Archive November 2008

2008 All Island Seedcorn Business Compeition
Date : Thursday 27 November 2008

Details : 2008 All island Seedcorn Business Competition awards ceremony The event is the culmination of the 2008 Seedcorn Competition. The winners of the two overall prizes of €100k and €50k are announced and awards are also presented to the 6 regional winners and special award winner.
Location : Ramada Hotel, Belfast

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Build Ireland Greener
Date : Thursday 20 November 2008

Details : A special all-island networking event is offering renewable and sustainable businesses from across the island the opportunity to ‘Build Ireland Greener’ and make valuable contacts, all in one day and under one roof. The BIG event will bring together up to 60 businesses from across the island of Ireland and 12 buyers from large private and public sector organisations to have pre-arranged one-to-one meetings with each other, share information and explore possible collaboration....
Location : City North Hotel Co Meath

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Go-2-Tender Workshop Galway
Date : Thursday 20 November 2008

Details : Go-2-Tender aims to instil SMEs with the confidence, knowledge and skills to encourage companies to go for public sector contracts, with the reassurance that you can avail of mentoring support. It also attempts to bring companies together, where possible, in joint ventures where scale is required as in, for example, construction....
Location : Days Hotel Galway

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Innovation Workshop delivered by Larry Prusak, Babson College, USA
Date : Wednesday 19 November 2008

Details : Larry Prusak [CV] is a researcher and consultant and was the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Knowledge Management (IKM). This was a global consortium of member organizations engaged in advancing the practice of knowledge management through action research. Larry has had extensive experience, within the U....
Location : Canal Court, Newry

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First All-Island Innovation programme Lecture - The Future of Knowledge
Date : Monday 17 November 2008

Details : The economic downturn offers Northern Ireland companies a great opportunity to rethink how they do business, says international knowledge management guru Larry Prusak. The founder of global consortium, the Institute of Knowledge Management (IKM), will share his expertise and insights with local business leaders in a major lecture at Queen's University Belfast on Monday night (17 November)....
Location : Canada Room, Queen's Univerity Belfast

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Go-2-Tender Workshop Omagh
Date : Thursday 06 November 2008

Details : Go-2-Tender aims to instil SMEs with the confidence, knowledge and skills to encourage companies to go for public sector contracts, with the reassurance that you can avail of mentoring support. It also attempts to bring companies together, where possible, in joint ventures where scale is required as in, for example, construction....
Location : Silverbrch Hotel, Omagh

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Institute for small business and entrepreneurial conference (ISBE Conference)
Date : Wednesday 05 November 2008

Details : The conference opens with two plenary sessions featuring Government representatives, world leading speakers and selected best papers on SME policy and practice, arranged in conjunction with the ISBC . The afternoon and next day comprises of further mini plenary sessions. Thursday and Friday, the conference will have an integrated programme of 9 parallel track seminars and workshops....
Location : Belfast

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The All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition
Date : Tuesday 04 November 2008

Details : The All-Island Seedcorn Business Competition has now moved on to the next stage with the deadline of Friday 26th September passed. The judges will commence the marking of submitted business plans with the regional finals set for the following dates and venues:- 4th November 2008 Connacht & Leinster, Radisson Hotel, Galway 6th November 2008 Munster, Clarion Hotel, Limerick 11th November 2008 Northern Ireland Finals, InterTradeIreland Offices, Newry 12th November 2008 Dublin Finals, InterTradeIreland Offices, Newry 18th November 2008 Masterclass, Stormont Hotel, Belfast 19th November 2008 Masterclass, Grand Canal Hotel, Dublin 27th November 2008 Final and Awards Ceremony, Ramada Hotel, Belfast...
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International Small Business Congress (ISBC )
Date : Tuesday 04 November 2008

Details : The ISBC is the leading International organisation bringing together policy makers and practitioners on an annual basis. The event is held annually and commenced in 1974. The basic objectives were then and are now to assemble representatives from trade associations, governments, financial institutions, business support organisations and academic communities for the purpose of exchanging views about SME problems, policies and programmes....
Location : Belfast

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