Why productivity improvement is the only way to deliver the infrastructure Ireland needs. Delivering this transformative change requires a bold, committed partnership between industry and government who must tackle not just our antiquated planning system but wider productivity pains which continue to hold us back.
2025 Agenda
8:50am
Welcome & opening Remarks from the Chair
Entrepreneur and Broadcaster
9:00am
Project 2040: Key challenges & Priorities
GOVERNMENT ADDRESS:
Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
9:15am
Speeding up Delivery of Significant National Infrastructure
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Delivering major infrastructure: Faster, Smarter, Better
President UK and Ireland, AtkinsRéalis, Deputy Co-chair, Construction Leadership Council, UK
9:35am
FIRESIDE CHAT:
In conversation with…
Co-Head of Infrastructure and Head of Major Project Advisory and Asset Management, KPMG
Managing Director, Infrastructure & Government Advisory, KPMG
9:50am
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Developing an effective infrastructure strategy & delivering it
- How will Project 2040 shape Ireland’s growth and development?
- The future of major infrastructure planning: What is needed to provide greater certainty for projects and reduced timelines?
- Reaction to the new government’s approach to speeding up delivery
Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Economist
10:25am
FIRESIDE CHAT:
An experiment in local governance: Will directly elected mayors be better at delivering local and regional infrastructure?
Mayor of Limerick
10:45am
Networking Coffee Break & Exhibition Viewing
11:15am
Water & Flood Risk Management
FIRESIDE CHAT:
Water and wastewater infrastructure
Investing in water infrastructure to enable housing delivery at scale
Director of Infrastructure Delivery, Uisce Éireann
Director of Housing Policy, Progress Ireland
11:35am
SPOTLIGHT ON:
Flood risk management
Plans for climate adaptation and resilience
11:55am
Future Energy Needs
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Future power: Developing the national grid to meet future demand
While Ireland’s power grid is being transformed to meet accelerating electricity demands as well as supporting our climate action goals, how do we accelerate the growth of electrification in Ireland? Our panel discusses how we deliver both ambitions
Head of Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland, Department of Transport
Director of Policy and Regulation, Irish Solar Energy Association
Electrification Manager, Network Development & Electrification, ESB Networks
12:25pm
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Data Centres: Should we treat them as critical national infrastructure?
Recently theUK government named data centres as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) elevating them to the same importance as energy, water supplies, transportation, health and telecommunications infrastructure. Reflecting the growing role DCs play in a modern economy, should Ireland follow suit?
Founder, Host in Ireland
Head of Sales for Utilities & Smart Grids, Schneider Electric UK & Ireland
1:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Welcome back from the Chair
Entrepreneur and Broadcaster
2:05pm
Ministerlal Address:
Minister of State, Department of Transport
2:20pm
OFFSHORE PANEL DISCUSSION:
Our offshore energy future
Our panel discusses how Ireland can reach its offshore wind energy ambitions including developing ports infrastructure and the challenge of scaling up to meet the government’s expectations
Senior Investment Director, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF)
Director | KPMG Ireland |Government and Infrastructure
Head of Function for ORE Ports Facilitation, Department of Transport
Project Director for Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm, RWE
2:55pm
AFTERNOON KEYNOTE:
Delivering a world-class metro system for Dublin
Programme Director, Metrolink
3:15pm
FIRESIDE CHAT
In conversation with…
Active travel infrastructure and more
CEO, Transport Infrastructure Ireland
3:30pm
TRANSPORT PANEL DISCUSSION:
Transport infrastructure for a low carbon future
- Creating and maintaining climate resilient transport infrastructure
- Investment priorities for our cities, smaller towns and rural areas
- Aligning Ireland’s clean energy transition and the energy needs of a decarbonised transport system
- What infrastructure do transport operators need to fulfil their low carbon ambitions?
- Achieving robust protection against cyber risks in a data-driven interconnected transport world
Founder and CEO, ZeroMission
3:55pm