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CONFERENCE DUNCAIRN ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE. 5:30pm Opening Reception and Registration Music by City of Belfast Youth Orchestra.
6:15pm Opening Notes The red carpet treatment from North A Céad Míle Fáilte to the Diaspora: Howard Belfast: Carál Ní Chuilín MLA, Minister for Hastings, Chair Northern Ireland Tourist Culture, Arts and Leisure Board
Welcome to Compassionate City Belfast: Rev Diaspora Response: Mayor of Boston, Marty Bill Shaw, Director Duncairn Arts and Walsh Cultural Centre.
6:35pm 'Ring the Bells Chair: Joan Burney-Keating Gerry Ó hEara, Director Cultúrlann Uí which still can Xabier Paya, Director Donostia 2016 San Chanáin, Derry, and Co-Ordinator of Fleadh Ring': Building a Sebastian, European City of Culture Cheoil na hÉireann during Derry- Capital of Culture Bronagh Lawson, Artist and Founder of Londonderry City of Culture 2013. Creative Change NI
7:15pm Belfast’s Trajectory: Mark Hackett, Co-Founder Forum For Time To Choose Alternative Belfast
7:35pm BOARDROOM THE BALCONY THE CAFE THE GREEN ROOM DIALOGUE SESSIONS Rebranding Belfast City Centre AND The Gaeltacht Quarter Neighbourhoods. as an Engine of Chair: David Lyle, Director Lyle- Can we have it Reconciliation and Bailie International both ways? Regeneration John Keane, CEO Ardmore Gerry Lennon, CEO Visit Belfast Chair: Colin Mountstephen, Chair: Gabrille Nig Uidhir, St Howard Hastings, Chair Deloitte Mary's University College Northern Ireland Tourist Board Wendy Langham, Nuala Ní Néill Nisha Tandon, Executive Connswater Greenway Eimear Ní Mhathúna, Cultúrlann Director Arts Exta Sammy Douglas MLA Pilib Ó Rúanaí, Iontaobhas na Richard Wakely, Director Belfast Paul McMahon, President Gaelscolaíochta Festival at Queen’s Belfast Chamber of Commerce Declan Hill, FAB Karen Delgado, Marketeer and Gerry McConville, Chair West Bill Smith, Chair Ulster-Scots Homecomer Belfast Partnership Board Academy Group Joe Nawaz, Féile an Phobail Nikki Johnston, Belfast South Community Resources Garnet Busby, BSCR Francis Schott, Restaurateur, New Brunswick, New Jersey
8:20pm Snapshots Anbitious plan for a new Belfast EuroPride in Belfast: From Dream Islamic Cultural Centre to Reality Dr Raied Al-Wazzan Seán Ó Néill
8:30pm Presentation of Tony McCusker, Chair Community Spirit of Belfast Foundation NI. Honoree: Award/Spiorad Anna Lo MLA. Bhéal Feirste 9pm Conference Club: Dirty Onion, Cathedral Quarter The Homecoming & Belfast One City Conference 2014 An Teacht Abhaile – Comhdháil Aon-Chathrach Bhéal Feirste
FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER ANDREW’S GALLERY, TITANIC BELFAST A Compelling Narrative: Sustaining Forging a New Alliance Between 7:45am Continental Belfast's Business Rise (8am-8.25am) Dublin and Belfast (8.25am-8.50.am) Breakfast and Chair: Peter Dixon, Chair Phoenix Natural Chair: David Horgan, CEO Petrel Resources. Registration Gas. Panel: Paul McMorran, CEO Crosslé Panel: Michael Black, General Manager Intel, 8am Breakfast Sessions Cars, Andrew Brammer, Head of Allen & Belfast, Peter Finnegan, Director Economy Overy Belfast, Jayne Brady, Partner, Kernel and International Relations, Dublin City Capital, Stevie Morrow, Partner Loughshore Council. John McGrillen, Director of Investments and SVP Options, Development Belfast City Council
9am Welcome to Ellvena Graham, Head of Ulster Bank a City Reborn Northern Ireland
9:05am Future Cities Introduction: Bro McFerran, MD Allstate Lord Mayor of Belfast Nichola Mallon Northern Ireland Mayor of Boston, Marty Walsh Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool
9:50am Putting Belfast To Chair: Jackie Henry, Senior Partner Deloitte Geraldine McAteer, CEO West Belfast Work - The Berridge Trevor Annon, MD Mount Charles Partnership Board Report Cllr John Kyle, PUP Tom Gray, CTO Kainos
10:25 Game-changers: The Chair: Karen Delgado, Provost, University of Ulster People and Projects Marketeer and Homecomer James McGlennon, EVP & CIO Liberty IT, Transforming James Eyre, Commerical Director Titanic Boston Belfast Quarter Mark Doherty, Property Manager, Belfast Alastair Adair, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Harbour
11:00am Moving Up A Gear: Introduction: Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister Liam Lynch, Member New York Angels and Business Growth in a with Special Responsibility for the shareholder Broadway.com (New York) Connected World Diaspora: ‘A Business Partnership with the Minister Jimmy Deenihan TD Irish Abroad’ Marco Pagni, Chief Global Counsel Panel Discussion. Chair: Richard Ramsey, Alliance Boots Chief Economist NI, Ulster Bank Séamus McAteer, Founder Datasnap.io (Silicon Valley, California) 11:40am Waterfront Rachael McGuickin, Director of Business Convention Centre Tourism, Visit Belfast 2016: A Call to Geoff Fenlon, Acting Manager Action for the Waterfront Hall Diaspora
11:50am In the Frame: The Chair: Roisín McDonough, Wolverhampton Cultural and CEO Arts Council of NI Art Gallery Commercial Case Peter Murray, Director Kim Mawhinney, Head of Art, for a New Civic Art Crawford Art Gallery, Cork National Museums NI Gallery Marguerite Nugent, Curator Paul McErlean, CEO MCE Northern Ireland Collection, Communications
12:25am Rebuilding the Marcus Robinson, the US on 9.11 this year as a two- World Trade Centre; ex-pat, artist and BAFTA-award- hour special. Introduced by winning film-maker. ‘Rebuilding’ Andrew Cowan, CEO NI
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BELFAST BUSINESS TOP 50 AWARDS TITANIC DRAWING ROOMS
12:45pm Tenth Annual The tenth annual Belfast Business Top 50 Compere: Aidan Browne, UTV Belfast Business Top listing recognises the cream of our Guest Speaker: Simon Hamilton MLA, 50 Awards luncheon entrepreneurs, ranging from corporate Minister of Finance and Personnel titans to irrepressible start-up foudners . Presentation of first Homecoming Ambassador Award to Mayor Marty Walsh THAW: Artist Rita Duffy profiles her of Boston. latest initiative, Thaw.
2:30pm BOARDROOM We have identified three areas with massive reputation as the fastest-growing DIALOGUE potential to transform the economic knowledge economy in Europe with SESSIONS fortunes of the city of Belfast: the indigenous start-ups and foreign direct renaissance of a city of Quarters from the investment; and a look at how the Diaspora Gaeltacht Quarter in the west through can partner Belfast on a mutually beneficial Cathedral Quarter to the Titanic Quarter as journey. a tourism Mecca; forging the city's
THE EDUCATION SUITE DRAWING OFFICE 2 THE ANDREWS GALLERY TITANIC BELFAST TITANIC BELFAST Renaissance City Europe's Fastest-Growing Partnering the Diaspora to our Mutual Benefit: Knowledge Economy Inspirational People Building the Peace Chair: Ciarán Mackel Conal Harvey, Deputy Chair: Patricia O’Hagan, CEO Introduction by Brigadier General (rtd) Rick O'Meara Chairman Titanic Quarter Ltd Core Systems Chair: Anne McReynolds, CEO The Mac Bríd Ní Ghallchóir, Aisling Mary McCall, TreatTicket With Showcase Presentations by Ghéar Terence Brannigan, Chair Carol Fitzsimons, CEO Young Enterprise Gerry Carlile, Fáilte Restaurant Connected Health Peter Edgar, US-NI Mentorship Programme Monica Culbert, Project Children Peter Shields, Project Manager, Barry Smyth, MD MCS Group Co-Operation Ireland ETAIN Rónán Heenan, CEO People 1st Dr Dolores O’Reilly, Chair Ciste na Gaeilge Brenda Burns, Strategic Briege Arthurs, CEO South Advisor and Development Belfast Partnership Board Participants Director for Colin Centre, Cllr Tim Attwood, Leader Alan McConnell, Fink & Bornstein, Toronto Strategic Investment Board SDLP Group Belfast City Steve Lenox, Joint President Irish Network USA Dorcas Crawford, Belfast Hour Council Marco Pagni, Group Legal Counsel and CAO, Alliance Boots Andrew Haley MD, Paul Ed Lynch, New York Hogarth Company Russell Smith, SmithDehn, North Carolina Glyn Roberts, NIIRTA Tim Brundle, University of Ulster Dr Peyman Ghaffari, Aqua Andrew Cowan, CEO NI Connections Group John Foley, Irish Cultural Center of New England Stewart Matthews, First Secretary, NI Bureau, Washington DC Thomas J Burke Jr, The Burke Law Firm, Denver, Colorado David Barlow, London Irish Centre Peter McKittrick, Public Affairs, United States Consulate General US Consul General, Gregory Burton Sean Moynihan, President Irish Networ Boston Mervyn Green, CHQ The Homecoming & Belfast One City Conference 2014 An Teacht Abhaile – Comhdháil Aon-Chathrach Bhéal Feirste 5pm Conference Club: 44-46 Upper Queen Street, Belfast Stix and Stones
6:30pm Farewell Reception At the Residence of US Consul General Group: 'Future Belfast and Homecoming Greg Burton and Nana Lee Felding 2015: A Call to Action' Welcome: US Consul General Gregory Burton Farewell Reception: Colin Anderson, Chairman and CEO ASG Music by Gráinne Holland.
9pm Conference Club Cathedral Quarter, Belfast Dirty Onion
SATURDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER Courtesy of our partner Tennents NI, we have four tickets for the All-Ireland Morning/Afternoon Golf Hurling Final replay in Tours Croke Park on Saturday 27 Titanic Belfast Visitor Centre September. All those coming in to the conference from outside the city have Breaking Bread. Our visitors are Evening been entered into a draw invited to join key conference for a double set of tickets. champions for dinner at their Fingers crossed. homes.