The progamme includes seminars from high profile guest speakers followed up by two days of showcases. The first night’s seminar on Monday, March 8th at 7pm, Boole IV Lecture Theatre, will focus on the ‘Business of Sport’. The speakers JP McManus (Businessman), Frankie Sheahan (former Ireland and Munster hooker), Donal Óg Cusack (Cork Senior Hurling Team) and John Trainor (MD of Onside Sponsorship) will discuss how the arena of sport has become big business and the implications this has for the future. A Questions and Answers Forum will follow the talks.
The second evening, Tuesday, March 9th at 7.30pm, Boole III, will hear Terry Clune, this year’s Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year and CEO of the Tax Back Group, discuss his experiences of establishing his own company while still a student and developing it to its current global scale.
On Wednesday, March 10th the Entrepreneurial and Social Society will host their version of the hit TV show “Dragons Den” at 7pm in Boole I Lecture Theatre. The judges will be Bobby Kerr (RTE’s Dragons Den and CEO of Insomnia Coffee) and Kate Hyde (a recent graduate of UCC) who received investment for her company following her appearance on RTE’s Dragons Den. The third and final judge on the panel will be Pat Lynch (director of Compliance & Risk) who is an active investor and business angel in the Cork area.
Thursday, March 11th will see the unveiling of the winner of the UCC Staff Good Business Idea, a competition open to all UCC staff.
The Innov8@UCC week coincides with a diverse range of Innovative showcases organised by the Electrical Engineering, Business Information Systems, Food Business and Development & Food Science and Technology departments respectively. On Thursday and Friday, 230 final year students will showcase their New Product or Service ideas in a diverse range of technologies. These Showcases are open to the public and highlight the novel and creative endeavours of the student population in UCC.
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