Four ‘knowledge bursts’ have been unveiled as a feature of next Thursday’s Sport for Social Good Conference in Dublin.
Keynote interviews and panel discussions with speakers from the Manchester United Foundation, Three, Bank of Ireland, Leinster Rugby and Barcelona sponsor Beko will be interespersed with four projects showing the real impact that Social Good projects linked to sport are having here in Ireland and further afield with an Irish twist.
Breast Cancer ireland will speak about the Great Pink Run. Alan Kerins will talk about his GAA focused Self Help Africa project. Special Olympics Ireland will reflect on this year’s National Games and the Dublin Simon Community will speak about the way Sport helps to bring people back from challenging circumstances in their life.
Ellen Keane and Damien O’Neill will open up the half day conference which will also see the publication of the first Sport for Business Sport for Social Good Report.
There will also be a first sight of bespoke research conducted by The Brand Fans and Amarach Research.
There are a limited number of tickets available for Sport for Social Good.
Among those who will be joining us on the day are The Manchester United Foundation, Allianz, Lidl, Bank of Ireland, Beko, Electric Ireland, Special Olympics, Glanbia, Core Sponsorship, Bord Gais Energy, BDO, The Federation of Irish Sport, PwC, The Dublin Simon Community, Ulster University, Galway Races, Ulster Bank, the FAI, Leinster Rugby, MS Ireland, World Rugby, The Oliver Agency, Breast Cancer Ireland Beauchamps Solicitors, Murray Consultants and many more.
The programme for the event which takes place at the Wood Quay Venue in Central Dublin is shaping up as follows:
0815 Welcome and networking
0850 Official opening by Rob Hartnett, Sport for Business
0900 Backing Social Good
Damien O’Neill of Allianz and Para-Swimming Champion Ellen Keane
0925 5 Minute Knowledge Burst – Self Help Africa
0930 Panel Discussion – ‘Permission to do good and do good business’
Karl Donnelly, Three
1000 5 Minute Knowledge Burst – Breast Cancer Ireland
1005 Selecting a Charity
Marcus O’Buachalla, Leinster Rugby and Paul Halpin, MS Ireland
1030 Coffee Break and Networking
1050 The International Dimension – Beko, Barcelona and Unicef
Shane Kelly, BEKO
1110 5 Minute Knowledge Burst – Special Olympics Ireland
1115 Research on Value of Social Good Partnerships
Daragh Persse, The Brand Fans
1140 5 Minute Knowledge Burst – Dublin Simon Community
1145 Panel Discussion Sport as a Prism for Social Good
Gemma Bell, Bank of Ireland and Gareth Maguire, Sport Changes Life
1215 Making Your Voice Heard – Social Media Experiment
1225 Engage, Inspire, Unite
John Shiels CEO Manchester United Foundation
1255 Launch of Sport for Social Good Report 2018
1300 Lunch and Networking
1330 Close
Ticket numbers are limited and need to be booked in advance.
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