Awards, announcements and the talks we give.
Announcements, newest first, then our awards and the events where our people have spoken.
The latest news.
Awards, launches, events and appointments, as they happen, with the date each was published. The full awards record is on our About page.
LBI Awards 2026Production planning doesn’t usually call for black tie.- The AAIF guide to CHAPThe Agentic AI Foundation has published Dr Arsalan Shahid’s guide to CHAP, Brightbeam’s open-source protocol for recording human decisions in work shared with AI agents.
Melissa Proxenos and Corey Duffy nominated at the AI AwardsMelissa Proxenos and Corey Duffy are finalists at the AI Awards 2026: Melissa for AI Person of the Year, and Corey for Young AI Role Model of the Year.
The 2027 Generative AI for Medtech playbook is hereGenerative AI for Medtech: The 2027 Playbook is out, built with 97 professionals from six medtech companies, with a free printed copy anywhere in the EU.
Talks and events in 2026.
We speak at the sector’s own events, to quality, manufacturing and technical audiences, and on radio and podcasts.
- Panel
West X West, Castlebar
Brian Hanly on the panel ‘What It Actually Takes to Scale a Startup Out of Ireland’, with Revolut, Stripe and Left Lane Capital, moderated by Mark O’Toole.
- Panel
Digital Talent EU Days, Trinity Business School, Dublin
Philip Black on the panel ‘SME or Corporate | Turbocharging your career’, with World Rugby’s Cindy McCarthy and Dr Shirley Kavanagh.
- Talk
AI in bioprocessing, Takeda Grange Castle, Dublin
Brightbeam spoke at an AI in bioprocessing event at Takeda’s Grange Castle site, linked to NIBRT.
- Workshop
Insurance Institute of Limerick, Castletroy Park Hotel
Eoin Cotter and Kieran Ivers led a CPD workshop, ‘AI in Insurance’.
- Keynote
Skillnet Innovation Exchange Innovation Summit, Cork
Brian Hanly’s keynote, ‘AI Beyond the Hype – How AI is reshaping productivity, performance and competitive advantage’.
- Launch
Generative AI for Medtech playbook launch, Ibec, Dublin
Shane Owens introduced Generative AI for Medtech: The 2027 Playbook, and Brian Hanly chaired a panel with West Pharma, Alcon, Meissner and Medtronic.
Read our post - Broadcast
MEGA.AI LinkedIn Live, online
Darren Hickling, with DebtStream and Debtrak, moderated by Kevin Still, following the Stratford event in September.
- Roundtable
FSI AI Executive Roundtable, Ibec, Dublin
Brian Hanly was guest speaker, with Prudential International Assurance and HSBC Ireland.
- Talk
ISPE Ireland Affiliate GAMP Seminar, Dublin
Shane Owens, Chief Customer Officer: ‘An AI Case Study in Integrating Quality Intelligence’.
Read our post - Four sessions
European Big Data Value Forum, Galway
Brian Hanly on the IVI panel ‘The Agentic Organisation: Transforming AI, Operating Models and Governance’; Philip Black on ‘Towards an AI Made in Europe Ecosystem for Generative AI’; Dr Arsalan Shahid on the SPE post-exascale session and on ‘Human in the Loop: Behaviour, Society, and the Age of Convergence’. Brightbeam also received a BDVA i-Space label at the forum.
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TechIreland National AI Meet 2026, Galway
Brian Hanly: ‘Journey to AI Native – Dos & Don’ts’.
- Panel
MEGA.AI ‘AI: Insight to Action’, Stratford-upon-Avon
Darren Hickling spoke and joined the closing panel, ‘Customer Outcomes, Trust & Responsible AI’.
- Panel
Next-Gen MedTech Exchange Ireland, Galway
Shane Owens on the MedTech Horizon Exchange panel, with Tommy Brennan of Digital Manufacturing Ireland, moderated by Richard McLoughlin of OX Synergy.
- Workshop
Insurance Institute of Cork, Maryborough Hotel, Douglas
Eoin Cotter and Kieran Ivers led a CPD session, ‘AI in Insurance’, for more than 50 members.
- Talk
RCPsych Digital Psychiatry SIG Annual Conference
Dr Arsalan Shahid: ‘The Patient Hasn’t Changed. The Map Has. Psychiatry in the Age of Abundant Digital Intelligence’.
- Talk
AGNTCon + MCPCon Europe, Amsterdam
Dr Arsalan Shahid’s main-track talk on CHAP, at the Linux Foundation’s agentic AI conference.
Read our post - Webinar
An introduction to CHAP
Philip Black and Dr Arsalan Shahid introduced CHAP, the Collaborative Human-Agent Protocol.
Read our post - Webinar
- Podcasts
Smooth Scaling and the AI InterConnect Podcast
Brian Hanly on Platform94’s Smooth Scaling (10 July) and on the AI InterConnect Podcast (clips from 14 July).
- Radio
Newstalk Breakfast Business
Brian Hanly with Joe Lynam, on economics, regulation, data sovereignty and jobs.
Read our post - Summit
InsTech.ie Transformation Summit, Dublin
Brightbeam was Gold Partner. Brian Hanly moderated a panel with Laya Healthcare’s Blake Rizk, and Kieran Ivers spoke.
Read our post - Panel
BioPharmaChem Impact 2026
Brian Hanly chaired ‘Digitalisation & AI in a GxP Environment’, and Brightbeam won the Collaboration in BioPharmaChem Award the same day.
Read our post - Roundtables
Irish Trade Mission to France, Sanofi, Paris
Shane Owens joined roundtable discussions on AI in life sciences.
- Demonstration
Manufacturing the Future, Irish Medtech, Galway
Brightbeam was lead sponsor, and gave a live demonstration of a working medtech system for inventory and waste reduction to a national manufacturing audience.
Read our post - Talk
AWS User Group Dublin
Glen Keane on agents, state machines and keeping agents from drifting.
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Brightbeam integrates intelligence into regulated workflows.
Founded in Ireland in 2023, Brightbeam builds intelligence into regulated operations, starting with biopharma and medtech manufacturing. It trains the people who use it, looks after it once it’s live, and is lead author of the sector’s generative AI playbooks for life sciences and medtech.
- Legal name
- Brightbeam AI Limited
- Company number
- 742899
- Founded
- 9 June 2023, in Ireland
- Memberships
- Full member of BDVA and ADRA
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