Following the keynote address, this session moves from strategic ambition to practical execution, focusing on how Ireland can translate its infrastructure goals into consistent, on-the-ground delivery. As Ireland scales up delivery across housing, transport, energy, and water, the challenge is no longer just coordination and capacity, it is also about ensuring that infrastructure is secure, resilient, and future-proofed against emerging risksThis discussion will explore how Ireland can deliver projects at pace and at scale, while embedding security, resilience, and system integrity into every stage of the delivery lifecycle.

Ireland’s challenge is no longer about plans. It’s about delivery. As the country enters a decade where housing, energy, transport and water infrastructure is scaling rapidly, the system that plans, funds, enables and builds, is working together with sharper coordination and unified direction. This session will focus on what’s being delivered NOW. Our expert speakers will demonstrate how secure, well‑regulated energy systems and resilient water infrastructure are as fundamental to Ireland’s future as the delivery of housing and the modernisation of transport, underpinning both daily life and long‑term sustainable growth.

The realities of delivering balanced regional development across Ireland, demands a clear focus on where capacity exists, where constraints persist, and how local conditions shape outcomes. Drawing on insights from three regional assemblies, the discussion will highlight regional development blackspots alongside areas of success, exploring the structural, economic and infrastructural factors driving both. With perspectives spanning economic analysis, spatial planning and regional governance, the panel will offer a grounded overview of how regional strategies are working in practice, the challenges limiting growth in different parts of the country, and what lessons can be applied to ensure more equitable and sustainable development across all regions.

How can Ireland move decisively from housing policy ambition to on-the-ground delivery and what are the practical enablers needed to accelerate supply at scale? Bringing together senior voices from government and industry, the discussion will address how national housing and planning policy is being shaped and implemented, the barriers that continue to slow delivery, and how closer alignment between the public and private sectors can unlock more homes, more quickly. With perspectives spanning strategic policy development, planning reform, and residential delivery, the panel will offer a balanced and solutions-focused conversation on what it will take to turn policy frameworks into viable, high-quality housing outcomes across the country.

The delivery of large-scale data centre projects requires the sector to respond to growing demand alongside the planning, energy, sustainability and skills challenges. Drawing on perspectives from policy advocacy, engineering delivery and specialist construction, speakers will share practical insights on what has changed, what hasn’t, and what the next phase of data centre development means for the Irish construction industry.

This session explores how MMC, BIM and AI are reshaping infrastructure delivery by moving construction offsite, improving precision, and speeding up programmes through smarter digital planning. The panel will unpack real AI applications in scheduling, compliance, design and risk forecasting, highlight MMC successes in sectors like education and healthcare, and debunk persistent myths around modular construction. Together, AI, automation, MMC and standardised design are emerging as powerful drivers of productivity, certainty and faster delivery across Ireland’s infrastructure pipeline.

Commissioner McGrath will outline how the construction sector is central to delivering Europe’s key priorities, from the green transition and housing to economic resilience. He will emphasise the need to match ambition with strong governance, targeted investment, and effective delivery, ensuring EU funding translates into real projects on the ground. His address will highlight the importance of coordination, capacity, and innovation in turning EU policy into tangible outcomes for citizens.