AGENDA - PLANNING FOR PROSPERITY

Thursday 23 May 2019

The Boardroom, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin 

13.45               Tea/ Coffee on Arrival

14.05              Welcome , Sponsor | Royal College of Surgeons

14.10               Senior British Embassy Dublin Representative (TBC)

14.20               Steven O’Gara, Senior Economic Development Director, Dublin City Council        

14.45               ‘Planning For Prosperity: A Tale of Two Cities”,

Panel Discussion and Q&A exploring development of Belfast and Dublin, what are the regeneration opportunities & how do we promote better cross-border collaboration:

Chaired by – Irish Times TBC

  • Marie Hunt, Executive Director, Head of Research CBRE Dublin

  • Richard Kirk, Executive Director, Institute of Civil Engineers

  • Joan McCoy, President, Royal Society of Ulster Architects

  • Chris Kane, Chair, Osborne & Co

15.30               Grainia Long, Resilience Commissioner, Belfast City Council

Building a quality urban environment/ future-proofing a city

15.50               Coffee Break

16.10               Marc Coleman, Author ‘Back from the Brink’

16.30               “Planning for Prosperity: Investment”

Panel discussion and Q&A which will focus on blockages to investment and how we find collaborative ways to better connect to investment opportunities

Chair – John Davison, Turley

•       Anne Donaghy, CEO Mid & East Antrim Borough Council

•       Carol McTaggart, Group Director of Development, Clanmil Housing

•       David Gavaghan, CEO Aurora Prime Real Estate

•       Irish Academy of Engineering TBC

 17.15              Catherine Toolan, CEO, ICC Belfast

“International Convention Centre Belfast – Delivering for Belfast and Northern Ireland socially, culturally and economically.”

Event Close / Drinks & Canapés sponsored by International Convention Centre (ICC) Belfast