World-class speaker, philanthropist, author of the book “Your Perfect Presentation,” Co-Founder of Cafemedia, and CEO & Founder of Own The Room, Bill Hoogterp has provided professional communication training and consultation to business leaders, politicians and celebrities around the world.

Wendy is a consulting leader in the Netherlands and part of the Joint Europe Advisory Leadership team and the Europe Consulting Leadership team. Before these roles, she was leading the People & Organisation competence group in Consulting from 2011 till 2016.

Alec W. Serlie is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Work & Organizational Psychology of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Educated as a cognitive and medical psychologist (PhD on cardiophobia), he has extensive experience in organisational consultancy.

Kelly joined the department of Complex Genetics in 2014 to do her doctoral research in the field of consumer genetic testing. During this project she contributed to both research and business development, the latter resulting in establishment of the company MyBasePair. In September 2018 she completed this project and successfully defended her thesis.

Jonathan has worked for LinkedIn at their international HQ since September 2014. He started as a Senior Learning & Development Consultant and is now a Director in the Learning & Development organisation working predominantly throughout the EMEA and LATAM regions.

Dr Michelle Selinger is a Principal Consultant with the consultancy practice EdTech Ventures. Michelle’s academic career started as a schoolteacher and then as a lecturer and researcher at universities in the UK including the University of Cambridge, the UK Open University, and the University of Warwick.

An education enthusiast, Majella specialises in creating clear, engaging content that informs and influences. With over 10 years’ experience, Majella has worked on some of the largest digital learning projects across Ireland and the UK.

Martyn is the COO of SoapBox Labs, the global leader in speech technology for children. Martyn has been a member of the Irish Government’s Data Forum since its inception in June 2015. He is an experienced public speaker on the future use of technology/AI and children, with a particular interest in privacy and education.

Belinda is an educator, management consultant and business leader. Her professional focus is on acquiring, optimising and developing high performance talent and culture in organisations. She has deep and global experience of digital and high growth organisations and in the Irish not-for-profit sector.

Gavin is a consultative digital learning professional and has cultivated over 14 years’ experience helping organisations with their learning and development challenges. Having worked on some of the largest digital learning projects globally, Gavin champions the positive effects that engaging, effective learning content can have on an organisation and its stakeholders.

Tracey Donnery is an Executive Director with Skillnet Ireland, the agency responsible for the promotion and facilitation of workforce development. She is an experienced executive in learning and development, organisation development and labour market policy.

Gavin Henrick is an experienced educational technology consultant, with over 15 years’ experience delivering education solutions with a focus around online and blended learning technologies, such as Moodle.

Dr Mark Melia is Head of Product Strategy at Enovation and is responsible for directing e-learning product development. Mark spends much of his time working with L&D leaders to understand their needs from technology to ensure Enovation is building the right tools for industry practitioners. Prior to this Mark was a senior member of the consulting team at Enovation. Mark holds a PhD in Learning Technology from Dublin City University.

A fully qualified solicitor, James holds a Bachelor of Commerce (1H) (UCD), Diploma in Sports Law (Du Montfort, Leicester) and is a member British Association for Sport & Law. James is a CEO and Co-Founder of PepTalk, alongside being a Co-Founder of Legacy Communications, one of the leading sponsorship and communications companies in Ireland. He has represented Dublin GAA at every age and won 1 All Ireland Medal and 3 Leinster.

Sinead has worked in senior roles with the Irish Institute of Training & Development for over 18 years. In her capacity of CEO, she leads the team to develop a high value member offer and the strategic alliance of the IITD with all stakeholders.

A native of Connemara, Breda joined IDA Ireland 16 years ago after spending much of her career in the UK. She has worked as IDA’s Head of HR, Regional Business Development and most recently heads up a team supporting the growth of 270 small to medium sized multinational companies in the IDA portfolio.

Dr. Benoît Bossavit is a postdoc fellow at Trinity College Dublin within the Enterprise Ireland Career-FIT programme and mentored by Dr. Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sánchez. Benoît passed his MSc in Computer Science at Bordeaux (France) where he specialized in Virtual Reality technology.

Dr. Celine Mullins is the CEO and Founder of Adaptas, a Leadership Development Training organisation, developing managers and leaders and teams, in Ireland and Internationally. Celine and her team have also created a cutting-edge Virtual Reality experience, called ‘Immersive Sales Star’, which is being used at FBD Insurance to train their new staff. This won the ‘Excellence in Digital Learning’ award with the Irish Institute of Training and Development (IITD) in early 2019.