Agenda – Wednesday 7th October

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7 - 10 October 2015
Agenda – Wednesday 7th October
1pm: Into the East
Visit to East Belfast Vistors 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 Paul Maskey, MP (Hon. Chair). .
Comments from John Kearns (NY) (Hot fork buffet served)
Conference Club @ The Cloth Ear
Featuring
Conor Burns,
MP for Bournemouth
West, Alderney and
Branksome East
Conor McGinn,
MP for St Helens
North
Assemblymember
Mike Cusick
President, New York
State Assembly
Geraldine Hughes,
Actor, NY
Jackie Henry,
Senior Partner
Deloitte
Mac Premo, NY
Talent Partner
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Jim Duffy, CEO
Entrepreneurial
Spark, Edinburgh
Assemblywoman
Nicole Malliotakis
BELFAST HOMECOMING 2015 • 7-10 OCTOBER, 2015
Agenda – Thursday 8th October
9:30am: The E Spark Project
11am-3pm: A Day on the Green
11am-3pm: Belfast Walking Tour
11am-3pm: Legal Symposium
Hosted by Clubs For Hire at
Malone Golf Club
New Ulster University
Belfast campus
Folktown Market, Bank Square
The Inn of Court –
Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast
The Hudson
3.30pm - 5.30pm Hillsborough Castle
Bus leaves from Jury’s Hotel
7pm: Pop-Up Banquet & Opening Ceremony
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
Supported by
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
Daniel Dromm,
New York City
Council
Assemblyman
Mike Fitzpatrick,
New York State
Assembly
Richard Doonan,
MD Retail Ireland
and Head of SME &
Corporate Banking
NI, Ulster Bank.
John J Reilly, Squire
Patton Boggs, NY
Humza Yousaf MSP,
Minister for Europe
& International
Development
Lord Mayor of
Dublin Críona Ní
Dhálaigh
Mary McKenna,
Tech Entrepreneur &
Angel Investor,
lONDON IIBN
Juan Mari Aburto,
Mayor of Bilbao
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, Rep Brian Kavanagh
New York State Assemblymember for Manhattan, 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
T he Three Things Needed to Make Belfast a Business Powerhouse
Chair: John J. Reilly, Squire Patton Boggs, New York
Panel: Allen Houston, Tyco, Michael Ryan, CEO Bombardier, Jack Butler, CEO Market Resource
Partners, Pete Boyle, Founder and CEO Argento
9:45am-10:15am 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 Deirdre Hargey, 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).
10:15am-10:30
Across the Moyle: Common Cause for the Commonweal
Minister Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for External Affairs and International Development, Scotland.
Introduced by Brian Ambrose, CEO George Best Belfast City Airport, Chair Tourism Ireland
10:30-10:50am
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
10:50am-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?
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, Claire Hanna MLA
Noon-12:10pm BUCKETBOARD: Transforming the World, One Skateboard at a Time
Mac Premo (New York). Introduced by Oliver Jeffers. In Association with Young Enterprise
12:15-1pm
Boardroom Dialogue Sessions
1. Education Priorities and Business Needs: Are they Matching Up? 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
2. Putting Tourism and Hospitality at the Heart of the Economy. Chair Terence Brannigan,
Chair Tourism NI. Contributors, Kevin Gamble, Director Féile an Phobail, Andrew Cowan, CEO NI
Connections
3. Bringing Down the Walls: Peacebuilding, Diversity and Reconciliation in a Transformed Belfast.
Chair: Rev Margaret Ferguson SKAINOS. Contributors, Paul McVeigh, Sarah Holland, Mayor South Dublin,
Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín, CEO, Ciste
BELFAST HOMECOMING 2015 • 7-10 OCTOBER, 2015
1-3pm: Belfast Business Top 50 Luncheon • Titanic Belfast
Guest of Honour: Seán Sherlock, T.D Minister of State for
Development, Trade Promotion and North-South Co-Operation
Presentation of the Belfast Diaspora Award to John Connorton
3.00pm - 4.30pm: Behind The Scenes Visits
Visits to Belfast’s game changers
Waterfront Convention centre • Tyco World Centre of R&D
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
Featuring
Author Michael
Patrick
MacDonald,
Boston
Cllr. Sarah Holland
Sinn Féin
John Kearns
Oliver Jeffers, NY
Sammy Douglas,
MLA
Paul Maskey,
MP for West Belfast
Carla Tulley
Seán Sherlock TD
Minister of State for President of AES UK
& Ireland
Development, Trade
Promotion and
North-South
Co-Operation