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Conference Agenda

Wednesday, September 26th

20:00 - 23:00  Registration opens
Pre-summit networking session "Meet the Speakers & Authors"

Thursday, September 27th

07:00 - 08:30 Registration Opens
08:30 - 08:40 Welcome & Opening Remarks - John Keogh
08:40 – 09:00 Opening Keynote Speaker: Ireland is open for Business - Nicola Byrne
Nicola is CEO & founder of 11890 & Stenics Media.
09:00 – 09:10 Irish Executives Announcements - Pascal Derrien
09:10 – 09:40 Panel Discussion - where are the growth opportunities for Ireland?
09:40 – 10:00 Sponsor Presentation - TBD
10:00 – 10:30 Innovation or Imitation? - Professor Oded Shenkar
10:30 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break
11:00 – 13:00 Parallel Workshops:
Leadership – why it matters now more than ever. This session will have dynamic speakers and senior executives representing the Chair of American Chamber of Commerce, MD Hewlett Packard Galway, CEO Self Help Africa and others
Best Practices – Irish Executives Press authors will present and discuss best practices across a variety of topics. This will be a pragmatic workshop with case study presentations and Q&A. It will conclude with a panel discussion on what actions and initiatives Irish companies must take for success. See website for a list of speakers.
13:00 – 14:00 Networking Lunch in Hotel Restaurant
14:00 – 14:30 The Global Irish Diaspora – why networking matters – Kingsley Aikins
14:30 – 15:00 Conor Cunneen
former VP Unilever will speak on "Effective Leadership through the Gift of Gab: Goals, Attitude, Behavior"
15:00 - 15:30 Networking Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:45 Keynote Speaker – John Phillips
SVP PepsiCo will speak on "The Future Value Chain 2020 - Building Strategies For The New Decade"
16:45 – 17:15 Closing Summary & Next Steps
17:15 – 18:00 Networking