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Bentley College    

ID 790 Ireland: A High-Tech Success Story

 

Tentative Schedule for Irish Study Tour

                    May 9–24, 2008          

 

 

           

 

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Fri., May 9

 

Depart  Aer Lingus

 

Sat., May 10

Arrive  DUBLIN

Brunch

Bus tour of Dublin

 

Sun., May 11

Golf for those who wish to play

Dublin Museums

 

 

Mon., May 12

Study Tour Introduction and Welcome

9:30 am – 10:00 am  Prof. Mary Robbert

  Martin Butler, Dean, Quinn School of  

  Business, UCD

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10:00am – 12:00 pm Panel Discussion: Government Policy and Competitiveness of the Irish Economy

      Peter Lillis, IDA

      Martin Lyes, Enterprise Ireland

      Andrew McDowell, Forfas

      Moderator, Prof. Patricia Flynn

Quinn School of Business/UCD/Belfield

Room Q012 (ground floor)

Lunch at Quinn

 

Site Visit:

IONA TECHNOLOGIES

Dr. Chris Horn, Founder and Chairman of the Board

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

 

 

 

Tues., May 13

ACCENTURE

Shared Services

Stuart McLaughlin

9:15 – 11:15 am

 

 

Site Visit:

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS

Paul Murtagh, VP

Fidelity Investments Systems

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Musical Pub Crawl

/optional

Wed, May 14

Jill Donoghue

INSTITUTE OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

10:30 am – 11:30 am

 

PWC GLOBAL

Feargal O’Rourke (Date/time to be confirmed)

 

Abbey

Theatre

Thurs, May 15

Open

 

Site Visit:

DELTA PARTNERS

Frank Kenny

Founder, Partner

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

(at Trintech)

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TRINTECH

Cyril Maguire, co-Founder, Chairman and CEO

3:30 pm- 4:30pm

 

(Stores open late)

Fri., May 16

Site Visit:

INTEL

10:00 am – 11:30am

(They’ll pick us up in Dublin)

 

Trinity College

Book of Kells

Irish Dancing /optional

Sat., May 17

 

7:45 AM

Bus trip to Newgrange for hike

or

Golfing in Howth.

 

 

Sun., May 18

10:00 AM

Bus trip to Glendalough, Wicklow Mountains

 

 

Avoca Woolen Mills

Arrive in BLARNEY

 

 

Mon., May 19

Site Visit:

PFIZER

Charlie Hipwell

Head of Environmental Health & Safety

10:00 – 11:30 am

 

Blarney Castle

 

 

Tues., May 20

Site Visit:

APPLE COMPUTER

Cathy Kearney

Director of European Operations (Verify)

10:00am – 12:00pm

Site Visit:

EMC

Dick Lehane

2:00 pm- 3:30 pm

 

 

Wed., May 21

Cliffs of Moher

 

Travel to GALWAY

9:00 am

Site Visit:

HEWLETT PACKARD

Dr. Chris Coughlan

Strategic Planning Manager

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

 

Thurs, May 22

Site visit

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC 

Robert Nolan, Director, Product & Technology Development

10:00am – 12:30 pm

(Includes lunch)

Site Visit:

Galway Crystal

 

Fri., May 23

Trip to the Aran Islands (weather permitting)

 

 

 

Sat. May 24

Depart Shannon

13:25 departure

Arrive Boston

 

 

 

Contact persons:

 

Patricia M. Flynn, PhD

Trustee Professor of Economics & Management

Bentley College

Waltham, MA  USA

pflynn@bentley.edu

1- 781-891-2991

 

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Mary Ann Robbert, PhD

Information and Process Management Department

Bentley College

Waltham, MA  USA

mrobbert@bentley.edu

 1-781-891-2175