Public Affairs Ireland presents
PAI’s HR Exchange 2026
HR at the Heart of Public Service Transformation
Where knowledge is exchanged. Value is created.
Public service transformation doesn’t happen through policy alone.
Government has set an ambitious vision for a more capable, innovative and responsive public service.
Across Ireland, organisations are investing in leadership, workforce capability, digital transformation
and organisational development to deliver better public services and improve outcomes for citizens.
But capability alone doesn’t deliver transformation. People do.
Transformation only happens when people have the confidence to adopt new ways of thinking, leading and working.
And confidence is built on trust.
Transformation is built on trust
HR has never played a more strategic role
Today, HR sits at the centre of the conversations shaping the future of Ireland’s public service building
leadership capability, supporting organisational change, enabling responsible AI adoption, strengthening
workplace culture, developing future skills and creating the conditions in which transformation can succeed.
Introducing PAI’s HR Exchange
PAI’s HR Exchange is more than a conference.
It is a national forum where HR management and development professionals, people managers, organisational
development specialists and public service leaders come together to exchange knowledge, challenge thinking
and learn from one another.
As Government continues to invest in workforce capability and organisational transformation, HR professionals
are being asked increasingly complex questions.
How do we prepare our workforce for AI?How do we develop confident leaders?
How do we strengthen organisational culture while embracing continuous change?
How do we build the skills needed for tomorrow’s public service?
How do we build the trust that enables people to embrace transformation?
Why PAI created HR Exchange
Through expert insight, facilitated discussion, practical public sector case studies and meaningful peer learning,
The Exchange creates a space where professionals can openly discuss challenges and learn from one another.
Expert insight
Relevant perspectives on public service workforce challenges.
Discussion
Open conversations about shared challenges and practical solutions.
Case studies
Real public sector examples and practical learning.
Peer learning
Knowledge and relationships that continue after the event.
The most valuable learning isn’t simply delivered from the stage.
It is exchanged between peers.