Horizon planning for news media companies — three days in Ireland’s medieval capital, in the relaxed and confidential company of peers.
The CEO Roundtable is INMA’s most intimate gathering: a room of chief executives — never more than fifty — meeting once a year to look past the next quarter. In 2027 it crosses the Atlantic to Kilkenny.
Faculty share stories and assignments as conversation-starters; the room does the rest. Participants leave with a scenario-based road map to take home and share.
Participants may use the information generated, but may not reveal who said what — including on social media. What is said in Kilkenny stays in Kilkenny.
Participants are encouraged to arrive Monday, August 23. A morning outdoors — hurling, golf or a hike through the Kilkenny countryside — then two days of Roundtable sessions at Lyrath Estate, with evenings in the city.
Provisional programme · full session-by-session agenda to follow
Chief executives of news media companies from every region INMA serves. Attendance is capped at 50. There is no registration fee: The Roundtable is hosted by INMA.
The Roundtable is reserved for companies whose core business is news.
One CEO per company. No delegates, no substitutions.
Wait-list priority goes to CEOs who are INMA individual members.
Faculty open the door; the room walks through it.
No suits, no ties, no jackets.
Attendance is capped at 50 — small enough that everyone speaks, large enough to surprise you.
Programming built around practical decisions, not slideware.
A morning of hurling, golf or a hike in the Kilkenny countryside; receptions at Lyrath and dinners in the city.
Strongly encouraged — the social programme is built for two.
“Intimacy drives interaction.”
A five-star country estate set in 170 acres of parkland, lakes and woodland, with a 17th-century house at its heart and one of Ireland’s finest convention centres alongside. Lyrath sits ten minutes from Kilkenny’s Medieval Mile and around 90 minutes from Dublin Airport by road.
Special INMA room rate: to be announced.
Travel and hotel details
Ireland’s medieval capital: a castle on the River Nore, a mile of history between it and St Canice’s Cathedral, the home of hurling — and a city small enough to walk end to end between sessions.
Around 90 minutes from Dublin Airport by road.
Why KilkennyFaculty open each conversation; the room finishes it. You will leave Kilkenny with strategic insights, global perspectives, and the collective judgement of your peers — the agenda is being shaped now and will be published in early 2027.
I find it incredible we cover so much ground in only 48 hours. It is most definitely a workout for the mind — coupled with the opportunity to meet new and old friends.
After attending many conferences and roundtables, I would say that The Roundtable has been the most exceptional.
As the CEO of my company, it is rare that the entire event is relevant to the work I am doing daily. There was not a single session that was not of interest and relevant to me.
“Workout of the mind” ✦ “Incredible” ✦ “Exceptional” ✦ “Inspirational” ✦ “Stimulating” ✦ “Unique” ✦ “Intimate” ✦ “Superb” ✦ “Rare”
