Events — archive
Past events
A year of the network in one list: 52 dated sessions across 2025 — briefings, R&D Tax Credit clinics, site visits, regional roundtables, programmes and the Amplify Innovation Summit.
2025
As published in IRDG's 2025 calendar. Most member sessions are free; public sessions carry a member discount.
January 2025
- Jan 16 AI for Personal Productivity
- Jan 17 Discover the Benefits of IRDG Membership
- Jan 21 #IMPACT — Five Turbulent and Transformative Tech Changes in 2025, with Maria Farrell
- Jan 23 Foundations for Strategic Innovation
- Jan 24 AI for Personal Productivity — alumni session
- Jan 28 Regional Roundtable — Akamai, Dublin
- Jan 30 Regional Roundtable — Alcon, Cork
February 2025
- Feb 5 R&D Tax Credit Clinic
- Feb 6 Regional Roundtable — Dublin
- Feb 6 CSRD: Enhancing Sustainability Reporting — Dublin
- Feb 12 Regional Roundtable — Teva R&D, Waterford
- Feb 18 Regional Roundtable — Fidelity Investments, Galway
- Feb 19 Regional Roundtable — Digital Manufacturing Ireland, Limerick
- Feb 20 Zoom Onboard! with Sharon Davin, Innovation Lead, APC
- Feb 25 Innovation Site Visit
- Feb 27 Sustainability webinar — CSRD preparedness deep dive
March 2025
- Mar 11 National Tax Policy Forum — Dublin
- Mar 25 Service Design Training
- Mar 26 Foundations for Strategic Innovation — alumni session
April 2025
- Apr 2 Zoom Onboard! with Hugh Fay, Head of Analytical Solutions EU, Henkel Technology Centre
- Apr 7 AI and Scaling an Innovative Business — with TEKenable and Microsoft, Microsoft Garage Ireland
- Apr 9 #IMPACT — Leading Growth and Innovation in a Global Tech Business, with Leo MacCanna, CEO, Ocuco
- Apr 15 Funding Innovation: Expert Insights & Stories — Cork
May 2025
- May 7 AI for Personal Productivity
- May 8 R&D Tax Credit Clinic
- May 15 Department of Finance meeting with SMEs on the R&D Tax Credit
- May 15 Department of Finance meeting with large enterprises
- May 20 Innovation Site Visit — Dawn Farm Foods, Naas
- May 27 #IMPACT — Brewing Success at Marco through B Corp Certification, with Paul Stack, Managing Director, Marco Beverage Systems
- May 30 Launch of Ireland's Innovation Index 2025
June 2025
- Jun 4 Zoom Onboard! with Liz O'Leary, Head of Innovation, Keohane Seafoods
- Jun 18 Amplify — pre-summit evening gathering
- Jun 19 Amplify Innovation Summit 2025
July 2025
- Jul 10 R&D Tax Credit Clinic
August 2025
- Aug 26 Zoom Onboard!
- Aug 28 R&D Tax Credit Clinic
September 2025
- Sep 5 Discover the Benefits of IRDG Membership
- Sep 12 IRDG Innovation Skillnet — training needs discovery session
- Sep 30 Foundations for Strategic Innovation
October 2025
- Oct 1 Pathway to Innovate — Strategic Innovation & Entrepreneurship for SMEs, Limerick and online
- Oct 3 #IMPACT — The Future of Trade: Risks, Realities, and Routes for Irish Business
- Oct 9 Innovation Site Visit — Takeda, Grange Castle, Dublin
- Oct 17 R&D Tax Credit Clinic & Budget updates
- Oct 24 #IMPACT — Sustainability 2026: What Good Looks Like, and How to Get There, with Tom Raftery
November 2025
- Nov 5 AI for Personal Productivity
- Nov 11 Funding Innovation — Expert Insights & Stories, Dublin
- Nov 20 Foundations for Strategic Innovation — alumni session
- Nov 25 Zoom Onboard!
- Nov 28 #IMPACT — How Dun & Bradstreet is Powering Growth with AI, with Donal Cavanagh, SVP Engineering, R&D and Dublin Site Lead
December 2025
- Dec 2 Discover the Benefits of IRDG Membership
- Dec 3 R&D Tax Credit Clinic
- Dec 10 IRDG AGM
Earlier years are being migrated. For anything specific, ask the team.
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