Events, Workshops & Meetups

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Upcoming Events

We run regular training sessions, workshops, and community meetups to help Irish and EU organisations prepare for the EU AI Act. Register for the next event and join our community.

TechIreland National AI Challenge 2026 — ReadyForAI participating

TechIreland National AI Challenge 2026

Friday, August 28 – Monday, September 14, 2026

📍 Ireland — nationwide

A two-week national challenge from TechIreland: teams across Ireland build practical AI solutions and agentic workflows, with mentorship from industry leaders. ReadyForAI is taking part.

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TechIreland National AI Challenge 2026 — final presentations

TechIreland National AI Challenge — Final Presentations

Monday, September 14, 2026 • 2:15 PM – 2:25 PM

📍 NovaUCD, Belfield, Dublin

Team Ground Truth presents the results of the TechIreland National AI Challenge hackathon — not to be missed.

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Grok Bot Galaxy: Livestream

Tuesday, September 15 – Thursday, September 17, 2026

📍 Virtual

A three-day livestream watching a small team build a company from scratch with Grok Bot, from business plan to shipped product.

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Dublin — Claude Conversation

Thursday, September 17, 2026 • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

📍 Toast Ireland, Dublin 2

A Claude Community conversation on the open questions in AI nobody has settled yet — talk first, build next. Hosted by Kevin Collins.

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London — Claude Founder House: Builder Cohort

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 • 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

📍 London, United Kingdom

An Anthropic masterclass, a guided hands-on build session, and 1:1 time with the Applied AI team — for developers and solo builders shipping with Claude. Hosted by Lucy Ashfield & Bob Wallis; registration needs host approval.

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Hanoi — Swiss–Viet Economic Forum 2026

Sunday, October 18 – Tuesday, October 20, 2026

📍 Hanoi, Vietnam

Jonathan McGuinness of ReadyForAI speaks on the panel at this bilateral summit under the new EFTA–Vietnam free trade agreement — policy dialogue, business matchmaking and eight thematic tracks from finance and industry to energy, healthcare and digital innovation.

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AI, in Plain English — Wicklow Library

Thursday, November 5, 2026 • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

📍 Wicklow Library

A free public talk for adults who've heard about AI for two years but never typed a word into one — no jargon, no sales pitch, no scare story. Hosted by Jonathan McGuinness.

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Past Events

Browse our previous workshops, training sessions, and meetups.

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ProductTank Dublin — From Prompts to Products

Thursday, September 10, 2026 • 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

📍 ServiceNow, 60 Dawson St, Dublin 2

A live Claude Code build with Kevin Collins, plus a panel on trust, governance and cost at scale as AI moves from prototypes to real products. Hosted by ServiceNow.

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Dublin — Claude Meetup

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 • 6:00 PM

📍 The Liberties, Dublin

A Claude community meetup in Dublin's Liberties, hosted by Kevin Collins.

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ClawCon Dublin

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 • 6:00 PM

📍 Dogpatch Labs, Dublin

Builders working with AI agents gather for lightning demos and honest conversations about what's working — and what isn't. Hosted by Michael Galpert, Jentic & Dogpatch Labs.

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Scaling the Sovereign Agentic Enterprise

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 • 6:30 PM

📍 London, United Kingdom

From Governed Trust to P&L Impact — a session on deploying agentic AI at enterprise scale, building governed trust and turning it into measurable business results. With Mick McNeil, Danny Potter, Eamon Moore & Daria Granstrom.

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The Well Architected Enterprise

Thursday, June 25, 2026 • 5:30 PM

📍 2 Charlemont Square, Dublin 2

Resilience by Design, Not by Chance — an Amazon (AWS) session on architecting enterprise systems that hold up under pressure, rather than leaving reliability to chance.

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Belfast — Claude Code Meetup for Everyone

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

📍 Ormeau Labs, Belfast

An evening of four short talks from practitioners building with Claude Code, followed by a 30-minute hands-on workshop and networking. No experience required.

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Dublin — Claude Code for Everyone

Friday, May 29, 2026 • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

📍 Echofold AI, Dublin

A Claude Code for Everyone community meetup in Dublin, on building with Claude Code and Supabase. Hosted by Kevin Collins.

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