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Reaping the Benefits: Rural Communities Creating Sustainable Jobs

This conference would be of interest to those setting up a food business or to communities interested in supporting job creation in the agriculture and food sector.  

This is a Free Event

Programme

9.00am Registration

9.30am Welcome Cllr Billy Kyne, Mayor of County Waterford & Mr Willie Moore, Chair of Dunhill Rural Enterprises

9.40am Session One - The Big Picture

Mirian Byrne, Head of the Food Industry Development Division, Department of Agriculture & Food

Eddie Downey, Vice President, The Irish Farmers Association

Sean Molloy, Director of Strategy & Supplier Relations, Glanbia Dairy Ingredients Ireland

11.30am Session Two - The Enterprise Experience

Scott Daugherty, Commissioner of Small Business, State of North Carolina, USA

John Flahavan, Chair, Flahavan's

Suzanne O'Brien, The Gourmet Greenway, Mayo

Denis McCarthy, Waterford County Manager

The conference will be chaired by Dr Robert Mauro, Boston College

Full Programme available here  National Jobs Conference (National Jobs Conference 2012 Brochure, 675 kbs)

When: Monday October 15^th, 9:00- 13:30

Where: Dunhill Rural Enterprises Ltd, Ballyphilip, Dunhill, Co. Waterford

Please RSVP by Tuesday
October 9 to:

Catriona at training20@dunhilleducation.com

Tel: 051.396934