Dargan Forum 2024

Are you a Change Maker that wants to learn how technology can be harnessed for positive change?

Are you a Community Activist seeking to create a better, more sustainable way of life for your community?

Are you a business owner or Department official that wants to hear about the latest social innovations that new technology is making possible?

The free to attend Forum will bring together experts and practitioners in scenic Dún Laoghaire to share the latest ideas and technologies that can empower people and places.

Focus areas for the Forum will include tech empowering small businesses, smart solutions for communities, sustainable energy innovation and, for people and localities that want to tap into their diaspora, creating meaning and belonging through genetic genealogy.

• Dara Calleary T.D. - Minister of State for Digital Transformation
• Allan Mulrooney - CEO, Western Development Commission
• Aidan Blighe - Dir. Economic Development & Planning, DLR CoCo
• Emma Jones - Founder, Enterprise Nation
• Ossian Smyth T.D. - Minister of State for National Development Plan Delivery & Reform
• Donna Harris - Founder & CEO, Builders + Backers
• Stephen Carolan - Network Programme Manager, Connected Hubs
• Emma Gilleece - Architectural Historian and Communications Expert
• Paul Kennedy - Dir. of Infrastructure & Climate Change, DLR CoCo
• Siobhan Magner - Assistant Manager, Digital Marketing Apprenticeships

• Denis O'Callaghan - Councillor, An Cathaoirleach DLR County Council
• Lars Thuesen - Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark in Ireland

Dargan Forum is supported by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and Fáilte Ireland.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, 2 Marine Road, Dublin, Ireland