Past Events
November 2024: BlockW & IOB: Digital Euro and Financial Inclusion
Daniel McLean, Digital Euro Lead with the ECB gave an update of the progress on the digital euro project and the importance of digital financial inclusion to the project.
Redefining Learning: Workshop for the Digital Age
Prof. Joyce O’Connor, Chair and Co Founder BlockW participated in INABTAs Education Working Group webinar Redefining Learning: Workshop for the Digital Age.
Tokenisation and its Impact on the Asset Management Landscape.
KPMG & Block W hosted Tokenisation and its Impact on the Asset Management Landscape.
September 2024: ESRI Skills requirement for emerging technologies in Ireland – Study Launch.
Publication Launch: The research was funded by the Irish Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS).
AI Impact Series: AI in Health – A New Cambrian Explosion
Different aspects of AI in Health were explored including:
AI Impact Series : a session on “Digital Sustainability for Financial Services”.
Speaker, Ioannis Kolaxis, Director and Senior Technology Architect at Accenture with Moderator Professor Joyce O’Connor, Chair and Co-Founder BlockW
AI Impact Series : The AI Act – How is it working in practice? An overview of the EU AI Act.
This session was delivered by Noelle Doody and Brian Connolly and gave attendees an introduction to the EU AI Act and the risk-based assessment approach.
AI Impact Series: The Ethics of AI in Financial Services
Dr Alessandra Sala, Senior Director of AI and Data Science at Shutterstock, discussed the ethical considerations of the use of AI.
June 2024: International Digital Health Summer School
BlockW contributed to the International Digital Health Summer School at Maynooth University.