We are live this morning at the CHQ Vaults in Dublin for a morning of learning, sharing and networking with members of the Sport for Business Community.

You can follow the action as it unfolds on social media via #SFB17 where we will hope to keep you up to date with some gems from what is a sparkling line up of talent from the commercial world around Irish sport.

Here is our line up of great speakers:

  • 0800 Deep Dive on Sponsorship Trends with Joanne O’Sullivan and Lisa Bergin and Rob Pearson of PSG Sponsorship
  • 0830 Our Special Guest Hugo MacNeill in conversation with Rob Hartnett about the work ahead in 2017 for the Bid Team hoping to bring the 2023 Rugby World Cup to Ireland
  • 0900 Trending in 2017 – A Panel of Social Media Mavens look at what business will be doing to activate partnerships through social media channels in 2017, featuring cutting edge insight from Paul Buckley of Aer Lingus and Roisin Glynn of AIB in conversation with Gavin Coffey of New Slang
  • 0930 The Major Sporting Events of 2017 – A Panel Discussion looking at what sport will deliver in the next twelve months, featuring Diarmaid Murphy from the GAA, Garrett Tubridy from Irish Rugby and Darragh McGinley from the FAI

And here is a line up of the companies and organisations who will be packing the room:

Topaz Energy, Bord Gáis Energy, BDO, Standard Life, BSI Entertainment, Cricket Ireland, the City of Cape Town in South Africa, Littlewoods, Legacy Consultants, Titan Experience, My Club Finances, Arthur Cox, eir, Ogilvy, Dublin GAA, Basketball Ireland, Cullen Communications, Mondello Park, Huggity, Lidl, Livewire, Onside, Electric Media, OCS, TG4, the Racing Post, Corporate.ie, Cycling Ireland, Line Up SME, Galvin Sports Management, Murray Consultants, The Curragh and Leopardstown racecourses, Beauchamp Solicitors, the Gaelic Players Association, Thinkhouse, Sportego, Gymnastics Ireland, Irish Independent, JGA Associates, Sportease, Teamer, AIG, Atomic Sport, The Brand Fans, FAI, GAA, PSG Sponsorship, The Irish Greyhound Board, PSA Academies and Special Olympics

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