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John Durcan

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Chief technologist - technology at IDA Ireland, looking after semiconductor, cyber security, AI, telecommunications, quantum and SaaS. Role is supporting R&D investment by FDI in Ireland.

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Accelerated - FABrIC November 25-26, 2025, in beautiful Vancouver, BC. Canada’s Semiconductor Symposium brings our industry face-to-face with its end users.

A big thank you to FABrIC to have me speak at #Accelerated2025. I spoke on the Irish semiconductor sector and our new national strategy.

fabricinnovation.ca/accelerated/

25.11.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Final day of #semiconwest, great few days here in Arizona. Enjoyed the insights from the talks and meeting with our clients.

09.10.2025 16:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to Quantum discussion at #Sibos 2025.

01.10.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Attending @sibos.bsky.social 2005, great discussion on regulation of AI and innovation.

30.09.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Enjoying TechIreland AI Meet in Galway today.

18.09.2025 12:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Attending the @esa.int #scylight conference here in Dublin.
Looking forward to hearing all the exciting developments coming in terms of R&D. Some exciting Irish based FDIs and homegrown Irish SMEs play an active part in ESA.

03.06.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Down at Midas Ireland event on photonics activity in Ireland. Looking forward to seeing some of the emerging research that is going on.
#semiconductor, #R&D, #Photonics

22.05.2025 09:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to be the launch of Ireland’s National Semiconductor Strategy, down at Tyndall National Institute. Fantastic opportunity for the growth of the sector, helping keep Ireland at the forefront of this exciting field of technology #SiliconIsland

19.05.2025 09:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Attending #IBMThink in Boston, looking forward to seeing what they are doing in terms of AI for business, along with the world of Quantum.

06.05.2025 12:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MIT Technology Review is kicking off. Great line up for next few days.

05.05.2025 20:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to be attending the #Emtech conference this year. Starting off with Tour of MIT, then a round table discussion on AI. Good way to start the day.

05.05.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Attending the launch of Quantum Ireland, fantastic day to see this, great opportunities for Ireland.

14.04.2025 09:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk by @horizonquantum.bsky.social CEO @jfitzsimons.bsky.social on their approach to quantum programming.

11.12.2024 22:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Over at Q2B enjoying learning all about Quantum. Quantum sensing an early growth area, quantum networking area to explore more.

11.12.2024 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to a great afternoon of discussion at @fortune.com Brainstorm AI, here in San Francisco.

09.12.2024 21:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Attending Forune brainstorm AI this morning, great talk in energy and AI. How can global energy grids adopt, using better data, local AI.

09.12.2024 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Down at Mastercard this morning for talk at the future of work. Looking forward to a great morning of chats and insights.

03.12.2024 10:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NDRC is slated to close operations in 2025 Until then, operations will continue as per usual, the State-backed start-up accelerator said. Read more: NDRC is slated to close operations in 2025
22.11.2024 08:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Looking forward to attending
@fortune.com brainstorm AI event which IDA Ireland has partnered with. A great opportunity to understand the current and future landscape of AI in Business. Dec 9-10 San Francisco.

22.11.2024 09:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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22.11.2024 09:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0