The RDI Hub in Killorglin is running a one-day workshop on podcasting on October3rd. Introduction to Podcasting with Patrick Haughey is being run in the hub’s new digital media lab. Gearoid O’Sullivan is heading up this facility and explains what the new facilities offer and about the podcasting course.

The fourth John McCarthy AI (artificial intelligence) Summer School took place at the RDI Hub in Killorglin on September 7th and 8th. The event is named after John McCarthy, the Stanford professor who coined the term artificial intelligence, and whose father was from Cromane. The theme this year was AI for Sustainability, and academics and industry leaders from all over the world came together in person and online to discuss artificial intelligence in agriculture, transport, and carbon reduction. Mary Gallagher talked with some with some of the speakers after the event: - Joan Mulvihill, Digitalisation and Sustainability Lead at Siemens spoke about creativity and humans needing to be more human. - Ashley Shak of Dogpatch Labs discussed the 2050 Accelerator. - Founder, Eamonn Galvin explains how KnowCarbon counts a business’s carbon footprint. - Professor Vinny Cahill of Trinity College Dublin talks sustainable transport.

The John McCarthy AI Summer School is named after John McCarthy, who coined the term artificial intelligence in the mid-1950s; his father was from Cromane. CEO of the RDI Hub, Liam Cronin discusses the topics and speakers from academia and industry who will be at the event, hosted in person and online by the RDI Hub, Killorglin, on September 7th and 8th.