About Blockchain Ireland
An organisation of state agencies, corporates, academics, and industry professionals working together to share insights and expertise and to promote the growth of blockchain technology in Ireland.
An organisation of state agencies, corporates, academics, and industry professionals working together to share insights and expertise and to promote the growth of blockchain technology in Ireland.
Blockchain Ireland is an industry network that works to promote and share information on blockchain and distributed ledger technology in Ireland. The organization was founded in late 2015 and co-signed the Cooperation on European Blockchain Partnership in February 2019.
Blockchain Ireland connects with other emerging technology clusters to facilitate formation of new jobs, to promote notable examples of blockchain and DLT entrepreneurship, and to establish Ireland as a knowledge-hub for crypto-asset custody and creation, and a centre for decentralised financial services. In order to achieve its objectives, Blockchain Ireland co-creates a wide range of networking and information-sharing events including the popular annual/national Blockchain Ireland Week, and collaborates in and commissions research to scope and advance emerging opportunties in the field.
Since its formation in 2015, Blockchain Ireland has grown to partner with over 100 organisations nationally and connects with a range of international industry networks including: INATBA, Slovenian Blockchain Innovation Ecosystem, British Blockchain Association, Australian Blockchain Association.
The Irish Blockchain Expert Group was founded in late 2015 to meet the growing need for a forum to discuss the ever-evolving topic of blockchain technology. The forum members of blockchain businesses and projects in Ireland, representatives from a number of academic institutions, as well as participants of the wider Irish blockchain community.
In 2019, Blockchain Ireland was launched to grow the ecosystem in Ireland. It is a non-profit, member-led organisation that includes state agencies, corporates, academics and professionals working in the blockchain field. The group holds meetings on a monthly basis during which keynote speakers share insights and expertise on blockchain applications in their relative fields.
Lory is an adjunct assistant professor in technology trends with Trinity College Dublin’s Business School. Lory is a former managing director with ConsenSys where he founded, scaled and led ConsenSys Ireland, was global co-lead of ConsenSys’ partnerships work and was a member of the global leadership team. Prior to ConsenSys, Lory was a Partner with Deloitte China and a Director with Deloitte Ireland where he founded, set up and ran Deloitte’s Europe Middle East and Africa Blockchain Lab. He is a Qualified Financial Adviser, registered stockbroker, qualified product owner and scrum master.
Dave is the Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet Manager. He is passionate about innovation, co-collaboration, and the skills and competencies needed to assist organisations to scale. His team are building out several industry-led skills programmes in emerging disruptive technologies coupled with driving innovation excellence for the workplace of the future. The MSc in Blockchain (Distributed Ledger Technologies) is a prime example of the success of this model. Dave is a highly experienced Senior Director who held the roles of MD and Country Manager for the subsidiaries of UK/US based organisations. He successfully led a MBO, worked with a Swiss multinational and in the start-up SaaS/Cloud environment before managing the Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet and its Innovation Forum.
After a long career as a technology lawyer and partner in the Arthur Cox Technology and Innovation Group, Pearse has begun a second career as a member of the founder team of two Financial Services sector start-ups, both in the process of obtaining regulatory authorisations, and generally plies his trade as a consultant on legal/regulatory matters.
Fiona is CEO and founder of tech start-up Origin Chain Network Ltd.
She is a software engineer and blockchain architect in the agri-food sector. Fiona is a Digital transformation and open innovation practitioner, advisor and consultant to business sector.
Ian is an accomplished global technology sales leader with expertise in building strategies and leading business development surrounding the adoption of emerging technologies.
Since 2015, Ian has been Head of Solution Engineering at Oracle, where he champions performance excellence with his cloud consumption sales team.
Ian holds a Master of Science in Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia.
Frank is director of architecture, blockchain lead at Fidelity Investments, the American multinational financial services corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts, and with offices in Dublin.
Professor Joyce O’Connor is the founding President of the National College of Ireland (NCI), Co-Founder and Chair of BlockW, Chair University and Chair Digital Future Group, Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA). A former Chair of the Digital Hub Development Agency Professor O’Connor has extensive experience as a Chair and Board member to a wide range of state, semi-state, educational and not for profit organisations.
Dáire is founder and CEO of Interwoven Ltd, offering advisory and interlocutory services to FinTech Firms and their customers.
He sit on the Irish Funds Innovation, Skills and Technology Steering Group and the FinTech Working Group.
With a strong background in IT, Operations and Business, he has had a long and varied career in Senior Management roles across a variety of sectors successfully servicing blue chip clients, most recently as Managing Director and Head of State Street Ireland’s Consulting Services Group.
Paul is a journalist, commentator and presenter of more than twenty years experience in ICT.
He currently provides content strategy and services with PJH Consulting.
Six working groups have been established to conduct ongoing research within their given fields. The groups report to the steering committee and to the wider organisation on a regular basis.