Silicon Republic’s sixth Digital Ireland Forum featured keynotes from Eventbrite CTO and co-founder Renaud Visage and Digital Youth Council member Ciara Judge.
The event took place on 12 September 2014 at the Convention Centre Dublin, opening with an address from Communications Minister Alex White, TD, who re-affirmed the Government’s commitment to national broadband roll-out.
This was followed by a special video presentation from Ireland’s digital champion Lord David Puttnam, who warned of complacency when it came to digital enabling businesses.
Video link with Lord David Puttnam, Ireland’s national digital champion
As his charming and endearing figure appeared on screen, the students of the Puttnam School of Film (especially the first years) took a deep breath, sat up in their seats, and looked straight into the eyes of the Lord David Puttnam in all his digital glory.
David Puttnam has tried many lives for size. Starting out as a messenger boy, he went on to work in advertising, and then he became an Oscar-winning film producer. You can hear the music from his films, including Chariots of Fire and The Mission in the National Concert Hall on September 13. He will be talking about his work, and Sacha, his film-composer son, will then perform arrangements of the famous themes with the RTE Concert Orchestra and The Mornington Singers.