Speakers include:

John Mullins, Chairman of Cork Port Authority and CEO of Amarenco.
Niall Gleeson, Managing Director of Alstom Ireland
Mark Keogh, Schneider Electric

Please CLICK HERE to register your place with Ireland France Chamber of Commerce

Date: 19^th March
Time: 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue: Irish Guide Dogs, Model Farm Road
Cost: FREE for Cork Chamber members
To book: HERE

Cork Chamber and Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind are joining forces to bring you a superb After Hours Networking Event at their premises on the Model Farm Road on Wednesday 19th March.

Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is Ireland's national charity dedicated to helping persons who are blind or vision impaired and families of children with autism to achieve improved mobility and independence throughout Irish Communities. Join with your fellow Cork Chamber members for this key networking event at a truly unique location and meet some of the “top dogs” in the IGDB as well as some potential new clients!

BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment

• 29^th April
• 6^th May
• 13^th May
• 20^th May

Cork Chamber has identified a real need within the membership for Business Owners to collaborate with each other and participate in meaningful discussions around the challenges and opportunities they encounter on a daily basis.  We are encouraging small groups of Business Owners to come together and participate in this Hub, by connecting with fellow members and sharing ideas for growth, as well as using real life experiences to support and help each other.

As a participant in the hub you will gain real knowledge and insight into the 4 key areas facing businesses today:

• Legal (employment contracts)
• Financial (budgeting, forecasting, basic bookkeeping)
• HR (leadership & teambuilding)
• Marketing (Maximising your budget)

Please fill out the application form online HERE to confirm your place within this Hub.

The Cork Chamber Business School has been shortlisted in 2 categories for this year’s IITD National Training Awards.

The 2 categories are:

 - Networks & Groups

 - Best Work Placement – Graduate & Non-Graduate

The Awards will be presented by Ciaran Cannon TD, Minister for Training & Skills this coming Friday, 7^th March at Killashee House Hotel, Naas.

Best of luck to the Chamber Business School!!

The Cork Chamber Business School has the whole suite of Microsoft Office courses on offer. Coming up soon are 2 courses specifically designed to help you convey complex information in an easy to read way!

MS Visio - the diagramming tool - you can visually communicate technical as well as non-technical ideas and processes with one picture.

MS Project –helps you easily plan projects and collaborate with others, stay organised and keep your projects on track!

Trade Mission to La Rioja (Spain) for Wine and Specialty Food Importers, 7th-8th May 2014

La Rioja's Employers' Federation / Federacion de Empresario de la Rioja (FER), in collaboration with the Enterprise Europe Network, has organised a reverse trade mission to Logroño in the La Rioja area of Spain, one of Spain’s principal agro food regions. The event, which takes place 7th-8th May, will target wine and specialty food importers and distributors for foodservice and retail. Travel and lodging costs to Logroño will be 100% covered by FER*. The deadline for receipt of applications is 15th March.

See ‘read more’ below for further details of the above event and for details of forthcoming events taking place in Ireland & Europe in the coming weeks and months.

1. COPE Foundation promotes‘National Job Shadow Day’ - Read More HERE

2. Lord Mayor’s Community & Voluntary Awards - Read More HERE

3. Cracking start to new Smarter Egg season - Read More HERE

4. Cork Gets Ready to 'Feed the City' - Read More HERE

Date: From 6th March – every Thursday night for 15 weeks
Time: 7-9.00pm
Venue: The Clarion Hotel
Cost: €695 – payment plan available
To book: deirdre@odonovansofflicence.com or 021 4296060

Would you like to continue your studies? The Advanced Certificate Wine & Spirits is intended to provide in-depth knowledge on a wide range of wines and spirits and is open to those who hold the WSET Level 2 certificate. Aimed at those in the industry and the keen wine enthusiast.

Date: March 6th
Time: 8am – 8pm
Venue: Brightwater Recruitment Office, 49 South Mall
To book: Contact Aileen Kelly on 021 422100 or a.kelly@brightwater.ie

Brightwater is delighted to host an Open Day for both Qualified and Part-Qualified Accountants from all finance backgrounds including industry, shared service centre, practice, financial services, funds and taxation. We would be very interested in meeting with you to discuss current vacancies as well as the accountancy job market.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, the 25th Cork French Film Festival and the Lord Mayor’s office will host a special screening of ‘Girl Rising’ and it will be introduced by President of Cork Chamber, Gillian Keating, and supported by McAfee, an Intel company. ‘Girl Rising’ is a groundbreaking film which tells the stories of nine incredible girls across the globe. It is narrated by Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Selena Gomez and others.

Date: 13th March
Time: 8am – 6pm
Venue: Cork County Hall Conference Centre
Cost: Free
To book: HERE 

Computers were initially seen as large, expensive things that only governments and a few large corporations could afford. Now, only 50 years later it’d be hard to imagine a world where computers weren’t an essential and pervasive part of everything. So too will it be with Synthetic Biology and Biotech,  revolutionizing and becoming an integral part of every major industry, including medicine, energy, agriculture and manufacturing.