Events — archive
Past events and recent work
What IRDG has done recently: 47 dated sessions so far in 2026 and 52 across 2025 — briefings, R&D Tax Credit clinics, site visits, roundtables, programmes and the Amplify Innovation Summit — with the year's publications.
2026 so far
Two publications anchor the year. Ireland's Innovation Index 2026, produced with KPMG from 587 company responses, was launched on 27 May. The IRDG Pre-Budget Submission for Budget 2027 went to the Department of Finance on 8 June, following the Department's R&D Tax Credit and Innovation Compass, to which IRDG's 2025 consultation response contributed. Alongside them, the network met as below — the Connect Series across Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick, the National R&D Tax Policy Forum, the Amplify Innovation Summit at Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny, and the regular clinics, forums and site visits.
January 2026
- Jan 8 Discover the Benefits of IRDG Membership
- Jan 15 The Innovators Edge: Time to Reset, Restore and Return
- Jan 21 AI for Personal Productivity
- Jan 27 Accelerating Strategic Innovation
- Jan 27 Zoom Onboard!
- Jan 29 IRDG 2026 Connect Series
- Jan 29 Mentoring Programme training for Mentors and Mentees
February 2026
- Feb 4 IRDG 2026 Connect Series
- Feb 5 R&D Tax Credit Clinic
- Feb 10 AI Transformation for Business Leaders
- Feb 11 IRDG 2026 Connect Series
- Feb 12 IRDG 2026 Connect Series
- Feb 18 Revenue R&D Working Group
- Feb 26 Sustainability Leaders Forum
March 2026
- Mar 5 National R&D Tax Policy Forum
- Mar 20 IRDG Policy Working Group
- Mar 20 Discover the Benefits of IRDG Membership
- Mar 20 R&D Tax Policy Working Group
- Mar 24 and 25 AI Transformative Power in NPD
- Mar 31 Foundations for Strategic Innovation
April 2026
- Apr 2 Zoom Onboard!
- Apr 8 Strategic Innovation & Entrepreneurship for SMEs
- Apr 15 The Innovators Edge: The Future of Work
- Apr 16 Pathway to Innovate Clinic
- Apr 17 Discover the Benefits of IRDG Membership
- Apr 22 Funding Innovation: Expert Insights & Stories
- Apr 23 AI Transformation for Business Leaders
- Apr 30 Pathway to Innovate Clinic
May 2026
- May 5 Sustainability Leaders Forum
- May 6 AI for Personal Productivity programme
- May 13 Pathway to Innovate Clinic
- May 14 R&D Tax Credit Clinic
- May 26 Innovation Site Visit to Ethos Engineering
- May 27 Ireland's Innovation Index 2026 Launch
- May 28 Discover the Benefits of IRDG Membership
June 2026
- Jun 10 Zoom Onboard!
- Jun 16 Sustainability Leaders Forum
- Jun 17 Amplify Evening BBQ
- Jun 18 Amplify Innovation Summit 2026
August 2026
- Aug 7 Discover the Benefits of IRDG Membership
- Aug 27 R&D Tax Credit Clinic
September 2026
- Sep 1 AI Transformation for Business Leaders
- Sep 2 Zoom Onboard!
- Sep 17 Innovators Edge Series: Navigating Uncertainty with an Experimental Mindset
- Sep 22 Strategic Innovation & Entrepreneurship for SMEs
- Sep 24 Sustainability Leaders Forum
- Sep 29 Foundations for Strategic Innovation - Alumni Catch Up
From IRDG's 2026 calendar outline; months still to come are on the 2026 calendar and bookings on Upcoming events.
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
For details of events before 2025, ask the team.