We think the world can be different
We think you think so too.
In 2020 – in the midst of pandemic, we connected with over 3000 people online.
In 2021 – still under pandemic – we have kept our connection to thousands of people, through schools webinars, and an amazing GOOD SUMMIT afternoon with the World Health Innovation Summit.
Stay connected to discover the amazing plans for October 2022. It’s going to be amazing. and very very GOOD!
Join The Good Summit team as we work together to bring The Good Summit to a whole new space - BREAKING BOUNDARIES. There are lots of opportunities to get involved!
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Somewhere in the historic annals of Trinity College Dublin’s House 27, c.2014, a bright young energetic Amr Dawood burst through the door of the Methodist Chaplain, the older, almost as energetic, and possibly more enigmatic Julian (Jools) Hamilton. Amr entered as a leader in the Trinity Muslim society asking the Christian chaplain for help with a charity auction ending Ramadan. An immediate friendship was born that crossed barriers of race, religion, ethnicity and age, and led to a deep appreciation and respect for each other.
Their friendship was strengthened when after the horrific attacks in Paris 2015, Amr & Jools were invited by the Students Union to jointly address a peace vigil in the vast front square. In front of over 500 students holding candles to disperse the darkness of the creeping winter, they jointly called on people to remember victims and overcome darkness. Together calling for a better world.
After that evening was over, Jools and Amr conspired dreams of a better world, and decided they had no choice – they had a responsibility to make positive change real.
And The Good Summit was born
The early days of The Good Summit was born out of a passionate belief that change is possible. That humanity can do better. Goodness is not an automatic response, it takes work, effort, partnership and sweat … but it is worth it.
Jools and Amr spawned the dream, and invited others to join the adventure of getting people together who wanted to see the world work differently. Now in it’s fifth year, Amr has moved on to many other amazing social enterprise adventures, while Jools heads up the organization, keeping the flames burning. Their connection remains and the passion for humanity remains, and they are overjoyed that the Good Summit provides a natural realm where people can be inspired to think and act differently. The dream of The Good Summit is in small ways, you can form habits and practices that help to make this world a more just and fair place for us all. Whether in education, government, NGO, charity, religious or community activism, All Of Us Together can form habits and practices that make the world a better place.
Who Are We?
The Good Summit is a global event–based platform that inspires people to take positive actions in their communities and workplaces to build sustainable social change. The event brings together students and change–makers from a wide variety of disciplines and increases external awareness of compelling issues.
Society is at a precipice where increasing numbers of people are becoming more socially aware and desiring to make the world a better place. No one group of people has all the answers, but together we are better.
We believe everybody needs to be a change-maker.
We believe everybody can be a change–maker
We believe we are better together.
Our Values
We demonstrate collaboration
We promote personal and collective responsibility
We strive for actionable impact
We encourage innovation
We deliver authenticity
In One sentence?
The Good Summit celebrates common good in the world through championing and critiquing where it is found, and by creating and curating spaces to cultivate more of it.
Dublin Airport is located north of the city. There are regular buses to the city centre or it is just a short trip in a taxi.
If you would like recommendation on where to stay, we have partnered with several hotels in Dublin city centre that are all of a high standard. Please see the map below for details & links to all hotels.
The venue is walkable from city centre or a 5 minute taxi ride. There is also public transport that passes the venue.