Environment Ireland Conference 2024

Ireland's major environment conference
17 OCTOBER 2024 ∙ 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 20th year, this important 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 discussion and insight.

Environment Ireland's 2024 discussion topics

Policy update and Ministerial address
Circular economy and resource efficiency
Sustainability and ESG
Climate
Public health and the environment
Biodiversity
Water
Planning and the 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

05

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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Copy of the Environment Ireland Yearbook for each attendee

The Environment Ireland conference begins in…

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SPEAKERS

Insight and presentations
from expert speakers

40+

Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea

Director, Circular Economy, DG Environment
European Commission

Ossian Smyth TD

Minister of State with responsibility for Communications and Circular Economy

Chris Hewitt

Director of the Climate Services Branch
World Meteorological Organization

Francesca Racioppi

Head of World Health Organization European Centre for Environment and Health

Julie Thompson

Deputy Secretary of Environment Marine and Fisheries Group
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Danielle Conaghan

Partner and Head of the Environment and Planning Group
Arthur Cox

David McGee

Advisory Partner and ESG Leader
PwC

Imelda Hurley

CEO

Coillte

Geoff Dooley

Head of Sustainability Services
Antaris Consulting

Christopher Hammond

Chief Executive
UK100

Zoe Kavanagh

CEO

REPAK

Geraldine Brennan

Head of Circular Economy
IMR and CIRCULÉIRE Lead

Claire Downey

Policy and Research Director
The Rediscovery Centre

Laura Díaz Anadón

Professor of Climate Change Policy
University of Cambridge

Venkatesh Kannan

Associate Director
The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)

Kevin O’Sullivan

Environment and Science Editor
The Irish Times

Paul Conheady

Head of Programmes and Advisory
20FIFTY Partners

Lorna McAdoo

Group Director Environment, Social and Governance
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Fearghal Reidy

Director of Services, Strategic & Economic Development Directorate
Cork City Council

Mark Horton

All-Ireland Director
The Rivers Trust

J Owen Lewis

Chair
IIEA Working Group on Climate and Energy

Conor Murphy

Professor at the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS)
Department of Geography, Maynooth University

Anja Murray

ecologist

Susan Hegarty

Associate Professor
DCU School of History and Geography

Philip Nugent

Assistant Secretary - Circular Economy, Natural Resources and Waste Policy
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

Hendrik W van der Kamp

Planning Consultant

Cillian McMahon

Sustainability Adviser
Business in the Community Ireland

Maryann Harris

Environmental Planning Manager
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Eimear Cotter

Director of the Office of Evidence and Assessment
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Niall Ó Donnchú

Director General
National Parks and Wildlife Service

Gavan Rafferty

Lecturer in Spatial Planning and Development
Ulster University

Alma Walsh

Senior Advisor, Planning Division
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH).

Rachel Lombardi

Chief Executive
International Synergies Limited.

Paula Kearney

Biodiversity Officer
Galway City Council

Aura-Luciana Istrate

Assistant Professor in Sustainable Urbanism
University College Dublin

Pamela Boyle

Ecologist, Nature and Land Use Division
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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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

02

Circular economy and resource efficiency

04

Climate action

03

ESG and sustainability

05

Public health

06

Biodiversity

07

Water

08

Planning and the environment

SPONSORSHIP

Sponsorship & exhibition:
Limited opportunities available

There are only a small number of opportunities remaining to get involved with Environment Ireland® as a sponsor or exhibitor. Now in its 20^th 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.

Sponsorship is often a springboard into the networking/informal strategic discussions from which major business opportunities arise. Partnership with the event underlines leadership status within the environment community.

The Environment Ireland exhibition area is limited to 20 stands 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