With one third of the year gone and a host of very successful events already completed, we are now looking ahead to the rest of 2026, and we hope you will be able to join us for one of the planned events, or indeed inspire us to co-create another.
There will be a blend of the familiar and the new, the larger-scale gatherings and the more intimate Member Round Tables.
Many of the events we do in partnership with individual members, and the list below will morph and grow as the year progresses.
At the beginning of each month, we will refresh the dates, topics, and venues for the events we stage, and list the events in which we are involved as a partner, host, or MC.
If you want to get involved or create something new to serve the interests and needs of our sporting, business, and societal leadership group, please do get in touch. We are stronger when we act together, and that has always been the DNA on which the Sport for Business offering is built.
Here are the events that we have completed and are planning for the rest of 2026.
Last Updated Monday, April 27th, 2026
April
Thursday, April 16th – ESA Ireland Sponsorship Winners Showcase at Bord Bia
Tuesday, April 28th – Sport for Business Round Table Event on Keeping Kids in the Game
Thursday, April 30th – Sidea PExpo at Sport Ireland Campus
May
Thursday 7th May – Innovation in Sport Conference at ATU Galway
Friday 8th May – European Aquatics Protecting our Athletes Conference in Dublin
Tuesday, 12th May – Sport for Business Round Table Event
Tuesday, 19th May – Federation of Irish Sport Irish Sport Industry Awards
Thursday and Friday 21 and 22 May – ISESA Annual Conference at TUS Athlone
June
Thursday, June 4th – Sport for Business Creativity in Sport in Partnership with Wilson Hartnell
Wednesday, June 10th – AI and Data in Irish Sport 2026 at TUD Grangegorman Campus
Friday, June 12th – 30 Under 30 10th Anniversary in partnership with PwC
Thursday, June 18th to 21st – Special Olympics Ireland National Games
Thursday, June 11th to Sunday, July 19th, FIFA World Cup
June – Sport and Innovation – New Series and Event
June – Sport for Business Galway at the new Dexcom Stadium
August
August – The Business of Golf – The K Club
September
September – Sport for Business Round Table on Volunteering in Sport
September – Children and Sport in partnership with Allianz and Sport Ireland
September – Sport for Business Tourism in Sport
October
October – Sport for Social Good in partnership with Allianz
November
November – Sustainable Sport Event
November – Sport for Business Round Table
December
Thursday, December 3rd – Active Disability Ireland Annual Conference
Tuesday, December 8th – Women in Sport Conference in partnership with Lidl
Already completed
January
Wednesday, January 21st – The Sporting Year Ahead, The Sugar Club, Dublin
Friday, January 23rd – Her Sport Awards, the Helix, Dublin
Friday, January 30th – Ulster GAA Business Breakfast, Titanic Hotel, Belfast
February
Thursday, February 5th – The Business of The League of Ireland, Dublin
Thursday, February 19th – Sporting Club of Ireland Dinner Event with Charlie Smyth of New Orleans Saints
Thursday, February 19th – GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association Integration Roadshow at Croke Park
Thursday, February 26th – Federation of Irish Sport Volunteer Awards
March
Tuesday, March 10th – Igniting Cork Sport 2040 Business Breakfast at SuperValu Pairc Uí Chaoimh
Thursday, March 12th – European Sponsorship Awards in London
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