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Community • Culture • Commerce
NEW YORK - NEW BELFAST
CONFERENCE 2013
AND
Ireland-US Top Companies Luncheon
#NYNB13
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 (5.30 - 8.30pm)
Fordham University, Lincoln Center, 12th Floor, 113 West 60th Street, New York
Thur sday, June 13 , 2 01 3
9am Conference Plenary • 12.30pm Ireland-US Top Companies Luncheon
3pm Visit to Brooklyn Navy Yard Center
6pm Conference Finale Farewell, residence of
Hanora Kilkenny and Noel Kilkenny, Consul General of Ireland in New York
The conference will spotlight the bridges of progress and prosperity being built between the citizens of the
two great cities of New York and Belfast, looking optimistically to the future while celebrating our shared
past.
Register now online at www.belfastmediagroup.com/nynb
or contact Madeline O'Boyle on 212 482 4818 or email moboyle@irishecho.com
To re g i s te r g o to : w w w. be l f a s t m e d i a g ro u p. c o m / ny n b
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Registration
6pm
A N ew Yor k Welcom e
with Fr Joseph McShane, President Fordham University and
The Lord Mayor of Belfast (invited)
6:10pm
‘Acro ss the B road At lant ic’
Geraldine Hughes and students of Fordham University Theatre
Department with a specially prepared production.‘My Lagan Love’
by David O’Leary. (Irish music classic ‘My Lagan Love’ was
composed by Joseph Campbell who also founded the School of
Irish Studies at Fordham University in 1928)
M o re t h a n a n A d d - O n : A r t s a n d o u r C i t i e s
How can we make sure that the beauty and inspiration of our arts
activities and projects are core to the proposition of both New York
and Belfast for their citizens and for visitors?
(With opening trailer of new TG4 documentary on Joseph
Campbell by MacDara Vallely.)
Chair: John Lee, Irish American Writers & Artists Inc.
John Ahearn, sculptor, South Bronx
MacDara Vallely, film-maker, Bronx/Co. Armagh
Pauline Turley, Irish Arts Center
Darrah Carr, Darrah Carr Dance
‘II A M NE W YO RK’ a nd ‘R EBUI L DI NG’
A presentation of a short film made by by New York film-maker
Kevin Breslin in collaboration with Horst Hamann. Followed by
Marcus Robinson, film-maker embedded at Ground Zero.
6:30pm
7pm
7:20pm
A O ne -Way Ticket to O liv er Jeff er s’ Wor ld
With Belfast-born children’s author, and artist Oliver Jeffers who is
now based in Brooklyn
7:40pm
The Path to Peace
As Belfast bounces back from a testing year, we give a platform for
grassroots voices backing the peace.
Introduced by Roy Adair, CEO Belfast Harbour, Chair Northern Irish
Connections.
Chair: John Connorton, Partner Hawkins, Delafield and
Wood LLP and Chair Friends of Belfast
Sammy Douglas, DUP MLA for East Belfast (invited)
Paul Maskey, Sinn Féin MP for West Belfast
John Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick Hotels and Chairman elect of
American Ireland Fund
Geraldine McAteer, CEO West Belfast Partnership Board
8:30pm
Recogn ising I ri sh Ech o Pe rs on of t he Ye ar B ria n O' Dw yer
Presented by Christine Quinn, Speaker New York City Council.
Response: Brian O’Dwyer
Par t in g Sho t : Lo st Comm andos. A film short on the end of war
by singer-songwriter Joby Fox.
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8-9am
9am
9:10am
9:50am
B u s i n e s s B re a k f a s t
Alex Attwood MLA Minister for Environment Northern Ireland
(Invited) Patrick Anderson, CEO Dalradian Resources.
Ple nar y O ff icial O pen ing wit h Re p. Mike Fit zpat r ick
Mike Fitzpatrick is a Republican member of the New York
State Assembly and a longstanding friend of Belfast.
Th e G a t h e r i n g 2 0 1 3 : G a p s, G a i n s a n d G o a l s f o r t h e F u t u r e
The stats are in for the first half of the year and they show that the
Gathering has been a success: visitor figures from the US are up.
But what can be done to bring those visitors back again and to
build enduring relationships between Ireland and the US.
Chair, John J. Reilly, Partner Squire, Sanders, Dempsey LLC
Brian Stack, CEO CIE Tours
Christopher Cahill, Exec. Director American-Irish Historical Society
Brian Burke, Chair Odyssey Trust, Belfast
Fiona Dunne, Promotions Manager USA, Representative of Tourism
Ireland
Kevin Gamble, CEO Féile an Phobail
Bac kin’ B elf ast : A re we on t h e R ight Pat h?
Honorary Chairs:
John Connorton,
Partner Hawkins,
Delafield and Wood LLP
Geraldine Hughes,
Actor/Writer/Producer
Andrea Haughian, VP
Business Development,
Invest NI, New York
John J. Reilly,
Partner Squire,
Sanders Dempsey
Terry George,
Director
Shaun Kelly, Vice-Chair
of Operations KPMG
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A marketing campaign to boost Belfast, launched in the wake of the
flag protests has taken on a life of its own. How can Belfast build on
its new-found sense of unity?
Introduced by a video on Titanic Belfast which enjoyed 800,000
visitors in its first year, twice its target number.
Chair: Louise Corrigan, President Irish Network NYC
John Keane, MD Ardmore Advertising and Marketing
Gerry Lennon, CEO Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau
David Gavaghan, CEO Titanic Quarter
Todd Kelman, Manager Belfast Giants
New York City Council Member Daniel Dromm
F ro m S w o rd s t o P l o u g h s h a re s
10:40am
Once a symbol of division and conflict, the Maze-Long Kesh prison
site is being reborn as a place of unity pushing society from peace
to prosperity.
Introduction: Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Chair American
Ireland Fund. Daniel Libeskind presents his plans for a
peace transformation center on the Maze-Long Kesh
former prisoner site. Response by Terence Brannigan,
Chair Maze-Long Kesh Development Corporation and by
John Liu, Comptroller New York City.
11:15am New Yor k and B elf ast : A Pa r t ner sh ip of Ta lent an d Tec hnolo gy
The economic recovery across the western world remains fragile but a
growing range of high-tech companies are making Belfast their home.
Chair: Andrea Haughian, VP Business Development Invest NI
Lyell E. Sakaue, Program Manager, IBM
Matt Bieber, Quantus
Ben Chrnelich, CFO NYSE Technologies
Representative of Citi
Danny Moore, COO Options, founder Wombat
11:45am B oardro om D ialogu e S es sion s
S m a r t B u s i n e s s S tr a te g i e s
What are the key areas for growth in business activity between
New York and Belfast and who will fund the new businesses both
Belfast and New York wish to attract?
John O’Donoghue, Private Investor, Margaret Molloy, CMO Velocidi,
Mary Ann Pierce, President MAP Digital, John Toland, dot.Irish, Mark
Barr, CEO Sisk NI, Conor Allen, Cowen & Co. (invited). Marty Glennon,
Honorary Chairs:
John Toland
John O'Donoghue
Speaker
Christine Quinn,
New York City Council
12:30
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6pm
Rob Walsh,
Commissioner,
Department of Small
Business Services NYC
Marty Glennon, Archer, Byington, Glennon & Levine, Gary Hanley,
Senior Vice-President North America Invest NI, Judith Sullivan,
Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C. .
B u i d i n g A r t s B ri d g e s to La s t
The arts traffic between Belfast and New York is intense but
how can we harness this energy into annual strategic events?
Michael Patrick MacDonald, author, Larry Kirwan, Black 47,
Ciarán O’Reilly, Producing Director, Irish Repertory Theatre. Dan
Gordon, actor, plawright, director The Boat Factory.
Le v e ra g i n g th e N e t w o r k s o f I r i s h A m e r i c a
There are more Irish American networks today than at any time,
courtesy of the internet and social media. But how do we ensure
each plays to its strengths and avoid overlapping and duplication?
Bill McLauglin, Irish American Business Chamber
and Network, Sheila Lynott, President Irish Businesss Organisation,
Leo McGuire, Irish Business Association, Steve Lenox, Co-President
Irish Network USA, JIm Lamb, CEO Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh,
Honorary Consul General of Ireland in Pittsburgh, Peter Ryan, Deputy
Consul General of Ireland in New York, Harry Connolly, Fáilte Feirste
Thiar (Visit West Belfast).
Lun cheon: I rel a nd- US Top Com pan ies
5 0 c o r p o r at i o n s w i t h
t r a n s a tl a n t i c o p e r a t i o n s
Chair Shaun Kelly, Vice-Chair Operations KPMG
Guest Speaker: Alex Attwood,MLA Minister for Environment
Northern Ireland (Invited)
V isit t o Bro ok lyn Nav y Ya rds
hosted by Brooklyn Navy Yards President Andrew H. Kimball
and Commissioner of Small Business Services in New York City,
Rob Walsh. Spread out over 300 acres on the scenic Brooklyn
waterfront, the Navy Yard encompasses 40 buildings, three fully
functioning dry docks, four active piers, a mammoth TV studio and
even a 40,000 sq ft roof farm. It is a key element of the Brooklyn
Tech Triangle.
Conf erence Final e Farewe ll
at the Residence of the Consul General of Ireland in New York,
Noel and Hanora Kilkenny. A Song for Belfast: Jonny Nixon & Joby
Fox. Special Honoree: Jonny Steele, New York Red Bulls.Fox. Vote of
Thanks to New York: The Lord Mayor of Belfast.
John Lee,
Irish American Writers
and Artists Inc.
US-Ireland Top Companies
5 0 Corp orat i o n s wi t h Tran s at l ant i c Op erat i o n s
NEW YORK - NEW BELFAST SUMMIT
On June 13, 2013 at Fordham University Lincoln Center, THE IRISH ECHO, the USA's largest and
most widely-read Irish American weekly, will host the sixth annual celebration luncheon in
recognition of 50 major companies with operations in the US and Ireland.
IRELAND-US TOP COMPANIES:
Diageo • Aer Lingus • UNITED • Perfecseal/BEMIS • Randox • First Derivatives • Dalradian
Bank of Ireland • Merrill Lynch • Options • AON • Netwatch • Jim Beam • Penske Corporation
Concentrix Technologies • Magners • Wandisco • Amgen • KEMP Technologies • Cowen Group
Credit Suisse • Hewlett Packard • ABBOTT • NHL • Aramark • KPMG • Synchronoss • Terex
CVS • NYSE • Gilt Groupe • Heartsine • Andor • Citi • Cybersource • State Street • Bank of NY
Mellon • Allied Irish Bank • Openwave Messaging • Quantus • H&K • ICON • Almac • CIE Tours
AllState • Liberty Mutual • Moet Hennessy • BTI Systems • Aspect Software •Bombardier
Northern
Ireland
Finance
Minister
Sammy Wilson
with honoree
Peter Cohen,
CEO of Cowen
Group, at the
2012
Luncheon.
Ben Chrnelich,
CFO NYSE
Technologies,
Minister Sammy
Wilson, Eamon
Donaghy of
KPMG, Andrea
Haughian of
Invest NI and
Shaun Kelly,
Vice-Chair
Operations
KPMG.