Waypoint. Navigating Towards AI Success
- Date
- Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Venue
- UCD O'Connor Centre, Dublin
- Format
- A morning of talks and two panels
- Hosted with
- Greater Dublin Chamber Alliance
Waypoint brought together people running Irish businesses, speakers from inside the labs building the models, and two panels of leaders who had already put AI into their own operations. The brief was the same as everything else we do: no hype, no product demo dressed as a keynote, and enough honesty on stage that the room could act on what it heard.
AI, from the source.
Main stage · 15 minutes
OpenAI, and what comes next.
OpenAI on ChatGPT, the product roadmap, and where it goes next, and what that means for Irish organisations.
- Stephen DenverGTM, OpenAI
Main stage · 15 minutes
Claude, in production.
Anthropic’s Claude: using it day to day, managing it, directing it, and putting it to work.
- Kevin CollinsClaude Code Ambassador for Ireland · Founder, Echofold
09:45 · 30 minutes
AI across industries.
Engineering, recruitment, legal and manufacturing, the people actually putting AI to work, and what it has cost them to do it.
- Bernard DenverManaging Director, Metec Consulting Engineers
- Sean DevlinGroup Sales Director, MCS Group
- Feargal BrennanManaging Partner, Byrne Wallace Shields
- Matthew MullanSenior Director of Engineering, Apriori
11:30 · 30 minutes
The wider picture.
Security, regulation and cost, what it actually takes to adopt AI responsibly, and where the risk really sits.
- Roger CourtneyFounder & CEO, Sunstone
- Rob O’FarrellChief Technology Officer, ID-Pal
- Jonathan EustaceCommercial Director, Microsoft Ireland
- Rebekah BrooksCo-founder & COO, The Indie List
The sessions we ran ourselves.
The policy picture
Where AI regulation actually stands for a business operating in Ireland, and which parts of it apply to you.
The four pillars
The frame we use for AI adoption, and why most programmes fail on the same one.
People behaviour
The part nobody budgets for: what actually changes when a team is handed a tool this capable.
Nomad today, and Nomad of the future
Where we are, and what we are building next.
What the room made of it.
average rating out of five
Eight written responses
said it met or exceeded what they came for
Five of the eight said exceeded
said they would come to the next one
Not one said they would not
The high calibre of speakers was excellent, and pitched at the right level for the people in attendance. You are setting the bar high for the next one.
The panel engagement was really good, and having such a broad panel covering different industries was really relevant.
The honest panel discussions gave a great insight into the thinking of the business leaders taking part.
It showed how AI breaks down the barriers to projects that might only have been thought about before, never acted on.
A very well polished event.
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