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Rebecca Lutton Head of Technology Adoption (Distributed Systems and Digital Twins), Digital Catapult Bio Rebecca Lutton is Head of Technology Adoption for Digital Twins and Distributed Systems at Digital Catapult in Belfast. She holds a PhD in Advanced Materials and Processing, an MEng in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, and an MSc in Internet of Things.With […]

Andrew Bolster Senior R&D Manager (Data Science) @ Black Duck Bio Dr Andrew Bolster is a Recovering Academic and Reluctant R&D Manager who spends his days driving data to make AI work at Black Duck, where he leads Data Science R&D. He trained as an electronics and software engineer at Queen’s, focusing on high performance

Emma Mullholland Founder, Mulholland Product Practice Bio Emma Mulholland runs a Belfast-based Product Practice built on a simple promise: make better product decisions, and build the capability to keep making them. Through workshop facilitation, practitioner training, coaching and fractional product leadership, she helps organisations understand their customers’ biggest problems, and equips their teams to keep

John Murphy Project Development Lead, Department for Communities Bio John Murphy is an archaeologist and currently serves as Project Development Lead with the Department for Communities. Since joining the Department in 2011, he has worked primarily within the Historic Environment Record of Northern Ireland, where he has worked extensively in GIS, archaeological survey, heritage landscape

Phil Weir CEO and Founder, Flax and Teal Bio Phil Weir runs Flax & Teal, a global specialist company, focused on use and creation of professional open source beyond traditional IT applications – cultural heritage, engineering simulation, semiconductors and geophysics. In particular, he drives products for the resilience and natural disaster management sectors, targeting the

Michael Shanks Founder and CEO, Budibase Bio Michael is the Co-founder and CEO of Budibase, an open-source workflow platform that helps organizations build AI agents, internal apps, and automations on their own infrastructure. He works with public sector organizations and regulated industries to adopt AI securely while meeting their governance and compliance needs. When he’s

Martin Woodward Vice President, Developer Relations, GitHub Bio Martin is the Vice President of Developer Relations at GitHub where he helps developers and open source communities to create delightful things. Prior to that he was part of the team at Microsoft building the tooling for DevOps teams inside and outside the company where he helped

Marc Strathie Senior Policy Advisor, Devolved Nations, Institute of Directors Bio Marc Strathie is a senior policy advisor for devolved nations at the Institute of Directors (IoD), a role he has held since 2024. He leads IoD’s policy work across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, developing policy positions and representing the views of directors and

Hannah Foxwell Founder, AI for the Rest of Us Bio With over a decade of experience in technology transformation, Hannah has always advocated for the human impact of change. Hannah is relentlessly curious about the tools, technologies, processes and practices that make life better for the people involved in software development, using this knowledge to

Juliette Denny Founder, Growth Engineering Bio Juliette Denny is the Founder of Growth Engineering and Zavmo, and a long-time voice in learning technology, AI and human-centred education. Over the past 25 years, she has built Growth Engineering from scratch into a multi-million-pound EdTech company, working with organisations including L’Oréal, Apple, Cisco and HP. As a