Today’s guest is Puravee Bhattacharya, Data Product Owner - Group Data Office at Energia. Energia is the longest supplier of 100% green electricity on the island of Ireland. They are engaged in a wide range of projects including bio-energy, energy storage and solar energy. Through strategic initiatives and investments, Energia are decisively addressing the challenges of energy provision in a world that is grappling with climate change. 

Puravee is a Data and Analytics professional with 10 years of Product and Consulting experience in advisory, regulatory and investigatory roles within the Data Science landscape. She has a track-record of delivering large-scale Project and Program Management in Business Intelligence, Business Transformation, Technology enablement and Regulatory driven change/implementation projects.

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Today’s guest is Balaji Padmanathan, Data Scientist & Masters Graduate at Uniersity College Dublin. Balaji was the winner in the Best Application of AI in a Student Project at the 2023 AI Awards for his project focusing on optimising electric vehicle charging station locations in Dublin. The aim of the project was to make Dublin more sustainable and serve as a model for global efforts to combat climate change and promote responsible urban development.

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Today's guest is Luca Marchesotti, Founder and CEO of Gemmo AI. A leader in bespoke AI solutions, Gemmo AI offer services in consultancy and R&D for Computer Vision, Predictive and Generative AI projects. Their innovative AI-driven noise monitoring system has led to the launch of Risso AI, a specialised SaaS product aimed to help the growing concern around noise pollution.

Gemmo AI won the Best Application of AI in Sustainability at the 2023 AI Awards for developing an API for noise source identification to address noise pollution in Dublin and beyond to improve health and enhance the quality of life. It’s their vision to create a world where environmental surveillance safeguards the planet.

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Today’s guest is Eamonn O'Toole, Data Science Consultant at Dell Technologies. Dell Technologies Managed Services (DTMS) provide fully managed and optimised cloud and IT services to a large and varied set of 3rd party customers. These services include the operation and
maintenance of backup, storage, compute, network and converged
infrastructure with a variety of monitoring and ITSM systems.

Dell Technologies won the 2023 AI Award for Best Application of AI in a Large Enterprise for the DTMS team’s collaboration with Service Operations Applied Science and Engineering (SOAS) to employ an ML-powered Multi-Layered Framework to enhance incident management and reduce ticket handling times.

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Today’s guest is John Clancy, Founder and CEO at Galvia. Based in Galway, Galvia's mission is to make AI accessible to all organisations, regardless of size. They believe teams should be able to access the benefits of an AI platform and empowered to focus on what matters most, whether that’s value creation or more engaged customers.

Galvia were a finalist in the Best Application of AI in a Startup at last month's AI Awards for addressing the University of Galway’s pandemic-induced challenges with an AI-driven student engagement platform named Cara. It helped reduce staff workload by 40%, saving 1500+ hours and instantly resolved 84% of student queries.

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Today’s guest is Emanuel Popovici, Director at the Embedded Systems Group within the School of Engineering at University College Cork. Since 2005, the Embedded Systems Research Group has pursued a broad range of activities through research, teaching, outreach and collaboration with industry. 

Emanuel and his team were a finalist in the Best Application of AI in an Academic Research Body and Best Application of AI in Healthcare at the 2023 AI Awards for for their project which addresses neonatal mortality in low-income countries caused by heart and brain issues. It employs AI to interpret physiological signals, improving early detection and healthcare access.

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Today’s guest is Conrad Bernath, Head of Speech and Machine Learning at T-Pro. Headquartered in Dublin, T-Pro is a global leader in clinical documentation improvement software. The company's technology allows healthcare providers to voice enable their existing EPR, reduce transcription costs, outsource overflow transcription and capture patient information effectively and efficiently from anywhere on any device. 

Conrad was a nominee for AI Person of the Year at the 2023 AI Awards for his work in revolutionising healthcare with advanced NLP solutions. His leadership refines medical documentation, streamlines workflows and improves patient outcomes. Through his expertise and dedication, Conrad is setting new benchmarks by integrating AI into healthcare processes, elevating standards in the industry.

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Today’s guest is Alan Moore, Founder and CEO at Tax World. Based in Dublin, Tax World were a nominee for the 2023 AI Awards in the Best Use of AI in a Consumer/Customer Service category for their product Ezylia, which addresses the complex issue of obtaining clear tax information with a personal AI assistant.

Ezylia has been trained on Irish tax law, tax commentary and publications with over 10 years of questions and answers from Tax World's members area. They employ OpenAI’s ChatGPT, regex and Python to efficiently answer tax questions, simplify tax topics and reduce research time for professionals.

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Today’s guest is David Atkinson, Co-Founder and CEO at Lip. Founded in 2023, Lip uses augmented to dubbing to make it look like you can actually speak a different language. David's vision for Lip is every single person in the world being able to speak to every single other person in the world, seamlessly.

Lip won the 2023 AI Award for Best Use of AI in a Consumer/Customer Service application for addressing the challenge of language barriers in content creation by using AI to generate lip movements that make it appear as if you can speak another language. This technology aims to help creators reach broader language markets quickly.

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Today’s guest is Paul Johnston, British Ambassador to Ireland. Having joined the UK Civil Service in 1990, Paul has served in Paris and New York and has also had a wide range of political and security roles in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. His previous roles include British Ambassador to Sweden, Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO and UK Ambassador to the EU for Political and Security to name a few

Paul became Ambassador to Ireland in September 2020. The Ambassador represents His Majesty The King and the UK government in the country to which they are appointed. They are responsible for the direction and work of the embassy and its consulates, including political work, trade and investment, press and cultural relations and consular services.

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