Programme of Events
Annual Conference 2018 Programme
Think 25 – Looking ahead for Irish Business
Wednesday 21st November CityWest Hotel, Dublin
Conference Chairman: Conall Ó Moráin
8.00 am – 8.50 am:
- Registration, breakfast, exhibition & networking
9.00 am – 10.30 am
- Chairman’s Address: Ciaran Murtagh
- Opening the conference: Minister Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation
- Keynote speech: Alison Cowzer, East Coast Bakehouse
- Theme speech – Looking at the next 25 years – technology, data and business: Professor Alan Smeaton, Professor of Computing , Dublin City University & Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics
10.30am-11.00am:
- Mid-morning refreshment break, exhibition & networking
11.00am-1.00pm
- Simplify Compliance and Build a Trusted Workplace of the Future, John Popolizio, Co-Founder & CEO, Sovy
- Presentation of the Sean Hannick SME Award
- In Conversation with David Cox, Managing Director, Fragrances of Ireland
The Great Debate – What have we learned to inspire the next 25 years?
- Jess Kelly, Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent
- Jim Power, Economist & Lecturer, Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD
- Christopher Paye, General Manager, jobs.ie
- Tom Lyons, Executive Editor, Sunday Business Post
Q&A
1.00pm-2.00pm:
- Lunch, exhibition & networking
2.00-3.30pm
- Breakout Sessions – 30 mins each