Judging Panel

Research Innovation and Engagement Director, The Technical Higher Education Association (THEA) Ireland. Previous Role: President, Waterford Institute of Technology (2015-May 2022). Created on led one of Ireland's leading academic research centre TSSG/Walton Institute. VIEW MORE

Dr Joseph Collins is Director of Further Education and Training at ETBI. VIEW MORE

Chief Information Officer in one of Ireland leading and largest Universities, Dr Culley leads a team of 80 IT Professionals in University College Cork VIEW MORE

Co-founder of Flúirse Education Solutions, an award winning eLearning and training company based in Tralee, operating career focussed training centres across Ireland. Flúirse are also the leading providers of online training for primary school teachers in Ireland. VIEW MORE

David is a highly experienced edTech entrepreneur. After spending almost 10 years in second level education leading one of the first and most successful 1:1 device implementations he founded Future Learning. VIEW MORE

Graham is Professor of Logistics Engineering, Head of the Atlantic Technological University Galway-Mayo College, and Head of the School of Engineering at Atlantic Technological University, Galway, Ireland. VIEW MORE

Gavin is the co-founder and CEO of Brickfield Education Labs.He has 16 years experience assisting organisations to implement a range of open source learning solutions. His expertise in management and education technology has aided organisations with enhancing their virtual learning environments. VIEW MORE

Paula Hodson, Director of Education and Development at the Insurance Institute of Ireland, oversees educational programmes, qualifications, CPD, relationship management, and business development. A Chartered Insurance Institute Fellow with a Master’s in Education and Training and a Professional Cert VIEW MORE

Bertie Kelly worked in hospitality as General Manager of hotels before moving into the National College of Ireland as Commercial Director. VIEW MORE

Emma Leahy is the Research Strategy Lead at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, with over 15 years of experience in research management and leadership within academia. She has held senior leadership roles, including Vice President and Executive Director at Irish HEIs. VIEW MORE

Donal is the International Affairs Manager at South East Technological University, Carlow Campus. Donal has over 20 years experience of working in the field of International Recruitment and Partnership Development. VIEW MORE

Denise McMorrow is Head of Student Experience in the Institute of Art, Design and Technology and she is the Co-Chair of UNESCO Dublin Learning City. She has over 25 years’ experience in Education, Access, Inclusion and Diversity. She provides leadership in the integration of the student services fun VIEW MORE

Senior leader in Higher Education with extensive experience internationally and in Ireland and the UK. Exceptionally strong understanding and knowledge of developments and change in HE nationally and internationally. VIEW MORE

Paul has been directly involved with student recruitment from a range of different countries and regions, and more recently, he has been an international education consultant and has worked with institutions in Ireland, the UK, the US, Australia, and NZ to help with their internationalisation strate VIEW MORE

Dr Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin has worked in tertiary education, both public and private, for 35 years in the Irish, UK, US, and Swiss education systems, predominantly working in the field of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Education Leadership. VIEW MORE

Business and IT Transformation Leader with 28 Years experience at a senior management level in international Business, across multiple industry sectors, private, public and higher education . Held a variety of senior roles including Managing Director, General Manager, CIO, Operations Director. VIEW MORE

Dynamic researcher in Next Gen Education, specializing in Gen Z and Alpha learning styles. A committed Examiner, Panelist, and research supervisor, also an active international journal reviewer, focused on advancing education through an innovative digital pedagogy. VIEW MORE

Eoin graduated with a PhD from Maynooth University in 2012 and has since gone on to work in a variety of different roles in the industry. He is currently Course Director on the BA (Hons) in Audio and Music Technology programme at Pulse College, run in collaboration with Griffith College. VIEW MORE

20+ years in business, project management, software engineering, and law. Led EdTech R&D, co-founded GoMappED Limited. VIEW MORE

Professor John Wells Head of the Faculty of Health Sciences, (Waterford), SETU. He holds a PhD from King's College London, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a Fellow Ad Eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. VIEW MORE