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7 - 10 October 2015

Agenda – Wednesday 7th October

1pm: Into the East

Visit to East Belfast Network Centre and Stormont. Welcome by Sammy Douglas, MLA (Hon. Chair)

5:30pm: Movie - Alive from Divis Flats With Director Eleanor McGrath and movie subject Hugo Straney from Toronto. MovieHouse Cinema, Dublin Rd 6:15pm: Reception of Welcome With the Lord Mayor of Belfast Arder Carson in Belfast City Hall. Guest of Honour: Rep. Mike Cusick, President American Irish Legislators Society of NY and NY Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis. Presentation of the Spirit of Belfast Award to Danny Devenny by Mac Premo and Rev. Bill Shaw by Martin Agnew, Joint Managing Director of Henderson Group

7:30pm: Cultural Showcase. An Chultúrlann Featuring: Welcome by Cllr Niall O Donnghaile. Presented by Tony Devlin. Comments from John Kearns, Irish American Writers(NY) performances by sean nós dancer, Edel Ní Churraoin and Brighlights Highland Dancers as well as excerpts from Lemonade Sandwich and The Wheelchair Monologues.

Conference Club @ The Cloth Ear

Featuring

Conor Burns, Conor McGinn, Assemblymember Geraldine Hughes, Jackie Henry, Mac Premo, NY Jim Duffy, CEO Assemblywoman MP for Bournemouth MP for St Helens Mike Cusick Actor, NY Senior Partner Entrepreneurial Nicole Malliotakis West, Alderney and North President, New York Deloitte Spark, Edinburgh Branksome East State Assembly

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9:30am: Entrepreneurial Spark Project (Ulster Bank Headquarters, Donegal Sq East)

The world’s largest free accelerator for early and growing ventures, Entrepreneurial Spark, is coming to . A panel of experts will explore the concept of building people who build businesses and the tools needed to succeed in business. Watch as a some of our home grown entrepreneurs put their pitching practice to test, with a live pitching competition. Judges: Jim Duffy, Ceo Entrepreneurial Spark, Dane Ralston, CEO Losstek, Steve Chelberg, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

11am-3pm: A Day on the Green 11am-3pm: Belfast Walking Tour 11am-3pm: Legal Symposium

Hosted by Clubs For Hire at New The Inn of Court – Malone Golf Club Belfast campus Folktown Market, Bank Square Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast The Hudson

3.30pm - 5.30pm Hillsborough Castle

Delegates will have the opportunity to explore seven State rooms, experience the castle ’s fascinating history and view paintings by renowned local artists John Luke, Frank McKelvery and F.E. McWilliam. (Bus leaves from Jurys. Places must be booked in advance)

7pm: Pop-Up Banquet & Opening Ceremony

Supported by In the heart of Belfast’s Dockland Compere: Geraldine Hughes Menu: Curated by Niall McKenna Guest Speaker: CM Daniel Dromm Chair of Education Committee, NY City Council Featuring: The Belfast Community Gospel Choir

Venue Sponsor

Invent Awards Dinner Our Homecoming partner, NISP, will host a parallel event welcoming back our Diaspora to celebrate and discover the best new inventions in the country. (See more at www.invent2015.co)

Conference Club @ The National

Featuring

Council Member Assemblyman Richard Donnan, John J Reilly, Squire Suzanne Wylie, CEO, Lord Mayor of Mary McKenna, Juan Mari Aburto, Daniel Dromm, Mike Fitzpatrick, MD Retail Ireland Patton Boggs, NY Dublin Críona Ní Tech Entrepreneur & Mayor of Bilbao New York City New York State and Head of SME & Dhálaigh Angel Investor, Council Assembly Corporate Banking lONDON IIBN NI, Ulster Bank. Agenda – Friday 9th October

8am: Belfast One City Conference plenary. Titanic Belfast

8am Continental Breakfast and Registration 8:20am Five Years to Wow the World — Belfast by 2020 Chair: Peter Dixon, Chair Phoenix Natural Gas. Panel: Judith Totten, MD Keys Commercial Finance & Board Member Invest NI, Paddy Nixon Vice- Chancellor University of Ulster, Suzanne Wylie CEO Belfast City Council, Niall O’Donnell, San Diego, CA, Biotech Investor 9am Welcome Richard Donnan, MD Ulster Bank 9:05am Seizing the Opportunities of the Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor Lord Mayor of Belfast Arder Carson, Lord Mayor of Dublin Críona Ní Dhálaigh 9:15-9:45am The Three Things Needed to Make Belfast a Business Powerhouse Chair: John J. Reilly, Squire Patton Boggs, New York Panel: Maggi Chesney, Director of Engineering Tyco Security Products, Ryan Williams, CEO Connected Talent, Jack Butler, COO Market Resource Partners, Pete Boyle, Founder and CEO Argento 9:45am-9:50am Jim Duffy, CEO Entrepreneurial Spark 9:50am-10:20am Moving Up a Gear: Game-Changers Which Can Transform Belfast Chair: Danny McConnell, Technology Partner Deloitte Panel: Kieran Doherty, Joint MD and Co-Founder Stellify (Media), Cllr , Chair City Growth and Regeneration Committee Belfast City Council (Convention Centre), Fergal Downey, VP of Engineering Bitnet (Technology), Howard Hastings, Hastings Hotels (Tourism) Barry O’Leary, Director, M+W Group (FDI).

10:20am-10:40 Eyes East - Partnering the Irish in Britain Conor McGinn, MP, Labour, and Philippa Whitford, MP, SNP Introduced By Dr Gabrielle NigUidhir, Principal Lecturer, St Marys University College 10:40-10:55am Learning from Bilbao and Partnering for Progress Mayor Juan Mari Aburto of Bilbao in conversation with Mark Carruthers, BBC. Mayor Aburto introduced by Philip Cassidy, CEO Concentrix 10:55am-11:25am Doing the Business - Can the Future Belfast Play in the ‘Champions League’ of Cities? Chair: Mary McKenna, Entpreneur, Founder Irish International Business Network (London) Hugh Kelly, Professor of Real Estate, New York University, Gary Cooper, Tech Entrepeneur, Global Reach & Associates LLC, Atlanta, USA, Dorothea Pacini, Sr Director Recovery & Resolution Planning Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, Glyn Roberts, NIIRTA and Howard Colvin CEO Rudolf Wolff 11:25-Noon Is tackling poverty the key to progress, prosperity and peaceful streets? Introduced by Paul Roberts, CEO Ashton Community Trust Chair: Colin Anderson, CEO ASG Group, Co-Author Heenan-Anderson Report Panel: George Hamilton, PSNI Chief Constable, Liam Maskey, Director Intercomm, Peter Osborne, CEO Community Relations Council, Cllr John Kyle, MLA

Noon-12:10pm BUCKETBOARD: Transforming the World, One Skateboard at a Time Mac Premo (New York). Introduced by Carol Fitzsimons, CEO Young Enterprise 12:15-1pm Boardroom Dialogue Sessions 1. Education Priorities and Business Needs: Are they Matching Up? (Olympic Suite ) Chair: Carla Tully, President AES UK and Ireland. Contributors, Opal Perry, Global Technology and Operations Leader, Allstate, Tom Gray, CTO, Kainos, Mark Shortt, MD Therapie Optilase, Tracy Gilligan, Therapie Optilase, Colin Reid, CEO Totalmobile, Chris Ward, Workforce Training Services and Emer Hinphey, Think People. 2. Putting Tourism and Hospitality at the Heart of the Economy. (The Bridge) Chair Terence Brannigan, Chair Tourism NI. Contributors, Kevin Gamble, Director Féile an Phobail, Andrew Cowan, CEO NI Connections, Colin Neill, Hospitality Ulster, Wendy Langham, Conswater Greenway, James McIntosh, Award Winning Food Writer. Aubrey Irwin, Tourism Ireland. 3. Bringing Down the Walls: Peacebuilding, Diversity and Reconciliation in a Transformed Belfast. (Britannic Suite) Chair: Rev Margaret Ferguson SKAINOS. Contributors, Paul McVeigh, former Northern Ireland Footballer, Sarah Holland, Mayor South Dublin, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín, CEO, Ciste, Linda Ervine, Irish Language Development BELFAST HOMECOMING 2015 • 7-10 OCTOBER, 2015

1-3pm: Belfast Business Top 50 Luncheon • Titanic Belfast

Celebration of this year’s Belfast Business Top 50 Companies

3.00pm - 4.30pm: Behind The Scenes Visit

Visit to Tyco World Centre of R&D in Belfast

5pm Conference Club @ Stix Stones

6.30-8.00pm: Farewell Finale

Residence of the US Consul General Dan Lawton Closing Remarks: NY State Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick and Senator Diane Savino Conference Club @ The Dirty Onion

Agenda – Saturday 10th October

Visits

Visits to the Giants Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, Dunluce Castle, The Dark Hedges and Carn Tochair. (To enquire about visits email: [email protected])

Featuring

Author Michael Cllr. Sarah Holland John Kearns Oliver Jeffers, NY Sammy Douglas, Paul Maskey, Niall O’Donnell, Carla Tulley Patrick Sinn Féin MLA MP for West Belfast San Diego, CA President of AES UK MacDonald, & Ireland Boston