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Kindly sponsored by: Media Partner: AT THE HEART OF THE TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMY US – Ireland Business Conference 7 March, 2019 · Croke Park @americanchamber #USIRL19 PROGRAMME THEME I ................................................................................................. page 6 THEME III ........................................................................................ page 14 Ireland – an Island of Regulating for a Digital Opportunity at the Centre of Economy: Trust & Security the World 11:40 Michael Beckerman CEO, Internet Association, Washington DC 8:45 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Mark Gantly 2019 President, AmCham Ireland 12:00 PANEL · James O’Connor MD, Microsoft International Operations 9:00 PANEL . · Helen Dixon Commissioner for Data Protection . · Martin Shanahan CEO of IDA Ireland . · Carin Bryans Senior Country Officer, J.P. Morgan and Vice President, AmCham Ireland . · Majorie Chorlins VP International Affairs, US Chamber HEALTH & WELLBEING .............................. page 17 9:40 Chargé d'Affaires Reece Smyth 12:40 Health & Wellbeing session Acting US Ambassador to Ireland . · Kate O'Flaherty Head of Health & Wellbeing at the Department of Health 9:50 An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD . · Karl Henry Fitness Expert, Radio & TV Broadcaster, Author 10:15 Andrew MCDowell and Columnist Vice President, European Investment Bank 12:50 Lunch Break THEME II .......................................................................................... page 10 Ireland – an Island of Innovation at the Centre of the THEME IV ........................................................................................ page 18 Transatlantic Relationship Innovation through Collaboration (Case Study) 10:40 · Lorraine Griffin Head of Tax, Deloitte · Rose Kidd Senior VP Global Clinical Operations, ICON 14:20 PANEL · Cliona Murphy VP Research and Development, PepsiCo · Dr. Diarmuid O’Brien Chief Innovation Officer, TCD · Professor Mark Ferguson Director General, SFI · Tim Rowe Founder & CEO, Cambridge Innovation Center · Carrie Earle Allen Executice Director, CIC Captains of Innovation Program 11:20 Networking Break · Dennis Lower CEO, Cortex, St Louis 2 3 PROGRAMME THEME V .......................................................................................... page 20 Performing on the Global Stage in an Uncertain World – from Protectionism to Brexit 15:00 PANEL . · Catherine O’Meara Tax Partner, Matheson . · Donal Moriarty Chief Corporate Officer, Aer Lingus . · Lucinda Creighton CEO, Vulcan Consulting . · Sean Davis Regional Director North America, Enterprise Ireland . · Fergal Broder CEO & Founder, LotusWorks THEME VI ....................................................................................... page 26 US-Ireland Business 2019 Creating the Winning Formula AVAILABLE NOW for a Competitive Edge 15:45 Eamonn Sinnott GM, Intel Ireland 16:10 PANEL . · Gareth Lambe Head of Facebook Ireland .. · Elaine Murphy GM, LiveTiles . · James Lyons VP, Operations Boston Scientific DON’T MISS OUT . · Dan Kiley CEO & Founder of Voxpro Book your ad today 16:40 CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS ............................ page 29 Ambassador Dan Mulhall for the 2020 Report Irish Ambassador to the US Contact Katie Keogh at [email protected] 17:00 Conference Close – Networking Reception @americanchamber USIRL19 4 5 Ireland – an Island of THEME I Opportunity at the Centre of the World REECE SMYTH Chargé d’Affaires, US Embassy in Ireland @USAmbIreland Reece Smyth assumed his duties as Chargé Insights on the latest trade statistics, the Irish d’Affaires ad interim at the US Embassy Investment landscape & the business view from in Dublin on January 20th, 2017 after the Washington DC. departure of Former Ambassador Kevin O’Malley. Reece originally arrived in Dublin to take up the role of Deputy Chief of Mission on September 30, 2016. He came directly KEYNOTE from an assignment at the US Embassy in Beirut where he served as the Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs. Previously, MARK GANTLY he was Deputy Director of the State Department’s Office of UN Senior R&D Director, HPE and President 2019 of the Political Affairs with responsibility for the conduct of multilateral American Chamber of Commerce Ireland diplomacy with the UN Security Council and General Assembly. @MarkGantly Mark Gantly is a Senior R&D Director at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, in the MARJORIE CHORLINS Software-Defined and Cloud Group. He has Vice President, European Affairs, been site leader and managing director US Chamber of Commerce at HPE Galway, and in that role has driven the development the Galway site as a multi-business campus with a particular strength Marjorie Chorlins, vice president for in software development. Mark is the President of the American European Affairs at the US Chamber Chamber of Commerce for 2019. of Commerce, develops policies and executes programs related to trade and investment with Europe. She is also executive director of the US - UK Business Council and oversees MARK REDMOND the work of the Business Coalition for Transatlantic Trade (BCTT). CEO, American Chamber of Commerce Ireland With more than 25 years of experience in the private, public, and @MarkFXRedmond nonprofit sectors, Chorlins has focused on forging consensus Mark Redmond is Chief Executive of the among competing points of view. She has represented the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland. US government in multilateral trade negotiations, advocated The Chamber is the leading international in support of global sales, and consulted with multinational business organisation in Ireland and corporations on corporate responsibility. represents the 700 US companies located here. Prior to joining the Chamber, Mark was Chief Executive of the Irish Tax Institute and a Director with PwC. Mark is on the Board of the Investor Compensation Company Ltd. He has previously served on the National Council of Ibec and the Governing Authority of UCD. He is a graduate of TCD and DCU. 6 7 THEME I MARTIN D. SHANAHAN CEO of IDA Ireland JOIN US @MartinDShanahan Martin took up this position on the 1st September 2014. Prior to this, Martin was Chief Executive of Forfás – Ireland’s Annual policy advisory board for enterprise, trade, science, technology and innovation. Martin has been at the forefront of the development of enterprise and innovation policy in Ireland for many years including leading the development Dinner 2019 of the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs 2011 – 2014. Martin is a board member of IDA Ireland and Chair of its Investment Committee. Martin is also a member of the National Competitiveness Council. He has previously been a member A night when we celebrate the amazing of the Management Advisory Committee of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, the Advisory Council for Science, people and teams at the heart of the 17 Technology & Innovation, and Ireland’s Expert Group on Future US - Ireland business relationship Skills Needs. 05 with great networking in a wonderful atmosphere. CARIN BRYANS The year’s Annual Dinner will be Senior Country Officer, J.P. Morgan Ireland and Vice President 2019 of the American Chamber of particularly memorable as we will honour Commerce Ireland IDA Ireland with a Special Recognition As Senior Country Officer for J. P. Morgan Award in their 70th anniversary year. Chase in Ireland, Carin oversees J. P. Morgan’s businesses in Ireland. Carin also has responsibility for J. P. Morgan’s VENUE Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin 4 businesses in the Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey). Carin received an Undergraduate degree from The University of DATE May 17, 2019 Texas at Austin, spent a year working in France for Zenith Data Systems, and returned to Ireland in 1990 to take up a position at TIME 19:00 – 22:30 Chase Manhattan Bank. Since then, she has held a wide variety COSTS Individual places are available for €160 of roles at the firm, and also received an MBA from The Michael and tables of ten for €1,600 Smurfit Business School. Carin currently Chairs the IFSC Funds Group, served from 2015 - 2018 on the IFS 2020 Advisory Group, and was the Chairman of the Irish Funds Industry Association for 2010/2011. BOOK NOW www.amcham.ie/events Kindly sponsored by 9 Ireland – an Island of THEME II Innovation at the Centre of the Transatlantic PROF. MARK FERGUSON Relationship Director General, Science Foundation Ireland and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland Prof. Mark Ferguson commenced as Director General of Science Foundation How Ireland can embrace the opportunities Ireland in January 2012 and as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of presented by Industry 4.0 and disruptive Ireland in October 2012. Prof. Ferguson is a founding member technologies to meet economic and society of the Small Advanced Economies Initiative, was Chair of the challenges, continue to foster an environment eHealth Ireland Committee (2015 – 2017), a member of the EU attractive for high-value and innovative-led High Level Expert Group on Horizon 2020 Impact (2017), and has been involved in a number of international reviews of R&D investment to flourish, and best build and leverage systems, including Hungary and Canada. Previously he was its knowledge linkages across industry and the Professor in Life Sciences at the University of Manchester (since research system, and as a hub between the US 1984) and co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Renovo Group and Europe? plc (1998 – 2011). He is the recipient of numerous international research awards including the 2002 European Science