Now this tech whizz has organised a conference
A Dundalk teen tech whizzkid is behind the Young Developers Conference ( YDC), a first of its kind technology event which will be launched on Saturday May 13.
Cormac Kinsella from Colaiste Lu says YDC will provide teenage tech enthusiasts, developers and would-be entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet some of the most successful Irish tech entrepreneurs and people from the world of Irish fin-tech.
The participants can hear about the entrepreneurs’ experiences with tech project finance. This unique event will allow Ireland’s finance professionals the opportunity to meet tomorrows potential tech CEOs.
YDC has asked and is honoured to have a number of speakers giving short talks about their experiences with fin-tech including Ray Nolan the founder of Hostelworld.com, which was sold in 2009, generating $500m for shareholders; he is also the founder of Ultimate.
The YDC concept originated with 16-year-old Coláiste Lú transition year student Cormac in 2016. His objective in launching YDC is to get the smartest and most talented coders talking to the financial sector.
Assisting in event organising are three other 16-year-olds - Gytis Daujotas from Clondalkin, Cormac Salman from Drogheda and Oisín Ó’Duibhir from Limerick. In addition Trinity College Dublin School of Physics and the Walton Club have also been hugely supportive in hosting and advising on this event.
Tickets for YDC can be booked online at ydc17. com for as little as €2 each. Coders interested in presenting a project can forward their details to projects.ydc17.com.
In 2013, at the age of 13, Cormac and Cían Martin-Bohan were the youngest app developers in Ireland when they released their first App (Open Share) which allowed multiple social media updates from a single input.
The following year he released the Focal.ie Irish/English dictionary app which has since been downloaded by around 12,000 Irish language enthusiasts. In 2015 Cormac was invited by Ciaran Cannon TD to be one of the founding members of the Digital Youth Council of Ireland.
This year Cormac and Cormac Salman have launched two apps: Local Trade which is a convenient buy and sell items app in your local area and Sence Clothing, an app for browsing branded clothes from different vendors in a single place.