Tech Events in Dublin 4

Join us for a morning of tech talk, caffeine boosts, and making new connections - it's the perfect blend of AI and coffee!

Honestly? This is the place for anyone who wants to wake up with more than caffeine. Whether you're a boss, a techie, someone chasing the next big thing in AI, or just genuinely curious about what’s brewing in business and brains.

If you thrive on swapping fresh ideas, want your work smarter (not harder), or need a break from dry corporate chit-chat, just swing by.

Gen Z, millennials, Gen X... All vibes welcome. Whether you binge podcasts, love TikTok debates, or just want real talk without the filters, bring your story, join the crowd, and let’s build something cooler, together.

AI agents are great at generating answers, but what happens when they forget everything after the conversation ends?

Join the Dublin MongoDB User Group for an evening of hands-on building, practical AI engineering, and a bit of friendly competition. We’ll explore how to give AI agents memory, how to retrieve the right information at the right time, and how small retrieval design choices can make a big difference.

!!Bring your laptop!! You’ll build a memory-augmented AI agent with
MongoDB then put your retrieval skills to the test in a fun skills challenge
with leaderboard and prizes.

And yes, you can walk away with a Memory for AI Applications Skill Badge
to share with your network.

This event is part of Dublin AI Week, taking place from 2 to 9 October 2026. Check out the other AI events happening across Dublin and build your own week of learning, building, and networking.

What we’ll be covering
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The “Why”: Why AI agents need memory: Learn how short-term and long-term memory help agents maintain context across conversations, remember useful information, and support longer-running tasks.

“Build”: Agent Memory hands-on workshop: Build a memory-augmented
coding agent and explore:

• Core memory types for agentic systems
• How to create, read, update, and delete memories
• Storage patterns for reliable retrieval
• Combining vector search with metadata, recency, and other signals
• When to create, update, or prune memories

The workshop uses Jupyter Notebooks and a pre-configured development environment. You’ll work from templates and replace the pseudocode with your own Python code.

The “Challenge”: Chunking, Retrieval & Reranking

In this practical challenge, you’ll experiment with chunking strategies,
retrieval methods, and reranking in a GUI to improve the quality of search and answers. We’ll explain the benefits, trade-offs, and best practices behind each approach, then let you configure the retrieval pipeline and submit your results to receive a score.

Compare your approach with other attendees on a leaderboard, learn from the results, and compete for prizes.

Agenda

• Networking, pizza, and introductions 🍕
• Agent Memory hands-on workshop
• Retrieval challenge: chunking, retrieval, and reranking
• Skill badge, open discussion, and more networking

Full timings will be shared once the agenda is finalised.

What to bring

• A laptop — this is a hands-on event
• Access to the workshop environment through Instruqt
• A work or personal account for the workshop environment
• Optional: a quick look at the Jupyter Notebook guide

The AI Labs setup guide explains the available development environment options. You don’t need to be an AI or MongoDB expert, but you should be comfortable reading and writing code.

Want to speak / share your experiences with MongoDB?
Have a MongoDB, AI, or developer-focused topic you’d like to share? Submit it through the MUG speaker form. We may be able to include it in this event or a future MUG.

See you there! 🎯

Tackle a real challenge faced by UCD students and turn your idea into something that could make campus life better.

Have an idea for making UCD better? Join us for a hands-on hackathon where you’ll tackle real challenges faced by students, collaborate with others, and turn your ideas into potential solutions. Come solo or bring a team — everyone is welcome.

Free drinks and snacks provided.

Join us at the IRISSCERT Annual Cybercrime Conference 2026 for a day of networking, and expert insights into tackling cybercrime

IRISSCERT holds an annual conference is an all day conference providing attendees with an overview of the current cyber threats facing businesses in Ireland and what they can do to deal with those threats.

Experts on various aspects of cyber crime and cyber security share their thoughts and experiences with attendees, while a the day is a great opportunity to network with other professionals .

The conference will be open to anyone with the responsibility for securing their business information assets. There is a nominal fee of €50 per person attending to cover the costs of catering and other organisational expenses.

This year's speakers will be confirmed and announced over the coming weeks.

COVID 19 GUIDELINES

The event will be run in line with the current government guidelines regarding the hosting of indoor events.

We recommend people wear masks, ideally FFP2 and N95 masks, when attending the event, in particular when moving in common areas and within the conference hall. In addition, we strongly encourage attendees to be up to date with the relevant vaccinations and we ask that attendees conduct a rapid antigen test (RAT) before attending IRISSCON.

The Aviva facilities have been selected due to its modern air conditiona and air filtration systems.

We appreciate everyone's support to keep all attendees safe.

ACCOMODATION

We have also negotiated a special delegate rate for those wishing to stay in the conference hotel, which is the Clayton Hotel Burlington. If you wish to avail of this send an email to info@iriss.ie to get the discount code.