9.30am – 4.30pm
MARCH 12TH, 2026
THE FOUNDRY, GOOGLE
#innovators26
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This Year’s Event Will Explore:
- A reframed vision of innovation, with a keynote focused on responsible, impact-driven innovation—particularly in AI—and how leadership can prioritise repairing what’s broken over chasing spectacle.
- AI-driven startup transformation, examining how artificial intelligence is radically lowering barriers to entry and enabling ideas to become viable businesses at unprecedented speed.
- The social and cultural foundations of innovation, with a city-focused discussion on how culture, community, and creative expression shape Dublin’s capacity to innovate.
- Live cultural performance, reinforcing the role of music and art as integral, not peripheral, to innovation ecosystems.
- Scalable sustainability solutions, spotlighting practical approaches that deliver real environmental impact while supporting economic growth.
- AI and creativity in practice, exploring how artists, writers, designers, and media professionals are building positive, productive relationships with AI tools.
- Cultural entrepreneurship, featuring leading figures from film, television, and the arts on building sustainable creative ventures.
- Curated networking moments, designed to connect founders, creatives, technologists, and partners across sectors.
Be first to get close to the innovators that are shaping the moment
2026 Highlights