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ConferenceWednesday 4 November 2026

Waypoint Cork. What AI is actually changing in Irish business.

Date
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Time
9:00 to 12:30
Venue
Republic of Work, South Mall, Cork
Entry
Free

Waypoint came to Cork. The same brief as Dublin: a morning for the people running businesses in Munster, with leaders who have put AI to work inside their own companies, plain talk about what it changes, and no pitch.

Summarise with AI
Waypoint Cork

What the panel left people with

The panel took on what AI means for compliance, insurance and day-to-day operations, which is where most businesses feel it first. Afterwards two of the panellists passed on something to take away: Kathryn Neary pointed people to Nora Comply, whose work is helping businesses evidence their AI compliance for the EU AI Act, and Mark Farrelly to VizCo's coverage gap analysis, a tool for checking where your current insurance leaves you exposed as AI comes into the business.

AI, from the source.

Talk

Talk

Orchid Ontology.

An ontology is a living map of a business: every customer, job, asset and person, and how each one connects. Ben Havenga on how Orchid builds and keeps that map.

  • Ben HavengaCo-founder & Managing Director, Nomad
Talk

Talk

Nomad.

Who we are, how we work with companies, and what we are building.

  • Ben BarrettCo-founder & Managing Director, Nomad
Panel

Panel

The wider picture.

Three speakers on what AI means for the EU AI Act, for liability and insurance, and for adoption across a business's operations.

  • Kathryn NearyCo-founder & CEO, Nora Comply
  • Mark FarrellyGo-to-market lead, VizCo
  • Colm BreenOperations, ICBE

The sessions we ran ourselves.

Questions from the room

An open Q&A, so the morning ended with what people in the room actually wanted to ask.

On the day
The panel seated on stage at Republic of Work in Cork, with the panellists' portraits on the screen behind them.
A Nomad speaker with a microphone at the lectern, beside the Nomad logo on the screen.
The audience seated in rows, watching the stage.
A wide view of the Cork room during the panel, the audience in the foreground and the panellists in front of the zebra-print wall.
The whole room during a talk, with the speaker at the lectern and a full audience.
Three of the panellists in conversation on stage, one speaking into a microphone.
Two speakers on stage in front of the Nomad screen, with the audience in the foreground.
People seated along the windows at Republic of Work, listening.
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