Performance. Productivity. Trust. Wellbeing.

Join us at the CIPD Thrive Conference 2026 on 15 October at Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

The CIPD Thrive Conference brings together business leaders, HR professionals, academics and organisational experts to explore the relationship between performance, productivity and people.

Focusing on trust, leadership, organisational effectiveness and wellbeing, the conference will showcase the latest research, real-world case studies and practical frameworks that help organisations improve productivity, strengthen engagement, build trust, develop capability and achieve sustainable business results.

Delegates will leave with evidence-based insights, actionable tools and measurable examples they can apply within their own organisations.

Secure your place today and join a community of people professionals and business leaders committed to creating thriving workplaces and sustainable organisational performance.

Group booking offer: Receive a 15% discount when booking four or more places.

Interested in exhibiting? Contact us at events@cipd.ie.

Agenda

Morning sessions

📌The Thrive Equation: Performance, productivity, trust and wellbeing

Speaker

Meg Dunphy, Policy, Content and Engagement Lead, CIPD in Ireland

📌Research panel: Performance by design

Speakers

John Kennedy, Chair CIPD in Ireland

David Barrett, Founder/CEO, Welliba

Dr. Colin Hughes, Head of Graduate Business, TU Dublin

📌Keynote session: The Leadership Multiplier - Trust, safety and sustainable success

Speaker

Aoife O’Brien, Founder, Happier at Work

📌Panel: The people advantage; from strategy to results

Speakers

Amy Martin, EDI leader, John Sisk

Chair TBC

📌Fireside conversation: From CPO to CEO: Seeing business through a people lens

Speaker: Jean O’Sullivan, CEO, Bus Éireann

Chair: Meg Dunphy, Policy, Content and Engagement Lead, CIPD in Ireland

Afternoon sessions:

📌The Thrive exchange: Facilitated roundtable expert-led conversations.

Topics:

Sustainable performance and productivity

The Manager multiplier

Trust, psychological safety and culture

Better work design and job quality

AI and human capability

Resilience, workload and sustainable pace

Chair: Linda Waters, Senior Employer Solutions Manager, CIPD in Ireland

📌Panel: Beyond Efficiency - How AI can create better work and better outcomes

Speakers:

Will Fitzgerald, Associate Director, Scientific & Capability, Novartis

TBC

Chair: Linda Waters, Senior Employer Solutions Manager, CIPD in Ireland

📌Closing keynote: The future we choose

Please Note

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