Date: 9th April
Time: 07:30am
Venue: Imperial Hotel
Cost: €20 members / €35 non members
To Book: visit our website HERE

Cork Chamber is delighted to announce John Dolan, Senior Director Global Support Services (EMEA, Japan and China) for VMware in Cork and winner of the Cork Chamber Company of the Year 2013 in association with Vodafone.  John was the first employee for VMware in Cork in 2005 and has seen the company grow to a 700 person operation since then (13,000+ employees and 50+ locations worldwide).

VMware’s people orientated culture, driving high performance in a collaborative environment, is what motivates John every day.  Make the most of this unique opportunity to hear about VMware in Cork and network with your fellow Cork Chamber members. 

Cork innovates is delighted to announce its’ association with the first Start-up Weekend for the Cork region, supported by the Kaufmann Foundation and scheduled to take place on April 5 – 7 in the UCC Western Gateway Building.

The underlying concept of the Startup Weekend is to offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to come together in a focused environment to share ideas, form teams and launch a startup in 54 memorable hours and here in Cork the first Startup Weekend is set to bring together Corks best and brightest, including recently named Forbes most influential ‘30 under 30: Social Entrepreneurs’ James Whelton (20) of Coder Dojo.

It’s finally arrived, it’s the eve of our new Chinese Language, Culture & Etiquette for Business course and we at the Business School are very excited. There has been enormous interest in the course and many thanks to the ‘pioneers’ who will be venturing into Chinese territory tomorrow!

So now, with that out of the way, we can’t forget about everything else coming up in the next couple of weeks. First up, Finance for Non-Financial Managers followed closely by MS PowerPoint and then Introduction to Technical Writing.

Why train with us? We have small class sizes of an average of 10 persons per class (individual attention guaranteed) Top Trainers (all are leaders within their respective fields), locally delivered and exceptionally good value for money.

In this weeks’ International update you will find information on the following:

• China International Import Expo (CIE 2013) – 15-18 May 2013, being held in Jiangsu Province
• CORKMEET update – local procurement officers and large industry representatives to participate in CORKMEET this year
• EU-Japan Bio Cluster Mission for the biotech industry

Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) has launched a Big Data course. This new innovative Government-funded programme will complement the excellent Higher Diploma in Cloud Computing already offered by CIT. Both intensive programmes are designed to offer conversion pathways for graduates from cognate disciplines and will start in early March. Graduates will be work ready by January 2014. The programmes have been developed in close collaboration with employers and a cohort of 70 students through similar pathway in 2012 has been very successful in seeking employment.

More details including eligibility and application information can be obtained at: CIT's Cloud Computing Website: http://cloud.cit.ie

Date: 3rd - 10th March 2013 
Time: daytime and evening events 
Venue: Gate Cinema, English Market, St Fin Barre's Cathedral, River Lee Hotel, Ballymaloe, UCC
To book: All bookings for Gate Cinema - at Gate Cinema or www.corkcinemas.com; for all other bookings contact Festival Office 021 4310677, or go to www.corkfrenchfilmfestival.com 

Alliance Française de Cork is pleased to present the 24^th Cork French Film Festival, a unique cinematic experience that will take you to the very essence of cinema itself. Festival curator Paul Callanan takes us on a timeless journey with an evocative noir et blanc themed programme featuring cinema classics and contemporary black and white films. Time and again black and white cinema somehow captures a mood and feeling that colour for all its accuracy simply can’t.... For more information please go to www.corkfrenchfilmfestival.com 

Date: 3^rd May 2013
Venue: Monkstown Golf Club
Cost: €300 for a team of 3 including lunch

All entries to Paschal Horgan 086-2628722 or Pat Desmond 087-6886150.

All proceeds going to Cork ARC Cancer Support.

Date: March 14^th
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Cogans Carrigaline

Cogans Carrigaline would like to invite you to join them for their official launch of the all new RAV4 on Thursday, March 14^{th at} 6.30pm. All are welcome to the launch event, which will see international and Munster rugby star Simon Zebo unveil the new model RAV4. The all new RAV4 model is described as having urban style with crossover versatility. On the night the Cogans Sales Team will be available to take bookings for test driving the RAV 4 and answer any questions. We look forward to welcoming you to our exciting event.

Date: April 7^th 
Time: 10-4ppm
Venue: Radission Blu Hotel, Little Island
Cost: €15 unwaged, parents, families, students, OAPs, €20 professionals
To Book: call 0214271808 / www.corkautism.ie

The Autism Awareness Forum (AAF) hosted by the Cork Association for Autism, will bring together the country’s leading experts to share the latest trends, topics and therapies surrounding the fastest growing neurodevelopmental disorder in the country. The conference aims to cover a wide range of topics, including everything from advocacy to cutting-edge research. This will be a one day forum which will aim to meet the needs of professional staff, parents, educators and students that have an interest in adults with ASD.