Asiera Conference 2026 | Preliminary Programme
Wednesday 4th November 2026
The Asiera Conference 2026 Programme is subject to change.
| Parallel A | Great Room | Parallel B | Auditorium | Parallel C | Silent Presentation Area | Parallel D | Writer's Room | Parallel E | Victorian Room | Parallel F | Asiera Showcase - Fredericks Room | |
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| 07:00 | 5k FUN RUN Lobby - Great Southern Hotel | |||||
| 09:00 - 09:05 | Welcome & Introductions | |||||
| 09:05 - 09:15 | Asiera Chairperson Address Professor Mike Murphy | Chairperson, Asiera | |||||
| 09:15 - 09:35 | Asiera CEO Address Ronan Byrne | CEO, Asiera | |||||
| 09:35 - 09:40 | Platinum Sponsor Address Dell Technologies | |||||
| 09:40 - 10:25 | Opening Plenary Jonathan McCarthy | Munster Technological University, Head of IT Cyber Attack 2023 | |||||
| 10:25 - 10:30 | Platinum Sponsor Address Presidio | |||||
| 10:30 - 10:45 | 30-Second Elevator Pitch! Our Exhibitors and Sponsors join us on stage | 10:30 - 11:00 Daniella Vendramini | Asiera Cybersecurity Standards: Which One Is Right for Our Sector? | ||||
| 10:45 - 11.30 | Meet & Greet Our Exhibitors with Tea & Coffee Exhibition Area | 10:45 - 11.30 WRIGGLE Workshop (Session details to follow) | ||||
| 11:00 - 11:30 Lisa Deery | Asiera A Dungeon Mixter’s Guide to Business ContinuitySubtitle: Building Business Continuity Exercises Through the Lens of Dungeons & Dragons | ||||||
| 11:30-12:00 | Iain Maclaren | University of Galway Artificial Intelligence or Augmented Ignorance? Learning in a digital age. | Elaine Kennedy | University of Limerick The myUL App — Delivering a Connected Student Journey — In Every Pocket | 11:30 - 12:30 Michael O'Brien | Munster Technological University Munster Technological University Workshop: Our Cybersecurity Escape Room | 11:30 - 12:00 Asiera Brokerage Team Drop-in Ask Us Anything Session | ||
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Lindsay Dowling | TU Dublin EOSC Ireland: Developing the National Node | Colm Browning | Smart Docklands SmartScape: Sensing Dublin Through Its Fibre-Optic Veins | 12:00 - 12:30 Andy Byrne | Asiera Turning Networks Green | |||
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Garden Dining Room | |||||
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Tea, Coffee and Networking Exhibition Space | 13:30 - 14:00 Silent Presentation | Fortinet (Session details to follow) | ||||
| 14:00 - 14:03 | Gold Sponsor Address HPE | |||||
| 14:03 - 14:45 | Plenary: Dr. Rachel Farrell | University College Dublin Building Ireland's Cyber Citizens: Creating a National Pipeline from Early Cyber Literacy to Cybersecurity Research and Careers | |||||
| 14:45 - 14:47 | Gold Sponsor Address Cisco | |||||
| 14:47 - 15:00 | Session Break | |||||
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Chris McElligott | University College Cork The Agentic Turn in Higher Education: Ambition, Cost, and the Reality of Enterprise AI at UCC | Lightning Talks Xiangyu Meng | University College Cork: From AI Chatbot to Live Service: Building an End-to-End Student IT Support Journey Sean Tobin | .ie National Domain Registry: Digital Trust - Increasing the digital health of the nation Niamh Dillon | University of Limerick: Accessible by design: Embedding Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in IT communications Michael O'Brien | Munster Technological University: Increasing Awareness Training Completion from 15% to 90% in 12 Months Joan Murphy | Dariah-ie: Consider This: DARIAH-IE and the Case for Patience, People and Partnership in building sustainable Arts and Humanities Research Infrastructures. | 15:00 - 15:45 Workshop: Nathan Duffy & Jordan Dunne | Asiera Inside the Hacker's Toolkit: Tools, Tactics, and Real-World Attacks | |||
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Stephanie Ronan | Marine Institute Controlled AI Adoption: Building on Existing Governance at the Marine Institute | James Sweeney | Mary Immaculate College Digital transformation in Irish Higher Education Professional Services | 15:45 - 16:15 TBC | |||
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Session Break | 16:15 - 16:45 Silent Presentation | Fox-IT (Session details to follow) | ||||
| 16:45 - 16:47 | Keynote Sponsor Introduction Apogee | |||||
| 16:47 - 17:30 | Keynote Speaker Mark Little Sponsored by Apogee | |||||
| 17:30 | Day One - Close | 17:45 - 18:30 Yoga for All Levels with Kelly Ann MacSweeney Take time to relax, stretch, and reset before joining colleagues for this evening's Gala Dinner. | ||||
| 19:30 | Pre-Gala Dinner Reception The Great Southern Hotel Foyer | |||||
| 20:00 | Gala Dinner Sponsored by Aurora, with welcome address by David O’Halloran The Great Room | |||||