Futures
The “Future Of . . .”
Series
The Foundation has launched a series of “Future Of …” events and dialogues to explore the major megatrends shaping Ireland’s medium- to long-term economic and social landscape. These discussions focus on demographic shifts both globally and locally, the challenges and opportunities of decarbonisation and climate change, the transformative impact of digitisation and emerging technologies such as AI, and the implications of de-globalisation within a changing global political environment. Through this series, the Foundation seeks to foster informed debate, bring diverse perspectives together, and highlight the interconnected forces that will define Ireland’s future.
Digitalisation
Decarbonisation
Demographics
Deglobalisation
The “Future Of . . .” Series
The Future Of . . . The Mega Trends
The Future Of . . . The Mega Trends in collaboration with the Department of Finance focused on the potential Fiscal and Economic Impacts of the “4Ds”.
The “Future Of . . .” Series
The Future Of . . . Financial Services
The Future Of . . . Financial Services in collaboration with PwC focused on Financial Services, the intention was that the framing of the discussion was of broad relevance to all sectors of the economy and touched on a wide range of broader economic and social dimensions.
The “Future Of . . .” Series
The Future Of . . . Tax Administration
The Foundation for Fiscal Studies hosted the Future Of … Tax Administration in collaboration with the Revenue Commissioners. This series examined how the global megatrends of Demographics, Digitalisation, Deglobalisation, and Decarbonisation are reshaping economies, societies, and the decisions we must take today to prepare for tomorrow.
The “Future Of . . .” Series
The Future Of . . . Skills
This event focused on the implications of Digitisation and AI for skills and employment in Ireland. Previous tech transformations have seen the world’s leading technology companies choose Ireland as an investment location, development of a growing base of Irish technology companies and the productivity and eCommerce benefits of digitisation contribute to business development generally