Marty Walsh Mayor of Boston Simon Hamilton MLA Minister for Finance and Personnel Seamus McAteer Founder Datasnap.io Marco Pagni Chief Global Counsel, Alliance Boots Marcus Robinson Filmaker,Rebuilding The World Trade Center Joe Anderson Mayor of Liverpool Jackie Henry Senior Partner Deloitte Ellvena Graham Head of Ulster Bank Northern Ireland Xabier Paya Director Donostia 2016 San Sebastian Sammy Douglas MLA, Paul Maskey MP, Paul McErlean, Chair Cathedral Quarter Trust, Sorcha Wolsey, Operations Director Merchant Hotel, Tony McCusker, Chair Community Foundation NI, Michael Graham, Titanic Quarter Ltd, Roisín McDonough, CEO Arts Council NI, Ciarán Mackel, Chair An Cheathrú Ghaeltachta, Geraldine McAteer, CEO West Belfast Partnership Board, Howard Hastings, Chair NITB, Eimear Ní Mhathúna, Director An Chultúrlann, Terence Brannigan, Chair Connected Health, Tom McCusker, MD Magners, MD Tennents NI, Steve Lenox, Joint President Irish Network USA, Alastair Adair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor & Provost University of Ulster Dan McGinn, Corporate Affairs and Communications Manager, Ulster Bank Colin Anderson, Chairman and CEO, ASG HONORARY CHAIRS & CONNECTING CHAMPIONS S Se ep pt te em mb be er r 2 24 4- -2 27 7 , , 2 20 01 14 4 The Duncairn Centre for Culture & Arts, Titanic Drawing Rooms, Strand Arts Centre, Titanic Belfast, An Chultúrlann, Cathedral Quarter We invite you to join us for the inaugural Homecoming Conference. It promises to be fun and the start of a new era of co-operation between the people of Belfast and those in the diaspora who hail from Belfast or simply love the city and wish to build the peace. In this work, we have the support of our Honorary Conference Chairs and Connecting Champions. For more information contact Orlaith or Connla on 028 90611916 email: [email protected]or c.[email protected]www.aisling-events.com Be a part of it. REGISTER NOW www.aisling-events.com The Homecoming & Belfast One City Conference 20 14 An Teacht Abhaile – Comhdháil Aon-Chathrach Bhéal Feirste #1CityHome • PRIMETIME SPONSORS • • SHOWTIME SPONSORS • • CHARITY PARTNER • • MEDIA PARTNER •
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Marty WalshMayor of Boston
Simon Hamilton MLAMinister for Finance andPersonnel
Seamus McAteerFounder Datasnap.io
Marco PagniChief Global Counsel,Alliance Boots
Marcus RobinsonFilmaker,RebuildingThe World Trade Center
Joe AndersonMayor of Liverpool
Jackie HenrySenior Partner Deloitte
Ellvena GrahamHead of Ulster BankNorthern Ireland
Xabier PayaDirector Donostia2016 San Sebastian
Sammy Douglas MLA, Paul MaskeyMP, Paul McErlean, Chair CathedralQuarter Trust, Sorcha Wolsey,Operations Director MerchantHotel, Tony McCusker, ChairCommunity Foundation NI,Michael Graham, Titanic QuarterLtd, Roisín McDonough, CEO ArtsCouncil NI, Ciarán Mackel, ChairAn Cheathrú Ghaeltachta,Geraldine McAteer, CEO WestBelfast Partnership Board, HowardHastings, Chair NITB, Eimear Ní
Mhathúna, Director AnChultúrlann, Terence Brannigan,Chair Connected Health, TomMcCusker, MDMagners, MDTennents NI, Steve Lenox, JointPresident Irish Network USA,Alastair Adair, Pro-Vice-Chancellor& Provost University of UlsterDan McGinn, Corporate Affairsand Communications Manager,Ulster BankColin Anderson, Chairman andCEO, ASG
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We invite you to join us for theinaugural Homecoming Conference. Itpromises to be fun and the start of anew era of co-operation between thepeople of Belfast and those in thediaspora who hail from Belfast orsimply love the city and wish to buildthe peace. In this work, we have thesupport of our Honorary ConferenceChairs and Connecting Champions.
Belfast, by State Senate President ofMassachusetts Therese Murray and tour ofnew $60m expansion. Delta Print and Packaging is the biggestmanufacturing employer in West Belfastand, led by local entrepreneur Terry Crossfor four decades, has just made its biggest-ever investment leading to the recruitmentof 100 new staff from across the city. DeltaPrint's success is built on longstanding
business relationships with US companies,including McDonald's and KFC, who canattest to the company's reputation forspeed, quality and keen price. State SenatePresident Murray traces some of herancestors back to the Harrolds who leftBelfast in the nineteenth century.Presentation of Homecoming Hero Awardto State Senate President Murray
9:30am Launch of TheHomecoming andBelfast One CityConference
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excellence in the stunning surrounds of thebuilding in which the Titanic was designed.Enjoy a champagne reception, a mouthwateringfour-course meal accompanied by specially-selected wines, and the uplifting sounds of theexciting Belfast Community Gospel Choir, justback from their barnstorming tour of America. VVeennuuee:: Titanic Drawing RoomsCChheeff:: Niall McKenna, James Street SouthWith Belfast Community Gospel ChoirAAnndd WWee’’rree OOffff:: MMááiirrttíínn ÓÓ MMuuiilllleeooiirr ((CCoonnffeerreennccee
CCoonnvveennoorr))WWeellccoommee:: Danny McConnell, DeloitteTechnology PartnerBBrriinnggiinngg IItt AAllll BBaacckk HHoommee:: Jim Clerkin,President and CEO Moët-Hennessy USAVote of Thanks to the Diaspora: Colin Walsh,Chair CBI NI and Principal Crescent Capitalwhich recently received a $15m investmentfrom the Comptroller of New York StateTom DiNapoli.PPaarrttiinngg GGllaassss:: Tom McCusker,MD Magners, MD Tennents NI
OOPPEENNIINNGG CCEERREEMMOONNYY7pm Pop-Up Banquet
The premier traditional music hub ofdowntown Belfast, right in the heart of theCathedral Quarter. Another spectacularsuccess story from the hospitality empire ofentrepreneur and Merchant Hotel owner BillWolsey.
10pm Conference ClubDirty Onion,Cathedral Quarter
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Trade Centre' by Marcus Robinson.Belfast film-maker and artist MarcusRobinson has been effectively embedded atGround Zero in New York since 2006,recording the rebirth of the World TradeCentre. His elegiac documentary payshomage to the working men and womenrebuilding the mammoth Freedom Towerand salutes the unquenchable spirit of theBig Apple. This is the first time the 90minute version of the BAFTA Award-winning
movie, which went out on the HistoryChannel in the US on 9.11 this year, has beenshown in Ireland. Marcus Robinson makes atriumphant return to Belfast for theHomecoming Conference and will take partin a question and answer session after thescreening. He will also speak at conferenceon Friday in Titanic Belfast — just yardsfrom the Titanic Drawing Rooms where hisfather once worked. With thanks to theMoviehouse and Belfast Film Festival.
7pm Premier of ‘Rebuidingthe World TradeCentre’
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Belfast's newest public performancespace: Bank Square. Venue: Berry StreetPresbyterian Church. Host: Joby Fox andSophie Rasmussen, Directors Folktown.
10am Folktown Revisted
VVeennuuee:: Strand Arts Centre. With the emergence of the East BelfastArts Fest and the CS Lewis Festival, thereare ambitious efforts in train to rebrandthe resurgent east of Belfast. Delegates are
invited to hear more about the excitingEastside offering. Light lunch served. HHoosstt:: Wendy Langham, ProgrammeManager Connswater CommunityGreenway / East Belfast Partnership
Noon East-Side Reborn.
The red carpet treatment from NorthBelfast: Carál Ní Chuilín MLA, Minister forCulture, Arts and Leisure
Welcome to Compassionate City Belfast:Rev Bill Shaw, Director Duncairn Arts andCultural Centre.
A Céad Míle Fáilte to the Diaspora: HowardHastings, Chair Northern Ireland TouristBoard
Diaspora Response: Mayor of Boston,Marty Walsh
6:15pm Opening Notes
Chair: Joan Burney-Keating Xabier Paya, Director Donostia 2016 SanSebastian, European City of CultureBronagh Lawson, Artist and Founder of CreativeChange NI
Gerry Ó hEara, Director Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin,Derry, and Co-Ordinator of Fleadh Cheoil nahÉireann during Derry-Londonderry City ofCulture 2013.
6:35pm 'Ring the Bellswhich still canRing': Building aCapital of Culture
Mark Hackett, Co-Founder Forum ForAlternative Belfast
7:15pm Belfast’s Trajectory:Time To Choose
Rebranding Belfast
CChhaaiirr:: David Lyle, Director Lyle-Bailie InternationalJohn Keane, CEO ArdmoreGerry Lennon, CEO Visit BelfastHoward Hastings, ChairNorthern Ireland Tourist BoardNisha Tandon, ExecutiveDirector Arts ExtaBarry Jackson, United AirlinesRichard Wakely, Director BelfastFestival at Queen’sKaren Delgado, Former VPMarketing Comms, Invest NIUSA
City Centre ANDNeighbourhoods. Can we have itboth ways?
CChhaaiirr:: Colin Mountstephen,DeloitteWendy Langham,Connswater GreenwaySammy Douglas MLAGlyn Roberts, Director NIIRTAPaul McMahon, PresidentBelfast Chamber of CommerceGerry McConville, Chair WestBelfast Partnership BoardNikki Johnston, Belfast SouthCommunity ResourcesGarnet Busby, BSCR
The Gaeltacht Quarteras an Engine ofReconciliation andRegeneration
CChhaaiirr:: Gabrille Nig Uidhir, StMary's University CollegeNuala Ní NéillEimear Ní Mhathúna, CultúrlannPilib Ó Rúanaí, Iontaobhas naGaelscolaíochtaDeclan Hill, FABBill Smith, Chair Ulster-ScotsAcademy Group
7:35pm BOARDROOMDIALOGUESESSIONS
Anbitious plan for a new BelfastIslamic Cultural Centre. Dr Raied Al-Wazzan
EuroPride in Belfast: FromDream to RealitySeán Ó Néill
8:20pm Snapshots
Tony McCusker, Chair CommunityFoundation NI. Honoree:Anna Lo MLA.
8:30pm Presentation ofSpirit of BelfastAward/SpioradBhéal Feirste
9pm Conference Club: DirtyOnion, CathedralQuarter
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Presentation on Abhainn Bheo naFearsaide/The Living Farset and tour ofGaeltacht Quarter.
HHoosstt:: Eimear Ní Mhathúna, Director AnChultúrlann
2:30pm An Chultúrlann, AnCheathrúGhaeltachta
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A Compelling Narrative: SustainingBelfast's Business Rise (8am-8.25am)CChhaaiirr:: Peter Dixon, Chair Phoenix NaturalGas. Panel: Paul McMorran, CEO Crosslé Cars,Andrew Brammer, Head of Allen & OveryBelfast, Jayne Brady, Partner, Kernel Capital,Stevie Morrow, Partner LoughshoreInvestments and SVP Options
Forging a New Alliance BetweenDublin and Belfast (8.25am-8.50.am)CChhaaiirr:: David Horgan, CEO Petrel Resources.PPaanneell:: Michael Black, General Manager Intel,Belfast, Tom McCusker, MD Tennents NI andMD Magners, Peter Finnegan, DirectorEconomy and International Relations, DublinCity Council. John McGrillen, Director ofDevelopment Belfast City Council
7:45am ContinentalBreakfast andRegistration
8am Breakfast Sessions
Ellvena Graham, Head of Ulster BankNorthern Ireland
9am Welcome toa City Reborn
IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn:: Bro McFerran, MD AllstateNorthern IrelandMayor of Boston, Marty WalshJoe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool
Lord Mayor of Belfast Nichola Mallon9:05am Future Cities
VViiddeeoo:: A New Era For BelfastCChhaaiirr:: Jackie Henry, Senior Partner DeloitteTrevor Annon, MD Mount CharlesCllr John Kyle, PUP
Geraldine McAteer, CEO West BelfastPartnership BoardTom Gray, CTO Kainos
9:50am Putting Belfast ToWork - The BerridgeReport
Chair: Karen Delgado, Marketeer andHomecomerJames Eyre, Commerical Director TitanicQuarterAlastair Adair, Pro-Vice Chancellor and
Provost, University of UlsterJames McGlennon, EVP & CIO Liberty IT,BostonMark Doherty, Property Manager, BelfastHarbour
10:25 Game-changers: ThePeople and ProjectsTransformingBelfast
IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn:: Jimmy Deenihan TD, Ministerwith Special Responsibility for theDiaspora: ‘A Business Partnership with theIrish Abroad’PPaanneell DDiissccuussssiioonn.. Chair: Richard Ramsey,Chief Economist NI, Ulster Bank Séamus McAteer, Founder Datasnap.io (Silicon Valley, California)
Liam Lynch, Member New York Angels andshareholder Broadway.com (New York)Jimmy Deenihan TDMarco Pagni, Chief Global CounselAlliance Boots
11:00am Moving Up A Gear:Business Growth in aConnected World
Rachael McGuickin, Director of BusinessTourism, Visit Belfast Geoff Fenlon, Acting ManagerWaterfront Hall
11:40amWaterfrontConvention Centre2016: A Call toAction for theDiaspora
CChhaaiirr:: Roisín McDonough,CEO Arts Council of NIPeter Murray, DirectorCrawford Art Gallery, CorkMarguerite Nugent, CuratorNorthern Ireland Collection,
WolverhamptonArt GalleryKim Mawhinney, Head of Art,National Museums NIPaul McErlean, CEO MCECommunications
11:50am In the Frame: TheCultural andCommercial Casefor a New Civic ArtGallery
12:25am ‘Rebuilding theWorld Trade Centre;
Marcus Robinson, ex-pat, artist andBAFTA-award-winning film-maker.‘Rebuilding’ went out on theHistory Channel in the US on 9.11
this year as a two-hour special.Introduced by Introduced byAndrew Cowan, CEO NIConnections
We have identified three areas with massivepotential to transform the economicfortunes of the city of Belfast: therenaissance of a city of Quarters from theGaeltacht Quarter in the west throughCathedral Quarter to the Titanic Quarter asa tourism Mecca; forging the city's
reputation as the fastest-growingknowledge economy in Europe withindigenous start-ups and foreign directinvestment; and a look at how the Diasporacan partner Belfast on a mutually beneficialjourney.
Renaissance City
Chair: Ciarán MackelConal Harvey, DeputyChairman Titanic Quarter LtdBríd Ní Ghallchóir, AislingGhéarMaurice Kinkead, East FestGerry Carlile, Fáilte RestaurantPeter Shields, Project Manager,ETAINBrenda Burns, StrategicAdvisor and DevelopmentDirector for Colin Centre,Strategic Investment BoardDorcas Crawford, Belfast Hour
Europe's Fastest-GrowingKnowledge Economy
Chair: Patricia O’Hagan, CEOCore SystemsMary McCall, TreatTicketTerence Brannigan, ChairConnected HealthBarry Smyth, MD MCS GroupRónán Heenan, CEO People 1stBriege Arthurs, CEO SouthBelfast Partnership BoardCllr Tim Attwood, LeaderSDLP Group Belfast CityCouncil
Partnering the Diaspora to our Mutual Benefit:Inspirational People Building the Peace
Introduction by Brigadier General (rtd) Rick O'MearaChair: Anne McReynolds, CEO The MacVeronica Munoz, Partner Pearl Cohen Lew Office (N Y)Alan McConnell, TorontoSteve Lenox, Joint President Irish Network USAMarco Pagni, Group Legal Counsel and CAO, Alliance BootsEd Lynch, New YorkRussell Smith, DehnSmith, North CarolinaTim Brundle, University of UlsterAndrew Cowan, CEO NI Connections John Foley, Irish Cultural Center of New EnglandStewart Matthews, First Secretary, NI Bureau, Washington DCThomas J Burke Jr, The Burke Law Firm, Denver, ColoradoDavid Barlow, London Irish CentrePeter McKittrick, Public Affairs, United States Consulate GeneralUS Consul Gener, Gregory BurtonWith Showcase Presentations by Carol Fitzsimons, CEO Young EnterpriseJoanne Stuart, US-NI Mentorship ProgrammeMonica Culbert, Project ChildrenCo-Operation IrelandDr Dolores O’Reilly, Chair Ciste na Gaeilge
The largest single TV production in Europelast year was Game of Thrones in the TitanicQuarter. The HBO production can also boastthat it’s the most popular drama series on
the planet. Delegates will have anopportunity to visit the set of thisblockbuster production.
4pm Game of ThronesVisit
44-46 Upper Queen Street, Belfast5pm Conference Club:Stix and Stones
at the Residence of US Consul GeneralGreg Burton and Nana Lee Felding
Colin Anderson, Chairman and CEOASG Group: Future Belfast &Homecoming 2015
The tenth annual Belfast Business Top 50listing recognises the cream of ourentrepreneurs, ranging from corporatetitans to irrepressible start-up foudners.
CCoommppeerree:: Aidan Browne GGuueesstt SSppeeaakkeerr:: Simon Hamilton MLA,Minister of Finance and PersonnelPresentation of first HomecomingAmbassador Award to Mayor Marty Walshof Boston.
12:45pm Tenth AnnualBelfast Business Top50 Awards luncheon
Eugene O'FlahertyChief Corporate Counsel,City of Boston
Seamus McAteerFounder Datasnap.io
Rita DuffyArtist
Marcus RobinsonFilmaker, RebuildingThe World Trade Center
Jim ClerkinCEO Moët HennessyUSA
Steve LenoxJoint President IrishNetwork USA
Liam LynchNew York AngelInvestor
Marco PagniChief Global Counsel,Alliance Boots
During my tenure as Lord Mayor ofBelfast, I travelled to manywonderful cities in North America to
meet the Irish but no matter howoverpowering the warmth of the welcome,the greatest part of the journey was theroad home.That’s why the Homecoming (aisling-
events.com/event/one-city-conference)planned for Belfast from 24-26 September— will strike a chord with Irish Americans(and the Irish of Canada and Britain),because for them, even at 50, 100 or 150years remove, Ireland remains thehomeland.I brought to cities in which the Irish have
risen to the top — London, New York, SanFrancisco, Toronto — the story of a vibrantand positive Belfast on the rise.But when I stepped down from my
mayoral duties, I decided the best way tokeep that bridge of hope between thepeople of Belfast and those who love thiscity was to invite them back to Belfast.Thus, inspired also by the success of theGathering and the Detroit Homecoming,was born The Homecoming and Belfast OneCity Conference which will take place from24-26 September.We plan to bring 50 people of influence
from the diaspora to re-engage, reconnect,
reinvest and rebuild Belfast this Septemberbut in years ahead we want to grownumbers attending the Homecoming to 100,150, 200 and even 1,000.Leading the legions returning for the
Homecoming will be Mayor Marty Walsh ofBoston, an outstanding friend of Belfastand a son of Irish emigrants. He will bewelcomed to the conference by a stellarline out of Belfast civic leaders led by ourown Lord Mayor Nichola Mallon andFinance Minister Simon Hamilton.This letter is my own open invite to you
to come back and join us for the inauguralHomecoming. It promises to be fun and thestart of a new era of co-operation betweenthe people of Belfast and those in thediaspora who hail from Belfast or simplylove the city and wish to build the peace. Inthis work, I have the support of ourHonorary Conference Chairs andConnecting Champions. Their pledge to youis to organise parallel and complementarymeetings and programmes to ensure youget the maximum benefit from your visit soplease reach out to tailor the Homecomingto your needs.
