We’re pleased to host the Annual Meeting of the CIPD in Ireland for 2023/2024 online at 12:00 on Tuesday 24 September 2024. All active members are invited to hear about what we are doing, to have your say and to confirm the members of our National Committee.

The annual meeting will be followed by an award-winning case study from Smurfit WestRock (formerly Smurfit Kappa) who will share their winning entry for the 2024 CIPD HR Awards in Ireland Learning and Development (large) category.

Read the minutes from our 2023 meeting Member registration for this year's meeting

Programme

Part 1: Annual meeting

Agenda

  • Welcome
  • Minutes of previous Annual Meeting
  • Chair’s address – Review of 2023/2024
  • National Committee membership
  • AOB
  • Annual Meeting Close

 

Part 2: Smurfit WestRock (formerly Smurfit Kappa) case study – The Rise Female Development Programme

Deirdre Cregan, Group Director Talent and Inclusion, and Elaine Hayes, Senior Group Talent Manager, will share an award-winning case study on Smurfit Westrock’s Rise Female Development programme. This impressive initiative saw them being crowned the winners of the 2024 CIPD HR Awards in Ireland learning and development (large organisation) category.

Smurfit Westrock adopted an innovative approach to female leadership development, opening access to participants from all areas and levels in the business and facilitated self-nomination.  Hear about how they focussed on building confidence, self-awareness, growing networks and connections, while delivering strong metrics and keeping the design simple with scalability and flexibility built in from the start.

 

Part 3: Programme of engagement

We work share our plan of engagement and upcoming events, designed to support you to develop your skills, celebrate your success and network with peers.

Members can register here for the event and feel free to share with other members who may not receive the newsletter.

Would you like to join our new Eastern Region committee?

We’re seeking expressions of interest from members to join a new Eastern Region committee.

If you are a CIPD member based in the easten region, are interested in volunteering to support the development of members and progressing our mission of championing better work and working lives, please get in touch!

All members, except for subscribers/affiliate members, are entitled to put themselves forward for a vacant position on a regional committee. The current vacancies are on CIPD’s Eastern Region committee.

Please send an expression of interest along with your membership number and a little bit about yourself to info@cipd.ie before 5pm Friday 13 September.