Louth County Enterprise Board Enterprise Week 2010

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EVENT

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50+ Enterprise Workshop
Organised by the Regional Development Centre, DkIT, Dundalk, Co Louth

A practical workshop for those over 50 who would like to explore setting up a new venture - no matter how small. Presentations from successful entrepreneurs who have established a successful business after the age of 50.

Chairperson for the Workshop
Paula Fitzsimons, Fitzsimons Consulting, Project Coordinator Senior Enterprise

2:00pm - 2:10pm: Welcome by Sean Mac Entee: Incubation Centre Manager, RDC, DkIT

2:10pm - 2:30pm: Keynote Address by John Byrne - Mid Eastern Regional Authority
‘The EU Perspective on Senior Enterprise’

2:30pm - 3:10pm: Hugh Reilly: CEO Meath County Enterprise Board
‘50+ Start Your Own Business Pilot: The Meath Experience’

3:10pm -3:30pm: Malachy McCloskey; Executive Group Chairman - Boyne Valley Group, Drogheda, Co Louth
‘Starting & Running a Business Has Nothing to Do With Age’

3:30pm - 3:45pm: Panel Q&A

3:45pm - 4:00pm: Coffee Break

4:00pm - 4:20pm: Ms Catherine McGuigan - Regional Programme Manager, Age Friendly Initiative - Louth & North East
‘Louth - The Age Friendly County; The North East- The Age Friendly Region’

Case Studies:

4:20pm - 4:40pm: Peter Cullen, Joint MD & co-founder, The Jelly Bean Factory (www.jellybeanfactory.com)

4:40pm - 5:00pm: Seamus Mc Quaid - co-founder of The Salt Clinic, Omeath, Co Louth   (www.saltclinic.ie)

5:00pm - 5:15pm: Panel Q&A

5:15pm: Close

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Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
the d Hotel
Drogheda
County Louth