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Liam O'Boyle MA.​
AI and XR Futures Art, Culture and Technology PhD Researcher. Liam is a UL XTREME Living Lab PhD researcher exploring how AI and XR transform artistic practice, performance, and cultural experience. An accomplished musician and sound engineer with extensive industry experience, he investigates new creative workflows, audience engagement models, and ethical challenges emerging at the intersection of immersive technologies, music, the wider arts ecosystem, and cultural policy debates.

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PhD Student, Certified Scrum Master with an 1st Class Honours MSc in Machine Learning for Finance, 1st Class Hons BSc in Digital Technology Design & Innovation, 1st Class Hons Higher Diploma in Data Analytics & Software Development, and 15+ years experience in senior management positions in financial technology, hedge funds, investment banking & mining sectors. Researching AI, with health tech and technology Governance in terms of Market Development and Commercialisation.

Homayoun  is a Trustworthy AI PhD researcher examining AI and XR governance, with a focus on market development, commercialisation, and responsible innovation. With a degree in AI, an MSc in Machine Learning, and extensive software development experience, he bridges technical, business, and ethical perspectives to support robust, human-centred deployment of emerging intelligent and immersive technologies across industry domains.

Raymond J. Friel, a graduate of UCC and the University of Exeter, specializes in contract and commercial law, authoring leading treatises in these areas. He has held visiting professorships at prestigious institutions such as Boston College Law School and the University of New Hampshire Law School. His extensive publications appear in renowned journals, including the International and Comparative Law Quarterly and Fordham Journal of International Law. Currently, he serves as Director of the International Commercial and Economic Law Research Group and examines for both the Kings Inns and Law Society of Ireland.

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Amanda Clifford, Professor of Physiotherapy at the 51ÉçÇø, specializes in designing and evaluating interventions to improve health, prevent falls, and optimize rehabilitation in older adults and people with neurological conditions, including Parkinson's disease. Her work explores the role of technology and the arts—such as music and dance—in promoting health and wellbeing. She has collaborated internationally, contributed to European falls prevention networks, and co-developed a patented therapeutic device for neck pain (FLEXOR). Amanda also has a strong interest in pedagogy, interprofessional education, and enhancing teaching and assessment practices in higher education.

A Full Professor of economics at the Josai University, Japan. He earned his graduate degree from Hitotsubashi University and specializes in economic policy, particularly environmental policy. He collaborates with the Japan Automotive Recyclers Association (JARA), a nonprofit organization, and participates in its research activities. In 2010, this initiative received the ENERGY GLOBE Award for international environmental efforts. His interests include building a sustainable society that embraces AI and cultural diversity, as well as the economic policies and regulations needed to support it.

A Full Professor of Computer Science at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering. She is Head of the Computer Science Division and Co-Director of the M.Sc. Digital Transformation programme. A Co-Founding Member of the Institute for Data-Driven Digital Transformation and AGI Sentinel Initiative, she mentors startups and serves as an AI expert at #humanAIze.With over 36 years of experience, Prof. Monett’s research focuses on AI, machine learning, AI ethics, and defining intelligence, including her creation of the Defintly App. Her contributions continue to shape the understanding of AI, its ethics, and its applications, bridging technology, education, and society.

A diplomatic scholar at the University of Oxford, where she lectures on Diplomacy and International Law, Digital Diplomacy, and Gender and Diplomacy. Her PhD (2017) from the University of Oxford focused on the emerging discipline of Digital Diplomacy, with a specific focus on the changing nature of digital diplomatic signalling and online strategic narratives during times of political crisis. Jennifer produced the first edited volume on Gender and Diplomacy: Theory and Practice (Routledge). Prior to teaching, Jennifer served as a diplomatic attaché to Ireland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations (New York), European External Action Service to the Kingdom of Cambodia, and Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Headquarters during the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Jennifer also contributes regularly to media commentary, including the BBC, Sky News, ABC Australia and The Irish Times