Lorna Conn, Prof. Anthony Brabazon, Prof. Federica Pazzaglia, and Frances Fitzgerald.

Business

In 2025, UCD College of Business launched the inaugural Business Impact Makers Summit, welcoming 250 alumni to the Blackrock campus to hear business leaders discuss leadership, talent management, strategy, digital innovation and globalisation. Headlining the event was Robert Guest, Deputy Editor of The Economist, who was joined by academic, alumni and business leaders in panel discussions and breakout sessions. Speakers included Martin Shanahan, Frances Fitzgerald, Lorna Conn, Loretta O’Sullivan, and UCD Professors Karan Sonpar, Imelda Maher, Joe Peppard, Damien McLoughlin, Susi Geiger and Paul Walsh.

BUSINESS IMPACT MAKERS SUMMIT

Prof. Imelda Maher, Prof. Joe Peppard and Prof. Karan Sonpar.
Prof. Imelda Maher, Prof. Joe Peppard and Prof. Karan Sonpar.
Prof. Damien McLoughlin and Orla McAleer.
Prof. Damien McLoughlin and Orla McAleer.
Audience at the UCD Impact Makers Summit
Audience at the UCD Impact Makers Summit
Cassandra Corbet, Diarmuid Connaughton, Maeve Harrington and Declan Bourke.
Cassandra Corbet, Diarmuid Connaughton, Maeve Harrington and Declan Bourke.
Jenny Bishop, Audrey Healy and Paulina Martyniak.
Jenny Bishop, Audrey Healy and Paulina Martyniak.
Maria Paola Vercesi, Phil J. Ryan, Elizabeth Sheehan and Edward Ward.
Maria Paola Vercesi, Phil J. Ryan, Elizabeth Sheehan and Edward Ward.
Panellists at the UCD Impact Makers Summit.
Panellists at the UCD Impact Makers Summit.
Lorna Conn, Prof. Anthony Brabazon, Prof. Federica Pazzaglia, and Frances Fitzgerald.
Robert Guest, keynote speaker, with Prof. Federica Pazzaglia and Prof. Anthony Brabazon