Strengthening Economic Resilience: Shared Lessons from Ireland and North Carolina

​Description:

Join us for our fall '25 speaker event: Strengthening Economic Resilience: Shared Lessons from Ireland and North Carolina, featuring local and Irish economic experts.

​This flagship event will bring together distinguished academics, economic policymakers, and senior business leaders to discuss the coming economic challenges and opportunities facing our region and Ireland. We will explore the impacts of recent U.S. trade and tariff policies and the accelerating disruption from AI, with a special focus on the crucial transatlantic trade relationship between Ireland and the U.S.

​By sharing lessons from both sides of the Atlantic, we can better navigate the complexities of today's global economy and economic future.

Panelists

• ​Stephen Kinsella, Economic Advisor to the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick

• ​Matt Martin, Regional Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

• ​Craig Depken, Department Chair and Professor of Economics, Belk College of Business

• ​Donald Finucane, Lecturer, Management, Belk College of Business  

​Moderator

• ​Richard Buttimer, Dean, Belk College of Business