Ireland's major environment conference
14–15 September 2023 ∙ CROKE PARK, DUBLIN
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ABOUT
The must-attend conference
on Ireland’s environment.
Environment Ireland® is Ireland’s major environmental policy and management conference. Now in its 19th year, this two-day event features a range of focused sessions highlighting the pressing issues facing the environment in Ireland and further afield.
Ensure you don’t miss the latest developments in environmental policy and updates from across the sector and put your questions to expert speakers during dedicated Q&A sessions. This is an important opportunity to bring all those involved in shaping the future of Ireland’s environment together for two days of discussion and insight.
Ireland’s environment in 2023
The Environment Ireland® 2023 programme focuses on the key issues facing Ireland’s environment sector. The first national circular economy strategy has seen a change in focus away from waste disposal towards the preservation of resources by creating a circular economy. Progress is being made in this important area with the New National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap, which aims to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030, and the Deposit Return Scheme, both launching in November 2022.
Climate Action Plan 2023 (CAP23) implements new carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings and sets out a roadmap for taking decisive action to halve emissions by 2030 and reach net zero no later than 2050. CAP23 sets out how Ireland can accelerate the actions that are required to respond to the climate crisis, putting climate solutions at the centre of Ireland’s social and economic development.
In context of the biodiversity emergency, the European Union Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 responds to an alarming loss of nature and aims to put Europe's biodiversity on a path to recovery by 2030. Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss has called on the Government to hold a referendum on protecting biodiversity. The Environment Ireland® Conference 2023 will also feature focused sessions including climate, circular economy and water.
Environment Ireland® is the major event for the Irish environment sector. Bringing together Ireland’s environment stakeholders in one place, the conference provides a wide range of expert speakers examining the overall state of our environment.
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Hear local industry leaders and visiting experts
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Connect with policy-makers and practitioners
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Exhibition area: Visit 20+ stands
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Important high-level plenary and focused sessions
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300+ delegates
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The must-attend event for anyone in the sector
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Networking opportunities
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Important overview of Ireland‘s environment
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Interactive Q&A session with expert speakers
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Complimentary copy of Environment Ireland Yearbook
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SPEAKERS
Insight and presentations
from expert speakers
Paul Kelly
CEO
Fáilte Ireland
Lorraine Bull
Biodiversity Officer
Dublin City Council
Eimear Montague
Executive Director
Northern Ireland Resources Network
Frank O’Mara
Director
Teagasc
Caoimhe Donnelly
Chief Sustainability Officer
CIÉ Group
Anthony Coleman
Director of Services
Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO)
Tasman Crowe
Vice President for Sustainability
University College Dublin
and Chair, National Biodiversity Forum
Aditya Arora
Data and Reporting Team Lead
FoodCloud
Paul O’Neill
Principal Officer, Planning Advisory Division
Department of the Environment Climate and Communications
SESSIONS
Conference sessions
Who should attend?
- Environmental consultants and advisors
- Environmental managers
- Local authorities
- Engineering and construction companies
- Legal and financial advisors
- NGOs/Environmental charities
- Waste management companies
- Academics
- Environmental policy-makers
- Climate change co-ordinators
- Public health professionals
- Sustainability managers
- Regulators
- Planning professionals
- Elected representatives
- Energy and infrastructure project managers
- Anyone with an eye on the Irish environment!
Conference sessions include:
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Policy update and Ministerial address
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Circular economy and resource efficiency
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Climate action
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Sustainability
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Public health
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Biodiversity
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Water
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Planning and the environment
SPONSORSHIP
Sponsorship & exhibition
There are only a small number of opportunities remaining to get involved with Environment Ireland® as a sponsor or exhibitor. Now in its 19th year, this is the major annual environment conference in Ireland attracting 300+ key stakeholders annually.
As well as being a significant event in a business and policy sense, Environment Ireland® has developed a strong networking dimension. It has become an event where key players expect to meet every year and enjoy the networking opportunity it provides.
The Environment Ireland exhibition area is limited and sells out every year. An important platform for your organisation to interact with a senior audience of 300+ attendees from across the Irish environment sector.
Contact Fiona McCarthy on +353 (0)1 661 3755 or email fiona.mccarthy@environmentireland.ie for further information on how to feature your organisation at the conference.
CONFIRMED 2023 EXHIBITORS
Contact us
Environment Ireland
Clifton House
Lower Fitzwilliam Street
Dublin 2, D02 XT91
Florika Fink-Hooijer
Niall Ó Donnchú
Philip Nugent
Imelda Hurley
Lucy Gaffney