Minister Flanagan announces regional meeting in Galway
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, TD, today announced the Galway element of the Global Irish Economic Forum. NUI Galway will host a Regional Session, including a public forum, on November 19 ahead of the Dublin Castle events on 20-21 November.
Speaking today in Belfast, Minister Flanagan said:
“The Global Irish Economic Forum has been an important element of our recovery, generating job-creating initiatives, deepening our links with the global Irish and helping to restore our international reputation.
“This year’s Forum looks to our future prosperity and economic resilience. This regional event will offer a particularly good opportunity to showcase the Galway region.
“The fourth Global Irish Economic Forum will take place from 19-21 November and will focus on a number of Government priorities including encouraging entrepreneurship, supporting businesses to scale up and creating jobs through growing Irish exports. The Forum will bring together more than 300 leading Irish and Irish-connected figures from across the globe to help support Ireland’s recovery. A strong all-island approach will be ensured with regional events in Galway, Laois, Limerick and Derry."
The Global Irish Economic Forum is organised by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Minister Flanagan added:
“I am pleased that this year’s programme includes a regional event to be held in Galway, organised by my Department in partnership with NUI Galway. The session will bring together members of the Global Irish Network and SMEs in the West to explore developments across the region’s MedTech sector, Innovation District, Marine Institute, Smart City initiative and emigration experience, as well as Galway’s bid to be designated both the European Region of Gastronomy in 2018, and the European Capital of Culture for 2020.”
Members of the Network who will participate in the public forum moderated by Eimear Ní Chonaola, TG4, include Brian Barry, Chairman of Tirna Partners; Gerard J. Barry, Director of Debarra Innovations; Brian Buckley, Managing Director, Buckley Executive Energy Consultants; Kevin Conboy, President, Irish Chamber of Atlanta; Gearóid Faherty, Chairman, Eurand N.V; Joe King, Former CEO, Molex Inc; William McLaughlin, Founder, Irish American Business Chamber and Network; Maurice O’Gorman, Former Senior Executive, NCB Capital and Catherine Toolan, Managing Director, Aramark International.
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Press Office
17 November 2015
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Further details on the Global Irish Economic Forum can be found here: https://global.irish/
For further information, please contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade press office on press.office@dfa.ie or 01-4082274