Date: 7^th February
Time: 7.30am – 9.00am
Location: Clarion Hotel, Cork
Cost: €20 members / €35 non members
To Book: visit our website HERE

Cork Chamber’s Business Breakfast series in association with the Irish Examiner will kick off on Tues 12^th February 2013, with guest speaker Terry Clune, winner of the 2009 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the 2010 HSBC European Entrepreneur Award. 

Terry Clune founded Taxback.com and most recently developed and financed ConnectIreland.com, an Irish government supported incentive referral programme to create new jobs in Ireland.

This is a perfect occasion to network with Cork Chamber members as well as hearing Terry's story of entrepreneurship and enterprise.

Date: 5^th February
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Flemings Restaurant, Tivoli
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
To Book: Visit our website HERE

Cork Chamber is delighted to announce the start of the Networking Year with the first in the Business After Hours Events at Flemings Restaurant, Silver Grange House on Tuesday 5th February at 5.30pm.

So keep all those New Years Resolutions and start off your year by maximising your networking opportunities. There will be a 20-30 minute formal networking slot at this event where you will meet new contacts.

“Any scientist who cannot explain what he is doing to a reasonably intelligent 14-year old is either incompetent or a charlatan” - Einstein.

Unfortunately, most business people, scientists and engineers have real difficulty with communicating their ideas to each other - not to mention a 14-year old. That's where technical writing comes in. Good technical writers excel at explaining difficult concepts for readers who will have no time to read twice. They know structure, punctuation, syntax, and style. They avoid verbosity. They excel at explaining difficult concepts for readers who will have no time to read twice.


This new one-day course will be running on the 6^th February next and is only €130.00 for Chamber members - BOOK NOW!

The Enterprise Europe Network Hellenic Consortium will hold a B2B Networking Event in Athens from March 11-12, as part of the Europe 2020 Strategy for Growth. The goal of this event is to promote business partnerships between multi-sector Greek and European companies.

The event will also provide opportunities for enterprises who wish to reach the Greek market and key players therein to examine business and investment opportunities in Greece and establish cross-border contacts. The event will be conducted in English and entry will be free-of-charge. In order to participate in this event, registration will need to be completed on or before 18 February. Additionally, companies will be able to choose their face-to-face meetings online between 25 February and 7 March.  For more information please contact eimear@corkchamber.ie.  

We are delighted to announce that our Spring Wine Society evening will take place on Thursday, April 18th. There will be a programme of exceptional wines arranged especially for the evening. This special event begins at 7.00pm with aperitifs and canapés along with an introduction of the wines.

Dinner is €99.00 per person and will be served at 7.30pm. To book please call Michelle on 021 4845909 or email events@hayfieldmanor.ie. Exclusive offer to chamber members, book a table of 10 and receive a place complimentary. Offer is subject to availability.

Cork City Football Club, a community owned and run club is delighted to offer our fellow members of the Cork Chamber a special offer to attend our upcoming Cork Airport Friendly. Cork City FC will take on the Leeds XI team at Turner’s Cross on Thursday, February 7th at 7.45 pm and we are pleased to offer members of Cork Chamber a discount on the regular ticket price of €13, with a member to member price of €11 per person.

Date: 5th March 2013                                        
Time: 9am – 1.30pm
Venue: Brookfield Health Complex, UCC, Cork
Cost: €85 for Chamber members
To book:  T: 01 473 2050 and ask for Cathal E: cathal@mediacontact.ie Online: www.mediacontact.ie/channelOne


The aim of this half-day conference is to create 100 new social newsmakers in Cork. In the last five years, a revolutionary shift has taken place in the way we consume news. The news is now finding us directly through social media. According to a recent study by the Wall Street Journal’s digital network, 75% of all online news in the USA is now sourced through social media sharing. Are you, and your organisation, prepared for this change? Or do you just send press releases to the traditional media? Do you want to know how you can become part of the social news revolution?

Date: 4th February 
Time: 6pm
Venue: NSC Centre Blackrock
Cost: FOC
To book: Simply log onto www.smallbusinesscan.com/business-achievers-live-events

Ulster Bank, in conjunction with Small Business Can, are running a series of free events, throughout January and February, open to SMEs and entrepreneurs across the island of Ireland. Titled ‘Better Marketing for Business’, the seminars are part of the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Live Roadshow and will feature an informal panel discussion, a questions and answers session, networking opportunities, and the chance to engage with marketing specialists.

Date: 3rd February
Time: 2.00pm
Venue: Cogans, Cork Road Carrigaline

Cogans Carrigaline first Mobility Awareness Event is taking place Sunday February 3^rd at 2.00pm. All are welcome to attend the event which will focus on the needs of drivers and passengers with reduced mobility whether caused by age or disability. Information on the day will include on how to adapt your car to suit your mobility needs and what financial assistance is available to those with reduced mobility.

Date: 30th January
Time: 6pm, lecture at 6.30pm
Venue: Nimbus Seminar Room
To Book: Please RSVP to sinead.rodgers@cit.ie as space is limited

This talk will examine uncertainty-driven unique challenges and opportunities in cyber-physical systems and smart environments, and their inter-winding relationships with pervasive computing and communications. The talk will be concluded with provocative thoughts, open issues and future directions of research. Speaker: Professor Sajal K. Das, Director, Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA.

Date: 11th February
Time:11.00-15.00 (refreshments and a light lunch will be provided)
Venue: Room LG52, Cavanagh Pharmacy Building, University College Cork
Cost: Free (This seminar is kindly funded by the HEA though the Roadmap for Employment Academic Partnerships (REAP) 2 project)
To Book: Places are limited - please reserve yours by emailing the project coordinator, Lyndsey El Amoud, on l.elamoud@ucc.ie before 6th of February

The purpose of this seminar is to provide a forum for work placement practitioners, and representatives from family businesses and community and voluntary groups, to examine the opportunities and challenges for Irish higher education institutions in engaging with these organisations through the student work placement process. The results of UCC's Beyond Big Business for Student Work Placement project will be examined, including an overview of the results of surveys issued to both placement practitioners and employer organisations in mid-2012.  

Date:  15^th – 24^th March
Venue: Tollygunge Golf Club, Kolkata
To Book: susan@hopefoundation.ie

GOLF FOR HOPE’, a unique networking opportunity for Irish businesses to meet their India counterparts while immersing themselves in the Indian capital of culture, and playing Golf in one of the world’s oldest Golf Clubs. This ten day experience of a lifetime for just 20 people takes place from the 15^th – 24^th March 2013 and is being backed by top businessmen from the Kolkata Chamber of Commerce, with a highlight of the tour being The HOPE Golf Cup fundraising Tournament and Dinner at the Tollygunge Golf Club, where leading health, education and finance professionals will be in attendance.