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Business Opportunities Seminar with Asian Development Bank: Water and Urban Development Sectors – @Dublin, Ireland

Enterprise Ireland and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) invite you to a seminar on Business Opportunities to inform companies about partnership opportunities with the ADB and provide tips and tricks to win ADB contracts.

The seminar will facilitate:

  • A dialogue for interested parties in learning more about doing business in Asia and the Pacific with the Asian Development Bank.
  • Information about business opportunities and key developments in two specific sectors: water and urban development
  • An update about ADB’s new procurement policy
  • The opportunity to meet with ADB experts in 1-1 bilateral meetings.

Programme

09.30     Registration
10.00     Welcome
10.05     Introduction to the Program of the Day; General outline ADB; Overview of procurement in constituency countries and success rates (Marc Rooijackers, Director’s Advisor constituency office)
10.30     Information about business opportunities; procurement and ADB’s new procurement policy (Jesper Pedersen, Senior Procurement Specialist)
11.15     Coffee Break
11.30     Opportunities and Developments in the Water and Urban sector (Michiel de Lijster, Senior Water Resource Specialist)
12.15     Experience from a company in working with the ADB

12.45     Geoscience Ireland and working with IFIs
13.00     Networking lunch
14.00     Bilateral Meetings
15.00     END

Kenyan-Irish Diaspora – @Dublin, Ireland

ConsultingIreland will make presentation on doing business in Kenya to an audience of Irish Organisations and Diaspora from the African State. Other speakers will include representatives from Kenyan Government, Embassy and Businesses.

Aviation Bidding Team Meeting @Weston Airport, Dublin

The Aviation cluster will be meeting to identify additional opportunities for the Group. College Ireland Aviation Services (CIAS) is the Group Lead.

Currently we are following the World Bank-funded programme ($286m) for Kenya and have expressed our interest to be involved in future tenders. The Team is working closely with Enterprise Ireland, Irish Embassy in Nairobi and Business Ireland Kenyan Association. We also have strong support from the Kenyan Embassy in Dublin.

Irish-Hungarian Business Corporation @Budapest, Hungary

Irish-Hungarian Business Corporation

ConsultingIreland has recently signed a corporate partnership with EXIM Hungary. A conference about Irish-Hungarian business will be held in October this year in which we will address the ins and outs of doing business with Hungarian companies and how this can benefit your firm.

Agri-Food Bidding Team Meeting @Self Help Africa Offices, Dublin

The Group will be meeting to try and identify initial projects under this area. Self Help Africa/Gorta will be the new Cluster Lead. Members have already been supplied with access to tracking system and plan to submit at least one Expression of Interest per week.

Alsace thomas martin

IFI Conference @Alsace, France

Participating with our Network partner in ‘Grande Est’ region to run a 2-day conference including B2B meetings among European attendee companies. Companies from our existing networks in Spain, Italy, Norway and Hungary will be invited to the event along with an open invitation to other nationalities. Alongside this will various presentation from the major IFIs.

Cyber Threats

Cyber Threats – Protecting your Business

The Embassy of Hungary in Dublin together with the Councils of i-Cham (the Irish Chamber of Commerce in Central & Eastern Europe and IHBA (the Irish Hungarian Business Association)

Request the pleasure of your company

at a breakfast seminar

to coincide with the Cyber Threat Summit, Dublin (Oct 24th)

“Cyber Threats – Protecting your Business”

Speakers:

Mark Felegyhazi, CEO, Avatao

“Bad software is eating the world. Don’t build more.”

Peter Hajnal, Head of CEE & CIS, LinkedIn LTS

“Data privacy and protecting members”

on

Thursday, October 26th 2017

8.00am to 9.30am

Venue: The Embassy of Hungary, 2 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 (map)

RSVP by October 20th by e-mail at [email protected] or mobile087 6495146.

Please noteDue to the uniqueness of this splendid venue, capacity is limited so please book early.

Smart City Expo World Congress @Barcelona

Smart City Exhibition World Congress

ConsultingIreland as a partner in the PPACT project, – Public Procurement and Cross Border Tendering – funded under the European Union COSME programme is promoting matchmaking activities that will take place within the Smart City World Congress in Barcelona, November 2017. http://www.smartcityexpo.com/ca/

 

Who can participate?

The event is addressed to all those companies that want to find new partners, meet public procurers and develop their network within the Smart City Sector:

  • Governance
  • Waste Management
  • Water and Sanitation
  • Mobility
  • Energy
  • Safe cities
  • Economy
  • Sustainability
  • Circular economy
  • Society
  • Data and Technology

 

Why should I participate?

The participating companies will have the opportunity:

  • To participate in an International event with more than 600 exhibitors, 17,000 visitors and that involves more than 700 cities and 120 countries. www.smartcityexpo.com/ca/
  • Receive a personalised agenda with at least 2 international meetings (see the participant section of the event website).  www.b2match.eu/smartcity2017/participants
  • Participate in F2F meetings with potential partners and procurers.