ICBE ANNOUNCES 3 CONFERENCES IN OCTOBER AT THE HERITAGE AT KILLENARD, CO LAOIS
Forum for CEO’S and Senior Managers: Embedding Innovation and Creativity in organisations
Speakers:
Rory O Connor, CEO, Hewlett Packard, Galway
Jennifer van Cise, Director, IBM ISC Server Manufacturing & IBM Campus Executive
Liz Keane, HR Director, Boston Scientific, Cork
Date: October 18, 2006 – CEO Forum
Venue: The Heritage at Killenard, Co Laois
Start time: 4.30 pm
Finish Time: 7.30 pm
Full details including registration available on our website –
Annual Business Forum – an interactive workshop on Innovation and Creativity
Speakers:
Catherine Mc Geachy, MD, Vision Consultants
Ann Marie Gill, European Director of HR, Genworth – a GE company
Abdelhakeem Hammad, Senior Manager/Master Black Belt, Dell Computer Products
Larry Kelly, HR Director, WYETH Medica Ireland
Orlaith Blaney, MD, Mc Cann Erickson, Dublin
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2006 – to be announced Sept 28
Barre Fitzpatrick, MD, Barre Fitzpatrick & Associates
Billy Keane, Author and Journalist, Listowel
Date: October 19, 2006
Venue: The Heritage at Killenard, Co Laois
Start time: 9.00 pm
Finish Time: 5.00 pm
Full details including registration available on our website –
Research: ICBE Launches National MANUFUTURE Technology Platform
Speakers;
Minister Tom Parlon TD, Department of Finance
Hugh Mc Bryan, Programme Officer, EU Commission, Research Directorate General
Jim Lawler, Director of Industrial Technologies Commercialization at EnterpriseIreland
John Walsh, MD, Shannon Coiled Springs
Martin Fennel, R&d Manager, Aughinish Alumina
Barry O Reilly, MD, Engineering Solutions International Ltd
Aidan Kennedy, R&D Manager, Sifco Turbine Components
Ger O Keeffe, Manufacturing Technology Research, Intel Ireland Ltd
Els Campernolle, Senior Policy Advisor, Enterprise Policy, Forfas
Imelda Lambkin, National Director FP7, EnterpriseIreland
Date: October 20, 2006
Venue: The Heritage at Killenard, Co Laois
Start time: 10.00 am
Finish Time: 4.00 pm
Full details including registration available on our website –
Research: ICBE members invited to attend Forfas event
Forfas is seeking the views of industry regarding the planned major expenditure on R&D infrastructure in the Higher Education Sector as to where and under what conditions this investment should be made for the generation, support and development of Irish Enterprises.
Date: October 13, 2006
Venue: Great Southern Hotel, DublinAirport
Start time: 8.30 am
Finish Time: 1.00 pm
For further details contact the centre
Training, Education & development
Check out our training programmes for the October – December 2006 period under our ICBE Accel Project and Business Excellence Skillnet initiatives on our new website –
ICBE welcomes new member
American Power Conversion Corporation, Galway
Mater PrivateHospital, Dublin
EU Framework Programme 7 - Manufuture Conference on October 9/10, Tampere, Finland
Over 300 people have registered for theManufuture Conferencein Finland – 9 from Ireland.
The countries represented are as follows:
Austria (2), Belgium (17), Cyprus (1), Czech Republic (4), Denmark (8), Finland (54), France (12), Germany (40), Greece (1), Iceland (1), Ireland (9), Israel (1), Italy (15), Latvia (1), Lithuania (8), Northern Ireland (3), Norway (2), Poland (9), Portugal (10), Romania (3), Serbia (1), Slovak Republic (2), Spain (18), Sweden (15), Switzerland (1), The Netherlands (9), United Kingdom (29).
It is still possible to register - for information and registration details go to the Manufuture sectionof our website: