Agenda
Sunday
8:00AM | FOYER
Registration Breakfast & Morning Banter
9:00AM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
Ronan Perceval & Special Guests
CEO Phorest
Céad Míle Fáilte:
An Irish Welcome
10:30AM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
Patrick Monaghan & Rich Cullen
Phorest Chief Product Officer & Lead Product Designer
Hidden Gems:
Phorest Tools to
Transform Your Team
11:15AM | FOYER
Tea & Coffee Break: Caffeinate & Stretch Your Legs
12:45PM | FOYER & THE GOLDSMITHS HALL
Community Lunch: Refuel & Make Connections
Workshops
2:45PM | THE GOLDSMITHS HALL
The Phorest Product & Development Team
Levelling Up:
Getting More From
Your Phorest System
2:45PM | ROBINSON SUITE
Aoife Hannigan & Verna Wall
Director of Engineering & Head of Research at Phorest
Medi Masterclass:
Optimising Medspa & Aesthetic Clinic
Operations With Phorest
3:45PM | FOYER
Afternoon Smoothie Break
4:15PM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
Patrick Monaghan, Nuala Maguire & Niamh Greaney
Chief Product Officer, Data Analyst, Director of Customer Success at Phorest
Phorest Insights:
Data and Learnings
from Over 10,000 Salons
5:15PM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
Ronan Perceval
CEO Phorest
Sunday Wrap-Up
5:30PM | FOYER
Drinks Reception
Canapes & Chats
7:00PM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
Bingo Loco
A Yearly Summit Tradition of Very
Untraditional Bingo
Monday
8.00AM | FOYER
Breakfast & Morning Banter: Fuel & Phorest Friends
9:00AM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
Wake Up & Shake Up
Global Social Media Strategy Manager & Global Marketing Director at Phorest
11:10AM | FOYER
Tea & Coffee Break: Caffeinate & Stretch Your Legs
11:30AM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
John Doran
CTO at Phorest
AI at Phorest
12:40PM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
Jacob Morris
Designer Pay Commercial at Phorest
Tipping the Scales: Empowering Staff With PhorestTips
1:10PM | FOYER & THE GOLDSMITHS HALL
Community Lunch: Keep the Conversations
Flowing Over a Seasonal Irish Menu
Workshops
3:10PM | THE GOLDSMITHS HALL
The Phorest Product & Development Team
Rerun Levelling Up:
Getting More From Your Phorest System
3:10PM | ROBINSON SUITE
Áine Solon
Phorest Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
The Perfect Fit: Mastering Recruitment Strategies for Salon Success with Áine Solon.
4:10PM | FOYER
Smoothie Break: Afternoon Energiser
4.50PM | DOUGLAS HYDE SUITE
Ronan Perceval
CEO Phorest
Summit 2025 Wrap-Up
5:00PM
Free Time: Check out the Best Dinner & Pre-Party Spots in Town
Dublin City Centre
Sunday 24th January
| 9AM | Kicking off in Killarney | |||
| AM | Opening Ronan Perceval, CEO, Phorest | |||
The Rules for Amazement Jon Petz | ||||
The Empowered Workforce: Unlocking the tools, systems and
mindset behind the highest performing teams Phorest | ||||
Break | ||||
Workshop 1 Staffing &
Hiring with
Chrissy Alger | Workshop 2 Salon, Spa &
Clinic
Profitability with
Michelle Tanner | Workshop 3 The Wellness
Advantage:
The Personal
Energy Habits
For Thriving
Teams with Joe
O’Connor | Workshop 4 Leadership
across
generations | |
| PM | Lunch | |||
| PM | Keynote Session Speaker to be announced | |||
Success Stories from the Salon Floor: Retail Edition Phorest | ||||
Break | ||||
Beyond the Booking: The Future of Connected
Communications Phorest | ||||
| 18:30 | Coaches depart for Town Takeover! | |||
Monday 25th January
| 9AM | Welcome to Day 2! | |||
| AM | New Innovations Phorest | |||
Seisiún 1 PhorestGo | Seisiún 2 PhorestPay | Seisiún 3 Marketing &
Client Acquisiton:
Ads Manager &
Beyond | Seisiún 4 The Human
Connection:
Amplifying
Leadership with
AI Coaching with
Charlotte
Braithewaite &
Phorest | |
Break | ||||
Seisiún 1 PhorestGo | Seisiún 2 PhorestPay | Seisiún 3 Marketing &
Client Acquisiton:
Ads Manager &
Beyond | Seisiún 4 The Human
Connection:
Amplifying
Leadership with
AI Coaching with
Charlotte
Braithewaite &
Phorest | |
| PM | Lunch | |||
| PM | F*** Being Humble Stefanie Sword-Williams | |||
Building A Personal Brand to Take You Beyond Elfried Samba | ||||
Break | ||||
Keynote Speaker To be announced | ||||
| 5pm | Event wraps up | |||
| Late | The Afterparty | |||
Download the Phorest Summit 2027 agenda and see what’s in store.
Explore the sessions, speakers, and key moments you won’t want to miss.
Tag @phorestsalonsoftware and use #PhorestSummit so we can reshare you