Anne O’Leary, Welcome from Vodafone

Opening Address – Minister for Small Business, John Perry, T.D.

Transforming Ireland – the role of enterprise

• Creating networks through communities and enterprise
• Putting enterprise at the heart of the presidency
• Building confidence at home and restoring reputations abroad

Sean Gallagher, Entrepreneur and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist

 Sound Familiar? Tired, Unfocussed, Dejected, Business in a Rut, Need A Kick In The Ass….… It’s Time to Re-energise Yourself & Your Business for the Times Ahead

• Practical real-life teachings from Brody’s experience of the highs and lows of starting a small business in Ireland
• Growing a small business into a global brand
• Navigating your way out of the depths of a business meltdown
• Insight into the valuable lessons learned
• The importance of business owners to concentrate on re-energising themselves which will ultimately lead to a re-energising their business

Brody Sweeney, Entrepreneur and Author

 The 10 steps to success

• The insider guide to being a success in business
• Funding for growth and learning from failures
• How to get everything FREE
• Doing your homework (including the hard sums)

Norah Casey, Chief Executive, Harmonia and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist

Morning coffee break, exhibition viewing and networking

How to network, make contacts and connections and grow your business

• You never get a second chance to make a first impression
• Learn how to win friends and new customers
• How to work a room avoiding business card confetti
• Generating real business leads

Gavin Duffy, Management Consultant and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist

GET INFORMED – Compliance for Start-Ups

• Get information
• Get it right at the beginning
• Stay in control
• Keep informed

Kevin Prendergast, Corporate Compliance Manager, Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Leadership, change, accountability and survival

• Lead from the front and by example
• Change is all around us, change or be changed
• Personal responsibility for my actions
• How to win in tough times

Bobby Kerr, Chairman, Insomnia Coffee Company and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist

How to Win Online

• 10 free tools to help your business grow online
• Bootstrapping e-Commerce Success
• How to build traffic and brand awareness online
• Converting traffic to customers

Brian Martin, Director, eCeltic Ltd.

Finding The Entrepreneur in You

• Entrepreneurial dreamers
• Are you an entrepreneur
• Your business options

John Culliney, CEO, The Entrepreneur’s Source

Creating and maintaining a brand in a changing market place

• Creating a brand
• Right sizing not downsizing
• Turning an elephant into a cheetah
• The Top Ten Tips for Business

Niall O’Farrell, Retail and Property Investor and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist

Starting and staying, do you have a roadmap or is there a road map?

• It is chaos
• We are reaching technology inflection points
• It is easier and more difficult to start and stay in business
• A few tips to keep sane (and maybe safe)

Ron Immink, co-founder of smallbusinesscan

Panel discussion 1: financing your business – what are your choices?

• AIB
• Ulster Bank
• Enterprise Ireland
• HALO Business Angels
• First Step Micro Finance

Chaired by Richard Curran, Deputy Editor of The Sunday Business Post and Presenter of RTE’s The Dragons’ Den

Panel discussion 2: pitch the Dragons with your plan

• Sean Gallagher, Entrepreneur and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist
• Norah Casey, Chief Executive, Harmonia and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist
• Bobby Kerr, Chairman, Insomnia Coffee Company and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist
• Niall O’Farrell, Retail and Property Investor and RTE Dragons’ Den panellist

Chaired by Richard Curran, Deputy Editor of The Sunday Business Post and Presenter of RTE’s The Dragons’ Den.