Three people carry an upturned currach marked FÁILTE while a man crouches beside them. Ní neart go cur le chéile – no strength without unity. Neart na Cruthaitheachta – the strength of creativity.

#ECIS26 · European Creative Industries Summit

Where Europe's creatives find
ways to shape what comes next.

Design, Crafts and creativity, at the heart of Europe's big decisions — for three days in Dublin.

Save the Date: 10–13 November 2026, Dublin

Fáilte Future for Europe is the 2026 edition of the European Creative Industries Summit (#ECIS26): a flagship held in Dublin under the auspices of Ireland's EU Presidency. Hosted by Design & Crafts Council Ireland and convened by CreativeFED, it brings policymakers, designers and creative-industry leaders together to show how design and creativity turn Europe's priorities — competitiveness, fair AI, sovereignty, the green transition and democracy — into practical action. The #ECIS26 will be part of the Irish Design Week 2026.

Hosted by Design & Crafts Council Ireland
Curated by CreativeFED
Proud Partner of
Irish Design Week Fáilte — part of Irish Design Week
Partners of ECIS26
100 Archive IAPI
Supporters of ECIS26
to be announced

* Fáilte (FAWL-cha) is the Irish word for welcome. Irish — Gaeilge — is the first official language of Ireland, and it lives on in the traditional greeting Céad míle fáilte: “a hundred thousand welcomes.”

Under the auspices of the Irish Presidency of the
Council of the European Union

ÉIRE2026.EU · Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union