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| Paul Rellis MD Microsoft Ireland |
The
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) has announced the programme
for its Annual Conference to be held in Galway in the Radisson SAS Hotel on 4th
and 5th April.
Up to five hundred Chartered
Accountants from all over Ireland are expected to converge in Galway for the
event entitled 'The Challenges of Success'. This year’s event, sponsored by
Eagle Star Life, publisher Lexis Nexis and software company Sage, is expected to
be the largest ICAI Conference to date.
Reacting to popular feedback, the
conference format will once again be divided into three separate streams:
Practice, Business and Tax, designed to appeal to the working Chartered
Accountant, regardless of the business sector they are acting in. Over the
course of two days, over thirty speakers will address the conference.
Keynote speakers include
Paul Rellis, Managing Director of Microsoft Ireland,
who will discuss the challenges of maintaining inward investment and competing
with new economies; Construction Industry Federation
Chief Executive and former Minister Tom Parlon, who will provide an
analysis of how changing economic landscape has affected the Irish Construction
industry; and
Jerry Kennelly of Stockbyte, describing the evolution from an
owner-managed business to a multi-million asset.
Other key speakers include:
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William
Slattery, State Street International
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Terry Prone,
media commentator and business trainer
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Conor Foley,
Worldspreads
In addition, the results of the
second quarter IIB / ICAI Business Sentiment Survey will be included in a
presentation from Austin Hughes, Chief Economist, IIB
Bank.
Commenting on
the return of the conference to the ever-popular location of Galway, ICAI
President, Vincent Sheridan, said: "Last
year’s Conference in Belfast was the largest conference held by the Institute in
a number of years and this year we plan to do even better. Chartered Accountants
are now working in every area of business life. The diverse line up of high
quality speakers this year reflects a
stronger emphasis on practical and technical information. Our 2008 conference programme
contains slots tailored to every need, and we believe it will be an unmissable
event for CAs. "
