Conference Format
09.00am – 09.45am Registration and BREAKFAST SHOWCASE from the members of Good Food Ireland
09.45am – 09.50am Welcome – Mairead Lavery, Conference Chair
09.50am – 10.00am Opening Address – Margaret Jeffares, Managing Director, Good Food Ireland
10.00am – 10.15am Special Address – Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar T.D.
10.15am – 11.00am Keynote Address – “What’s in a Name? Authenticity and Ireland’s Food Branding”
Erik Wolf, President and CEO, International Culinary Tourism Association
11.00am – 11.10am Q&A
11.10am – 11.40am “The Value of Irishness”
Kevin Friel, Marketing Manager, Irish Dairy Board
11.40am – 12.00pm “Using Irish as a Marketing Tool to Drive Business”
Senator Feargal Quinn, Founder, Superquinn
12.00pm – 12.20pm “Harnessing Technology for both the Local and Global Markets”
Fred Karlsson, Founder, Done Deal
12.20pm – 01.00pm“My Local Food Story”
Dr Howard Hastings, Managing Director, Hastings Hotels Group, N.I.
Síle Gorman, Gorman’s Clifftop House & Restaurant, Co Kerry
Peter Ward, Proprietor, Country Choice, Nenagh & Milk Market, Limerick
Aran McMahon, Proprietor, Rua and Café Rua, Castlebar, Co Mayo
01.00pm – 02.00pm LUNCH SHOWCASE from the members of Good Food Ireland
02.00pm – 02.30pm “Measuring, Creating & Sustaining Financial Success”
Ciara Jackson, Manager, Grant Thornton
02.30pm – 02.50pm “How to retain values and relevance in the fast-changing modern world”
Kevin O Sullivan, Editor, Irish Times
02.50pm – 03.10pm “What’s Ireland Eating; Selling our Good Food Story”
Suzanne Campbell, Journalist and Author
03.10pm – 03.30pm “Sustainable Fish and Seafood Traceability”
Frank Fleming, Responsible Irish Fish
03.30pm – 03.50pm “Creating Taste Memories”
Mary Carney, Winner, MasterChef Ireland
03.50pm – 04.00pm Closing Address – Redmond O’ Donoghue, Chairman, Good Food Ireland
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Artisan & Al Fresco - Clodagh McKenna
There is no excuse for plastic sandwiches. Ireland has come of age and scattered around the country are Good Food Ireland members brimming with the best. Pick up a picnic and head for the hills, writes Clodagh McKenna.
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