| 08:30 | Registration at the Grain Store, Ballymaloe | |||
| 09:00 - 11:00 |
SESSION 1 - INVESTING TO CREATE GLOBAL SUCCESS Session Chair: Michael O’Connor, AxisBIC |
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| 09:00 | Opening Remarks - Michael O’Connor, AxisBIC | |||
| 09:15 | Welcome Address - Candace Johnson, Serial Entrepreneur & Investor | |||
| 09:40 | Early Stage Investing – Keith Willey, Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship, London Business School | |||
| Panel Discussion - How to Internationalise and Build Scale with a mix of VC and Private Equity | ||||
| 10:05 |
Chair: Eoin O’Driscoll, Chairman, Forfas Panelists: Stephen Bullock, President, London Business School Enterprise 100 Investment Club Candace Johnson, Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Hermann Sidhu, Partner, Ernst & Young David Grimes, Co-Founder, Qumas |
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| 10:50 | Julian King, British Ambassador to Ireland | |||
| 11:00 | Coffee and networking | |||
| 11:15 - 12:35 |
SESSION 2 - BUSINESS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES – RAISING FINANCE Session Chair: Charles Garvey, CEO, Nitrosell |
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| 11:15 | The Complexity and Huge Gains of Entering New Markets - Liam Kelly, Founder and CEO Nualight | |||
| Panel Discussion - Angel Financing Across Counries | ||||
| 11:40 |
Panellists: Jerry O’Brien, CEO, Radisens Diagnostics Asier Rufino, Director, Business Angels Crecer+, Spain Des Doyle, Manager Growth Capital, Enterprise Ireland |
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| 12:20 | Looking to our Future - James Whelton, Founder, Disruptive Developments & Coder Dojo | |||
| 12:35 | Lunch and networking | |||
| 14:00 - 15:30 |
SESSION 3 - BUSINESS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES - MAXIMISING RETURNS ON EXITS Sesion Chair: Paul Hands, CEO and Founder, Raman Diagnostics |
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| 14:00 | Keynote Speaker - Bill Liao, Business Coach, Author, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Diplomat | |||
| Panel Discussion – Maximising Returns on Exits | ||||
| 14:25 |
Panellists: Declan Fox, Managing Director, OmniVend Systems Bill Liao, Business Coach, Author, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Diplomat JJ Kett, CEO, VoiceSage Adrian Wall, Partner, Ronan Day Jermyn |
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| 15:30 - 17:30 |
SESSION 4 - THE VENTURE ACADEMY® Session Chair: Eileen Moloney, AxisBIC |
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During the Venture Academy® 6 Entrepreneurswill present their Investment proposal to the audience; a panel of judges will comment on the proposal with some audience participation; then everybody gets to vote for the most investible proposition and team. Judges: Anne O'Leary, Chairman, Kinematik Pat O'Flynn, CEO, Solvotrin Pat Lynch, Director, Compliance and Risks |
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| 15:30 | 6 Emerging Entrepreneurs to present (10 minute intervals) | |||
| 17:00 |
Judges Review and Reception |
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| 17:30 |
The Venture Academy® Award presentations Gerry Donovan, Chairman, AxisBIC |
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| 18:00 | Finish and time for one-to-one meetings |