Thursday 16th March 2017Clayton Hotel Burlington Road Dublin 4

IRELAND & ENGLANDThe Only Game in Town?

TACKLING NEW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMERCE, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY

#Gameintown

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE

Session 2:

8.30am:

Session 1:

Chair: Dearbhail McDonald: Group Business Editor Independent News and Media

Welcome to Dublin – Lord Mayor’s Address Welcome to Conference – President’s Address Political Keynotes: Brian Hayes MEP Irish Government Minister

Sponsor's Keynote Address: Eddie Cullen, Managing Director, Ulster Bank

Chair: Noel Whelan – Columnist: Irish Times

Scene Setting Marie Hunt - CBRE Tony Hanway – Virgin Business Simon Barry – UB Economist

FINANCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES“A Blueprint for Brexit?” The Future of Financial Services and Markets in the UK and Ireland

PANEL 1: 11.15AM - 12.45PM - LANSDOWNE AND PEMBROKE SUITE

OPEN FOR REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING

Moderator: John CroninPartner and head of Brexit Group, McCann FitzGerald

Brian Daly: Partner and Global Head of Insurance TaxKPMG and Chair of the BICC Financial Services Committee

Angela Knight CBE: Chair - Tilman Brewin Dolphin

James Libson: Executive Partner and Head of Mishcon Private-Mishcon de Reya

Eithne O’Leary:President -Stifel Nicolaus Europe Ltd

Barney Reynolds: Partner and Head of the global Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group -Shearman & Sterling.

Deirdre Somers: CEO -Irish Stock Exchange

Moderator: Joanne Hession: CEO – The Entrepreneur’s Academy

Richard Barnwell:CEO – DIGIT Game Studios

Olaf Fitzsimons: Head of SME Banking, East – Ulster Bank

Panel 3:

BREXIT ON THE MENUIMPLICATIONS FOR THE SECTOR

David Kennedy: International Markets

Manager – Bord Bia

John McGrath: Head of Business

Development, Marketing and

Communications – Dawn Farms

Kevin Sheridan: CEO – Sheridan’s

Cheesemongers

Ciaran Fitzgerald: Agri-economist, on

behalf of the Alcohol Beverage

Federation of Ireland (ABFI)

Session 3:

ENTERPRISE SUITESMEs Doing Business In Ireland & The UK – The Real Story

PANEL 2: 11.15AM - 12.45PM - ULSTER SUITE

PANEL 3: FOOD, AGRI BUSINESS & BEVERAGE

Olga Gashi: CEO – Word Perfect Translations

Jane Kelly: Co-Founder and CEO – Big Mountain Productions

Kelly Mackenzie: Owner and founder – White Bear Studio

“Success is At The End of an Uphill Journey”

12.45PM – 2.15PM LUNCHEON SPONSORED BY VIRGIN BUSINESS

Moderator: Denis Staunton:

London Editor - The Irish Times

Dr. Ailish Byrne:

Senior Agriculture, Food & Drink

manager – Ulster Bank

Maree Gallagher:

EU Food Lawyer – MGA and Chair of the

British Irish Chamber of Commerce -

Food & Agri Committee

Peter Ryan: International Sports Competitor for Ireland – Paralympian

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NIALL FITZGERALD KBE DSA - Leadership Now: Tackling New Relationships Between Commerce, Culture and Community

Moderator: Denis Staunton: London Editor - The Irish Times

Niall FitzGerald KBE DSA: Patron of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce

Sinead McSweeney: VP Public Policy and Communications EMEA and MD – Twitter Ireland

Leadership Now: Tackling New Relationships Between Commerce, Culture and Community

Ruairi Quinn: Chairperson of the Institute of International and European Affairs

Baroness Glenys Thornton: CEO – The Young Foundation

Iseult Ward: CEO - FoodCloud

PANEL 4: PLENARY DISCUSSION

CLOSING ADDRESS: John McGraneDirector General, British Irish Chamber of Commerce