The Economic Outlook Forum is Ireland’s premier annual summit convening 400 of the state’s most influential business leaders, policymakers, and senior economists.
Convening immediately following the announcement of the national Budget, the Forum serves as the definitive crucible for strategic corporate planning, macroeconomic foresight, and innovation-led dialogue. While the summit addresses immediate fiscal realities, its permanent flagship lens explores how advanced technological and AI capabilities act as the core engine driving Ireland’s economic transformation.
2026 Economic Outlook Forum Focus Themes
This year’s Forum will concentrate on:
- Technology & AI implementation, commercial scalability and national productivity
- EU Presidency and Ireland shaping the European agenda
- Trade, Tariffs and Ireland’s Economic Positioning
- Building Infrastructure for Economic Resilience
- Energy and Defence security, data centre capacities, and the commercial realities of the green transition.
- Capital Markets, Corporate Tax and FDI Strategy.
