Matthew Duncan
MicrosoftHead of Future of Work & AI Thought Leadership
Futura Innovation Conference brings together participants from around the world for a dynamic, cross-sector programme spanning multiple venues across Limerick’s city centre.
Industry leaders, policymakers, investors, founders, and researchers come together in a single shared environment, connecting conversations to real-world outcomes across sectors.
This is not a traditional conference. It is a connected experience where innovation moves into action.
Designed for active participation at every stage of the experience, you will engage directly with decision-makers across sectors, gaining insight into how innovation is funded, regulated, and delivered. As conversations continue across the city, new opportunities emerge for collaboration, investment, and growth.
What is Futura?
One Shared Innovation Experience
Futura Innovation Conference is built on a simple idea: cross-sector collaboration in a shared environment turns innovation into global impact.
Across sectors, participants engage in conversations that connect industry, government, capital, and research. Each perspective adds context, creating a clearer path from discussion to deployment.
Hosted across Limerick’s walkable city centre, the experience is shaped by movement, interaction, and proximity. Conversations extend beyond sessions, building momentum across venues, meetings, and informal exchanges turning dialogue into action.
“If you’re building for the future, there’s no better stage than Futura Innovation Conference.”
FUTURA AT A GLANCE
19–21 October 2026, Limerick
Local and International Participants
Global Speakers and Industry Leaders
Three Days of Curated Programming
Interconnected Industry Tracks
Walkable Venues
Why Attend
Futura is designed for people who want to understand where innovation is heading, and who want to help shape what happens next.
If you are an industry leader, a policy maker, an investor, an entrepreneur, or someone who is ready to help shape innovation, then the Futura Innovation Conference is for you.
Hosted across Limerick’s walkable city centre, the experience connects industry leaders, policymakers, investors, founders, researchers, and global organisations within a shared environment designed for collaboration. Rather than separating audiences by role or sector, Futura creates a space where different perspectives meet and meaningful progress happens.
Across interconnected sector tracks, curated meetings, and city-wide programming, participants gain visibility into how innovation moves from idea to adoption, investment, and real-world impact.
Who Attends
Futura convenes a diverse group of leaders and organisations from across the global innovation ecosystem.
Participants include:
- Industry executives and corporate innovation leaders
- Government officials and policymakers
- Venture capital investors and startup founders
- University leaders and research institutions
- Technology companies and emerging ventures
- Economic development and international trade organisations
Each group participates in the same experience, extracting different value from shared conversations and connections.
Event Tracks
Industry Perspectives, Connected by Design
Futura’s tracks focus on the industries driving progress, including AgTech and sustainability, enterprise, infrastructure, health, and advanced technologies. Each track offers a lens into a connected system, showing how innovation moves across industries and into real-world application.
Hear from the People Shaping What’s Next
Futura brings together senior leaders, operators, and decision-makers who are actively shaping how progress happens across sectors. Their perspectives focus on real-world application, sharing how innovation is developed, implemented, and scaled in practice.
Our Keynotes
Our Speakers
Robert Hill
Northern Ireland Space OfficeChair, Matrix Science Industry Panel Northern Ireland
Elijah May
Funded HouseCEO
Melissa Vincent
Pipeline EntrepreneursCEO
Martin Ward
Enterprise Lab, Imperial CollegeEntrepreneur-in-Residence
A Network Strengthening the Experience
Futura is hosted in Limerick, Ireland and strengthened by a network of partner cities contributing expertise, talent, and global connections.
Each city brings distinct sector strengths to the event, creating a broader ecosystem that supports collaboration, investment, and cross-border growth.
The Involvement Advantage
Futura provides structured access to the people, institutions, and markets where innovation decisions are made. It convenes industry leaders, policymakers, investors, founders, researchers, and global organisations within a deliberately designed environment where capital, policy, and innovation intersect.
SPEAKERS
Our speakers are not just commentators on change, they are actively shaping it.
We are seeking speakers and contributors with practical insight, proven experience, and a clear perspective on how innovation moves from concept to application. This is not a platform for theory in isolation, but for contributions grounded in execution, impact, and relevance across sectors.
If you are working at the intersection of industry, government, investment, or research—and can offer meaningful insight into how progress is delivered—we invite you to submit a session proposal.
SPONSORS
Sponsoring Futura Innovation Conference offers more than brand visibility.
- Direct access to decision-makers
- Drive business and pipeline development
- High-impact brand visibility & exposure
- Curated networking with key event stakeholders
- Dynamic thought-leadership opportunities
EVENT PARTNERS
A Global Network of Organizations Driving Innovation
Futura brings together a global network of organisations driving innovation, investment, and collaboration across Ireland and beyond.
From local civic leaders and research institutions to global venture networks, our partners embody the spirit of collaboration that makes Futura possible.
GLOBAL COLLABORATORS
Connecting Innovation Ecosystems Across Cities, Industries, and Markets
Futura’s Global Innovation Ecosystem Collaborators represent regions actively contributing to conversations around emerging technologies, economic growth, advanced manufacturing, logistics, energy, healthcare, cybersecurity, and next-generation infrastructure.
These relationships support:
- Cross-border collaboration opportunities
- International business and investment connections
- Ecosystem-to-ecosystem engagement
- Industry and research partnerships
- Delegation participation and knowledge exchange
The Bottom Line: Partnering with Futura means positioning your organisation at the heart of global innovation, while actively supporting cross-sector growth in one of Europe’s most exciting emerging hubs.
Event Partners
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