President of SpaceX to open Dublin Tech Summit 2020
For its forth edition, President and COO of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell is set to land at Dublin Tech Summit (DTS) this year. The Summit which is taking place in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 from the 22nd-23rd April 2020 will bring over 10,000 attendees from over 70 countries and 200 high profile speakers to Dublin.
This year’s DTS is expected to match Irelands’ unique cultural and networking experience with debate around what is happening next in our fast-paced world as Ireland continues to strengthen its position as the home of European tech, post-Brexit.
With senior leaders from North America and Europe’s fastest-growing companies, Dublin Tech Summit aims to connect the leaders and builders of the world’s two largest tech communities in EMEA’s leading city. This year’s speakers include:
- Eric Yuan - Founder & CEO, Zoom
- Gwynne Shotwell - President & COO, Space X
- Bryan Che - CSO, Huawei
- Fig O’Reilly - Miss Universe Ireland & Datanaut NASA
- Adrienne Gormley - VP of Customer Experience Dropbox
- Guy Dickenson - Global Head, Digital Capability Novartis
- Andrea Reynolds - CEO & Co-founder of Swoop Funding
President and COO of SpaceX, and the 55th most powerful woman in the world according to Forbes, Gwynne Shotwell is expected to open this year’s DTS. Gwynne joined SpaceX as its eleventh employee in 2002. She now runs the day to day operations of SpaceX, responsible for managing all customer and strategic relations of the company valued at more than $33bn.
Speaking about the return of DTS 2020, Dublin Tech Summit Managing Director Tracey Carney said: “We’re really excited about our fourth edition as we take advantage of Dublin’s increasingly influential position. Sandwiched between the east coast of the US and Europe while being the EMEA HQ to most household name tech companies, we believe we have a real opportunity at connecting the two largest tech communities in the world right here in Dublin.
“We’re very much situated at the heart of the AtlanTECH scene, and we’ll be combining that position with Ireland’s unique networking culture for what we hope will be the best Dublin Tech Summit yet.”
Central themes at this year's Dublin Tech Summit include sustainability, diversity, emerging tech, future tech and tech for good among others. The event will include mentoring and acceleration, sessions for startups and businesses, educational initiatives, keynote speakers and panels and a wide range of networking sessions.
