Scale Ireland 2025 Regional Start Up Summit

Scale Ireland is excited to present its fourth annual Regional Start-up Summit in Athlone on Thursday, May 8th from 11am to 2:30pm (with networking and registration starting at 10:15am), aimed at promoting regional start-ups and helping them expand globally. The summit will be inaugurated by Minister for Enterprise, Tourism, and Employment, Peter Burke.

Keynote speeches will be delivered by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science James Lawless and Minister of State, Niamh Smyth.

The summit is supported by Google, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), Enterprise Ireland, BnM Accelerate Green, Atlantic Bridge, and Research Ireland.

Taking place at the Radisson Hotel in Athlone, Scale Ireland is partnering with The Technological University of the Shannon for this event.

Prominent start-ups participating include Zinkworks, Mersus Technologies, GreyScout, IDASO, Dimply, Scopey, and Drew Aerospace.

The program features three high-level panel discussions:

1. Supporting regional start-ups to scale globally (11am - 12:10pm)
2. Promoting AI and impactful entrepreneurship nationwide (12:30 - 1:15pm)
3. Supporting student entrepreneurship and spinouts at third level (1:20 - 2:05pm)

Refreshments will be available, along with networking opportunities both before and after the summit.