Galway to host summt of digital creative industries as sector booms

Galway reaffirms its edge in Ireland’s Digital Creative Economy with first-of-its kind National Summit

CREW (Creative Enterprise West) has announced details of Ireland’s first ever Creative Economy Summit, EDGE26. Carrying the tagline ‘Where Creative Industries, Technology and Enterprise Converge’, the Summit will take place on Thursday, May 21st, 2026, at Dexcom Stadium, Galway, the new home of Connacht Rugby. EDGE26 targets the commercial digital creative industries (film and TV, animation, games, immersive technology, design, and music technol…

Galway to host summt of digital creative industries as sector booms

Galway will play host to a business summit for digital creative industries this summer, bringing together people from film and TV, animation, games, immersive technology, design, and music technology. The EDGE26 Creative Economy Summit is being hosted by CREW (Creative Enterprise West) on Thursday, May 21, at Dexcom Stadium. The summit will focus on how these sectors, alongside Ireland’s wider creative industries, can scale, generate IP, and dri…