Funding Advisory Service Workshop - Ireland

The tech industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the corporate world. It is a dynamic and ever-changing sector where people can build careers and thrive in them. On 1st October 2026, GTA Black Women in Tech Ireland is honoured to collaborate with Amazon Ireland to bring to Dublin a panel discussion, Q&A session and networking event that will introduce attendees to Amazon Ireland, help build their networks, explore careers in tech in general, and more specifically at Amazon. Our speakers from Amazon will talk about their careers and we will open the floor to questions that the audience might have. We will also have tech leaders from the banking and professional services industries who will explain how tech translates to careers in non-tech organisations, thus breaking the stereotypes that tech careers are solely found at companies considered tech giants. Speakers Fiona Simpson - Sales Leader, Ireland & NI at AWS Priscilla Fadele - Network Dev Engineer II Tshego Putu, Vice President, Cybersecurity, JP Morgan Ifeyinwa Egbuche, Manager, Technology & Data Operations, EY Key Takeaways You’ll leave this event with practical strategies and advice to: Build long-term career resilience in a rapidly evolving industry Identify skills to develop and careers that are possible in the world of tech Strengthen your professional visibility and positioning Practice your networking skills and connect with talented students and skilled professionals Who This Event Is For? This event is designed for: Current university students in search of internship or placement opportunities Students who have just completed their degree and are looking for graduate programmes Professionals looking to break into the tech industry Professionals already working in tech and looking to build their network Professionals already working in tech and looking for new opportunities Come ready to connect, learn and enjoy some refreshments. Finger food, tea, coffee and soft drinks will be provided thr

Neill will look back at a project from a decade ago: building and deploying a recommender system for a car rental website. He’ll cover the business problem, the approach he took, the challenges he encountered, and how the system ultimately made it into production. Along the way, \\mixture models, stochastic gradient descent, discrete choice modelling, significance testing,\\ and \\purchasing power parity\\ will all make an appearance. Drawing on his experience of taking the project from theory through to implementation, Neill will share some of the things that worked, some that didn’t, and lessons that may help you on your next data science project. \-\-\- Neill Sweeney has a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, an M.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics, and a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, where he specialised in poker AI. He was interested in AI before it was cool. Since then, he has worked on everything from calibrating milk meters to building recommender systems for car rental websites. He has always been particularly interested in connecting theory with real-world implementation.

Getting a product to market rarely follows a clean playbook. Join us for an evening of honest, practical talks covering different parts of go-to-market, from finding the right audience and sharpening your positioning to building repeatable sales, marketing and partnership motions. Speakers will share the challenges they have faced, what worked, what did not, and the lessons they picked up along the way. There will also be time to meet other founders, operators and people working across GTM. What to expect Short talks covering different parts of GTM Candid discussions about common GTM challenges Practical lessons you can apply to your own company or product Time to meet founders, operators and fellow builders Event details Date: Tuesday, 6 October 2026 Time: 6:00–8:30 PM Venue: HubSpot House, Dublin Food & drinks will be provided Partners Sensiba is a global tax, accounting, GRC, and consulting firm. HubSpot for Startups Join over 35,000 startup founders using HubSpot's AI-powered customer platform to unify their marketing, sales, and service. Save 30-90% on the tools you need to scale fast. Additional partners and speakers will be announced soon. Dublin AI Week This event is part of Dublin AI Week, a citywide programme of practical AI events by Give(a)Go and Baseline. Explore the full programme.

Join us for an Apache Kafka® x Apache Flink® meetup on Thursday, October 8th from 6:00pm in Dublin hosted by Autodesk! Venue: Autodesk 1 Windmill Lane, 2nd Floor, Dublin D02 F206 PLEASE BRING A FORM OF VALID ID AND REGISTER WITH YOUR DETAILS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES/BUILDING ACCESS. THANK YOU! Agenda: 6:00pm: Doors open 6:00pm – 6:30pm: Food, Drinks & Networking 6:30pm - 7:15pm: First Speaker 7:15pm - 8:00pm: Second Speaker 8:00pm - 9:00pm: Additional Q&A and Networking Talk Details Coming Soon! \\\ DISCLAIMER We are unable to cater for any attendees under the age of 18. If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@confluent.io