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July 10, 2025 3 mins
Beyond the Screen: IRL Tech Talk continues to capture attention as one of the most compelling gatherings for tech enthusiasts eager to engage with the latest trends and the real-life impact of emerging technology. With a global appetite for reconnecting beyond digital platforms, this series has drawn listeners from every corner of the industry—product developers, digital strategists, accessibility champions, and AI innovators have all stepped up to share not just forecasts but lived experiences. Over the past year, as noted by panels at events like DevCon 2025 and the SANS Security Awareness Summit, in-person tech conversations have surged in import, offering what the virtual world can’t always provide: authentic connection, candid exchange of hard-earned insights, and, above all, the serendipity of networking in real life.

Listeners tuning in to Beyond the Screen have heard firsthand accounts of how technology is being used to solve practical problems—from accessibility, as highlighted during Disability Pride Month by CRN’s coverage of the ADA’s transformative legacy, to the turbo-charged adoption of AI in customer service and cybersecurity, a spotlighted topic at the GDS Group’s July events in London and Chicago. These IRL discussions aren’t just theoretical. The ripple effects are seen everywhere: at hackathons where new ideas are born overnight; at immersion days like the one recently held by DKatalis for the SRE Clan and IT team behind the Jago App; and at conferences such as ESPC25, where Microsoft 365 and AI innovations are unfolding live on stage and in spontaneous hallway conversations.

The tech landscape in 2025 is shaped by a realization: progress doesn’t just happen on screens. As SANS Security Awareness Summit organizers remind us, changing the script on cybersecurity culture and technology adoption requires not only technical know-how, but also the ability to communicate, demystify, and build support across different human perspectives. Accessibility, once an afterthought, is now understood as central to innovation. CRN’s recent feature credits the ADA’s vision for mainstreaming features like voice assistants and captions—tools that began as assistive technologies but now serve millions. This theme resonates in every Beyond the Screen session—designing for inclusion isn’t just good ethics; it’s smart business and better technology for everyone.

Listeners are also hearing about how AI, especially generative AI, is upending business models and workflows, as described in GDS Group’s real-world insight summits. Practical demonstrations, like those at the upcoming Mills Techie Day in Dublin, offer hands-on exposure to new fiber technologies and digital tools, directly connecting tech innovators with everyday users and field experts. These tech talks go beyond buzzwords, diving into how data, automation, and cloud tools are actually deployed to solve transportation, health, and cost challenges.

As Beyond the Screen: IRL Tech Talk looks ahead, the energy and optimism in the room—whether that’s in Chicago’s summit halls, Dublin’s innovation clusters, or virtual spaces brimming with chat—signals a return to roots for the tech community. Progress is a shared journey. The best ideas and most enduring advances happen when people come together, face-to-face, to question, challenge, and inspire.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Beyond the Screen. IURL tech Talk continues to capture attention
as one of the most compelling gatherings for tech enthusiasts
eager to engage with the latest trends and the real
life impact of emerging technology. With a global appetite for
reconnecting beyond digital platforms, this series has drawn listeners from
every corner of the industry. Product developers, digital strategists, accessibility champions,

(00:25):
and AI innovators have all stepped up to share not
just forecasts, but lived experiences over the past year, as
noted by panels at events like Devcom twenty twenty five
and the sand Security Awareness Summit. In person tech conversations
have surged in import offering what the virtual world can't
always provide, authentic connection, candid exchange of hard earned insights,

(00:50):
and above all, the serendipity of networking in real life.
Listeners tuning in to Beyond the Screen have heard first
hand accounts of how technology is being used to sow
practical problems from accessibility, as highlighted during Disability Pride Month
by CRN's coverage of the ada's transformative legacy to the
turbo charged adoption of AI in customer service and cybersecurity,

(01:13):
a spotlighted topic at the GDS Group's July events in
London and Chicago. These irl discussions aren't just theoretical. The
ripple effects are seen everywhere at Hakafon's, where new ideas
are born overnight, at immersion days like the one recently
held by de Catalys for the sre clan and IT
team behind the Jago app, and at conferences such as

(01:35):
SPC twenty five, where Microsoft three hundred and sixty five
and AI innovations are unfolding live on stage and in
spontaneous hallway conversations. The tech landscape in twenty twenty five
is shaped by a realization progress doesn't just happen on screens.
As sam's Security Awareness Summit organizers remind us, changing the

(01:56):
script on cybersecurity, culture and technology adoption requires not only
technical know how, but also the ability to communicate, demystify,
and build support across different human perspectives. Accessibility, once an afterthought,
is now understood as central to innovation. CRN's recent feature

(02:17):
credits the eightya's vision for mainstreaming features like voice assistants
and captions, tools that began as assistive technologies but now
serve millions. This theme resonates in every beyond the screen session.
Designing for inclusion isn't just good ethics, it's smart business
and better technology for everyone. Listeners are also hearing about

(02:38):
how AI, especially generative AI, is upending business models and workflows,
as described in GDS Group's Real World Insights summits. Practical
demonstrations like those at the Upcoming Mills Techi Day in
Dublin offer hands on exposure to new fiber technologies and
digital tools, directly connecting tech innas innovators with every day

(03:01):
users and field experts. These tech talks go beyond buzzwords,
diving into how data, automation and cloud tools are actually
deployed to solve transportation, health, and cost challenges. As beyond
the screen, IRL tech talk looks ahead, the energy and
optimism in the room, whether that's in Chicago's summit halls,

(03:23):
Dublin's innovation clusters, or virtual spaces brimming with chat signals
a return to roots for the tech community, Progress is
a shared journey. The best ideas and most enduring advances
happen when people come together face to face, to question,
challenge and inspire. Thank you for tuning in, don't forget

(03:45):
to subscribe for more compelling conversations. This has been a
quiet please production. For more check out Quiet Please dot
ai
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