agenda

Tuesday, November 20th 2007 - Clontarf Castle, Dublin 3

time content speakers
7.45 - 8.30am Registration & Coffee  
Session 1 Opening Session
8.30 - 8.35am Lord Mayors Welcome Cllr Paddy Bourke Lord Mayor of Dublin
8.35 - 8.45 am Setting the scene… Introduction & Three minute animated clip
Session 2

Technology shaping the future. The role of the European Commission in fostering change through technology
Chair: Priit.OJAMAA, Project Officer
EU Commission – European policy & Government projects  
9.00 - 9.30am Technology in Society Jon Udell, Technology Evangelist, Microsoft
9.30 - 10.00am Cities of the Future Prof John Ratcliff DIT - Futures Academy
10.00 - 10.20am Interactive session A facilitated dialogue with the speakers by participants – facilitated by Priit Ojaama
10.20 - 10.40am Coffee  
Session 3

Cities of Knowledge – the key to present and future relevance
Chaired and introduced by: John Tierney, Dublin City Manager
10.40 - 1.00pm The City of Tallinn
The City of Barcelona
The City of San Jose
The City of Dublin
The City of Liverpool

The City of Helsinki
The City of Derry 		Toomas Sepp, City Manager of Tallinn
Mr. Joan Batlle i Montserrat

Peter J Finnegan
Manjit Saroya, Liverpool City Council ICT Strategy and Client Manager
12.40 - 2.00pm Lunch and networking  
Session 4

Innovating Cities are Knowledge Cities
Chair: Ronan King President Dublin Chamber of Commerce
2.00 - 3.00pm Innovation – the key to building Knowledge Cities Martin Curley, Head of Innovation, Intel
Mark Wardle, Head of Innovation Programmes, BT
3.00 - 4.00pm Building knowledge cities through international leadership and comparison Graham Colclough, Vice President, CapGemini
Declan Redmond, Ideapolis
4.00 - 4.15pm Coffee and Exhibit  
4.15 - 4.30pm Reflecting the challenge  
4.30 - 4.45pm Meeting the challenges - input by delegates into conference policy report Table discussion - table leaders report during open floor discussion
4.45 - 5.15pm Open Floor/input by delegates into conference policy report Facilitated discussion with speaker panel
5.15 - 5.30pm Closing remarks and summary Dr John Donovan DIT
5.30 - 6.30pm Close Drinks reception & networking