OneCity Comhdháil Aon-Chathrach Bhéal Feirste Conference ‘Lifting the City’ May 9 2013 | e3 May10 2013 | Titanic Belfast

On 9-10 May 2013 The Belfast Media Group will host the fourth annual Belfast One City Conference spotlighting the vibrant city of Belfast. An international roster of speakers and delegates from every corner of Belfast will tackle the pressing challenges of the day and debate how the city can best speak with one voice. The conference will open on the evening of Thursday May 9 at e3 in West Belfast and will move the following morning, May 10, to Titanic Belfast for a series of provocative and timely sessions. At Titanic Belfast, delegates will gather for The One City Gala Luncheon before touring the Crumlin Road Jail development. Conference will close with a farewell finale reception at the residence of the US Consul General.

Register online now at www.belfastmediagroup.com/onecity #1City For more information contact Orlaith Adams on 02890 611916 or email: [email protected]

Conference Partners: Belfast One City Comhdháil Aon-Chathrach Bhéal Feirste Conference ‘Lifting the City’ Agenda MAY 9 MAY 10 | TITANIC BELFAST Noon Fact-finding visit to Skainos project, East Belfast e3 8:30am Registration 6pm Opening Reception: Introduction in Song 9am A New Chapter for Belfast and Verse with Joby Fox. Lord Mayor of Belfast Alderman 6:30pm Opening of Conference 9:20am Turning Vacant Sites into Hubs of Naomi Long MP: ‘Lifting the City’ Wealth-Creation Chair: Terence Brannigan, Maze-Long Kesh Dev. Corporation 6:45pm Bridging the Gap: Peace, Prosperity and Our Mark Barr, CEO Sisk Inner-City Communities Richard Barnett, University of Ulster (Invited) Chair: Alan McBride Minister Alex Attwood Paul Nolan, Community Relations Council Alderman Christopher Stalford, Chair Development Committee, Cllr Jim McVeigh, SF • Cllr John Kyle, PUP (Invited) 7.30pm Re-Stitching the City 10:10am Tomorrow’s Belfast: Snapshots Mark Hackett, Forum for an Alternative Belfast Rev Dr Fred Munce MBE, Agape Centre, South Belfast 7.50pm An Ambitious Agenda for the Arts Bill Shaw, The 174 Trust, Antrim Road, North Belfast Chair: Roisín McDonough, CEO Arts Council of NI 10:25am Investing for Tomorrow Jim McGreevy, National Museums NI Chair: Peter Dixon, CEO Phoenix Energy Holdings Ltd Martin Lynch Mark Ennis, Chairman Invest Northern Ireland Minister Carál Ní Chuilín (Invited) Emma Bricknell, Founder Made in Belfast Derek Mackay, Scotland’s Local Govt and Planning Minister 8.20pm Tomorrow’s Belfast: An Féidir Linn? Fr Joe Parkes, Principal Cristo Rey School, New York Tom Trainor, CEO Marketing Institute Ireland. 11.20am Tomorrow’s Belfast: Snapshots 8.30pm Spirit of Belfast/Spiorad Bhéal Feirste Liam Lynch, T13 • Casement and Windsor Stadia Award Presentation by Tony McCukster 11:40am Lessons in Lifting the City 9pm Conference Club: Dánlann Dillon, An Chultúrlann Chair: Howard Hastings, Chair Northern Ireland Tourist Board Richard Brown, Strategy Director, London Legacy Development Welcome to Juan Karlos Izagirre Hortelano, Mayor of Donostia- Corporation San Sebastian with l ive Music with Sean-Nós Dance Juan Karlos Izagirre Hortelano, Mayor of Donostia-San Sebastian performance. (Complimentary transport from e3 to Cultúrlann) Naoise Ó Muirí, Lord Mayor of Dublin (Invited)

HONORARY CHAIRS: 12:30pm One City Gala Luncheon Alderman Tom Ekin Guest Speaker: Derek Mackay, Scotland’s Local Govt and Paul McErlean, Chair Cathedral Quarter Trust Planning Minister Sorcha Wolsey, Beannchor Group/Merchant Hotel Sammy Douglas MLA 3pm Freeing our Future Tony McCusker, Chair Community Relations Council Visits to Crumlin Road Jail Terence Brannigan, Chair Maze-Long Kesh Development Corporation 5:30pm Conference Club. The Cloth Ear Howard Hastings, Chair Northern Ireland Tourist Board 7pm Finale Reception in the Residence of the Michael Graham, Titanic Quarter Ltd Consul General of the US Jackie Henry, Deloitte Mark Barr, CEO Sisk Northern Ireland Guest Speaker: Fr Joe Parkes, Principal Cristo Rey School, Roisin McDonough, CEO Arts Council New York and a special performance from Gráinne Holland Paul Maskey MP Peter Dixon, CEO Phoenix Energy Holdings Ltd Ciarán Mackel, Chair An Cheathrú Ghaeltachta Geraldine McAteer, CEO West Belfast Partnership Board