Registration
15th Oct
08:30 – 09:15
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Programme WXW 2026
32 speakers, 8 panels, and 18 live performances of music, comedy and spoken word, across two days.
Opening Welcome
15th Oct
09:15 – 09:30
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How Agentic AI is disrupting Global Enterprise and Early Stage Tech Models
15th Oct
09:30 – 10:30
Break
15th Oct
10:30 – 11:00
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Big Tech, Small Country: What Google Sees in Ireland’s Scale-Ups
15th Oct
11:00 – 12:00
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Lunch
15th Oct
12:00 – 13:00
Keynote Interview: Scrums and Stages – How Sport and Culture Became The West’s Best Economic Argument
15th Oct
13:00 – 14:00
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The Ultimate Frontier..The Irish and International & Space Sector Investment Opportunity
15th Oct
14:00 – 15:00
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Break
15th Oct
15:00 – 15:30
Built in Ireland, Sold to the World: The Irish Playbook for Global Exits
15th Oct
15:30 – 16:30
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Cultural Bridge
15th Oct
16:30 – 17:30
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Cultural Program
Evening schedule for cultural events across 5 venues
Thu 15 Oct
19:30 – 20:45
Linenhall Theatre
Niall Breslin and the Polaris Quartet
Thu 15 Oct
20:30 – 21:45
Bridge Street – Upstairs
Roesy + FeliSpeaks + Áine Gordon + Kevin McGahern MC
Thu 15 Oct
21:00 – 22:15
Christ Church
Liam Ó Maonlaí
Thu 15 Oct
22:30 – 00:00
Bridge Street Marquee
The Labourers + Seán O’Meara + Daft Punk Tribute
Registration
16th Oct
08:00 – 09:00
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The Next Irish Medtech Unicorn: What Investors Are Really Looking For
16th Oct
09:00 – 10:00
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Trust as Infrastructure: Cybersecurity, Identity and the New Defence-Tech Money
16th Oct
10:00 – 11:00
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Break
16th Oct
11:00 – 11:30
Unicorn Country: What It Actually Takes to Scale a Startup Out of Ireland
16th Oct
11:30 – 12:30
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Lunch
16th Oct
12:30 – 13:30
Keynote Interview
16th Oct
13:30 – 14:30
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Coke, Clicks and Drones: What Do Ireland’s Most Unlikely Innovators Have in Common?
16th Oct
14:30 – 15:30
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Break
16th Oct
15:30 – 16:00
Automate, Scale, Repeat: Growing Globally from The West
16th Oct
16:00 – 17:00
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Cultural Bridge
16th Oct
17:00 – 17:30
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Cultural Program
Evening schedule for cultural events across 5 venues
Fri 16 Oct
19:30 – 20:45
Linenhall Theatre
Pilgrims
Fri 16 Oct
20:30 – 21:45
Bridge Street Upstairs
Emmet O’Brien + Daragh Fleming + Driven Snow + Ger Staunton MC
Fri 16 Oct
21:00 – 22:15
Christ Church
Róisín El Cherif + Dani Larkin
Fri 16 Oct
22:30 – 00:00
Bridge Street Marquee
Slyrydes + Ispíní na hÉireann + Grand Festival Finale with the WXW All-Stars
