Business Conference

Meath Enterprise Week 2014 – Business Showcase & Conference

Venue – Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim – 20/11/14

Agenda

12.30pm – Business Expo / Showcase starts

Session 1

2.15pm – Conference Starts – Opened by Minister Damien English TD

Chaired by Orlaith Carmody – Director at MediaTraining.ie & President of EO

2.30pm – Panel 1 – ‘Branding our Image for Global Food Markets’

• Enterprise Ireland – Michael O’Dowd FoodWorks
• Taste Council of Ireland – Kevin Sheridan Chairman
• Meade Potato Company – Eleanor Meade Business Operations Manager
• Headfort Arms / Boyne Valley Food Series – Olivia Duff Entrepreneur
• Dublin Institute of Technology – Dr Jesus Maria Frias Celayeta Head of Food Science

3.10pm – Panel 2 – ‘Benefits of Creative Digital Media for your Business’

• Silicon Republic – John Kennedy Editor
• Eircom – Pat Galvin Director of Public Policy
• Connector.ie / Socialmedia.ie – Conor Lynch CEO
• DCENR – Stephen Brennan Director of the National Digital Strategy / Chief Digital Advisor

3.50pm – Panel 3 – ‘Women in Business’

• Network Ireland – Lorraine Murphy President Meath/Louth
• Lismullen School of Culinary & Home Arts – Liz Donnelly
• Fitzsimons Consulting / Going For Growth – Paula Fitzsimons Founder / Director

4.30pm – Panel 4 – ‘Risk is the new Safe’

• Bru Brewery – Daragh Harlin Director
• Smart Invest VC – Gerry Moan – CEO
• Epicom – John Cunningham Managing Director
• iTradein – Gerry O’Reilly Managing Director
• Global Entrepreneurship Week – David Bradley

5.10 – 5.30pm – Break

5.30pm – Business Expo / Showcase ends

Session 1

5.35pm – Conference Re-Starts

Chaired by Kevin Stewart – Director of Services at Meath Co Co.

• Keynote speaker – Meath Economic Forum / Deloitte – Brendan Jennings Member / Managing Director
• Keynote Speaker – AIB – John Irwin Head of SME Strategy & Propositions
• Keynote Speaker – Bord Bia – Tara McCarthy Director of Food & Beverage
• Keynote Speaker – MediaTraining.ie / EO – Orlaith Carmody

7.10pm – Meath Chief Executive – Jackie Maguire to address the conference & launch Meath Enterprise (Entrepreneurship) Competition marking 15th Anniversary of Navan Enterprise Centre.

7.20pm – Panel discussion / debate / Q&A with conference speakers & guests – open to the floor.

Chaired by Kevin Stewart – Director of Services at Meath Co Co.

8.00pm – Food & Networking

9.00pm – Event closed