The Next Innovation

In this episode of The Next Innovation, host Jennifer Strong gives us an inside look at how AI is transforming the insurance industry. As part of the annual InsTech Transformation Summit in Dublin, Ireland, leading insurance and tech startups convened to explore  how AI, data, and operating model changes are reshaping the key pillars of the industry, such as underwriting, claims, service, and growth. Jennifer sat down with three company leaders to better understand what's driving these fundamental changes. She spoke with Aidan O'Neill, founder and CEO of DOCOsoft, a core claims management system, Aidan Brogan, Chief Commercial Officer of CodeEast, a software company driving better data analytics, and Niall Crowley, CEO of Inaza, a software company providing the operating AI layer for insurance companies. Each share how their company can help insurance companies provide faster, more reliable claims and, in turn, provide more accurate pricing and protective measures.

Episode produced by Situation Room Studios. Executive Producer is Christine Baratta. Senior Producer is Sharon Beriro.

In this episode of The Next Innovation, host Jennifer Strong walks us through the recent SelectUSA Investment Summit, in which delegates from several US states explore the impact of Irish foreign direct investment. The podcast team attended the Investment Summit and had an opportunity to catch up with Enterprise Ireland CEO Jenny Melia and Minister Peter Burke, Ireland's Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. They shared how the relationship with American states has expanded business and technological opportunities.

The episode also features interviews with Tricia Utterback and Emily Desai of the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, Cathriona Fay, Vice President of Clean Energy Production and Manufacturing at Illinois Economic Development Corporation, Amanda Fisher, Director of International Relations and Protocol for the Office of the Governor of Washington, and Elise Buchen, International Business Development Manager and Gabrielle Gerbaud, Executive Director and Chief Protocol Officer of the State of Minnesota. Each of these interviews highlights how Irish innovation, from quantum computing to dairy production, has encouraged a healthy state economy, boosted the job market, and enabled actionable growth.

Episode produced by Situation Room Studios. Executive Producer is Christine Baratta, Senior Producer is Sharon Beriro.

In this episode of The Next Innovation, host Jennifer Strong wraps up her coverage of SXSW as she sits down with two Irish leaders spearheading the future of Irish tech innovation. Jenny Melia is the CEO of Enterprise Ireland and Minister Robert Troy is the Minister of State at the Department of Finance. Their conversation with Jennifer examines Ireland’s growing role as a booming global tech hub, what it takes to ensure young entrepreneurs have the right resources for their businesses to flourish, and the differences between scaling a startup in the European Union versus the United States.

Episode produced by Situation Room Studios. Executive Producer is Christine Baratta, Senior Producer is Sharon Beriro.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! In this episode of The Next Innovation, host Jennifer Strong takes you to Austin, Texas, for the annual tech conference at SXSW. In this live panel discussion hosted at Ireland House, she sits down with Peri Kadaster, Chief Communications Officer of Nearform, a company that specializes in delivering tailored AI solutions for clients. The panel also features Brenda Jordan, CEO of Sobi Analytics, a company using AI to enable smarter and more efficient financial services.

The discussion examines Ireland's growing role as a global tech powerhouse, the different ways AI can strengthen business operations, and the increasingly important role of human intelligence, hand in hand with AI. Plus, the panelists take questions from audience members.

Episode produced by Situation Room Studios. Executive Producer is Christine Baratta, Senior Producer is Sharon Beriro.

In this episode of The Next Innovation, host Jennifer Strong examines what's driving the latest chip boom, including how AI advancements and national security are incentivizing domestic production of semiconductors. Don Clark, a freelance tech journalist with over two decades of experience covering the semiconductor industry for the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, breaks down how semiconductors are an essential ingredient in all forms of technology, the complex global supply chain of semiconductors, and how factories - or chip fabs, as they're known - are designed and constructed to produce chips.

The episode also features Séamus Guidera, an architect at RKD Architects, a leading Irish architecture firm helping design sustainable semiconductor facilities around the world, Tony Woods, Managing Director of Midland Steel, a steel supplier that works on chip fabs, and Dan McAlister, co-founder and CEO of EIDA Solutions, a software that assesses quality control of chip fabs.

Episode produced by Situation Room Studios. Executive Producer is Christine Baratta, Senior Producer is Sharon Beriro. Additional production support by Global Situation Room.