Department of Finance Annual Policy Conference 2025
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From: Department of Finance
- Published on: 21 November 2025
- Last updated on: 21 November 2025
Event Overview
Theme: Planning for Ireland's Future
This year’s theme is Planning for Irelands Future, covered across two sessions. The first session, Geopolitical Shifts and their Economic Impacts on Europe, will open with a keynote address by André Sapir, senior fellow with Bruegel. Session two, Governing for the Future, will open with presentations on the Dept’s Future Forty Report and Juha Kaskinen, Director of the Finland Futures Research Centre, will present on Anticipatory Governance. Both sessions will close with a panel discussion.
The objective for this year’s conference is to bring policymakers together with economists, stakeholders and academics. This range of speakers will provide the audience with a broad perspective on the challenges facing the Irish Economy and approaches to preparing for them.