Gathering for Action
Thursday 24th January 2013
12:00 Registration Opens - The Atrium, Shelbourne Road Entrance, Aviva Stadium 13:00 Welcome - Fergal Naughton, President, British Irish Chamber of Commerce 13:15 Rt. Hon. Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Breakout Sessions (1): Food & Agribusiness - Maximising Interdependency in Food and Agribusiness Chairman: Eoin Tonge, Chief Strategy Officer, Greencore Speakers: Michael Carey Chairman Jacob Fruitfield Food Group and Chairman Bord Bia Paul Finnerty CEO ABP Food Group Declan Troy Assistant Director of Research, Teagasc Culture, Art, Sports and Tourism - Performing Even Better Together Introduction: John McGrane, Head of Product & Service Sales, Ulster Bank Corporate Banking Chairman: Senator Fiach MacConghail, Director, Abbey Theatre Speakers: Jimmy Deenihan, TD Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Hugo MacNeill Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Stuart McLaughlin CEO, Business to Arts Tim O’Connor Chairman, The Gathering 15:00 Coffee 15:30 Breakout Sessions (2): Energy - Towards Closer Integration of the Energy Sector Chairman: Brian Motherway, CEO, SEAI Speakers: Gregor Alexander Executive Director Finance, SSE Andy Kinsella CEO Offshore, Mainstream Renewable Power Pat O’Doherty CEO, ESB Sean O’Driscoll Group CEO, Glen Dimplex Ken Spratt Assistant Secretary General DCENR James Beal Renewable Energy Specialist, UK Trade & Investment SME - Cracking the Market -Sharing Success Stories Chairman: Ron Immink, Co Founder, Small Business Can Speakers: Susan Hayes The Positive Economist Alan Sullivan Director, Meditec Medical Pete Smyth Broadlake Capital