Thursday, 18 September

Centre for Cross Border Cooperation's Annual Conference 2025

By Centre for Cross Border Cooperation

Planning is underway for the Annual Conference on 18 September - panel discussions, challenging debate, networking and a guest speaker.

Date and time

Location

Ballymascanlon Hotel Golf Course

Carlingford Road A91 PF57 Dundalk Ireland

Speakers

Agenda

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Networking Breakfast and Registration

9:30 AM

Welcome

Peter Osborne, Chair, Centre for Cross Border Cooperation

Welcome from Co-Headline Sponsor - DBEC

Cllr Seán Kelly, Cathaoirleach, Louth County Council

Panel One – Employer perspectives and considerations

Chaired by Dr Rory O'Sullivan (Adjunct Professor, Further Education and Training Research Centre, Dublin City University) with Kathleen O’Hare (Chair, Northern Ireland Skills Council), Rose Tierney (...

Keynote speaker – To be announced

Panel Two – Employee perspectives and considerations

Chaired by Caitriona Mullan (Senior Research Associate, Centre for Cross Border Cooperation) with Manus Reid (Information Officer and Advocate, North Connaught & Ulster Citizens' Information Service)...

Keynote speaker

Dr Caoimhe Archibald MLA, Economy Minister

Panel Three – Business support organisations and strategic stakeholders

Chaired by Maureen O’Reilly (Senior Research Associate, Centre for Cross Border Cooperation) with Christine Kelly (IDA Ireland), Joanne McMullan Chanyuka (Head of Labour Market Solutions, Invest Nort...

Exploring Actionable Pathways Forwards

Colin McCabrey, Director of Trade, InterTradeIreland

4:20 PM - 4:30 PM

Closing remarks

Anthony Soares, CCBC Director

6:30 PM

Drinks reception and conference dinner

With guest speaker @BorderIrish

Good to know

Highlights

12 hours
In person

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Our 2025 Annual Conference will take place on Thursday 18 September in Ballymascanlon Hotel and Golf Resort, Dundalk.

Focusing on the theme of the All-Island Labour Market, this year’s conference will include keynote speakers and panel discussions exploring cross-border challenges and solutions from the perspectives of employers, employees and business representative organisations.

The conference will bring together policymakers, government representatives, industry experts, senior business representatives, academics and key stakeholders to discuss cross-border cooperation and explore actionable pathways.

We are delighted to have the support of Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor (Co-Headline Sponsor), InterTradeIreland, Ibec, EPIC Futures NI, Queen's University Belfast, Dublin City University and Southern Regional College as event sponsors. A limited number of sponsorship opportunities are still available - please contact the team.

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