Innovation Through Partnerships

20th November 2007,
Royal College of Surgeons, 123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2

Registration & Breakfast from 8.15am

eircom, together with our world-class partners, would like to invite you to experience how other leading innovators think. Discover how the latest developments in machine-to machine communications, collaborative working, unified communications and managed services can help you to maximise your performance and deliver real value to all areas of your business.

Alongside our keynote speaker Niall Quinn of Sunderland FC, a range of expert speakers will be on hand to discuss several exciting new technology developments, as well as the latest in innovative thinking:

9.00 – 9.45: Keynote - Niall Quinn, Sunderland Football Club
Learn from a true success story, as Niall Quinn outlines the meteoric rise of Sunderland FC both as a business and a football club. Discover how the club's innovative approach to traditional club management has transformed the business and shaped its strategic blueprint for success.

9.45 - 10.15 - Europe's next generation datacentre in Ireland: eircom
Find out more about eircom's new state-of-the-art hosting and managed services datacentre. The centre provides a fully optimised environment for your business-critical systems, and is ideally positioned to address the growing demand for managed ICT services among Irish businesses.

10.15 - 10.45 – Machine-to-Machine: Orange Business Services
Discover the field of machine-to-machine communications, where connected devices share information and optimise performance without human intervention. Hear how this emerging form of communications can help you to drive cost-efficiencies across multiple disciplines.

10.45 - 11.15 - Hyperconnectivity: Nortel
Hear how the concept of unified communications, which enables real-time, collaborative communications across multiple devices, can help you to drive efficiencies and productivity amongst remote employees.

11.30 - 12.00 - Web 2.0: Cisco
Learn how the information sharing and collaborative working models associated with Web 2.0 are stimulating innovation across a wide range of business disciplines, such as project management, customer relationships and e-learning.

12.00 - 12.30 - Next Generation Networks: eircom
Discover how eircom's strategic investment in cutting-edge networking design and infrastructure will deliver a dramatic step up in service capacity, diversity and innovation. Find out how this investment will ultimately enable Irish organisations to improve their business performance and prosper in the increasingly competitive global marketplace.

To register please contact Eleanor Heaney - eheaney@eircom.ie.