Workshop agenda
The time-table for the workshop which will be held in The Mont Clare Hotel, 1-4 Merrion Street Lower,
Dublin 2, on Thursday, October 18, 2012, is as follows:
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 07.30 | Registration | |
| 08.00 | Welcoming address | Professor Thomas Cooney DIT Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship |
| 08.10 | Keynote address: Innovation — The role of Minority Entrepreneurs |
Mr. John Perry T.D. Minister for Small Business |
| Plenary session | ||
| 08.25 | Plenary chairman | Mr. Dermot O’Doherty Consultant on innovation and entrepreneurship |
| 08.30 | Immigrant entrepreneurship | Ms. Elizaveta Donnery Donnery Tierney Solicitors |
| 08.45 | Women entrepreneurship | Ms. Ann McGee McGee Pharma International |
| 09.00 | Senior entrepreneurship | Mr. John Brophy Carrig Solutions |
| Open forum | ||
| 09.15 | How do we help minority entrepreneurs to develop innovative and high-growth businesses? | Expert panel comprising: Professor Thomas Cooney (chair), DIT Ms. Paula Fitzsimons Fitzsimons Consulting Mr. John Byrne Senior Enterprise Project |
| 10.00 | Concluding Remarks | Mr. Tom Martin Tom Martin & Associates/TMA |
Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be served from 07.30-08.00.