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Wednesday 28 NovemberWelcome reception at Ulster University, Belfast City Campus Thursday 29 NovemberUlster Bank Entrepreneurship SymposiumLegal Symposium (CPD Eligible) at the Royal Courts of Justice BelfastThe West Awakes - Politcal, social and historical walking tour of West Belfast.

Friday 30 NovemberBusiness and Investment Conference at the Belfast Harbour CommissionersHomecoming Banquet at The Europa Hotel

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28 - 30 NOVEMBEREmbracing the Belfast Basketball Classic

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Belfast Basketball ClassicFollowing a hugely successful inaugural year, NCAA Division 1college basketball returns to Belfast with the Basketball Hall of FameBelfast Classic. Presented by the Sport Changes Life Foundation,the event has doubled in size for its second year, magnifying theimpact of its core purpose of raising the aspirations of young peoplethrough sporting excellence, academic achievement and personaldevelopment. Over 9,000 people were in attendance at the 2017event with CBS Sports Network broadcasting to a US audience. To book go to www.belfastbasketballclassic.com Game on for 2018!

John LynchVice President,

Concept toConsumer,

Reebok, USA

Howard HastingsHost,

The Belfast InternationalHomecoming

Lord WillieHaughey,

Exec. Chairman, City Facilities Mgmt.

Holdings Ltd, Glasgow

Mark Dowds, Co-Founder, Trov,

San Francisco

Senator TimKennedy,

New York StateAssembly, Buffalo

Mary SugrueCEO, IrishAmerican

Partnership, Boston

Suzanne Aquino,Gobal CategoryHead, Chain IQ,

New Jersey

AssemblymanMike FitzpatrickNew York State

Assembly, Long Island

Jackie Henry, MBESenior Partner,

Deloitte

Brian GoldenDirector, BostonRedevelopmentAuthority

Nicholas MalitoPresident, IrishBusiness

Organisation, NYC

Jerry Hanweck,Hanweck

Associates, NewYork

Kerrie Sweeney,CEO, TitanicFoundation

Maureen Bennett,Partner, JonesDay, Boston

Jayne Brady,Partner, Kernel Capital

Michael BrewsterBrewster FinancialStrategies, Wells

Fargo Advisors, NY

Professor JohnFeerick

Dean Fordham LawSchool, NYC

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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

Wednesday November 28 Welcome Reception Hosted by Ulster University

Venue: Ulster University, Belfast City Campus • 5:30pm-7:30pmWelcome: Howard Hastings, Host, Belfast International HomecomingSpeakers: Gareth Maguire, CEO, Belfast Basketball Classic • Prof Raffi Folli, Provost Ulster University, Belfast/Jordanstown (Bus departs from Europa Hotel at 5pm)

Conference Club: Dirty Onion, 3 Hill St, Belfast (From 7:30pm)

Thursday Belfast Ambassadors BreakfastNovember 29 Hosted by High Sheriff Carole Howard

Venue: Reception Hall, Belfast City Hall • 8am-9:15am (By invitation only)

Entrepreneurship Symposium: Speed dating with start-upsHosted by Ulster BankVenue: Ulster Bank, Donegal Square East • 9:30am-11amSpeakers: Mark Goldstone, Entrepreneur & Biotechnology Investor, New York • Cathal O’Flaherty, Co-Founder & CEO, ECLYPSE LLC, Chicago

City Centre Investment ShowcaseA walking tour from Ulster Bank to MRP’s new European Headquarters • 11am-12:30pm (Lunch hosted by MRP)

Legal Symposium (CPD Eligible)Venue: The Inn of Court, The Royal Courts of Justice • 10am-3pmThemes: Transatlantic Data Security • Opportunities & Challenges of Brexit • Sport, Law and Society Speakers: Prof John Feerick, Dean of Fordham Law School, NY • Sir Declan Morgan, Lord Chief Justice, NI • Brendan Kelly Q.C.• Rich Ensor, Commissioner, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference USA

Tour (Hop on hop off) (1) Explore EastSide 12:30pm- 1:45pm (Bus departs from Europa Hotel at 12:15pm) A land of industrial giants, birthplace of literary great CS Lewis, musical legend Van Morrison and football/soccer icon George Best. Tour begins at the Eastside Partnership with lunch and will include a visit to C.S Lewis Square. (Bus depart for West Belfast at 1:45pm)

(2) The West Awakes 2:15pm-4pm (Bus departs from CS Lewis Square at 1:45pm)Political, historical and social walking tour of West Belfast. Group will meet tour guide, Joe Austin, at Divis Tower at 2:15pm. They will visit the Peace Wall before finishing at Miltown Cemetary (Includes complimentary Guinness)(Bus will take delegates back to The Europa Hotel)

Basketball Game: Marist vs. Dartmouth Venue: SSE Arena • 4:30pm-7pm

Reception with the US Consul General Elizabeth Kennedy-TrudeauA Belfast Welcome: Pete Boyle, Founder, Argento and Host of World Junior Kayak Championship 2017 and 2019Guest Speaker: Prof. John Feerick, Dean of Fordham Law School New York (By invitation only) • 5:30pm-7pm (Bus departs from Europa Hotel at 5pm and will bring guests back to the city centre)

Conference Club: The Cloth Ear, 16 Skipper Street 7:30pm

Friday Titanic Business BreakfastNovember 30 Venue: Titanic Hotel- The Boardroom • 7:45am-9:am (Bus departs from Europa Hotel at 7:20am)

Business and Investment ConferenceVenue: Belfast Harbour Commissioners • 9am-3pm (Bus departs from Europa Hotel at 8:30am)

Conference Club: Stix & Stones, 44-46 Upper Quen St, Belfast • 5pm-6:30pm

The Homecoming Banquet. Presentation of The Spirit of the Diaspora Award and Belfast Ambassador MedalsVenue: The Europa Hotel • 6:30pm-10pm

Saturday Celebrating Frederick Douglass in Belfast 1845 on the 200th anniversary of his birthDecember 1 Venue: Moravian Church, University Road, Belfast • 1:30pm -3pm

Speakers: Prof Christine Kinealy, Director, Institute of Ireland’s Great Hunger, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, USA and author of ‘Frederick Douglass and Ireland: In His Own Words’Rev Dr Livingstone Thompson, Minister Kirwalin Moravian Church and Moravian Church University Road, Belfast(in association with the African & Caribbean Support Organisation of Northern Ireland (ACSONI))

Basketball GamesVenue: SSE Arena • 4:30pm Game #1 - Consolation Game 1.00 pm

Game #2 - Championship Game 3:30 pm

PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

Business and Investment Conference • Friday 30 November, 2018

Business BreakfastThe Boardroom at Titanic Hotel, Belfast

7:45am Breakfast Welcome. Conal Harvey, Deputy Chairman, Titanic Belfast Tourism Discussion: Titanic Belfast: A Dynamic Catalyst for Tourism The rise and rise of Titanic Belfast has been nothing short of astonishing but how do we now use this tourism magnet to usher in a new era of visitor growth in Belfast? CHAIR: Kerri Sweeney, CEO, Titanic Foundation PANEL: Judith Owens, CEO, Titanic Belfast, John McGrillen, CEO, Tourism NI, Shane Clarke, Director of Corporate Services, Policy & Northern Ireland, Tourism Ireland, Ellie McGimpsey, Aviation Development Manager, Belfast City Airport, Dave Perlitz, (Aviation Consultant, Boston), Stephen Cotter, COO, CIE Tours. (9am: Bus will leave Titanic Belfast and bring delegates to The Belfast Harbour Commissioners)

Conference PlenaryBelfast Harbour Commissioners

9:00am Registration

9:20am Official Opening A Welcome to the Homecoming Conference: Cllr Aileen Graham, DUP, Belfast City Council Belfast Communities Rolling out the Red Carpet: Cllr Mairéad O’Donnell, Sinn Féin, Belfast City Council A Response from the Diaspora: Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick, Long Island, New York 9:35am Belfast Harbour: Welcome to the Heart of the Changing City:. Joe O’Neill, CEO, Belfast Harbour

9:45am Homecoming Keynote: Our Common Purpose and Shared Identity Across the Straits of Moyle. Lord Willie Haughey, OBE, Scotland

9:55am Running for Ireland: Mike Nesbitt, MLA, UUP Facilitator: Eamonn Mallie, broadcaster and journalist

10:10am Philanthropic Pioneers: It’s About What You Give, Not What You Get. Philanthropists don’t pull the ladder up after them. Instead, they remember where they came from and give back relentlessly to ensure others get life-transforming opportunities. But how can Belfast liaise better with those who want to give back and ensure that philanthropic investment has maximum impact? CHAIR: Maeve Monaghan, Chair, Community Foundation NI PANEL: Mary Sugrue, CEO, Irish American Partnership, Boston Lord Willie Haughey, OBE, Exec. Chairman, City Facilities Mgmt. Holdings Ltd, Dave McCartney, CEO, DMC Contracts Ltd, London Martin Agnew, Managing Director, Henderson Group 10:40am Belfast’s Youthful Entrepreneurial Edge - The Next Generation Mark Dowds, Founder, Trov, San Francisco

10:50am Conference Soapbox: Has Your Product Got What It Takes to Succeed in the USA? A 325 Million-Strong Market Hungry for Quality. Cathal O’Flaherty, CEO & Founder Eclypse LLC, Chicago, USA

Nicholas MalitoPresident, IBO,

New York

Emer HinpheyPartner

Think PeopleBelfast

Sean MoynihanPrincipal, The

Moynihan Group,Boston

Deirdre MurphyCounsel,

Seyfarth Shaw LLPBoston

Moderators

The Barnett Room

11:05am Attracting (And Keeping) Talent: Staying Ahead in a Global EconomyHow can Belfast attract the very best of the bestfrom outside while fostering its own indigenoustalent and encouraging entrepreneurship? In anincreasingly connected world, what do youngpeople want in a 21st century city? And in aneconomy where investment chases talent, what dointernational business leaders look for beforeestablishing a base in Belfast?CHAIR: Jackie Henry, Senior Partner, DeloittePANEL: Tina McKenzie, CEO, Grafton Recruitmentand Honorary Consul General of Finland, NorthernIrelandCaroline Thompson, CEO, Be The Spark, WalesAlistair Reid, Strategic Director of Place andEconomy, Belfast City Council Philip Cassidy, SVP, Concentrix

11:05am The Business of Sport: Bringing Our ‘AGame’The Friendship Four and Belfast Basketball Clas-sic show how the nexus of sport and civic devel-opment can bring a real bounty to Belfast but howcan our local companies and sports organisationsmove up to the next level with the help of oursports-loving diaspora.CHAIR: Paul McErlean, MD, MCE Public RelationsPANEL: John Lynch, VP, Concept to Consumer, Reebok USA, BostonJohn Shiels, CEO, Man Utd Foundation, ManchesterRob Hartnett, Sport for Business, DublinPaul McKernan, Joint MD, STATSportCathy Craig, Founder & CEO, Incisiv

11:45am Navigating the Unknown: Life After Brexit Amidst the confusion and chaos surroundingBrexit, public sector leaders and business chiefshave hard decisions to make about an uncertainfuture. We ask a panel of leaders how they arepreparing for life after Brexit.CHAIR: Colin Anderson, OBE, Chair, Anderson Spratt GroupPANEL: Gina McIntyre, CEO, Special EU Programmes BodyMichael Gorman, Regulatory and Compliance Execution Leader, First DerivativesRichard Ramsey, Chief Economist, Ulster Bank Meabh Quoirin, CEO & Co-Founder, ForesightFactory, London

11:45am Maintaining Momentum: Driving PositiveChange in Resurgent Cities

Belfast, Glasgow and Boston are all on the risebut maintaining progress requires taking a hardlook at educational opportunity, political stability,the cost of doing business and the importance of awelcoming and diverse environment.

CHAIR: Maureen Bennett, Partner Jones DaySolicitors, Boston, USA

PANEL: Katie Hauser,Vice President, Marketing &Communications, Greater Boston Chamber ofCommerce, Boston, USA

David Dobbin, Chair, Belfast Harbour Francis Schott, Restaurateur, New Jersey

Glyn Roberts, CEO, Retail NI Joanne Stuart, Director of Development, Catalyst

Inc

12:30pm Ahead of the Curve: How GreatCommunities Win World-ClassInvestmentsConvincing the businesses of tomorrow to investin Belfast means creating a foreign directinvestment offering that is future-focused. In icehockey parlance, can we move to where the puckis going to be? CHAIR: Suzanne Aquino, Chain IQ, New York,USAPANEL: Alan Wilson, Head of InternationalInvestment, Invest NISenator Tim Kennedy, Member of State Senate, Albany, NY, USAJack Butler, CFO, MRP, PhiladelphiaJayne Brady, Partner, Kernel CapitalJerry Hanweck, CEO & Founder, HanweckAssociates, NY

12:30pm Designs on the Future:Building a Prosperous City for AllBelfast is on the cusp of the most dramatic capitalinvestment in a generation. As the City Dealinitiative comes on stream, we get views on urbanregeneration not just from Belfast but also fromBuffalo and Boston in US.CHAIR: Cathy Gormely-Heenan, Pro-ViceChancellor, Research and Impact, Ulster UniversityPANEL: Mark D. Croce, President & CEO, CurtissBuffalo Inc, Developer of Curtiss Hotel, Buffalo, NY, USABrian Golden, CEO, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston, USALouise Warde Hunter, Deputy Secretary, Housing &Urban Regeneration, Dept for CommunitiesCiarán Mackel, Ard ArchitectsLarry Schnuck, VP & Senior Principal, KahlerSlater, Milwaukee

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1:15pm Lunch- Served on The Gallery

1:45pm The Celtic Challenge CHAIR: John Ferris, Entrepreneur Development Manager, Ulster Bank DRAGONS: Michael Brewster, Founder, Brewster Financial Strategies, Wells Fargo Advisors, NY Denis Murphy, Founder, Anaeko Mary Ann Pierce, Founder & CEO, MAP Digital Inc. and Board Member of Digital Irish,

New York, NY, USA Orla Smyth, Founder, Kaffeo, Belfast START UPS: Cemal Kavasogullari, Donti Dental Systems, Glasgow Selby Cary, CS Technologies, Edinburgh Laura Nierhorster, Proud Pads, Cardiff Roisin Molloy/Julie Brien, Trimedika, Belfast

2pm Mindsight: A Young Enterprise Shared Education Company CHAIR: Carol Fitzsimons, CEO, Young Enterprise NI PANEL: Ciaran Sheehan, President of Friends of Young Enterprise NI Foundation Inc Tim Brundle, Chair of Young Enterprise NI Theo Brunton, Young Enterprise alumni, student at Boys’ Model, and MD of Mindsight Olwen Black, VP Belfast Boys’ Model school Jennifer Kenna, Young Enterprise Volunteer, Minnesota, USA

2:45pm Conference Close Vote of Thanks from our Global Family: Leo McGuire, Consultant, former Sheriff, Bergen County, New Jersey Vote of Thanks from the City of Belfast: Paul Maskey, MP, Sinn Féin

The Barnett Room