showcasing with prime examples from Indie gaming and media arts industries. This year brings back the second edition of the Massive Mixer Conference, the centerpiece of the festival programming. With support from various institutional partners, the festival will feature a delegation of experts from the U.K., Switzerland, Russia, China, Sri Lanka and India addressing themes of creative practice, processes, and challenges for media artists through free workshops, talks and showcases. Tejas Nair, co curator and producer of this unique festival explains its origins and how this year it has gone fully viral on the Lemonade.social platform.  Find out more here https://eyemyth.in/ and here  Your host is Jillian Godsil, award wining journalist, broadcaster and author. Her latest book can be found here. 

Richard Carthon is Managing Member of Acacia Digital and Host of Crypto Current. He is on a journey to learn as much as possible about cryptocurrency while educating everyday people so they can have confidence in cryptocurrency investment opportunities. Maybe you invested in one of the various ICOs, mining or other scams that were going on during late 2017/early 2018. Let’s address the elephant in the room: cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is new and unfamiliar to most. How to Identify Early Crypto Opportunities and Build Conviction to Make Life-Changing Profits Several people invested in cryptocurrency without knowing much about the technology that is supporting the various crypto projects that are going on in the space. Knowing this, he began to research and create content, Crypto Current, to educate himself and inform others so that they could begin to make more educated investment decisions in cryptocurrency and blockchain. If you are curious in the space, he welcomes you to connect. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Caroline Bowler is CEO of BTC Markets, where 325,000 Australians have traded more than $21bn dollars since 2013.  Formerly Director, Asia-Pacific for Red Flag Consulting. Caroline was the founder of Bowlah PR, the first FinTech PR agency in Asia with offices in Singapore and Melbourne. She has worked in Financial Services since 2004, both in Europe and Asia Pacific. Over her career, Caroline has worked with a variety of financial institutions. These include investment banks, hedge funds, financial technology companies, and financial advisors. This has extended to blockchain and digital asset companies since 2015. Caroline is a board member with Blockchain Australia, representing digital currency exchanges. Follow her tweets at @CaroBowler. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Closing the Poverty Gap by Repurposing Blockchain for Good to Help People Participate in the 4th Industrial Revolution Helen Hai Helen is the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Goodwill Ambassador for Industrialization in Africa. She is heading the Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation with the mandate to use Blockchain for Social Good. Ambassador Hai was named a 2015 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and she is the co-chair of the Global Future Council on the Future of Consumption for the World Economic Forum. Ambassador Hai was named 2017 Wu Fellow by UC Berkeley, Global Visionary by UBS, and she was also featured on the "Ones to Watch" for Bloomberg's 50 People Who Shaped 2018 in Unexpected Ways list. Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Rene Stefancic is Partnerships Lead at Enjin, where he oversees ecosystem adoption and partnerships. A results-driven professional who thrives at the intersection of product, marketing, IT, and growth, Rene enjoys finding pragmatic and scalable solutions to tough problems and creating long-lasting, fruitful business relationships. His mottos are “swim or drown” and “AB test everything.” Building the Infrastructure for Decentralized Identity within the Metaverse,  Enjin Rene Stefancic Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

There is no lack of Buy Now, Pay Later news in fintech, with hundreds of BNPL startups around the world vying for a piece of the pie. The trend has also attracted the attention of established giants, from Citi, J.P. Morgan Chase, and American Express, to Apple, PayPal, and Amazon, all competing for customers who want the ability to spread payments over time. Even the B2B space is catching on, with ACI Worldwide launching a new product for merchants to enable them to offer customers payment options with more than 70 BNPL lenders. While paying in installment isn’t new, the rapid rise in popularity of BNPL and easy access to credit has sparked concerns that it will encourage excessive consumerism and debt. In this episode of One Vision, Theo chats with Michael Hershfield, founder and CEO of Accrue Savings, on balancing consumption and savings, and seeing the world with a human lens.

We talk with Daniel Vogler, Co-founder and Co-CEO of AMZSCALE to learn more about how he has grow the business and the massive opportunities for companies to grow via Amazon and also specifically with AMZSCALE. Daniel Vogler (33) is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AMZSCALE, the leading Amazon full service platform founded in 2016 in Osnabrück, Germany, enabling investors of all backgrounds to benefit from the eCommerce boom. AMZSCALE builds and scales profitable Amazon brands from scratch as a service and enables fastest possible growth for brands through access to working capital and a scalable distribution infrastructure. Daniel has worked in e-commerce leadership roles for more than 10 years.

Everything you wanted to know about DAOs but were afraid to ask ... Jillian Godsil interviews Jordan Gray from NEAR Another really crucial part of the community aspect to Web3 are DAOs or Decentralised Autonomous Organisations. “I like to break DAOs to their constituent parts,” says Gray. “Decentralised can mean the people are geographically disbursed or indeed the work is. There is not one person at the top telling everyone what to do – the work is collaborative or like a co-op.” When it comes to the autonomous portion, this is akin to the royalty split mentioned before at Codame. “Even decision making can be automated thereby eliminating boring or repetitive tasks. And unlike companies like Uber or Lift where automation is key to the success of the company, the rewards are spread evenly amongst the participants.” Tune in to hear more. Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author. Her latest book can be found at https://persons-of-interest.io/

Miroslav Polzer is convinced that he is destined to play an important role in mastering the global climate crisis. His main vehicle is the International Association of the Advancement of Innovative Approaches to Global Challenges or IAAI for short. This organisation is accredited to the United Nations through the Economic and Social Council, the Department for global communications, the UN climate change process, UNFCC and the Green Climate Fund, which is the biggest international public climate finance mechanism of the UN system. The message of IAAI is big because the global challenges are big and as Polzer explains: “We are already partially in crisis mode and these global challenges affect everyone, hence the need to respond in a global manner.” Polzer argues that the world needs systemic solutions - we need to create an institutional framework, along with economic and societal frameworks. “The problems that we see don’t stop at national borders and the solutions rely on everyone taking action, right down to individual grocery shopping and choices. As a result, we are building an ecosystem on blockchain to capture our activities. We want to build on culture, technology and organisational innovation to get everyone engaged and empowered to take meaningful and rewarding action for the local and global public good, aligned with the goals and programs of the United Nations’ system.” Polzer is passionate about the UN. He sees it as the only player which has a true global mandate and he is actively building a United Citizens Organisation for Action for Climate Empowerment, based on the blockchain. To find out more, please listen to the podcast Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author. Her latest book can be found at https://persons-of-interest.io/

NFTs have been around since 2014 but in the past couple of years they have really taken off as new ways of using them are found. One of the NFT innovators is Shant Kevonian who appeared on the Irish Tech News podcast last year and is the founder of NFT.Physio, a Barcelona based startup is bringing NFTs to life with its 3D printing solution for users to create physical renderings of their NFTs, increasing revenue generated for past, present and future NFTs. NFT.Physio’s platform also offers multi-chain support across Polygon, BSC and Ethereum blockchains.Shant talks to Ronan about what NFT.Physio does, the metaverse, bringing your NFT to life, the future of NFT’s, blockchain, the growth and adoption of wallets, NFT’s in the music and luxury brand world, and NFT’s and gamers. Shant talks to Ronan about what NFT.Physio does, the metaverse, bringing your NFT to life, the future of NFT’s, blockchain, the growth and adoption of wallets, NFT’s in the music and luxury brand world, and NFT’s and gamers. More about NFT.Physio: NFT.Physio is working with brands, marketing agencies and visual designers to provide a novel value-add for users, increase the value of, and demand for NFTs, and broaden the scope of NFT utilities, opening the door to unprecedented levels of mainstream usability. The company’s 3D printing process offers rapid turnaround times from rendition to premium prints, shipping to Europe, the US and Canada. NFT.Physio is also launching a special Q1 campaign for Irish Tech News readers, offering users a 20% discount by using the code ITN-001.