NYNB 2014 Itinerary

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Belfast City Council Reception 5:30pm-6:30pm

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Cllr Niall Ó Donnghaile
Cllr Guy Spence, Deputy Chair Development Committee.

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Welcome 6:30pm

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Rep Mike Fitzpatrick
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Spirit of the City 6:45pm

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Showcase by Belfast Community Gospel Choir
Including My Lagan Love by Joseph Campbell,
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Bridges of Hope and Prosperity between New York and Belfast 7:05pm

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Niall Gibbons, CEO Tourism Ireland[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

Jewels in the Crown:
The Very Best of Belfast and Irish New York
7:15pm Plenary (Moderated Panel Discussion)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Chaired by: Lorraine Turner, NI Bureau
Panel: Pauline Turley, Irish Arts Center
Maurice Kinkead, CEO East Belfast Partnership & EastSide Arts
Mac Premo (Creator The Luckiest Arab in Belfast)
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BOARDROOM DIALOGUE SESSIONS 8PM

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Building Blocks to 2020
Lowenstein Room 522 (5th Floor)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]What are the key steps our cities must take to boost our creative industries, making them both economic drivers and life-enhancers.

Contributors: Kevin McCann, Producer The Rising, the Movie | Joan Burney Keatings MBE, Cinemagic | Darrah Carr, Darrah Carr Dance | Maura Kelly, Media and Marketing Executive | John Lee, Irish American Artists and Writers Inc |[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

Cities in Transition: In Diversity is Strength?
Presidents Dinning Room (12th Floor)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]New York and Belfast are cities experiencing fast-paced change. How do we grow the cities in scale and ambition, increasing their diversity and celebrating difference while attracting global talent?

Contributors: Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny| Anita Daly, Daly Communications | Rev. Dr. Kris Erskine, Sr. Pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Harlem, NYC | Brendan Fay, Founder & Co Chair St Pats For All | Christine Quinn | Elinor Tatum, Publisher Amsterdam News | Bill Shaw, 174 Trust | Michael Patrick MacDonald, Author All Souls

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A Two-Way Street of Arts and Culture.
12th Floor Lounge[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Finding ways to mainstream exchanges of artists between Belfast and New York so that Irish American artists are feted in Belfast and Belfast artists celebrated in New York.

Contributors: Tracy Marshall, Director Belfast Exposed | Kevin Gamble, Director Féile an Phobail | Sarah Jane Bennison, Grand Opera House, Belfast | Mac Premo | Marcus Robinson, Film-Maker, Artist. Producer Rebuilding the World Trade Center. | Peter Quinn, author The Man Who Never Returned, Hour of the Cat, Dry Bones | Terry Golway, Author Machine Made | John Ahearn, Sculpture, South Bronx

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The $1M Challenge 8:40pm

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Recognising the Irish American of the Year 8:50pm

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Recipient 2013 Loretta Brennan Glucksman
Presented by: Brian O’Dwyer, Senior Partner, O’Dwyer & Bernstien LLP
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Conference Club
Delegates are welcome to go to the Dead Rabbit after the conference reception[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog
30 Water Street, near Broad
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Registration and Breakfast  7:30am -7:45am

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Tech Town 7:45am-8:20am

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Early-stage companies have a compelling proposition to make to equity investors but how can Belfast do more in collaboration with New York to increase in stature as a global tech city.

Contributors: Tom Gray, CTO Kainos | Stevie Morrow, Loughshore Investments | Mary Ann Pierce, President MAP Digital | NYSE | Alex Torpey, Mayor of South Orange NJ, USA | John O’Donoghue, Investor | Shane Naughton, Founder & CEO, Inundata

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Hit Me Again! 8:20am-8:55am

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The Gathering was an unprecedented success in 2013, bringing record numbers of Americans to Ireland. Can it be repeated with mainstream Belfast involvement in a way which attracts US tourists

Contributors: Alison Metcalfe, Head of North America Tourism Ireland | Harry Connolly,Fáilte Feirste Thiar | Bill Byrne, United Airlines | Andy Cooney | Adrian Flannelly | Michelle Hatfield, GBBCA | Mandy Patrick President, Northern Ireland Hotels Federation |[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

Welcome: 9:00am

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Tom DiNapoli, Comptroller New York State
Rep Mike Cusick, New York State Assembly

Scott Stringer, New York City Comptroller[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

Opening Plenary 9.15am-9:50am

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]What the Future Holds. Looking at economic prospects on both sides of the Atlantic. How can the benefits of a global economic recovery be maximised to boost job creation?

Contributors: Chaired by Andrea Haughian, VP Development, Invest Northern Ireland | Panel Jim Clerkin, CEO Moet-Hennessy USA | Suzanne Aquino, Chain IQ | Tom McCusker, Tennents NI| Rob Walsh, Distinguished Lecturer School of Pubic Affairs, Baruch College, The City University of New York |[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

Shared Fortunes 9:50am-10:25am

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Contributors: Chaired by Frank Barry, Bloomberg View. Panel Philip Cassidy, Senior Vice President Concentrix | Jason Richelson, CEO of Shopkeep | Peter Fitzgerald, Randox | Jayne Brady, Partner Kernel Capital |[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

Sweet-Spots 10:25am-11:00am

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Lessons from the success stories driving the new economy

Contributors: Chaired by Norman Houston, NI Bureau |Panel Patrick Anderson, CEO Dalradian Resources | Tom Gray, CTO Kainos | Elana Loewenthal, HBO | Scott Stringer, Comptroller New York City | David Gavaghan CEO, Titanic Quarter Ltd

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Start-Up Shooting Stars 11:00am-11:40am

Supported by:
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Four Belfast start-ups pitch to a Dragons’ Den/Shark Tank headed by Liam Lynch of Broadway.Com. Delegates get to vote for their favourite for the Summit Start-Up Prize. Courtesy of Aer Lingus we are able to provide the winning pitch with a return flight from Dublin-San Francisco.

Contributors: Chaired by Liam Lynch Broadway.com. Companies | Paul Graham, Founder, Phlok | John Ferguson, Venuebooker |Paul Carson, Jyrobike | Kevin Donaghy & Joe Boyle, SaltDNA

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A Table in the City
Lowenstein Room 506 (5th Floor)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]No great city can have the motto, ‘Go to bed early’. Creating a destination city requires a bar, restaurant and hotel offering which takes the breath away.

Contributors: Bill Wolsey, Beannchor | Francis Schott, Stage Left Restaurant, NJ | Sean Muldoon, The Dead Rabbit | Petra Wolsey, Merchant Hotel | Joseph Smith, Bobby Vans | Gerry Carlile, Fáilte Restaurant |Joanne O’Hagan, Visit Belfast |

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Great Universities Define Great Cities
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Contributors: Tom Dunne, Vice-President Fordham Univeristy | Michael George, Fortress Investments/Queen’s University New York City Scholarship Program | Joanne Stuart, US-NI Mentorship Programme | Gabrielle NigUidhir, St Marys University College, Belfast | Breandán Mac Suibhne, Centenary College, NY[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

Irish Business Networks Driving the Recovery
Lowenstein Room 521 (5th Floor)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Harnessing the Power of the Irish American Diaspora to build business networks and transatlantic partnerships

Contributors: Steve Lenox, Lenox Consulting | Bill McLaughlin, IABCI | Seán McNeill, IBO | John Connorton, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP | Bill Cox, Gordon Herlands Randolph & Cox LLP | Gary Hanley, Invest NI USA | Kevin Dooley Kent President IABCI | Michael Graham, Director of Corporate Real Estate Titanic Quarter Ltd | Paul McMorran, MD Crosslé Cars| Deirdre Woodbyrne, Executive Director of INUSA | Russell Smith, Partner, SmithDehn, LLP | Sean Gaffey, Chair of the IIBN, NY |[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

Business Luncheon 12:30pm-2:30pm

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Guest Speaker David Ford, MLA, Minister for Justice
Speaker Shaun Kelly, Vice-Chair of Operations, KPMG
Speaker Alastair Keith, Partner A&L Goodbody
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The Healing Power of Art 3:15pm-4:30pm

4 World Trade Center (Bus will leave Fordham University at 2:30pm)

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Conference Finale Farewell 5:30pm-7:00pm

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Hosted by Noel & Hanora Kilkenny, Consul General of Ireland in New York (by invitation only)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]