Here's a quick run-through of key tech events taking place in Ireland this week. If there's an event you'd like us to feature, email jkelly(at)newstalk(dot)com.

Tuesday:

Cork Chamber: The attraction of the 'craft' trend for business, in association with EEN and UCC - Blackstone LaunchPad at UCC at 9.30am

This workshop is being run by the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), in association with UCC. Guest speaker on the day will be UCC’s guest lecturer, Ben Itty, a global brand and innovation expert. Ben will showcase how the ‘craft trend’ can be applied to all businesses and will give a global analysis of what is driving success of “craft” today. What are the trends behind the change? What are these new brands doing? How can you apply the changing trends to your brand and business to market your product and service more successfully?

More information here. 

Twitter Mixed Days conference - NUI Galway

NUI Galway will host the second Twitter Mixed Days conference from 19-20 April. The conference is intended to foster collaboration and to build community and will take place in the University’s J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics.

The increasing availability of massive datasets from the Twitter platform is revolutionising the scientific study of a variety of phenomena in fields as diverse as Sociology, Computer Science, Business, Law, Crisis Management, Psychology and others. Yet, while many important advances have taken place in these different communities, the dialog between researchers using Twitter data across disciplines is only beginning. The purpose of Twitter for Research conference is to bring together leading researchers in order to lay the foundation for ongoing relationships and to build a lasting multidisciplinary research community. 

More information here.

Thursday:

Code Institute Open Evening -  25 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2 at 5.30pm

Find out if a coding course is right for you. Sign up to Code Institute's open evening to learn more information, such as:

• The fastest way to land a job in coding (and why it’s the best industry to get into – €30,000 starting salary is just the tip of the iceberg).

• How to land your dream job in coding.

• The cool stuff you can build in the Programme.

More information here.