The Speakers
Carl Kelly & Melissa Sheridan • Dr. Houssem Jerbi •
Carl Kelly & Melissa Sheridan • Dr. Houssem Jerbi •
Eoin O'Neill • Keith Barry • Nathan Lambert •
Eoin O'Neill • Keith Barry • Nathan Lambert •
Raymond Poole • Declan Reilly • Geoff Roberts •
Raymond Poole • Declan Reilly • Geoff Roberts •
Rusty Johnson • Sarim Khan • Mark Gilbride
Rusty Johnson • Sarim Khan • Mark Gilbride
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.
Dr. Houssem Jerbi
Smart PMO
Transforming Mega-Projects Management with AI: Practical Insights and Strategies
This presentation explores how AI is transforming project delivery by predicting risks and optimising outcomes. Based on 7+ years of global AI implementation in construction and engineering, it demystifies misconceptions, outlines a practical AI strategy to deliver measurable business value, and highlights common pitfalls. Real-world case studies from Ireland, Europe and Saudi Arabia show how AI enhances Primavera’s capabilities and empowers teams from planning to procurement and controls.
Dr. Houssem Jerbi is founder of Smart PMO, an award-winning AI platform that optimises and de-risks construction projects. He has led AI transformation projects globally for over 18 years, including roles at Meta. He is AI advisor to governments and companies worldwide. He holds a PhD in AI from University of Toulouse.
Carl Kelly &
Melissa Sheridan
Strata
From Data to Delivery: AI’s Growing Influence in Construction
As AI rapidly reshapes industries, construction is poised for transformation. This session will explore how AI is moving from buzzword to practical tool across the construction project lifecycle. We’ll share insights from recent research, highlight gaps and opportunities in the Irish construction sector, and showcase how Strata uses AI to boost efficiency and decision-making. Attendees will gain practical guidance on starting their AI journey and understanding its real-world impact.
Carl Kelly is Digital Construction Lead at Strata, with 15+ years’ cross-sector experience. He drives innovation through AI and emerging tech, focusing on streamlining processes and delivering greater value in construction project delivery.
Melissa Sheridan is Operations Director at Strata, with over 20 years’ commercial experience. She leads the business operations team, implementing scalable systems and data-driven processes to enhance efficiency and support growth. Melissa focuses on operational strategy and performance, creating the conditions for continuous improvement and innovation across the business.
Eoin ONeill
Evercam
Driving Project Success Through Construction Visibility
Construction visibility improves project outcomes by reducing rework, resolving disputes faster, and accelerating handovers. This session will show how Evercam’s real-time site monitoring, drone capture, and visual records help teams avoid delays, enhance collaboration, and deliver higher-quality results. Learn how visibility tools create measurable impact across safety, communication, and client satisfaction.
With more than 8 years in construction technology, Eoin O’Neill leads Evercam’s Customer Success team with a dedication to people. He works closely with clients to understand their challenges and priorities, empowering his team to deliver tailored solutions that improve communication, visibility, and outcomes on site.
Declan Reilly
Accenture
Digital Backbone: The Bridge to Disrupt the Asset Lifecycle
How digital technologies are being leveraged across the infrastructure and construction industry to disrupt the asset delivery lifecycle by evolving and bringing together work processes, data sources and identifying value opportunities.
Declan leads the Infrastructure & Capital Projects Consulting team within Accenture’s Industry X practice. With over 14+ experience, Declan specialises large scale transformation programme focused on using digital technologies to drive change across construction and infrastructure sector that is value lead and outcome focused.
All in it Together:
An Holistic Approach to Project Controls
In the boardroom, high-level discussions centre around portfolio performance, but feeding up into this is data determined at project, contract, even activity level, which could be days or weeks out-of-date when the big decisions are being made. How can C-Level be sure that what’s happening on site with their Project(s) is part of the decision-making at Head Office? In this presentation we'll follow a project from morning site meeting, through the contractor’s discovery of an unexpected onsite issue, and the workflows that are triggered throughout the Owner organisation as the issue is communicated and mitigated. You’ll see, through demonstrations of the tools involved, how an Oracle Primavera-based project controls platform can be implemented across an organisation with integrated workflows in P6, Unifier, Aconex and portfolio management from SharpCloud to deliver cradle-to-grave visibility and control.
Sarim Khan
SharpCloud
Sarim brings deep experience and strategic vision to SharpCloud, where his leadership has been key in shaping it into a leading dynamic roadmapping platform. He’s driven collaboration across government and Fortune 2000 clients, positioning SharpCloud as a go-to solution for aligning projects, people, and technology.
Previously, as CEO of Pertmaster Software, Sarim led its acquisition by Primavera Systems, where he later served as GM and Vice President. His work has consistently blended innovation, business strategy, and tech leadership to empower organisations with powerful visual solutions.
Rusty Johnson
SharpCloud
Rusty, the visionary behind SharpCloud, has a rare gift for solving complex problems through innovative software design. As CTO at Pertmaster, he led the development of its Risk Analysis tool, playing a key role in the company’s acquisition by Primavera Systems, where he also shaped the system’s design, licensing, and support strategy.
A champion of systems thinking, Rusty believes organizations thrive when seen as interconnected systems, not isolated parts. SharpCloud reflects this philosophy, combining his technical expertise with a clear vision to help businesses streamline operations and drive growth.
Nathan Lambert
Solutions Director, RPC UK Ltd
With approaching 20 years’ experience in the design, development, implementation and support of software solutions, Nathan works with customers to understand their requirements and create user-friendly solutions within Primavera Unifier. In recent years, his primary focus has been Contract Management – specifically NEC4 and FIDIC – and building integrated, out-of-the-box Unifier products that offer unprecedented clarity, auditability, and interoperability with other Primavera products to create transformative project controls solutions.
Mark Gilbride
Oracle
Mark has been working with Oracle for almost 7 years helping customers across UK & Ireland to deliver their projects. He is very passionate about Oracle Technology, specifically he deals with Primavera P6 EPPM, Unifier, OPC and Aconex solutions in his role as Enterprise Account Executive. He has a MSC in Management Consultancy.
Raymond Poole
PMIS
Co-MC
Global PM who has been using Primavera since 1992. Highly qualified with MSc Project Management, Dip. Eng, Dip. ADR, etc. Has successfully project managed the largest global Oracle Primavera Red Stack suite implementations for major organisations. Subject matter expert in Planning/Scheduling & Forensic Delay Analysis.
Geoff Roberts
Oracle
Co-MC
Geoff has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of project management & project controls. He has been with Oracle CEGBU for 23 years and is currently Director, Innovation & Industry Strategy, providing strategic direction, domain expertise and insight around Asset Intensive industries.