U an Irish CEO and want a 5 day trip to Edinburgh
from little known CEO Club Ireland (at least no one I've talked with has mentioned it and not seen it on any blogs connected with Irish startups!) they are planning a Visit to Edinburgh.
CEO CLUB VISIT TO EDINBURGH
15th - 19th August 2007
CEO Club has been working with Enterprise Ireland, the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to make this a memorable and exciting opportunity for CEO Club members. The CEO Club-Edinburgh Initiative aims to provide members with a forum for meeting, discussion and exchange of ideas. Our intention is also to increase the number and quality of collaborations and the presentation of work from Ireland and the UK through the increased networking between UK and Irish creative practitioners.
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DAY 1 Wednesday, 15th August 2007
- Pick up points in Dundalk & Newry
- Coach to ferry terminal and on to Edinburgh
- Check in to Accommodation
- Dinner
DAY 2 Thursday, 16th August 2007
- Breakfast & Briefing Meeting
- One to one Meetings Facilitated at the Apex International Hotel, Grassmarket, Edinburgh
- Best Practice Visits, Edinburgh
- Evening Reception, Irish Consulate, Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh
DAY 3 Friday, 17th August 2007
- Breakfast & Briefing Meeting
- Breakfast Practice Visits Glasgow
- Evening Networking Event with the Creative Entrepreneurs Club at the Lighthouse, Glasgow
- Coach back to Edinburgh
DAY 4 Saturday, 18th August 2007
- Breakfast
- Members have free time to use as they wish!!
DAY 5 Sunday, 19th August 2007
- Breakfast
- Coach to ferry
- Drop off points in Newry & Dundalk
You cannot "see" any events or their calender unless you are a member (must be secret stuff they get up to!) and trying to use their search it doesn't show anything for event, calender, scotland, edinburgh (so obviously not a full text search or again doesn't show 'secret stuff')
They appear to have plenty of 'local' connections via their Steering Committee
- Greg Battersby- Enterprise Ireland
- Paul Branagan- Enterprise Manager, Dundalk Employment Partnership
- Ronan Dennedy- Chief Executive, Louth County Enterprise Board
- Brian Harten- County Arts Officer, Louth County Council
- Dette Hughes- Development Officer, East Border Region Interreg IIIA
- Professor Paul Jeffcutt- Centre for Creative Industry, Queen's University Belfast
- Somhairle MacConghail- County Arts Officer, Monaghan County Council
- Jill McCormac- Project Officer, Creative Ambitions
- Irene Monaghan- Regional Development Centre, Dundalk Institute of Technology
- Stephen Mullen- Head of Creative Industries, Invest Northern Ireland
- Conor Paterson -Chief Executive, Newry & Mourne Enterprise Agency
Like a lot of goverment related sites on the web they have no blog and very much a closed shop (hint!)
Lal
Labels: ceo club, edinburgh, enterprise ireland, ireland, scotland
posted by The Lal @ 7:09 PM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
I have a suggestion. After the event write to each and ask them for a copy of their report on the junket, sorry trip.
Certainly one would expect the good public servants among them - a majority as far as one can see - to be making comprehensive reports and recommendations for action on their findings, so you should have no trouble there.
Even if they don't blog, you can broadcast their findings and share them with the wider world.
Will leave this anonymous as am based in the same area, and find that criticism/feedback/democracy etc is not encouraged. Unfortunately these people seem to have found the crock of European funded gold-they are on a border which has had problems in the past-still does to an extent-and have found that they can do as they like-the EU funders will swallow any story as long as it sounds good for them, and that they are dealing with their own sort. The crock of gold for them means a crock of sh*t for any creative people and businesses in the area, apart from a few trusties that they'll back to the hilt.
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