DMX 2023 will be MCed by the legendary Radio and TV Broadcaster Jess Kelly. You may know her best as Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent, the host of TechTalk, or from her weekly spot on The Pat Kenny Show. Jess also imparts her technology expertise to television audiences on The Six O’Clock Show on Virgin Media One, while also regularly seeing her work published in The Sunday Business Post, The Irish Examiner, Tatler and on Independent.ie to name but a few. Jess is an experienced MC, skilled at electing the best from her interviewees by balancing probing detail with riveting insights.

Peter is Managing Director of Futurewise and is an expert on future trends and a much sought-after speaker and adviser on the future of work. He has over 25 years business experience on executive teams as well as boards as board member and Chair. He is currently Chair of Aware, the leading mental health charity and Chair of Brain Tumour Ireland. He has been Chair of Junior Achievement Ireland, the National Recruitment Federation and currently serves on the 30% Club Steering Committee tackling gender balance. Peter has served as a Board adviser for a number of Staffing organisations and has been a contributor to the Expert Group on Future Skills. Peter is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Prior to his appointment as CEO of FMCI, Russell was an Engineering Manager at Jaguar Land Rover, where he led a team focusing on the new revenue opportunities that are enabled as vehicles move towards an increasing automated and connected future. Based in Shannon, he is also the Chair of the Testbed working group as part of the CAV Ireland initiative, this work led to the proposal for FMCI. His background is in ASIC Design and Communications, and his previous companies include Parthus Technologies, Texas Instruments, Ericsson and Intel.

Fionnán writes news, analysis and comment on current affairs and politics for the Irish Independent and Independent.ie. He is a weekly columnist with the Irish Independent and a presenter of The Indo Daily podcast from Independent.ie. A native of Thurles, Co Tipperary, Fionnán has won several awards for print and digital journalism from Newsbrands Ireland, the Law Society and the National Newspapers of Ireland, including National Journalist of the Year. Prior to his current role, Fionnán’s positions included Editor and Political Editor of the Irish Independent. He is a regular commentator on TV and radio.

Brian Sheehan is Digital Director at Mediahuis with significant cross sector digital marketing experience with Standard Life, Paddy Power Betfair, Joe Media and Mediahuis. Brian has extensive knowledge of social strategy, e-commerce, search marketing, ad tech, creative, product development, digital audio, and video production. Within his current role, Brian has played a pivotal role in the digital transformation of Mediahuis which has unlocked the best digital performance in the company’s history

Dr. Michael Wu is one of the world’s premier authorities on artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science, and behavioral economics. He’s currently the Chief AI Strategist at PROS (NYSE: PRO), an AI-powered SaaS provider that helps companies monetize more efficiently in the digital economy. He’s been appointed as a Senior Research Fellow at the Ecole des Ponts Business School for his work in Data Science, and he serves as an advisor and a lecturer for UC Berkeley Extension’s AI programs.

Prior to PROS, Michael was the Chief Scientist at Lithium for a decade, where he focuses on developing predictive and prescriptive algorithms to extract insights from social media big data. His research spans many areas, including customer experience, CRM, online influence, gamification, digital transformation, AI, etc. His R&D won him the recognition as an Influential Leader by CRM Magazine along with Mark Zuckerberg, Marc Benioff and other industry giants.

Michael has served as a DOE fellow at the Los Alamos National Lab conducting research in face recognition and was awarded 4 years of full fellowship under the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. Prior to industry, Michael received his triple major undergraduate degree in Applied Math, Physics, and Molecular & Cell Biology; and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley’s Biophysics program, where he uses machine learning to model visual processing within the human brain. Michael believes in knowledge dissemination, and speaks internationally at universities, conferences, and enterprises. His insights have inspired many global enterprises and are made accessible through “The Science of Social,” and “The Science of Social 2”—two easy-reading e-books.

Joy Neville is a former Ireland woman’s rugby International Captain and current rugby International referee. As a player Joy represented Ireland both at the 2006 and 2010 Women's Rugby World Cups. In 2013 she was a member of the Ireland women's team to win both a Grand Slam and the Women's Six Nations Championship. Since taking up refereeing in 2014, she has taken charge of the Women's Six Nations, the World Rugby Sevens Series and the Women's Rugby World Cup, including the Women’s World Cup Final in 2017. Joy has also achieved a number of firsts as a female referee in the Men's professional game.

Since 2016, Neville became the first female assistant referee for a European Challenge Cup, the first female to referee All Ireland League, Welsh Premier Division, British and Irish Cup, European Challenge Cup and, in February 2018, took charge of the men’s Pro14 fixture between Ulster and Southern Kings. In 2017 Neville was named World Rugby Referee of the Year and also Munster Rugby Referee of the Year. In 2020, Joy made rugby history again by being the first woman appointed as television match official (TMO) in a major international competition, the Autumn Nations Cup.

Stha Banks manages GBG Mid-Market, UK & Ireland in Meta. She leads a team that works across several Tech & Services Industries including Fintech, Tech, Travel, Healthcare & Education. With 14 years of experience in advertising Stha has delivered award-winning campaigns with local and international brands helping them connect with their customers using digital platforms. In her previous roles, she led paid social teams in Advertising Agencies and successfully doubled her teams; developed processes; best practice frameworks; drove strong revenue growth during the most challenging times. Stha also served as Board Director of the Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland (IAPI), where she had led the diversity, equality and inclusion projects such as the first-ever industry Global DEI Census in the marketing and advertising world. She continues this passionate work in Meta through their internal resource groups.

Conor joined Google in 2015 and currently leads the UKI Large Customer Sales team in Dublin, having previously held roles in Googles’ SMB and Services teams.

Conor trained as an electronic engineer and designed microchips for mobile applications for 4 years with Nasdaq-listed semiconductor intellectual prope y company Pa husCeva, Inc. Conor’s team delivered the world’s rst commercially licensed Bluetooth IP, selling to clients such as Panasonic, Sharp, Hitachi, and Fujitsu. A er obtaining his MBA, he transitioned into management consulting, spending 10 years with McKinsey & Company - where he was Managing Pa ner of McKinsey’s Irish practice.

Conor graduated from University College Dublin with a BEng in 1999, and obtained his MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management in 2005. He is married with 4 children and lives in
Dublin, Ireland.

Trev Keane is MD of Epic Global Agency, a leading esports and gaming agency. Trev works with major rights holders and athletes entering the world of competitive gaming.

Geraldine Magnier is Co founder and Director of Idiro Analytics, Ireland’s AI and Advanced Analytics Experts with Idiro’s AI Ethics Centre. Currently Geraldine is the ‘Technology Ireland Person of the Year’, Chair of the Small Firms Association, WMB Ambassador of Diversity 2023 and board member of Technology Ireland, IBEC representing indigenous and multinational tech companies in Ireland.