Evening networking event: Wed 24th Feb, 6.30-7.30pm

Enterprise & Innovation Week will run from the 22nd to the 25th of February 2010 at The Innovation Centre, (formerly the BIC).

We're delighted the Innovation Centre has invited Open Coffee Sligo and Northwest Connects to participate.

We're holding an evening, casual networking event on the Wednesday, 24th of February from 6.30-7.30pm at The Hub. Refreshments will be served. After our networking event we will go to A0005 in the IT's main building to see Sean Gallagher from Smart Homes on Dragon's Den. This is an open event, no need to register.

The whole week is packed with talks and events. On Monday, 22nd of February 11–12.30pm, please join the Launch of Enterprise & Innovation Week with Danny McCoy (DG, IBEC) and Prof. Terri Scott (President, IT Sligo) at The HUB (Innovation Centre).

Connect to Open Coffee Sligo on LinkedIn

The Open Coffee Sligogroup meets each month. There were over 25 people at the last meet-up and lots of new faces. We've set up a LinkedIn group http://tinyurl.com/sligolinkedin In the February  meet-up we discussed ideas for the next few months. Join the LinkedIn group and see some of those ideas.

Mind your own business!

Join us for OpenCoffee Sligo on Thurs, 4th March at the Clarion. Justin Knecht (of PerfectPints.com) will lead a session full of practical tips for running a business. This is a share and tell session. Please bring along one item, anything from from invoices, sample contracts, creative briefs, useful links to online tools. You choose. If everyone brings at least one example, you'll be guaranteed to leave with a half-dozen practical tips on how to mind your own business. Be prepared to ask and answer the question, "How do you do ... ?"

More about the Enterprise and Innovation Week

IT Sligo's Enterprise & Innovation Week will run from the 22nd to the 25th of February 2010, and will feature over 20 events, including a number of international high-profile presenters. Some of the key note speaker includes:

  • Danny McCoy, newly appointed Director General of the Irish Business & Employers Confederation (IBEC) will formally launch the week’s programme
  • Larry Farrell, leading US author and expert on entrepreneurship
  • Harry Grill, Corporate Partner, with global law firm K&L Gates, counsels clients on cross-border, strategic transactions and advises international businesses looking to establish a commercial presence in the United States.
  • Seán Gallagher, Founder and CEO at Smart Homes and a Dragon on RTE’s Dragon’s Den
  • Ian Brannigan, Development Executive with the Western Development Commission. Ian will be presenting the findings of the WDC’s recent report on the huge potential of the creative industry in the West of Ireland
  • The final of Sligo VEC’s Dragon’s Den Competition.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Northwest Connects is organised by volunteers from Open Coffee Sligo.
Meet-ups first Thursday of each month, 11-1pm.
Check the site for details. In March we'll be at The Clarion!

If you have news and announcements of opportunities and events, we'd love to share it. Please contact us to tell us.

Thanks to our sponsors for the 2009 event

The Western Development Commission
Sligo County Enterprise Board
AIB
IT Sligo Innovation Centre
And more sponsors who have made contributions... see our sponsors page for information.