Be Inspired. Be an entrepreneur 2010
Live Interviews with Successful Entrepreneurs. A series of free lunchtime talks.
Friday 22nd January 2010
DIT Hothouse in conjunction with Dublin City Enterprise Board (DCEB) is proud to present the 2010 Be Inspired series. The 2009 series included Ireland’s leading entrepreneurs Sarah Newman Dotcom millionaire/Dragons' Den Judge and Patrick Cooney, MD of the Gleeson Group Ireland’s leading supplier and distributor of beverage products. The 2010 series kicks off with Dr. Chris Horn, co-founder of IONA Technologies and an inspirational figure in Irelands’ software industry.
Date: Wednesday 10 February 2010
Where; DIT Kevin Street
Time: 12.45 - 2.00
12:45 - 12:50
- Tom Flanagan, Head of Commercialisation, Hothouse, Introduction
- Chair Conall O’Morain, Sunday Business Show, TodayFM interviews Hothouse Network entrepreneurs.
- Andy Hirst CEO itabs, a music software company providing top quality tab notation for stringed instruments.
- Matt Norton, MD of Sentry Wireless, an award-winning provider of mobile security solutions.
1.10 - 1.30 Dr. Chris Horn is co-founder of Iona Technologies
Dr. Chris Horn is co-founder of Iona Technologies and has been an inspirational figure in Irelands’ software industry. The legacy of IONA Technologies as leaders in high-performance integration solutions catapulted Ireland’s reputation in the software sector globally.
It was no surprise that it was once one of the largest top ten software companies by revenue in the world and in 1997 the 5th largest IPO in the history of Nasdaq.
Dr. Horn has had a distinguished career and his contribution to the Irish high-tech industry is still instrumental. He has been a non-executive director of a number of privately held software companies and business associations and advisor to a number of venture capital firms. He is a former Director of Science Foundation Ireland, a former chair of the "Expert Group on Future Skills", Ireland's Educational Technology Investment Fund, and former chair of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce eCity working group; and a former chairman of the Irish Management Institute.
Chris worked in Brussels for the European Commission, and was an integral part of the ten-year "Esprit" program designed to improve Europe’s technology industry. Currently, he is President of Engineers Ireland and a member of the Innovation Taskforce.
1.30 – 1.50 Q&A
1.50 – 2.00 Wrap up - Tom Flanagan, Head of Commercialisation, Hothouse and Greg Swift CEO Dublin City Enterprise Board
To register email hothouse@dit.ie. Book early to avoid disappointment.
View the full Be Inspired video series here:
http://www.dit.ie/hothouse/students/be%20inspired%20events/
Hothouse is the award winning Innovation and Technology Centre at Dublin Institute of Technology. A magnetic energy hub, Hothouse draws in entrepreneurial and academic talent, ignites creativity and provides a dynamic environment to fast-track business and technologies to commercial success. www.hothouse.ie
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Dublin City Enterprise Board is a state funded agency that helps start-up and micro businesses in Dublin city with enterprise information, advice, training, mentoring, networking and in some cases financial assistance. http://www.dceb.ie/
