Wednesday 16th March, Nimbus Centre, CIT
Chris Lyons, Lead Advisor in Environmental and Agri Food, Enterprise Europe Network
Chris Lyons is Lead Advisor in Environmental and Agri Food for the Enterprise Europe Network at Business West across the South West of the UK. Chris connects innovators with manufacturers, academics, distributors, co-developers and suppliers across Europe and beyond through an international network of over 4,000 network advisors in 60 countries. With an extensive network and knowledge of local, regional and national business support and funding organisations, Chris is ideally placed to support business growth both nationally and internationally. At the seminar, Chris will talk about EEN supports for companies entering the UK market.
Dirk Schaefer, Project Manager, University of Warwick Science Park; Partner, UK Market Access Programme
Dirk is a Chartered Marketer who is heading the technical marketing, business incubation and soft landing activity of Warwick Science Park. He has experience from working with 700+ companies and entrepreneurs wanting to start or grow their business. He has helped around 100 companies access the UK market through the Science Park’s involvement in the UK Market Access Programme.
Helen O’Dowd, Virginia Health Food Ltd.
Helen is a qualified nutritionist and food scientist and is founder of Virginia Health Food Ltd. which produces everything from gluten-free baking mixes to highly nutritious seed mixes, cereal toppings, crunch toppings, salad toppings and snacks. Virginia Health Foods are leading category and product innovation providers with competitive pricing, an efficient supply chain network and world-class NPD and technical capabilities. The company has extensive market reach within the UK retail grocery market and provides both branded and private label products. Helen will discuss her route to the UK market and her experience there.
Justin Mc Inerney, Accuflow Ltd. and British Irish Trading Alliance (BITA)
Justin Mc Inerney is the founder and Chief Executive of Accuflow, a leading global manufacturer of products focused primarily in the area of water & energy management in the home. Accuflow technologies deliver smarter living solutions that allow its customers to gain visibility of the built environment. Through its technology, it can monitor energy and water use, making savings, and delivering efficiencies in real time. Accuflow is here to help its Housing Association & Energy Utility Partners leverage the market potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) by building superior core technology that fills a real need. Accuflow's world-class IoT platform was purposefully built to be protocol agnostic, enable interoperability and be responsive and reliable. Accuflow has its head office located in Cork with offices in London, Denver-USA, Italy and China. Justin will share his experiences, gained both from Accuflow and through his involvement in BITA.
Shirley Mc Cay, Director of Trade and Investment, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), Dublin
Shirley Mc Cay commenced as the Director of UK Trade and Investment in the British Embassy, Dublin in March 2014. Her role involves supporting UK Companies export to and source high value contract opportunities in Ireland and assisting Irish companies set up and expand in the UK. Her wider role is to deepen economic and commercial relationships between the UK and Ireland and to support the Ambassador in delivering on the Joint Statement agreed between the Taoiseach and Prime Minister. On a north south dimension, Shirley also works to enhance the economic growth of Northern Ireland through identifying and delivering new trade and investment opportunities. She joins UKTI from her former position with Belfast City Council as Head of Economic Initiatives and International Development.
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