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AThe Great Room
BAuditorium
CSilent Presentation Area
DFrederick's
EVictorian Room
15:30
Conference 2024 Registration Opens
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18:30
Welcome Reception & Dinner - Sponsored by Dell
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09:00
Welcome & Opening
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09:05
HEAnet Chairman Address ▶
Professor Mike Murphy - HEAnet
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09:15
CEO Address ▶
Ronan Byrne - HEAnet
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09:30
Opening Plenary Artificial Intelligence for Research and Education: Opportunities and Risks ▶
Dr Ger Culley - University College Cork
Dr. Hazel Murray - Munster Technological University
Professor Alan Smeaton - Dublin City University
Professor Michaela Black - Ulster University
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10:15
Meet our Exhibitors ▶
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10:30
Meet and Greet Exhibitors with Tea & Coffee
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10:45
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Silent Presentation Cybersecurity Threats Facing the Educational Sector in 2025 – an ICT Security Services perspective.
HEAnet ICT Security Services Team - HEAnet
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Workshop AWS and Generative AI for Seamless Teaching and Research (10:45 – 11:30) - Sponsored by AWS Amazon
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11:30
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The ever changing and challenging role of the University CISO – Ransomware, Research data and everyone has a question about Artificial Intelligence ▶
Sara McAneney - Trinity College Dublin
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Workshop Brokerage for Research Services (11:30 – 12:15)
Jenny O’Neill - HEAnet
12:00
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Decoding Cyber Threats in Education: A Deep Dive into TTPs using MITRE ATT&CK ▶
Lisa Deery - HEAnet
Olga Spillane - HEAnet
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Digital network transformation including the use of AI and modern networking tools ▶
Kevin Brew - Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
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12:30
Lunch - Sponsored by Northern Data Group
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13:30
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Tea, Coffee and Networking back in the Exhibition Space
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Silent Presentation A brief dive into general cyber security awareness
Christo Butcher - Fox-IT
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Workshop Unburden your Security Analysts with SecOps Automation (13:30 – 14:15) - Sponsored by Fortinet
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Drop In Session Brokerage Team – ‘Ask Us Anything’ drop in session (13:30 – 14:15)
Brokerage Services - HEAnet
14:00
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Plenary Ireland’s cyber security opportunity in Europe ▶
Dr Eoin Byrne - Cyber Ireland
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Unburden your Security Analysts with SecOps Automation (13:30 – 14:15) (cont ...) - Sponsored by Fortinet
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14:45
Session break
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Workshop Leveraging technology to power the student and staff journey with Salesforce + AWS (14:45 – 15:30) - Sponsored by AWS Amazon
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15:00
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LIGHTNING TALKS Building the Future on Cloud Together: Community Collaboration in Cloud Procurement ▶
Monique Pellinkhof - GÉANT
1000+ Schools to 100Mb – Primary Schools 100Mb connectivity project ▶
John Larrigan - HEAnet
Using GenerativeAI to enhance MS Lists (Or using prompt engineering to write the code that I can’t write.) ▶
Rory O’Toole - University College Cork
Data as a Service (DaaS). A unified data pipeline for TCD ▶
Neil Homan - Trinity College Dublin
Enhancing Campus Security: Implementing Network Access Control at Dublin City University ▶
Rogerio Palmares - Dublin City University
Lightening Talks – Q & A Session ▶
John Larrigan - HEAnet
Monique Pellinkhof - GÉANT
Neil Homan - Trinity College Dublin
Rogerio Palmares - Dublin City University
Rory O’Toole - University College Cork
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Building a Quantum Communication Network for Ireland ▶
Professor Dan Kilper - Trinity College Dublin
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Leveraging technology to power the student and staff journey with Salesforce + AWS (14:45 – 15:30) (cont ...) - Sponsored by AWS Amazon
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Workshop Operational experience of deploying and running a shared data storage service for research (15:00 – 16:00)
Brian Clayton - University College Cork
Niall Guerin - ICHEC
15:30
Session Break
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15:45
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Forces of Change and IT Transformation ▶
Dearbhla O’Reilly - Maynooth University
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IRLDAT: from Pilot to a Service Definition ▶
Niall Wilson - Irish Centre for High-End Computing
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16:00
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Why should we Open (up) Research ▶
Jenny O’Neill - HEAnet
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Workshop Lessons from the trenches on managing cybersecurity, gaining control by breaking it down (16:00 – 16:45) - Sponsored by Fox-IT
Christo Butcher - Fox-IT
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16:15
Tea, Coffee and Networking back in the Exhibition Space
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Silent Presentation Empowering Academic Excellence: AI-Driven Connectivity Solutions
John Gilvarry - ENET
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17:30
Day One – Presentation Close
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19:30
Pre drinks Reception & Gala Dinner - Sponsored by Enet
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09:00
Exhibitor Space Opens
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09:30
Day 2 Opening Remarks & Raffle Prize Draw - Sponsored by Northern Data Group
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09:45
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Plenary Looking Beyond the Assessment Threats: Positive Uses of Generative AI in Teaching and Learning ▶
Professor Alan Smeaton - Dublin City University
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10:30
Tea, Coffee and Networking back in the Exhibition Space
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Silent Presentation The landscape of eduroam is changing, what to do?
Louis Twomey - HEAnet
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11:00
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LIGHTNING TALKS Transforming device management in the new era of the modern workforce ▶
Mark Twomey - University of Limerick
Alliance4XR: Erasmus+ Innovation Alliance to infuse Higher Education and Further Education with Extended Reality skills ▶
Dr Rachel Farrell - University College Dublin
Unburdening Accessible Content Creation in Articulate Storyline 360 ▶
Eveline Holmes - Trinity College Dublin
From E-Waste to E-Wisdom: ESG Practices in ICT ▶
Cathal O’Donnell - Trinity College Dublin
Development of Research IT Competency Model ▶
Josephine Lynch - University of Limerick
Lightning Talks – Friday Q & A Session ▶
Eveline Holmes - Trinity College Dublin
Josephine Lynch - University of Limerick
Mark Twomey - University of Limerick
Cathal O’Donnell - Trinity College Dublin
Dr Rachel Farrell - University College Dublin
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Crusade to Campus Contingency: Maynooth University’s journey to a centralised and automated backup solution ▶
Thomas O’Brien - Maynooth University
Charlene McGoohan - Maynooth University
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11:30
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Advancing Service Delivery: From ITSM to ESM in a University Environment (Lorraine McLoughlin) & New Horizons: Our ESM Implementation Odyssey (Liz Hayes) ▶
Lorraine McLoughlin - University College Cork
Ms Liz Hayes - University College Cork
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12:00
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Closing Plenary The impact and implications of NIS2 for Education and Research institutions ▶
Paul Stanley - National Cyber Security Centre
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12:45
CEO Closing Remarks ▶
Ronan Byrne - HEAnet
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13:00
Friday Packed Lunch to go - Sponsored by Anthology
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15:00
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HEAnet Conference 2024 Highlights ▶
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