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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · 1d

"𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲" ... Bentley Systems 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 - 15th to 16th Oct

For all the details and to book your virtual seat, check out yii.bentley.com/registration/

#YII2025 #DigitalTwin #iTwin #Simulation #technology #TechScout

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · 3d

#𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆, 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

It’s that time of year again — #AbuDhabi is about to become the centre of the energy 'universe' ... “𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚. 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕.”

ADIPEC 2025, from 3-6 Nov
#ADNOC #AI #Digitalisation

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#𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗖 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆, 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝟯𝗿𝗱 - 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘃

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · 9d

Off again ...

#Nice06 #Sunrise #CotedAzur

Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Sep 10

𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒆: 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 ...

Back before the summer, I met with with Peter Friedrichs, Fellow SiC, at #Infineon's #Campeon Campus in Munich, to find out what's the latest and greatest with #SiC tech these days.

#powerelectronics #siliconcarbide #technology
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𝑺𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒅𝒆: 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 ... a chat with Peter Friedrichs from Infineon

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Sep 9

𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙈 - "𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚", with Camille Donegan, CEO at #Eirmersive.

PRISM takes place on the 29th of Oct, at the Dundalk Institute of Technology.

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#Ireland #Immersive #VR #AR #XR #Technology

𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙈 - 𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, with #Eirmersive's Camille Donegan

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Sep 8

𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒌, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 '𝒖𝒏-𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍' ...

Now if you have a few minutes, have a read ... I'd be curious to get folks take on all this ...

Do ye agree, disagree or got another point of view?

linkedin.com/pulse/back-w... via #LinkedIn

Back to Work, and welcome to the new 'un-normal'

Well, the holidays are well and truly over. As we all head into the second half of the year, I’ve been mulling over a few themes that keep coming up in chats the past few weeks.

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Aug 31

⁨
#Gastech 2025 - AI:Energy is a new theme this year ...

In the run into Gastech 2025, I had the opportunity to chat with Simon Ford, VP Gastech at #dmgevents to find out what their new AI:Energy is all about ...

#PaidCollaboration #ad
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⁨@GastechEvent 2025 - AI:Energy, with Simon Ford ... Part III

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Aug 31

#SovereignAI, a chat with David Hogan from #NVIDIA during #GTCParis before the summer

- What's Sovereign AI?
- What's NVIDIA's role in this?
- Europe's #IndustrialAI opportunity.

For transparency, I was invited by NVIDIA to attend the event, via their #Creators program

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Sovereign AI, a chat with David Hogan from #NVIDIA during #GTCParis

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Aug 30

#Memories : #Compaq ASE Symposium. May 1996

With the passing of #JimLovell on the 7th August, memories came back of the time he delivered the opening night keynote at the 1st ever International Compaq Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE) Symposium, in #Seefeld, #Austria

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#Memories ... Jim Lovell at the #Compaq ASE Symposium back in 1996.

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Aug 30

What happens when a #digitaltwin meets a world-class opera house? ...

A chat with Theo Papadopoulos, Senior Consultant, Foundational Technologies Strategy and Head of #Siemens #IndustrialMetaverse Lab

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#paidpartnership #SIEx

Siemens Sound of Science, with Theo Papadopoulos

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Siemens #SoundofScience project is a powerful reminder that #DigitalTwins aren’t just for factories — they can bring art and acoustics to life, too.

I met up with Benno for a quick chat at the event back on the 21st of July.

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#paidpartnership #SIEx

Siemens Sound of Science, with Benno Blumoser

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Jul 11

While off at #rosscastle in #Killarney, listening to the Killarney Audio Tours "Ross Castle & Copper Mines" self-paced #audiotour, I took a few #360photo's ...

Ross Castle #killarneynationalpark, #Kerry, #Insta360 #tinyplanet

Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Jun 27

One very interesting day ...

#WAIBSummit #web3 #ai #blockchain

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Jun 27

Off in #Monaco at the #WAIBSummit ...

#web3, #AI, #blockchain ...

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Jun 10

From #GTCParis, at the "Building #DigitalTwin's for #PhysicalAI with #NVIDIAOmniverse" workshop.

It was one excellent workshop. Personally, I definitely learned a LOT ... and the amount of stuff I now realize that I still need to learn about is scary 🤯 ...

#GenAI #AIFactory #IndustrialMetaverse

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · Jun 9

#NVIDIA are all set for #GTCParis ...

"See what's next in AI"

In Hall 7 at #vivatech this coming week in #Paris

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Three Red Kings @threeredkings.bsky.social · May 31

Tough one to take.

Proper scumbag stuff from the Sharks during that shootout. Garbage people.

Munster went out on their shields. Can't ask anymore.

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · May 31

Unlucky Munster... 👏

But what an unsporting bunch of pricks on the #Sharks team ...

He winks at Crowley ... #scumbag

#ShaVMun ... #URC

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · May 23

"Leadership in the age of AI" ... with Cedrik Neike

I caught up with Cedrik, Member of Managing Board and CEO of Digital Industries, after he delivered the closing keynote at the Siemens #AIwithPurpose Summit on Wednesday afternoon.

#IndustrialAI
#Sponsored #SIEx

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#agenticai #ai #aiwithpurpose #siemensaiconference #genai #industrialai… | Kevin O'Donovan

"𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜", 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Cedrik Neike. "The reality is, like every new technology, there's a hype curve, and we're at the top of the hype curve ... the reality is, ...

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · May 20

This morning at the #Siemens #AIwithPurpose Summit 2025...

It's going to be a busy 2 days here 🤓

#SiemensAIconference #GenAI #IndustrialMetaverse
#Sponsored #SIEx
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#Siemens ##AIwithPurpose Summit 2025 ... #munich

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · May 19

Living here in France, late kickoffs and Thursday games are a 'thing' but agree with @rugbykino.bsky.social ...

A 6N game on a Thursday night will have to be a challange for most supporters... including the local French ...

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · May 19

The possibilities that #Geothermal brings has been ignored for decades ...

Hopefully we'll see way more $'s invested in developing the tech ...

Plus depending on the 'depth' u need, alot of the oil and gas drilling tech and expertise can be re-used ...

Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · May 19

Now that's good news 👍

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · May 19

Listened to this on the plane this AM ...

The discussion on "vibe coding" was fascinating... 🤓

TWiT Tech Podcasts @twit.tv · May 18

New Podcast Episode:
This Week in Tech: Cardboard, Plastic Bags, & Duct Tape
What's Going on in Montana?
with @leolaporte.me, Wil Harris, @devindra.bsky.social, @harper.lol

Cardboard, Plastic Bags, & Duct Tape | TWiT.TV

GTA 6 trailer 2 and anticipationGrok Pivots From ‘White Genocide’ to Being ‘Skeptical’ About the HolocaustElon Musk’s apparent power play at the Copyright Office completely

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Kevin O'Donovan @kevinodonovan.bsky.social · May 19

Heading to Munich ...

With @lufthansa.bsky.social