Belfast One City Conference

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Belfast One City Conference 2012
‘A City on the Cusp’
Dates: May 10th – May 11th

Full report and supplement from the 2012 One City Conference will appear here this week.

Click here to read our latest conference itinerary (updated May 9)

On 10-11 May 2012 The Belfast Media Group hosted the annual Belfast One City conference spotlighting the vibrant city of Belfast. An international roster of speakers and delegates from every corner of Belfast tackled the pressing challenges of the day and debated how the city can best speak with one voice.

Speakers (find out more about all of our speakers here)


Alex Attwood

Rep Eugene O’Flaherty

David Dobbin

Roisin McDonagh

Wolfgang Buttress

Speakers will represent political, business and community life and include both national and international contributors of note.

Speakers included Rep. Eugene O’Flaherty, Chair Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Massachusetts who will lead the biggest delegation from Boston to Belfast in a decade to coincide with the conference. Also confirmed is Alex Attwood, MLA, Minister of the Environment.

Also confirmed are Glenn Jordan of Skainos, Fergus Ó hIr of Raidió Fáilte, Simon Rea of Pride, David Dobbin, Chair Strategic Investment Board, Roisin McDonough, CEO of Arts Council NI, artist Wolfgang Buttress, The Rise and Iñaki Zabaleta, University of the Basque Country.

List of registered delegates

 


Andersonstown News May 18, 2012

An opening, a step forward, a passing

THE NAME is awful and the artificial flowers and fish tank quite disconcerting, but fundamentally the E3 Belfast MET building at Springvale is a gamechanger for the city. Ducking the squalls this week, I joined Patricia Flanagan to view the spanking new facility on the Springfield Road peaceline. 20 years ago, there were promises – ultimately unfulfilled – to locate a university at this site in a dramatic move which would have turbo-charged the faltering economy of North/West Belfast

Columnists May 18, 2012

Lock us up and swallow the key!

I was in Donegal at the weekend and I asked a man how he planned to vote in the south’s up-coming referendum. “Well,” he told me, “ if Sinn Féin say no about something, I say yes”.

Liam Murphy May 14, 2012

Big man of GAA celebrates in style

Veni, Vidi, Vinci . I came, I saw, I conquered, was the powerful message sent back to Rome by Julius Caesar when he won a war in Zela (currently known as Zile in Turkey. After spending two days with the Gaels of Glengormley, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh might well have sent a similar message back to headquarters. Throughout the two days he won the hearts of all who met him as he demonstrated his love and passion for the Irish language and Gaelic games.

Columnists May 13, 2012

That’s not the way to do it as summer nears

THERE’S nothing funnier for children to watch than a long-suffering wife getting battered with a cudgel by a short-tempered violent husband – or so you’d think if you watched a seaside Punch and Judy show.

Colin Millar May 12, 2012

Blues make it a double

Linfield replicated their end of season celebrations from 12 months ago as they lifted their second trophy in the space of a week, defeating Crusaders 4-1 in Saturday’s Irish Cup final.

Andersonstown News May 11, 2012

My marathon highs and lows

HIGHLIGHTS 1. Sheltering in City Hall with marathon veteran from New York Fr Brian Jordan — chaplain to the trade unions of the Big Apple — before the 9am start while thousands were getting drenched outside waiting for the Lord Mayor Niall Óg to sound the starting horn (gun for off apparently decommissioned).