27 August, 2024

This year’s Irish Academy of Management conference was hosted by MTU and co-Chaired by Dr Rose Leahy and Dr Pio Fenton. 

The conference titled, The Next Technological Wave: Preparing for Disruption,  captured the recent advances in technology – particularly in Artificial Intelligence, and the remarkable transformation for workforces and the workplace.

The two-day event was host to workshops, parallel research presentation sessions and the keynote by the eminent Andrew Wyckoff.  Recently retired from the OECD and now a visiting Senior Fellow at the European University Institute’s School of Transnational Governance specialising in digital policy.

The IAM PhD Colloquium was held on Tuesday 27th August and Chaired by the Hincks’ Helen McGuirk.  Over thirty PhD students from across Ireland gathered for a day of workshops, presentations and peer learning sessions.  Thanks to the Hincks’ Trudie Murray, recently finished her PhD, who shared her ‘tips and tricks’ to completing a PhD on time.  

Two papers were presented by the Hincks’ Team over the course of the conference: 

Innovation ecosystems supporting a senior economy: a multi-stakeholder approach – McGuirk, Robinson & Xiong.

Policy and practice brief: Training methods proven to increase entrepreneurial success rates - O'Leary, N. and Kruse, D. J.

Helen McGuirk
Head, Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence