THE SPEAKERS
Keith Barry
Keynote Speaker
Renowned as the world's foremost TV hypnotist, mentalist and Brain Hacker, Keith has been revolutionizing the entertainment industry on a global scale for numerous years. With his awe-inspiring abilities, he has been featured in over forty international television shows, captivating audiences with his mind-bending performances. Over the past two decades Keith has also written, produced and performed many of his own live and virtual shows, selling out venues across the world.
Beyond his successful career as a performer, Keith has become a much sought-after motivational speaker, delivering keynote speeches at prestigious events such as the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, T-FEST and TED. Notably, his TED Talk is one of the platform's most celebrated, ranking among the top 25 talks of all time, amassing over 25 million views!
Expanding his influence further, Keith released his groundbreaking self-help book, Brain Hacks in 2021, designed to foster a champion mindset and develop mental toughness. A children’s adaption of the book Mind Magic, aimed at empowering young readers was published last year. His latest release, Sleep Hacks, further solidifies his reputation as an influential author and mental performance expert.
Milie Taing
Lili.ai
Securing Large-Scale Project Delivery with a Top Layer of Intelligence AI/NLP
Large-scale projects generate huge volumes of unstructured data (emails, reports, minutes) where early warning signs of delays, overruns and claims are often hidden. NLP can act as an intelligence layer on top of existing tools, continuously reading this documentation to track weak signals, surface emerging risks and extract actionable insights at scale. This talk shows concrete use cases and lessons learned from deploying NLP on complex infrastructure, energy and defence projects.
Milie Taing is the CEO and founder of Lili.ai, the pioneer (since 2016) in applying AI and NLP to large and complex project management. She is a recognised speaker at venues such as the Collège de France, PMI and industrial project forums. Lili.ai work has received multiple technical and business distinctions.
Raymond Poole
PMIS
30 Years in the Breaking Making
On 1 June 2026, Raymond Poole, CEO and Principal Consultant at PMIS Ltd, marks 30 years as a Primavera Partner. In this fireside chat hosted by Maia Dunphy, Raymond reflects on a career that began as a junior draftsman in 1980 and evolved into leading major Primavera implementations worldwide. Known for his candid and direct style, he will share lessons, challenges and defining moments from three decades shaping project planning, scheduling and delivery across global industries.
CEO of PMIS Ltd with 40+ years in project, programme and portfolio management. Expert in Oracle Primavera solutions, helping organisations worldwide improve planning, scheduling and project delivery while building lasting internal capability through knowledge transfer.
Rusty Johnson
Turbo-Chart
Making schedules for Linear projects easier to understand - the simple way!
Time Location charts are a powerful way to present project schedules, ideal for linear or location based projects to show schedule activities by location, time and work type on a single chart, that improves schedule analysis and communication well beyond traditional Gantt charts. This presentation demonstrates the ease of creating Time Location charts using Turbo-Chart when directly connected with Primavera to exchange data and reflecting schedule changes in a single click.
Rusty has been developing software for over 35 years and is Co-Founder and CTO of Linear Project Software, the developers of Turbo-Chart. Based in the UK, Rusty was previously the CTO of Pertmaster Limited (the industry leading Schedule Risk Tool) before its acquisition by Primavera when he became VP of Analytics.
Geoff Roberts
PMIS
Enhancing Strategic Project Delivery With PMIS Support
Successful project portfolio management requires more than software alone. This session will examine the core elements organisations need to have in place to support effective project delivery, including governance, processes, Primavera deployment, adoption, and ongoing improvement. We will also highlight how PMIS can support organisations throughout this journey, helping them realise better outcomes from their Primavera investment.
Geoff Roberts has over 45 years’ experience in project management and project controls, helping organisations improve the delivery of complex projects across multiple sectors.
A recognised expert in Project Portfolio Management and Project Controls, Geoff has contributed to industry research, developed customer-focused solutions, and published articles on best practice.
Previously Director of Energy Strategy at Oracle Primavera, he led the Innovation Centre at Oracle’s Reading campus and brings more than 26 years of Primavera expertise, having joined Primavera Systems in 2001 before its acquisition by Oracle in 2009. Now a Non-Executive Director and Portfolio Strategy Advisor at PMIS, Geoff provides its global clients with strategic guidance, board-level insight, and extensive experience in enterprise project delivery..
Chris Callaghan
RPC
P6 EPPM Hosting: PaaS or SaaS. Understanding the Options to Make the Right Choice for your Business
Drawing on live project experience, Chris cuts through the jargon with a practical comparison of PaaS and SaaS P6 hosting solutions. Discover how each model supports external reporting and analytics, including 3rd-party integrations, data extraction and secure connectivity to tools such as Microsoft Power BI, together with Oracle Web Services. By the end of the session, delegates will be better equipped to make informed decisions that support scalable, secure and future-ready project reporting.
Chris Callaghan manages the hosted environments used within RPC and by our Hosting clients. As Technology Manager, his responsibilities include supporting our customers to choose the right options for their P6 EPPM deployments and our Technical Consultants to manage those successful implementations.
Dale Foong + Indy Uppal
Movar
70 Projects, One Pipeline: Real-Time Field Data in P6
Primavera P6 Web Services is one of the most powerful and underutilised capabilities available to project controls teams. This session presents a live production integration that uses the P6 Web Services SOAP API to automatically extract schedule data, compare it against real-time field observations from SymTerra, and route proposed changes through a governed review workflow before writing approved updates directly back into P6. Live at ST Water working across a portfolio of 70 projects.
Dale Foong is a partner at Movar Reply. He was a co-founder of the original Movar brand through to acquisition, and host of the Project Chatter Podcast. He helps infrastructure, energy and utilities leaders turn digital PMO and AI into real delivery capability.
Indy leads Movar's Next Practice Planning team. He utilises cutting-edge AI and digital tools to optimise project schedules and enhance efficiency. With a focus on client-centric solutions, he aligns strategic objectives with robust project controls. Movar's approach is reshaping project planning, setting new industry standards.
Niall Faris + Simon Taylor
th3rdcurve
Tomorrow's World: Opportunity or just more of the same…
C3 - Connected, Control, Compliance. Most PMOs don’t fail because of capability, they fail because of fragmentation and leadership is left trying to reconcile six versions of the truth. th3rdcurve changes that with C3 for critical infrastructure. Simon & Niall will show you how their fully connected PMO ecosystem across Oracle’s best-in-class stack and your ERP environment enables your project data to flow together in real time. Turning Capital Programme Data into Programme Intelligence.
Niall Faris is Co-Founder of Th3rdcurve, specialising in leadership, culture, and future-focused business design. He has held senior roles including Head of Project Controls/Delivery at Tideway and Head of Programme/Project Controls at TfL. He brings this passion and deep expertise to Th3rdcurve’s clients.
Simon Taylor began his career in industrial design and then project management before focusing on the planning profession. He was Head of Planning at TfL & HS2 and is now a creative force at th3rdcurve where he leads on digital, bringing fun and a different way of thinking to an industry in desperate need of evolution.
Chris Brown + Len Cawley
KPMG
Opportunities and Challenges in the DC Supply Chain
Opportunities and challenges in the DC supply chain.
Chris leads KPMG Strategy in Ireland, and coordinates KPMG's global data centre community. In the sector he leads economic impact assessments for DC developers, growth strategies and M&A for those in the DC capex and opex supply chains..
Leonard Cawley is a highly experienced Senior Project Scheduler and Schedule Manager with over 30 years' experience across industries including, rail, airports, oil and gas, pharma, data centres, and power generation. Currently seconded to Microsoft through KPMG, he manages DC lease schedules across the EMEA region.
Leonard has held lead scheduling roles on some of Ireland's and Europe's most significant projects, including Heathrow BAA, Dublin Airport DAA, Luas Cross City, Dublin Waste to Energy, and data centre projects in Denmark and Belgium. He has extensive expertise in Primavera P6, delay analysis (EOT, Window Analysis, Impacted as Planned), claims management, and executive-level reporting.
Earlier in his career, Leonard worked internationally with Siemens Power Generation, delivering power plant projects across Morocco, Vietnam, the UAE, and Singapore. He holds deep expertise in project controls, making him a trusted advisor to senior management across public and private sector clients.
Peter Power
UNICEF Ireland
Peter Power is the Executive Director of UNICEF Ireland, where he leads the organisation’s efforts to advocate for and protect the rights of children both in Ireland and around the world. With a strong background in international development and humanitarian work, Peter has played a key role in advancing UNICEF’s mission through strategic partnerships, public engagement, and policy influence.
Before joining UNICEF Ireland, Peter served as a TD for Limerick for 10 years and also held the position of Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Throughout his career, he has been a committed voice for vulnerable communities, working across government, non-profit, and international sectors to drive meaningful change.
Peter brings a wealth of experience in leadership, advocacy, and global development, offering valuable insight into the challenges and opportunities facing children in an increasingly complex world.
Maïa Dunphy
Maïa Dunphy is a writer and broadcaster who stepped in front of the camera after over a decade writing and producing behind it. She has authored 12 documentaries on RTE and appeared on many shows from The Late Late Show to Dancing With the Stars, and was a finalist in the first ever Irish Celebrity MasterChef. She cooks better than she dances. Since 2020 Maia has presented three consecutive seasons of the hit RTE1 series ‘What Planet Are You On?’ and in 2024 took over as co-host of Zoo Live.
She has ghostwritten over the years, including the legendary Mr. Tayto autobiography The Man Inside the Jacket which famously kept former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern off the Christmas No.1 spot in the 2009 book charts. Her first book written under her own name, The M Word, was nominated for an Irish Book Award, and Maia has been a regular columnist over the years for many publications including The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, Image Magazine, The Dubliner, the Irish Independent Magazine, State, The Sun and Herald and among others.
She is a supporter and ambassador for many charities including the Hospice, the Irish Cancer Society, the Dogs Trust and others.