Format

• Delivery: Online, self-paced
• Structure: 5 pre-recorded video modules (approx. 10 minutes each)
• Resources: Accompanying slides for each module
• Assessment: 2 MCQs after each video segment
• Access: Instant upon purchase via LMS

Course Details

This course covers:

• What AI is and how it differs from traditional software
• Generative AI and six approaches for business adoption
• Practical advice for SMEs implementing AI solutions
• Data as the foundation of AI: governance, quality, privacy, and risk
• Real-world use cases: productivity, fraud detection, customer service, market analysis
• AI adoption trends in Ireland
• Evolution towards reasoning and agentic AI:
  • Capabilities and limitations of large language and reasoning models
  • Reliability, explainability, and risk management

Speaker Details

Patrick Ward - Founder, Aitheria Partners

Patrick Ward is an AI and digital transformation expert with over 30 years of commercial and technical leadership experience, including 12 years at Microsoft. He advises organisations across Europe on AI adoption and governance, lectures at UCD Smurfit Business School, and serves as European Director of the Edge AI Foundation.

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