Confirmed speakers include Craig Barrett, ITLG Chairman & Former Chairman and CEO of Intel Corp., Barry O’Sullivan, Senior VP Cisco, Liam Casey, CEO PCH, James Herlihy, MD Deutsche Bank, Sean O’Donoghue, CTO Madison Square Garden, Rory McInerney, Intel and Una Fox, VP Disney.Cork City Council, Cork Chamber, UCC and CIT have partnered with the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG) to bring this international event to Cork;

The event will include ‘fast pitch’ sessions for entrepreneurs, business start-ups and innovative businesses to pitch for investment, a technology showcase, University Challenge award and Technology Leaders Summit as well as a gala networking dinner.  Companies should apply now to take part in the ‘pitch-camp’ sessions.

This event is one of a series of initiatives to foster the recognition of Cork as a de facto European technology cluster and is being developed in collaboration with local industry and it@cork.

Following a mission to Silicon Valley earlier this year and meetings at the ITLG headquarters in San Jose, Cork City Council, Cork Chamber, UCC and CIT have joined forces to bring this internationally renowned business event to Cork as part of the Gathering.  This year’s summit will be truly global with technology leaders from Europe, China, Russia, India and across the Americas in attendance.

Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. John Buttimer said, “Cork has strong business links with Silicon Valley and we are delighted to deepen our relationship with US industry leaders while showcasing all that Cork has to offer in terms of a centre of excellence for innovation and commercialisation of new research as well as a great place to invest as a gateway to Europe. We are delighted to welcome the Irish Technology Leadership Group to Cork for the Silicon Valley comes to Ireland event”.

 

Hosted in venues across the city, the annual ITLG event will be led by former Intel Chairman and CEO, Craig Barrett, and will see the delegation of global business leaders and investors convene in Ireland for a 2 day summit of keynote presentations, panel debates and company showcases.

Indigenous companies in the fields of mobile technologies, cloud, biotech and convergent pharma, nanotechnology and renewable energies among others will be invited to pitch their business ideas to the international delegation of investors and seasoned entrepreneurs.