Blue Sky Day - Friday September 26th
Brandon Conference Centre, Tralee
Time |
Topic |
| 9.45am |
Entrepreneurship - what an exciting career choice!What lies ahead today....What you'll get from the Young Entrepreneur ProgrammeNeasa Fitzpatrick, Winner Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 interviewed by Colette Fitzpatrick |
| 10.00am |
How I made my Wall Street dream come trueMichael Brewster, Managing Director MB Funds, Lehman Brothers, NewYork, interviewed by Colette Fitzpatrick |
| 10.15am |
The secret behind O'Brien's successBrody Sweeney, Founder O'Brien's Sandwich Bars |
| 10.30am |
Our passion became our businessFresh from their Dragon's Den grilling, ifoods.tv founders, Niall Harbison and Sean Fee tell Colette Fitzpatrick what it's really like to be in the heat of an online start up. |
| 10.45am |
Getting sacked made me an EntrepreneurJacob Fruitfield Group Chairman Michael Carey tells how getting the bullet drove him on to global success. |
BREAK |
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| 11.15am |
Entrepreneurship - Better than a job?Panel discussion hosted by Colette Fitzpatrick featuring: Caroline McEnery, Operations Director, Garvey Group, Paul Ashe, CEO, Zeit Solutions, Michael Brewster, Lehman Brothers, Sean Murphy of Murphy's Ice Cream and Michael Carey of Jacob Fruitfield Group. |
| 11.45am |
The ten best kept secrets of starting a businessby Jenni Timoney, CEO, Doolittles |
| 12.00pm |
Building a business quickly and seizing the opportunity!Founder and CEO Denis O'Brien tells the amazing story of how his company Digicel has brought low cost mobile phone services to 27 of the world's poorest and war-torn countries and territories - some of the most dangerous places on the planet. |
| 12.30pm |
The art of the dealInterviewed by Colette Fitzpatrick, Neil O'Leary, CEO of Ion Equity spills the beans on the real story on how he and his team turned the Shell and Statoil brands into Ireland's biggest energy retailer - Topaz. |
| 12.45pm |
Light lunch |
| 1.30pm |
The teenage millionairesPatrick and John Collison, founders of Auctomatic tell Collette Fitzpatrick the amazing story of their multi-million dollar success while in their teens. |
| 1.45pm |
How we've made crime payDavidWalsh and Niall Kelly of Netwatch tell Colette Fitzpatrick the secrets that made Netwatch an award-winning, crime-stopping sensation. |
| 2.00pm |
The downturn? We're loving it!Conor Foley, CEO,Worldspreads. |
| 2.15pm |
How I'm saving builders millionsDonseed CEO Vincent Lynch how he and his team turned a simple concept in an enterprise that could save builders from financial disaster. |
| 2.30pm |
What makes a winning idea stand out?A panel of top entrepreneurs, chaired by Colette Fitzpatrick attempts to find answers. Featuring Aileen Hannan, Aisling Software, Joe Gantly, ex Apple Executive and Chairman of SensL and Globetech, John O'Connor, Prestige Foods, Denis O'Brien, Digicel and Neil O'Leary, Ion Equity, Patrick and John Collison, founders, Auctomatic. |
| 2.55pm |
Nintendo DS drawEveryone in the audience who has texted a question is entered. |
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