Digital Business Ireland’s FutureProof event will host 1000 SMEs, 50 exhibitors and 40 speakers at Croke Park on September 6

Michael Corcoran, the man behind Ryanair’s entertaining social media presence will deliver the closing keynote address at Digital Business Ireland’s FutureProof summit this September 6 in Croke Park. 

From poking fun at Formula 1 teams, and Taylor Swift over her use of her private jet, to publicly calling out customers’ complaints, Ryanair’s approach to social media delivers obvious results; the company boasts 750,000+ Twitter followers and more than 2.1 million followers on TikTok.

Michael and his team have found great success in reactive responses to trends and news and he will take to the stage at FutureProof to share some key learnings from their low cost, high reach marketing strategy,  that deliver consistently impressive results. 

The event will be inaugurated by Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Dara Calleary TD. A range of thought-leaders from leading global brands will address attendees from Meta to TikTok, Trustpilot, Cpl, Fortinet, Puig, Virgin Media and Google.  Representing the digital sector in Ireland will be Core Optimisation, IA Labs,  Planet, Magico, Failte Ireland and the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau, among others. 

Exhibitors at the event will include title sponsor permanent tsb, along with Kildare Village, Emirates, Virgin Media, .IE, Trustpilot, ADAMAPP, SBCI, Ergo and many more. 

Speaking at the launch of the event, founder of Digital Business Ireland, Lorraine Higgins said “We are anticipating the attendance of a highly engaged audience of SMEs to join us at the Digital Summit, for a day of insights and advice from some of the best brains in the sector. As an innovative and creative thinker we’re delighted that Michael will join us and close the event with what we are sure will be a captivating keynote.”

Visit www.dbisummit.ie for more information on the agenda, partners and tickets!