O'Leary Joining Women in Sport Panel

We are excited to announce this morning that Vodafone CEO Anne O’Leary will be joining us as part of our CEO Panel at this Wednesday’s Sport for Business Women in Sport Conference at the studios of RTÉ.

O’Leary has been one of the pre-eminent Women in Irish business over recent years and a key player in sport as well through Vodafone’s lead commercial partnership with Irish Rugby.

She will join Sarah Keane of Swim Ireland and the Olympic Federation of Ireland alongside Sinéad Heraty of the Irish Ladies Golf Union for our opening CEO Panel exploring themes of leadership and more.

We have a great lineup to follow through the morning hearing from key thinkers and speakers across the sector.

0800: Arrival of Guests

0900: Welcome Comments

0910: CEO Panel featuring Sarah Keane, President of the Olympic Federation of Ireland and CEO of Swim Ireland, Anne O’Leary, CEO of Vodafone Ireland, and Sinéad Heraty, CEO of the Irish Ladies Golf Union who has been central to bringing the Men’s and Women’s Games together.

0945: Knowledge Burst RTE on Audience Insight

0950: No Limbs, No Limits – Keynote interview with Joanne O’Riordan

1020: Knowledge Burst: #We Play Conference

1025: Coffee Break

1055: Knowledge Burst: Liberty Insurance on the Camogie All-Stars

1100: A Way Towards Full Equality – We are joined by Cliona O’Leary and Declan McBennet of RTÉ Sport to look at how broadcast media can play its full part in creating equality, and take a look at a model of how this has been brought to life in Sweden.

1135: Knowledge Burst: Lidl Ireland on Ladies Football

1140: Keynote Interview Nora Stapleton Women in Sport Lead at Sport Ireland joined by Sarah Colgan of Along Came a Spider on where 20X20 is heading next.

1220: Knowledge Burst: Conor Meaney and Gráinne Murphy, Ireland’s representatives on the International Olympic Committee supported New Leaders Sport Leadership Education Programm

1225: The Player Perspective with World Champion Kellie Harrington, Olympian and Sports Psychologist Jessie Barr and one final speaker to be revealed this week.

1300: Launch of 50 Women of Influence in Irish Sport

1305: Light Lunch and networking

All the places for this event have now been snapped up. We have a waitlist in operation for which you can register below but with the event taking place in a TV studio, there is nothing we can do to expand the area.
Register on the Sport for Business Women in Sport waitlist here