Galway IT 2.3: Home Assistant Community Day

Join us Saturday May 24th for Home Assistant Community Day 2025, a global celebration of open-source smart home innovation! The event is open to anyone interested in smart home tech, if you're just debating the point of an Echo Dot for your first smart bulb, or if you're an experienced hand!

Home Assistant is a powerful, open-source platform that puts you in control of your smart home. It supports a vast range of smart devices and enables you to automate, monitor, and manage your home - even without need for third-party cloud services or subscription fees.

Whether you're already using Home Assistant, using Alexa or Google to control your home with voice, or just getting started with smart tech, this event is for you. We'll showcase real-life smart home setups powered by Home Assistant, share practical demos, and explore how smart technology can enhance your daily life - all while keeping your data private and secure.

Here's a sample from our talks and demos on the day:

• Smart Tech: Easier than you think
• WiFi, Bluetooth and Zigbee controlled smart devices
• Enhanced security cameras with VisionLLM
• Monitoring plant health
• Sassy smart assistants with Voice Preview Edition and Telegram
• Smart Home Brewing
• Automating everything
• Why smart home nerds love dumb tech (or why Ais is no longer allowed in Lidl's middle aisle without supervision)
• Smart Coffee
• and more surprises on the day!

This is part of a worldwide event, with meet-ups happening across the globe on the same day. You can find more locations on the official Home Assistant event calendar here!

We are also hosting this event on Luma. Please sign up on Luma to show Home Assistant how much Galway is interested in smart home tech. If the Luma event shows as full, don’t worry - we have plenty of space and would still love to see you there!