ODYSSEY – Love, Power and People in the Age of the Machine. Arts and Culture, University of Limerick, in partnership with Limerick Civic Trust, is delighted to announce ODYSSEY, a new three-day Autumn Forum taking place across Limerick from 23–25 October 2026.
At its heart is one question: Are we becoming more powerful more quickly than we are becoming wise?
ODYSSEY brings together leading international voices to explore artificial intelligence, democracy, media, global power, love, conscience and what it means to be human in an age of extraordinary technological change.
Across three days, the Forum will feature conversations with:
- Stephen Green – former Chairman & Group CEO of HSBC and former UK Minister of State
- Quentin Peel – former International Editor of the Financial Times
- Karen Currey – American broadcaster and media executive
- Isabel Hilton – journalist, broadcaster and China specialist
- Peter Owen Jones – writer, broadcaster and Christian priest
From “Is the Experience of Love Universal?” to “AI: Boom or Bust?”, “After the West?” and “What Is Man For?”, ODYSSEY will tackle some of the defining questions of our time.
This is not simply a conversation about technology. It is a conversation about power, responsibility, truth, progress and the kind of society we want to create.
Further programme details and speakers will be announced shortly.
ODYSSEY — come with questions. Leave with better ones.
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Various locations throughout Limerick City
