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
  

If anyone has any connection with them please let me know.
Like a lot of goverment related sites on the web they have no blog and very much a closed shop (hint!)

Lal

Yikes - SSPCA warning gets your attention

Not sure I agree with the unexpected violence on this Xmas video intro from the SSPCA. Have made a short film which features a pantomime horse being beaten to death with a crowbar in front of an audience of schoolchildren.

For those not from across the waters they are the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA)

Scotsman newspaper have an article on it:

...is to be sent to 50,000 e-mail addresses in an effort to stop an annual slump in the number of people contacting the charity over the festive period.

The charity has said it makes no apology for the content of the film which it created in an attempt to shock people into action.

Lal