Established in 2017, the Valentia Island Lecture Series has featured speakers from the worlds of academia, politics, diplomacy, commerce and technology underpinning the impacts that the birth of global communications, originating from Valentia Island in 1866, have made on every facet of modern society.
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About the event
2020 sees the Lecture move online in an exciting new format including a link with our Canadian partners in Hearts Content, Newfoundland – a connection spanning 160 years.
The lecture will take place from 3:00pm to 4.30pm and include Ms. Sharon McCoey, Head of LinkedIn Ireland and Mr David McCourt, Chairman and CEO Granahan McCourt Capital and Chairman National Broadband Ireland in conversation with Ms. Ann O Dea, CEO of SiliconRepublic.com. The key notes will be streamed from the historic Cable Station to an international audience.
This year we will also be hosting a live link up with Hearts Content in Newfoundland Canada, featuring a fireside chat broadcast from the Royal Hotel, Valentia from 5:00pm to 6:30pm between the two communities and music performances on both sides of the Atlantic. This event will include the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the communities.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 2:45pm | Event platform open to attendees |
| 3:00pm | Welcome to the 4th Lecture, Leonard Hobbs, Chairperson, Valentia Transatlantic Cable Foundation |
| 3:15pm | Sharon McCooey, Senior Director International Operations / Head of Linkedin Ireland |
| 3:45pm | Ann O Dea of Silicon Republic in conversation with David McCourt, chairman National Broadband Ireland |
| 4:15 – 5:00pm | Interlude |
| 5:00pm | Welcome to community and culture exchange, Joe McGill of Radio Kerry |
| 5:05pm | Welcome from the Irish Ambassador to Canada, Mr Eamonn McKee Welcome from the Canadian Embassy in Ireland, with Chargée d’affaire, Ms Sabine Nolke |
| 5:15pm | Signing of MOU in Valentia with Mr Michael Lyne, Chairperson, Valentia Island Development Company Signing of MOU in Heart’s Content with Mayor Fred Cumby |
| 5:30pm | Introduction to Heart’s Content Cultural Exchange with Gerry Osmond, Director of Arts and Heritage, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Music performance from Heart’s Content |
| 5:50pm | “Cable memories” panel discussion hosted by Joe McGill |
| 6:15pm | Music performance from Valentia |
| 6:30pm | “It’s a small world” |
| 6:45pm | Close |
You can catch up on previous editions of the lecture below.
