BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Dublin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1-554@shannonchamber.ie DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20191008T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20191008T143000 DTSTAMP:20260317T005253Z URL: SUMMARY:Business Lunch: Shannon &\; the Mid-West Region - The Way Forwar d DESCRIPTION:Shannon and the Mid-West is a recognised centre for enterprise and innovation but\, what lies ahead?\nShannon Chamber has invited a panel of experienced commentators to present their views on this very critical topic and partake in a post-lunch panel discussion\, which will be opened to the floor for comments.\n\nThe Panel:\n\n Denis Curran\, IDA Ireland: Member of the Executive Leadership team at IDA Ireland and currently overs ees IDA’s Regional Development\, Corporate Governance and Services and E ngineering Divisions.\n Mark Christal\, Enterprise Ireland: Divisional Ma nager\, Regions and Entrepreneurship Division\, \;\n Mary Considine\, Acting CEO\, Shannon Group plc. \;\n Enda O’Coineen\, Founder & \; Partner\, Kilcullen Kapital and owner of the Sunday Business Post \ ;\n\nTopics for discussion will include: \n\n Achievements to date and ho w they were accomplished\n What empowers the region - its USPs?\n The un tapped potential of \; this vibrant\, innovative region?\n IDA Irelan d and Enterprise Ireland's future strategies\n\nAttending this business lu nch\, on Budget 2020 Day\, will give you the opportunity to ask questions and share your views on the untapped potential of Shannon and the Mid-West region.\n\nCopies of a Sunday Business Post Shannon supplement\, schedule d for publication on Sunday\, October 6\, will be distributed at the lunch .\n\n \;\nPanel Speakers\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nMary Considine\, S hannon Group plc\n\nMary is Acting CEO of the Shannon Group plc. The Group employs over 600 staff and manages Shannon Airport\, Shannon Commercial P roperties\, Shannon Heritage and the International Aviation Services Centr e (IASC) brand which supports the growing aviation cluster in and around S hannon. The Group is a major driver of economic activity in the West of Ir eland. Mary is a qualified accountant by profession and has extensive expe rience in aviation\, finance\, governance &\; commercial having previou sly held a number of senior roles within the Group.\n\nMary was appointed President of Shannon Chamber in June 2018. \; She is also a member of the Governing Authority of Mary Immaculate College and a member of the VHI Advisory Council.\n\n\n\nEnda O’Coineen \;\n\n Enda O’Coineen has a strong background in hospitality\, technology\, finance and corporate g overnance. He has worked in investment management\, has led enterprises in the chairman and CEO roles and has a broad range of small and large trans action experience – investing directly\, and on behalf of third parties. He also has an extensive domestic and international multi-channel sales a nd brand building background.\n\nIn addition to success in management\, fi nance and leadership\, Mr. O’Coineen believes strongly in ‘putting som ething back in’ and in particular has contributed significant time and p ersonal resource into youth development and community. This includes being a founding chairman of the Volvo Ocean Race project in Galway\, on a volu ntary basis\, which generated over €100m direct benefit to the local eco nomy. He is also founding President of the Atlantic Youth Trust which plan s to introduce over 1\,000 young people annually to ocean adventure\, chal lenge and personal development. He is also a founder and President of the Irish Pubs Global Federation which has in excess of 7\,000 members worldwi de. Mr. O’Coineen is a published author with four books to date\, includ ing The Unsinkable Entrepreneur.\n\n\n\nMark Christal\, Enterprise Ireland \n\nMark Christal is the Divisional Manager of the Regions and Entrepreneu rship division in Enterprise Ireland responsible for working with Irish ow ned companies to support them in key business areas including Competitiven ess\, Innovation\, Leadership and Management development.  \;His respo nsibilities include Regional Development and leading Enterprise Irelands e ngagement with the Local Enterprise Offices within the Local Authorities.\ n\nMark is a Masters graduate of University College Dublin and also holds an MBS in Human Resource Management from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.\n\n\n\nDenis Curran\, IDA Ireland\n\nDenis is a member of the Executive Leadership team at IDA Ireland and currently oversees IDA ’s Regional Development\, Corporate Governance and Services and Engineer ing Divisions.\n\nPrior to being appointed to IDA’s Executive Leadership \, Denis was Global Head of Department in IDA Ireland’s International Fi nancial Services Division. He oversaw a global team managing a client port folio of more than 240 international corporations across International Ban king\; Insurance\; Asset Management and Servicing\; Aircraft Leasing and F intech and Payments. This involved partnering with global leading financia l and technology companies\, many of whom leverage Ireland as part of thei r global strategic operations. More recently this included working with cl ients on their respective Brexit strategies.\n\nPrior to joining the Finan cial Services Division\, Denis was Head of Strategic Clients in IDA’s Te chnology Division\, working with the leadership teams in companies such as Microsoft\, IBM\, Oracle\, SAP AG\, Symantec\, McAfee and Salesforce.com on international subsidiary strategy and transformation.\n\n \;\n\nInd ividual places are also available.This is a great opportunity to entertain clients and colleagues at corporate tables. Tables of 8\, 10 or 12 can be reserved.\n\nMembers €60 / Non-Members €80\n\nFor more information or to book a table email \; lkizaite@shannonchamber.ie \;or call 061 360 611\n\n \; LOCATION:Dromoland Castle Hotel\, Dromoland\, Newmarket-on-Fergus\, Clare\, Ireland GEO:52.7827998;-8.90384819999997 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Dromoland\, Newmarket-on-Fe rgus\, Clare\, Ireland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Dromoland Castle Hotel:g eo:52.7827998,-8.90384819999997 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR