DUBLIN TECH SUMMIT

01/02/2017 | Digital

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Feb. 15 and 16 at the Convention Center Dublin, among humanoid robots, sextech, Smashing Pumpkins, fintech and female leadership.

The latest technology trends come through Dublin: next Feb. 15 and 16, at the Convention Center, meet the Dublin Tech Summit.

The 2017 edition of the Dublin Tech Summit is now imminent, and ahead of the two-day meeting, organizers have released the full lineup of speakers.

Among the most eagerly awaited by the approximately 10,000 attendees is Gary Vaynerchuk, entrepreneur and Angel Investor, who will be joined for the occasion by RoboThespian, the humanoid, polyglot, user-friendly robot designed to interact with humans.

"I am so proud to have such an incredible team to work with. It's only a small team, but we've all worked tirelessly to create an event that Dublin will be proud of," said Noelle O'Reilly, CEO of DTS. "We've brought together leading experts to talk about the latest technology trends: from personal data management and cybersecurity to artificial intelligence, medicine, digital currency, fashion and the internet of things.

Other outstanding speakers expected in Dublin include Fino Faida - CEO of Adblock Plus - who will speak on the relationship between media and advertising in the digital age;Jimmy Chamberlin - co-founder and drummer of the Smashing Pumpkins and CEO of Blu J Strategies - who together with Matthew Luhn - Pixar's Story Veteran - will talk about the relationship between digital and the world of art, film and music; and Cindy Gallop - CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld & MakeLoveNotPorn - who will talk about sextech, one of the sectors indicated as one of the most promising.
The topic of digital development in public administration will then be addressed: keynote speaker will be Jonathan Reichental - CIO of the City of Palo Alto - who will tell how the institution he represents has introduced a series of programs that have revolutionized the way citizens interact with local authorities.
On the other hand, Meagen Eisenberg - CMO of MongoDB - will speak about open source software; among the speakers called upon to talk about new technology trends, Maria Martinez - President global Customer Succes of Salesforce; Bruce Daisley - EMEA Vice President of Twitter; Louise Phelan - Vice President of Global Operations PayPal; Dongbai Guo - CTO of AliExpress; Donal Byrne - CEO of Corvil; and James Kretchmar - CTO EMEA of Akamai should be mentioned again.

To emphasize the strong presence of women in the future of digital in all its facets, a discussion on women's leadership is also planned at DTS .
The full event program can be found at www.dublintechsummit.com.

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