Eastern European Business Forum
The first Eastern European Business Forum will take place on April 12, 2008, at 11 am in DIT, Aungier Street, Dublin 2.
Organised in partnership with DIT, Institute of Minority Entrepreneurship (photo: Tom Cooney)and National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI) within its Intercultural Dialogue Week. They are expecting over 150 people including settled and start-up businesses run in Ireland by Eastern Europeans as well as local support structures and businesses interested in this market.
The main objectives of this Forum are to enhance communication of Eastern European existing and emerging businesses with state structures and local businesses and by this to encourage people to pursue their ideas and initiatives; demonstrate the ways entrepreneurs can avail of support, training, advice, funding, etc. We hope it will serve the general purpose of better EE business integration into Irish society.
For registration, additional information on participation and for all other inquiries please feel free to contact Ilia Korolev on:
services@unistaff.ie .
Tel: 01-8729037
Mobile: 086-0858364
You can find additional information on www.eebfex.com
PROGRAM OF THE FORUM:
10:30 AM - 11:55 AM Registration and Exhibition
12:00 AM - 12:40 PM Introduction. Welcoming speeches: Philip Watt (NCCRI), Russian Embassy Officials, Dr. Tom Cooney (DIT, IME), Dr. Mazhar Ali Bari (ECRI and Chamber of Commerce), Dr. Constantin Gurdgiev (Business and Finance Magazine)
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Coffee break and sandwiches
1 PM - 1:45 PM 1st Group Session (Finances/Business Support/Business Planning/Networking & Communication)
2 PM - 2:45 PM 2nd Group Session (Finances/Business Support/Business Planning/Networking & Communication)
3 PM - 3:45 PM 3rd Group Session (Finances/Business Support/Business Planning/Networking & Communication)
(Please note every participant may attend 3 out of 4 topics)
4 PM - 4:30 PM Final Speeches and Round-Up
Group session topics:
Business Planning: where am I now? where do I want to go? how am I going to get there?
Presented by Tom Cooney, Director of the Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship (DIT)
Business Support: what agencies help start-up and growing businesses, what services they provide, how to avail of them, etc.
Presented by Ken Germaine, Base Enterprise Centre, CEO; Institute of Management Consultants and Advisers, Vice-President
Networking and communications: where to network to source new clients; effective visual, verbal and vocal communication; communicating your best image; developing and networking strategy, etc.
Presented by Declan Byrne, Director, Byrne and Conroy Consulting
Financing: financing your business, what your bank should do for you, banking services and technologies, etc.
Presented by Anglea Leigh Doyle, Bank of Ireland, Commercial Branch Manager
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