Dublin — Week of 13 Apr 2026

The Franco-Irish tech community convenes at the Residence of France in Dublin for a panel on quantum computing and high-performance computing — are these technologies real business game-changers or still hype? Experts from Equal1 and Bull join for discussion and networking. Open to tech professionals, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and researchers.

The OpenSearch community gathers at Amazon Ireland's Burlington Plaza office for technical talks and networking. Nils Bandener, co-maintainer of OpenSearch's security repository, presents upcoming changes to index authorization mechanisms.

Dublin's monthly entrepreneur networking night — an informal gathering of founders and aspiring entrepreneurs at House Dublin on Leeson Street. A 1,900+ member community; a reliable way to expand your network without a conference price tag.

ProductTank Dublin brings PMs together at Workday HQ for an evening of candid, practical wisdom. Bernie Foley (VP Product, 30+ years experience) discusses customer engagement and joins a panel exploring engineering-led, product-led, and sales-led PM approaches. Food, drinks, and real talk — no textbook fluff.

Learnovate's second innovation masterclass at Trinity Innovation Hub shifts from insight to action — practical strategies for turning tech landscape disruption into business growth. Includes a networking lunch. From a verified organiser with 10+ years of professional development events.

Dublin's Java User Group gathers at Gong HQ for two engineering talks: how Gong built a multi-agent AI system to dramatically cut developer context switching across 100+ microservices, and Anthony Brady on resilience patterns for distributed systems — circuit breakers, rate limiters, and fault tolerance in practice.

QuantumBlack (AI by McKinsey) engineers on agentic AI pipelines and MCP-driven ML orchestration. 130 confirmed. Dublin's must-attend AI event this week.

ClickHouse Ireland hosts their Dublin meetup at Squarespace, with talks on favourite ClickHouse features and pushing limits with ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry from a Twilio engineer. A solid evening for data engineers and infrastructure-focused technologists.

SOLD OUT at Google Dockmill — founders demo live projects in Dublin's version of a Silicon Valley tech café. Join the waitlist.

Ireland's premier IT governance, cybersecurity, and audit conference — ISACA Ireland's 12th annual event covers AI risk, quantum computing, and the hyper-connected enterprise. Full day of CPE-eligible sessions at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire. Tickets from €60.

Ireland's first insurance accelerator reveals its debut cohort at KPMG IFSC — ten insurtech startups pitch. A hidden gem for anyone interested in fintech and startup investing.

Ireland's AI filmmaking hackathon — 100 makers, 24 hours, one short film using AI tools, culminating in a black-tie cinema premiere at Dogpatch Labs. Backed by ElevenLabs, fal.ai, and Red Bull. Dublin's must-attend creative AI event of the week.