Michael Meagher is Director of the Open Ireland Network, where he helps organisations embrace open source to unlock transformative opportunities and build next-generation business models. With a career spanning over two decades in the software industry, he has held senior leadership roles in technical marketing and developer evangelism for major technology companies. He has been involved in creating open source policy frameworks for Irish universities and actively promotes the power of academia and industry to drive real-world innovation. Beyond strategy and policy, Michael is deeply engaged in open source AI initiatives and brings a human dimension to his work through mentoring and coaching technology startups.