BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:429@londonderrychamber.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211008T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211008T233000 DTSTAMP:20221028T190123Z URL:https://londonderrychamber.co.uk/events/63rd-annual-presidents-dinner- 08-october/ SUMMARY:63rd Annual President's Dinner 08 October DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 63rd Annual President's Dinner taking pl ace on Friday 08 October at the Everglades Hotel\, Derry is now sold out\, in line with  current Covid restrictions. We are very sorry to disappoin t any of our loyal and supportive members that have not been able to bookp laces\, however in the case of further easing allowing for a larger capaci ty we are keeping a waiting list\, again on a first-come\, first-served ba sis.\n\nContact Anna anna@londonderrychamber.co.uk to join the waiting lis t and thank you for your patience.\n\nThe Chamber Dinner in Derry is renow ned as the premier business networking event in the North West attended by business leaders and key influencers from across the region and made poss ible this year by our main sponsor\, Find Insurance NI.\n\n\n\nWe  lookfo rward to a packed programme of entertainment\, networking and fun to remin d us of what we have missed over the last eighteen months and to celebrate all that is best about doing business in the North West.\n\nOur keynote s peaker is a well-known alumnus of St Columb’s College in Derry and has b uilt an impeccable reputation as the go-to expert on Brexit - Tony Connell y\, Europe Editor of RTE. Tony joins us in person and travels from his bas e in Brussels to share personal insights and behind the scenes stories fro m his unique perspective on the EU.\n\nPresident's Charity\n\nThe Presiden t has chosen Air Ambulance NI as her charity and proceeds from the raffle which will take place during Dinner\, will be donated directly to them.\n\ n\n\nAccommodation rates for our guests:\n\nThere will be a limited number of Superior Twin/Double rooms at £95.00 BB available for our guests. Ple ase  quote reference number 176817 when reserving rooms. A deposit of£50 per room is required to confirm accommodation with balance paid on arriva l. Bedrooms which have not been reserved by Friday 24th September will be released for resale at the published standard rate.\n\n***Covid Restrictio ns****\n\nIn the worst case scenario of event cancellation or even partial cancellation meaning reduction in numbers allowed due to Covid restrictio ns\, the Chamber will of course refund the Dinner ticket price paid in ful l\n\n \n\n\n\nPaul Clancy\, Chief Executive\, Londonderry Chamber of Comm erce\n\nPaul Clancy qualified as an Electrical Engineer BSc ElecHons from Trinity College Dublin and has Diplomas in both Manufacturing and Human Re source Management with the Irish Management Institute (IMI). Hehas held a number of senior management roles withing the Agri\, Food\, Drinks and Man ufacturing Industries within Ireland\, UK and Scandinavia. Paul has held S ales Director\, Marketing and Managing Director roles and mostrecently was the MD of Baxi Ireland (Part of BDR Thermea).\n\nAs CEO of the Londonderr y Chamber of Commerce\, Paul is looking forward to leading this organisati on through what are some very challenging times.\n\n \n\n\n\nDawn McLaugh lin\, President of Londonderry Chamber of Commerce\n\nDawn is the principa l of the progressive\, award winning accountancy practice\, Dawn McLaughli n & Co.\n\nShe is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ir eland (FCA) and has a BSc (Hons) in Accounting and Economics. Dawn trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouse where she ma naged the SME department in the North West branch before establishing her own practice. For the past 34 years Dawn has specialised in advising loca lly owned and managed SMEs throughout the UK and Ireland.\n\nDawn is curre ntly Chair of the Chartered Accountants North WestNetwork\, she has been t he Chair of the Institute of Management – NW Ulster Branch\, a member of the Regional Board for Northern Ireland and alsoon the Member Services Co mmittee of the Ulster Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland as the NW representative and a member of the Board of the local l eadership team of Business in the Community.\n\nShe was founder member of the Support My Business NI Initiative providing mentoring and workshops on a pro bono basis to Northern Ireland businesses.\n\n \n\n\n\nSarah Trave rs\n\nSarah Travers is a journalist\, presenter\, media trainer and care er coach\, based in Northern Ireland. Sarahbegan her career with BBC Nort hern Ireland after completing a degree inbroadcast journalism at the Not tingham-Trent University\, first in BBC Radio Foyle\, before joining the R adio Ulster news team in 1997.  Sarah’s perhaps best known for her ro le as TV news anchor on BBC Newsline overa thirteen year period where she also fronted the weekly Family Focus slot\, Lifeline\, The Balmoral Show  and Children In Need.   Sarah also presented ‘The Magazine’ programme on UTV and ‘Made in NI’ on BBC NI.\n\nIn 2015 she set up her traini ng business\, Bespoke Communications\, with her business partner Camilla Long. She is passionate helping people and organisations tell their stori es through podcasts\, Ted Talks\, media appearances\, crisis communication s\, virtual and face to face keynote presentations and developing strong l eaders of the future.  She is also an ILM accredited Career Coach.\n\n \ n\n\n\nTony Connelly\, Europe Editor\, RTE\n\nTony Connelly is Europe Edit or for RTÉ\, Ireland’s public broadcaster. Tony has reported extensivel y on Brexit\, and has been coveringEU and European affairs since 2001.Tony has also reported on conflicts inAfrica\, the Balkans and the Middle East .\n\nHe is the recipient of two ESB National Media awards\, a European Jou rnalism Award and a New York Festivals radio award. He has received the Ou tstanding Achievement Award from the UCD Smurfit Graduate School journalis m awards\, and a Law Society Justice Media Award for his coverage of the B rexit negotiations. Tony is the author of Brexit and Ireland\, nominated I rish non-fiction book of the yearin 2018\, and Don’t Mention the Wars: A Journey Through European Stereotypes\, published in 2014.\n\nTony was bor n in County Derry in 1964\, and educated at St Columbs College\, Derry\, T rinity College Dublin and the London School of Journalism.He is married wi th three sons and lives in Brussels\n\n \n\n \n\n  END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210328T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR