Responsible Business Summit 2018
How can you futureproof your business? Come and investigate evolving business models and sustainability issues that will affect how we work and do business in the future.
This full-day Summit will commence with our annual CEO Breakfast with a focus on innovation. The Summit itself will be packed with themed workshops, debates, and interactive marketplace and challenging plenary sessions. Perfect for networking and forming new partnerships. Everything about this event will focus on the future – from the themes to the food. Don’t miss out!
“Events like this are the ideal opportunity for businesses to come together and learn, not only from leading-edge thinkers and speakers, but also from each other. It was valuable and inspiring.”
Featured Speakers
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Jeremy Darroch
Chief Executive Officer, Sky PLC
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Ria Kearney
Head of Sustainable Design & Partnerships, MADE-BY
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Máirín Murray
Digital Innovator and Implementor, CEO of Digital Doddle and Co–founder Tech for Good Dublin
Workshops
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Listen! Mental Health really matters at work
Speakers: Chair: Fiona Scullion | Speakers: TBCDate: 10/10/18Time: 11:30am – 12:30pmOn World Mental Health Day, join us to explore how you can futureproof your workplace by recognising the signs that people are struggling with stress or mental ill health at work. With Where, How and When we work changing rapidly due to social and technological advances, people can struggle to keep up. The pressures of our 24/7 online culture also take their toll and employers have a responsibility to look out for and invest in their employees when it comes to good mental health. This workshop will explore how you can identify potential problems at an early stage and give you tools to avoid a workforce mental health crisis.
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Technology: friend or foe in futureproofing your business?
Speakers: Chair: TBC | Speakers: Jill Robb, Mairin MurrayDate: 10/10/18Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pmGDPR, Cyber security and online reputation – just some of issues brought about in an increasingly digital and technology-driven world. This session will explore how businesses are dealing with these challenges, and what more your business can do to futureproof itself.
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Developing your flagship education/skills programme
Speakers: Chair: John Healy | Speakers: Laura HouricanDate: 10/10/18Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pmIncreasingly companies are keen to develop their own bespoke education or employability programmes, to help inspire and upskill next generation employees or create alternative/new talent pipelines from the existing working age population. Employers share their insights into their signature programmes, why they have done what they have, how they developed their initiative and the ups and downs along the way.
Media
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Sky Chief to speak at Responsible Business Summit
Come and hear from Sky Chief, Jeremy Darroch about the future for responsible business, how the world is changing, and what your business can do to keep pace. -
Join the Responsible Business Expo
Spaces are now available fo the Responsible Business Summit Business Expo - Belfast Waterfront Hall | Wednesday 10 October 2018. -
The world is changing . . . are you?
How can business futureproof itself when the world is changing at a pace that is faster than ever before? (3 min video)
