2026 Featured Speakers and Panellists

We were honoured to have expert speakers from the food and drink industry, including:

Ruth Scott

MC & Presenter

Billy Carr

Buying Director, Aldi Ireland

Ramy Ebeid

Digital & AI Engagement Lead at CeADAR

Mike McGrath

CEO and Co-Founder, Kwayga.com

Ciarán Mollahan

Country Director , Henderson Food Service

Deborah Howell

Trading Director Applegreen

Ruari Dooley

Co Founder , Biasol

Maria Svejdar

Head of Retail , GS 1 Ireland

Dr Lishia Teh

Head of Technical Development , Rialto Labs

Shemaine Doyle

Founder & Managing Director , Brave Marketing

Maree Gallagher

Legal and Regulatory Adviser to the Food and Drink Sector

Emer Brady

Senior Insights Manager, Opinions 

Frances Buckley

Consultant Food Advisor to the Coeliac Association of Ireland

2026 Exhibitors

We were honoured to have expert exhibitors from the food and drink industry, including:

Sponsors

We were honoured to have our sponsors:

Silver Sponsor – GS 1 Ireland

Platinum Sponsor – FBD Insurance

Supporting Partner –
Women in Food & Drink awards

Supporting Partner – 
Quality Food Awards 

Media Sponsor – Shelflife Magazine