 I'm here with Conan McNamara, the CEO of Cremglobal and he's also the founder of the Predict Conference. Predict Conference is the leading data conference in Ireland held in the RDS in Dublin every year. It's been running now for three years and is held in October every year. So, Conan, I'm just going to ask you a couple of questions. Firstly, can you tell us a bit about Cremglobal? Sure. Well, Cremglobal is 12 years in operation now, we're a data science technology company, so we create and deploy data science models for our clients and partners on the cloud or on the web. And these have been, we've done a lot of work in the food, chemicals and health analytics space, but we've also developed now a platform for plugging and playing and creating modular data science applications. So, we're broadening out into new new sectors all of the time. Okay. And so, from that, you came up with the idea of the Predict Conference. So, how did that come about? Sure. Well, we were 10 years in operation two years ago and we thought about, you know, well, we've been doing a lot of work internationally and 90 plus percent of our business was outside of Ireland. We figured it was time to kind of bring some of our work together. We wanted to create an event that could showcase some great examples of data science in action across multiple sectors. We wanted to actually demystify data science for the business community and to create a kind of showcase event for the data science community here in Ireland. So, with all of that going on, we figured, you know, Predict was the way to go. So, we, three years ago, sorry, two years ago, we ran our first Predict. So, this is our third Predict this year and it's gone from strength to strength since then. Okay. So, it's gone, so it's very successful, the conference, so last year. But what, this year is making it a bit different and hopefully going to top that. Yeah, excellent. So, we took a lot of feedback on board as we do every year and a couple of things, you know, we've made this a one-day event to make it much more interactive. I have everybody in the room in one day. We've got multiple streams, got the exhibition area, the experience zone, as we call it. The huddles were hugely successful last year. So, the huddles are where people get to sit with some of our key speakers. They get to know them. They get to talk in a more informal environment at the coffee breaks. They get to know the other attendees. So, the huddles are hugely successful. So, we're bringing those back. And this year, we do have a focus on artificial intelligence because it's just coming of age now. We felt this is the time that we need to talk about artificial intelligence, the opportunities, the risks, and to demystify that for the business community and to kind of get real specialist talks from technical experts for the data science community to engage with. So, and also, you can't have a data conference without mentioning privacy and GDPR. So, we will touch on GDPR. The main focus is, I suppose, artificial intelligence, data science, and the opportunities of using data to make better decisions. Much will be really successful this year, hopefully. Even better. Cool. And when you talk about the streams and your artificial intelligence, obviously, you have some fantastic speakers that come every year. I know from the past, you had somebody from John Elder. But what actual speakers will you have this year and who are you really looking forward to seeing? Okay. Well, I always look forward to seeing John Elder. John Elder is sort of the grandfather of data mining in the U.S. He founded Elder Research a number of years ago. And it's one of the leading data mining organizations in the U.S. He's written leading books, award-winning books on data science. And his talks are always excellent. And he comes up with a new topic each year. And it is a topic for this year. It's really exciting. I'm looking forward to that. So John Elder is always one that I look forward to meeting and to listening to and talking to and predict. We also have BMW, the Future of Mobility, which is going to be incredible. And they're going to bring along some of their newest technology, the brand new i3 car, which I believe is the first time it's going to be showcased in Europe. And we also have some local heroes, like Patricia, down from Saltbox Labs and some other startups and innovative companies. So doing some very interesting things with data and artificial intelligence. So there's so much it's hard to mention at all, but I'm looking forward to the whole day. A very diverse range of speakers, which is nice to see. So as you were saying about all the different topics, what is the hot topic? And how do you decide what is the hot topic? Well, I think it was a kind of a no-brainer this year with artificial intelligence, you know, coming on screen, you know, Amazon Echo, right-truths of self-driving cars, Elon Musk talking about the singularity and the risks of artificial intelligence, but also the opportunities. So, you know, artificial intelligence, as I said, it has been around a long time in terms of the maths and the methodologies of the machine learning algorithms. But it's only now that massive data streams that are becoming available to companies and organisations that are into applying this artificial intelligence and have massive impact on very interesting results. So we chose that this year as a theme for all these reasons. And we're running a couple of sessions dedicated to that, one more technical run by the CEDAR group. Edward McDonnell and his team will go into, you know, the nuts and bolts and the technology of how to do this type of machine learning, how to create these algorithms, how to deploy them. And we're going to have a more broader case studies of artificial intelligence on the main stage. And that theme will go throughout the whole conference, as well as over other sessions. Perfect. So other than the talks that you're having, as you were saying, about the two different streams, what else elements and aspects of the conference can people experience? Okay. So the great talks are the primary thing about predictor. I always think that the quality of speakers and the information they're, you know, imparting on the audience is always incredible. But it's also a really fun event, very interactive, experience areas, great, great exhibitors get to try out new technologies, get to talk to the people in various groups. The huddles, as I mentioned, very interactive, very informal. There's coffee breaks, drinks receptions the night before and the night off. We're going to get some amazing speakers to come along to kind of entertain and to educate people. And the attendees go right from sea level executives, business owners, right down to right throughout the whole community, including data science practitioners, programmers, database managers, big data architects, students with huge input from students this year from various MSCs around Ireland and UK and further into Europe, as people coming from all of these areas, recruiters are always there to hot topic. And recruitment is always a key issue from all of our partners and exhibitors. So a very wide and diverse audience will be there. So it's a really fun event, really great, you know, day to absorb all this information. And you don't have to worry too much about taking notes because we have an e-book that we write. Ian Campbell is a rather known technology journalist and he's writing our e-book again for the third year in a row. All attendees get that e-book. They also get all the content in PDF format and recorded. And they get access to the predict passport, which has all of that for the last three years. So you get a huge amount of content. So everything you just mentioned there, is that an all-inclusive then? It's an all-inclusive conference that literally once you pay for your ticket, that's all you, that you get everything that you just called off there. Exactly. Come along, enjoy the day, focus on networking, focus on absorbing as much information as it can when you get back to the office, access to predict passport, access all of the previous talks from the last three years, all of the videos, PDFs and the e-books. So it's a very comprehensive thing. You get a lot of information, so you couldn't take it in all in one day. That's why we present all this information in the predict passport so you can share it with your colleagues, go back, reread it, you know, absorb the lessons. Okay, so from everything you've just said there, with the huddles, the speakers, the networking and all that, if someone wants to come up to you on the street and say, why should I go to the predict conference? Okay. What would you say? Well, I like to say that every company has to become a data science company in order to compete in the modern world. And this is a unique event bringing together business, technology, data science, leading speakers internationally. You get one chance a year to see these people in Ireland. So I would say, this is your day, come to predict on the third of October in the RDS, because this is a very unique event and once a year opportunity to kind of engage with this type of event in Ireland. And is there a website that somebody can visit to have a look at all this information? Everything's on predictconference.com where you can click on book tickets or see the schedule, see the speakers and see what it's all about. Perfect. Well, thank you very much for taking my questions today and it was very informative. Thank you.