A UNIQUE MEETING EXPERIENCE
Each meeting will focus on a central theme with 3-4 sessions, which are agreed upon by the members themselves to ensure relevancy. These confidential meetings are designed to provide opportunities to discuss strategic and daily IR issues in a safe environment and to expand each member’s personal network. The interactive meetings contain a mix of best practice and group sessions, benchmarking, deep dives, and impulse sessions.
For more details and planned topics, please contact us: contact(at)ir-council.com.
MEETINGS 2025
The IR Council will conduct three meetings in 2025 and virtual sessions, if needed.
NAAS/DUBLIN, IRE
8/9 MAY 2025
Hosted by Kerry Group
ZURICH, CH
25/26 SEP 2025
Hosted by Implenia
LONDON, UK
27/28 NOV 2025
Hosted by SEGRO
MEETINGS 2026
Meeting locations and hosts will be confirmed in late 2025
JUNE 2026
LOCATION TBC
SEP 2026
LOCATION TBC
NOV 2026
LOCATION TBC
PAST MEETINGS AND THEMES 2015–2024
If you are interested in more details, please send us an email: contact(at)ir-council.com
21-22 November 2024
IR - Set the stage vor success • Mastering resilience - Thrive under pressure • Set the stage for success • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
Bad Homburg, DE
19-20 September 2024
Transforming IR • Corporate access • Generative AI's impact on IR - Developing a roadmap for IR in the GenAI era • Brainstorming: AI in IR • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
London, UK
6-7 June 2024
Stakeholder Management in IR • Conscious stakeholder management • Internal IR Reporting • Reflecting on the value of market feedback for the board pack • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
Zug, CH
23-24 November 2023
Making life in IR easier • Using digital channels to make life in IR easier • Activist investors • Enhancing IR through technology • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
Amsterdam, NL
28-29 September 2023
Future-proofing IR • Exploring the power of AI-driven analytics on the buy-side • Digitalisation's potential in IR • Reports that write themselves • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
London, UK
8-9 June 2023
A better IR experience • Conferences and roadshows • Creative IR events • Deep dive on targeting and ESG • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
Dublin, IRE
24-25 November 2022
Engaging with the market and the C-suite • Proxy and investor engagement • Engaging with the market and the C-suite • Meeting preparation packages for the C-suite • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
Munich, DE
22-23 September 2022
Breaking the rules in equity analysis • Breaking the rules in equity analysis • Investor targeting and in-house roadshow planning • Breaking the rules of engagement • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
London, UK
24-25 May 2022
Building sustainable strategies - and a case of an unparalleled downfall • Building a sustainable strategy while dealing with EU taxonomy • Case study Royal Imtech – Learnings from an unparalleled downfall • Insights from the other side: Aegon’s responsible investments • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
The Hague, NL
24-25 November 2021
Enhancing interaction with the financial community • Training: Enhancing interaction with the financial community • Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
Zurich, CH
16-17 September 2021
ESG - a trend revisited • Better business, what it means and IR's role ESG - internal set-up, data collection and engagement ESG - investor expectations and targeting Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
Zurich, CH
March, May and June 2021
Various topics: COVID-19, virtual events, ESG etc. Dealing with COVID-19 effects on business (reporting and outlook) Virtual events, corporate access, consensus ESG challenges, ESG and equity story, roadshows and conferences Discussions about various issues that are of priority concern
Three virtual meetings
June 2020
IR during the COVID-19 pandemic • COVID-19 and its consequences for IR • Cutting-edge IR and bundling resources • IR Framework and IR Academy • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
Virtual meeting
21-22 November 2019
IR – perception is reality • Reality vs. perception in the markets from a sell-siders and our own perspective (i.e. consequences of MiFID II) • How to change the perception in the financial market – experiences, challenges and pitfalls • Measuring and analysing investor perception and its importance • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
London, UK
29-30 August 2019
ESG and its relevance for IR • ESG and its impact on the investment decision • Minding your ESG priorities • Activism and ESG • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
29-30 August 2019
23-24 May 2019
Best practice in IR • Target setting for IR and performance management • Update on investor targeting and intelligence • Investor days and field trips • Best slides developed so far in 2019 • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
Dublin, IRE
22-23 November 2018
IR and corporate engagement • Effective investor targeting • Dealing with crises - an the value of an apology • The rise of index investing and stewardship • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
London, UK
27-28 September 2018
Connecting to the buy-side • Online communications with the buy-side • Level of disclosure • Latest industry trends and investor activism • Effective investor targeting • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
London, UK
20-21 June 2018
IR – Paving the way • Now that MiFID II has gone live… • Changing a company’s profile and positioning in the financial markets – three cases from IR’s view • Paving the way • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
Paris, F
21-22 November 2017
Positioning in financial markets and IR's role • What will change under MiFID II? • Better business, what it means and IR's role • Best roadshows, i.e. locations, brokers, investors and key learnings 2017 • Positioning in the financial community - online! • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
London, UK
28-29 September 2017
IR intelligence and focused communication • IR intelligence and KPIs • MiFID II and its implications on roadshows • Focused communication • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
Dublin, IRE
22-23 June 2017
What's in and what's out in IR • Latest industry trends • 3 things we stopped doing • Effective use of social media in B2B and IR • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
Zurich, CH
24-25 November 2016
Reinventing Investor Relations? • Breaking the rules in equity analysis • Benchmarking roadshows and CMDs - what's new? • Rites of passage in IR • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
London, UK
29-30 September 2016
Issue Management in IR • Issue management and agency' stories • Latest industry trends • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
Paris, F
2-3 June 2016
Technology Trends in IR • Enhancing IR activities through technology • Best slides developed in the last 12 months • Online excellence; lessons from the top companies in the world (BowenCraggs report) • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
Neuchâtel, CH
28-29-May 2015
Engaging Communications in IR • Engaging communications workshop • Guidance and disclosure • Engaging crisis IR • Discussions about various current issues that are of priority concern
Zurich, CH
“Discussions under the Chatham House Rule during the meetings are characteristically
open and rich.”
IR Council Member and Head of Investor Relations, Germany