Belfast Chamber Connectivity Conference

“If politics, business and civil society pull together, anything can be achieved”, Joe Kennedy III

✈️ Belfast City Airport has invested in EV chargers, is planning to be net zero before 2050 and is a vital artery in the network of Northern Ireland.

⛽️ Methanol is the fuel of the future and Belfast Harbour is investing in autonomous, hydrogen energy and offshore wind farms.

🚝 Translink seeks to be carbon positive by 2050 and is leaving the Weaver Cross programme to support 20,000,000 passenger journeys.

👏 Equity, diversity and inclusion builds success.

📲 Things are becoming sensorised and data is being used to compare behaviour to expectations.

🤖 Cybersafety needs to be considered earlier in tech development processes.

🙇‍♀️ Business needs to consider derivatives of cost and environment.

🌇 Advanced materials, novel propulsion and electrification of aircraft is what’s needed for zero emissions in the skies.

🚍 Project Harlander will be an autonomous vehicle in Belfast.

⏩ Progress will happen with decarbonisation, autonomous vehicles and business model scale.

✅ Northern Ireland generates 45.8% of electricity from renewables and demand for energy is expected to grow by 50% in the years ahead. It’s set to cost £9.7 billion and create 13,000 jobs in the green economy.

🌍 Invest Northern Ireland is showcasing regional innovation in Singapore and Malaysia and Northern Ireland has a great supply chain for heat pumps.

🔂 To get to Net Zero by 2050, we need behavioural, tech, regulation, financial and business model change.

🧮 Imagine if you could use a super computer to figure out the most carbon efficient way of getting from A to B (that is also most cost efficient, convenient and safe)…

💚 Greenshoring could be Belfast’s new USP.

👩‍💻 AI is being used to optimise lithium use to make advanced manufacturing batteries.

Thank you Katy Best, Michael Robinson, Duncan Mcallister, Mark Price, Scott Fischaber, Cliona O'Boyle, Chris RB Brown, Ben Murray, Russell Smyth, KPMG Ireland, Rachel Sankannawar, Paul Kennedy, Sonya Kerr, Iain Percy, Finbarr McEvoy Spirit AeroSystems, Laura O’Neill, Sam Turner, Mark Gillan, Tony Phipps, Guido Lemeire, Lisa Comerton and John Healy.