3. Schedule
Saturday evening March 12th:
Pat O‟ Riordan will join group at Clontarf Castle 6.00 p.m. – possible city
centre excursion for dinner to be discussed on the evening with group – this
will be informal.
Sunday March 13th:
9.30 a.m. Following breakfast at hotel we will depart on dedicated tour bus for
scenic drive and tour of County Wicklow (Ireland‟s „‟Garden County‟‟). This
will involve some local hiking/walking (comfortable shoes and rain jackets
essential). www.visitwicklow.ie
Paddy Wagon will be providing tour bus and driver/guide. Pat O‟ Riordan will
join.
6.00 p.m. Informal dinner in County Wicklow Irish Pub/Restaurant
9.00 p.m. Return to Clontarf Castle Hotel.
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4. Monday March 14th:
9.30 a.m. Depart from Clontarf Castle Hotel for Enterprise Ireland‟s
Eastpoint Headquarters.
10.00 a.m. Welcome & Photo Call – Kevin Sherry,
Director of international Sales & Partnering.
10.15 a.m. ‘’High Potential Start Ups in Ireland’’ – Enterprise Ireland‟s
role, activities and experience based on over twenty years
experience of investments and in building an entrepreneurship
and innovation ecosystem.
John Convery HPSU Division.
Questions & Answers
11.15a.m. Coffee Break
12.00p.m. Dublin Web Summit – Founders
An introduction, overview and discussion on building
International Networks and attracting key figureheads to lead,
inspire and innovate.
1.00p.m. Lunch and informal networking at Staff Restaurant
Eastpoint.
2.00p.m. Miriam Magner Flynn CEO and founder of Career Decisions.
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5. A career and change management consulting company that has
spawned a new web based start up based on excellent
professional content – very interested in discussion on
Indonesian web trends, partnering opportunities - will be visiting
Jakarta in mid April.
3.00p.m. Newbay Software
Newbay is one of the fastest growing software companies in
Europe. Founders previously started and floated the very
successful Baltimore Technologies on the Nasdaq in one of
Ireland‟s biggest home grown IPO‟s. Newbay has a growing
interest in the Indonesian market and very interested to discuss
mobile web trends and usage patterns unique to the Indonesian
Market.
4.00 p.m. The Saon Group
The Saon Group was co-founded and is co-owned by one of
Ireland‟s leading entrepreneurs Denis O‟ Brien who also
founded and runs the International Telecoms Operator
Company Digicel in the Carribean in the Pacific.
Saon Group is the umbrella holding company which operates a
number of successful online recruitment brands in Europe, US,
Latin America and China. More recently it‟s attention is turning
to Indonesia.
5.00 p.m. Depart Eastpoint for Hotel.
7.00p.m. Depart Hotel for Temple Bar Dinner 7.30 p.m. – Chameleon
Indonesian Restaurant
www.chameleonrestaurant.com
To be joined by Edel O‟ Dwyer, Irish Department of Foreign
Affairs and by Claire Kilroy – Young Irish Author.
10.30p.m. Nightcap in Dublin Pub & return to Hotel.
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6. Tuesday 15th March
Pat O‟ Riordan returns to Singapore on 6.00 a.m. flight.
Philip Watson - Enterprise Ireland High Growth Markets Team –
will accompany the Group on schedule.
9.15 a.m. Depart Hotel for IT Tallaght.
10.00 a.m. Meeting with President Pat McLaughlin, President of
Institute of Technology Tallaght
Tour of Institute, Meetings with Department Heads and
New Synergy Centre (Business Incubation Facility).
Introductions to Campus based company start ups.
12.00 p.m. Depart IT Tallaght for Trinity College Dublin
1.30 p.m. Tour of Trinity College (a Globally ranked top 100 University) A
University with a unique literary and creative tradition, fused with
modern hi tech sciences and entrepreneurship.
3.00 p.m. Depart for Digital Hub
The Digital Hub is an Irish Government initiative to create an
international centre of excellence for knowledge, innovation and
creativity focused on digital content and technology enterprises.
Tour of centre by Digital Hub Manager and informal
introductions to companies and entrepreneurs.
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7. 5.00 p.m. Guinness Storehouse
Guinness is a leading Irish brand which to this day has a rich
history in both Ireland and Indonesia. VIP passes will be
provided courtesy of Guinness where the history of the product
and cultural connection can be explored before visiting the world
famous Gravity Bar.
http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/Index.aspx
6.00 p.m. Return to Clontarf Castle Hotel
Informal evening arrangements to be decided with visitors on
their arrival in Dublin. Options include theatre/music with
informal dinner in Dublin City Centre.
Official Programme Finishes with return transport to Clontarf Castle
Hotel 11.00p.m
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8. Delegate Profiles
Bernardus Djonoputro – CEO, HDA Advisory, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Mr. Djonoputro has had more than 20 years of experience in business and the
professional services industry. He served as Director of Marketing of Ernst &
Young Indonesia for five years before moving to PricewaterhouseCoopers. As
Director of PWC he was responsible for business development and go-to-
market strategy of the firm in Indonesia, until he co-founded HD Asia
Advisory.
Mr. Djonoputro also spent 6 years with American Express International in
Indonesia as Head of Business Partnership, Marketing & Sales Division.
While at American Express he was awarded the American Express Worldwide
Best Performer Award in 1993, the highest chairman‟s award for performance
and customer service (he remains the only Indonesian to have received the
award).
Mr. Djonoputro graduated from the prestigious Bandung Institute of
Technology (ITB)'s School of Regional & City Planning. He is an alumni of the
Indonesia-Australia Intergovernmental Youth Exchange Program. During the
peak of reform in 1997, he co-founded SPUR (Solidarity of Professionals for
Reform), a loose association of young pro-reform professionals set up to
support the student movement that pushed for reformasi.
Mr. Djonoputro currently serves as member of the advisory board of the ITB
School of Business and Management. He is also elected as Secretary
General of the Indonesia Association of Planners (Ikatan Ahli Perencana –
IAP) for 2007-2010.
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9. Ayu Prabawati – Associate, HDA Advisory, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Following her International Economics and Business study, Ms. Ayu
Prabawati gained experience in banking sector at Indover Bank N.V.,
Amsterdam, and Danamon Bank, Jakarta. While studying at Erasmus
University Rotterdam she was an awardee of Witteveen Dekker Indonesian
Scholarship Foundation's full scholarship.
Ayu has been involved in various non-profit organizations in Indonesia and
abroad. She is a co-founder of an Indonesian mailing list AnakBerbakat, a
support and advocating group for gifted children focusing on how to deal with
their problems arising from their giftedness. The mailing list works together
with experts from educational, medical and psychological fields both in and
out of Indonesia.
Since returning to Indonesia from the Netherlands, she has also been
involved in political campaign and election for Members of Parliament in
Lampung. Currently she is an associate at HD AsiaAdvisory.
Shirley Christie Wibisono – Journalist, Jakarta Globe
Shirley is a business reporter at the Jakarta Globe, the fastest growing
English-language newspaper in Indonesia that has access to print and online
publication. The Jakarta Globe is a part of Globe Media Group that has more
than 5 subsidiaries (Globe Asia, Investor Daily, Suara Pembaruan, the Peak,
Straits Times Indonesia, Berita Satu, etc) and affiliated with the Lippo group.
Before joining with the Jakarta Globe, she has been working as a writer for
more than 6 years. Her professional careers were mostly spent with Ogilvy
and Mather, where she became a senior copywriter for over 4 years and won
several international awards including from London International Awards
(LIA), Asia Pacific Advertising Festival (Adfest), Busan International
Advertising Festival (AdStars), Spikes Asia Advertising Festival, ADOI, and
Indonesia‟s Citra Pariwara Awards.
Shirley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Petra Christian University in
Surabaya, Indonesia. She is an avid blogger since 2004 and the founder of
Jakarta Book Club. Her daily beat in the Jakarta Globe is writing about
telecommunications, technology, and retail businesses.
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10. Natali Ardianto - COO, PT. Tiket Networks
Natali Ardianto - A leader by heart and a professional technologist by passion.
Having a deep interest in the field of digital marketing and branding and owing
a vast knowledge and network in Indonesia digital industries. One of the few
thinkers in the Indonesia start up industry. 16 years experience in
programming and 10 years experience in web industry. Started to write code
with dBase III+, QBasic, Pascal since 13 years old. Member of the silver team
in Indonesia Computer Olympic on senior high.
Natali co-founded Urbanesia.com - a city directory - and Golfnesia.com -
online golf reservation system -, now working on three different startups,
Tiket.com (Ticketing and booking system), TwoBecome.us (premium dating
site) and KlubGrosir.com (e-commerce).
Now a COO of PT. Tiket Networks, Natali‟s main focus are Search Engine
Optimization, search engine Rich Snippets/Searchmonkey, search engine
customization using Sphinx Search Engine, brand and identity, digital
strategies such as viral, social, audio and visual imagery and also an e-
commerce practitioner.
Nuniek Tirta Sari – Initiatior at #StartupLokal, Owner at HamilCantik.com,
Blogger at Nuniek.com
Nuniek Tirta Sari has passion in community building, networking, and
connecting people. The passion that brought her to become the founder of
Indonesia blogger community Blogbugs in May 2002, with thousands of
members. The passion that made her become one of #StartupLokal initiators,
a community for Indonesia local startups with hundreds of members since its
first meetup on April 2010. And the passion that made her appointed as
Community Manager in Fimela.com, the leading Indonesian online fashion &
lifestyle magazine, starting 1st March 2011.
Been blogging since January 2001, her blog www.nuniek.com was awarded
as runner up for Asia Blog Award in 2003, and 1st place winner of writing
competition “Mother and Internet” in 2010. She‟s very active in twitter with
personal account @nuniek and recognized as an influencer. She also owned
the first online boutique for maternity & breastfeding fashion in Indonesia,
www.hamilcantik.com that has thousands of customers since it is built on
February 2008, and got coverage by national TV, newspapers, magazines
and tabloids. With all her passions and skill in communication & negotiation,
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11. she has a goal to shape a solid, positive & supportive ecosystem in Indonesia
digital community.
Sanny Gaddafi - Initiator at #StartupLokal
Sanny Gaddafi (nickname: SaGad), a technopreneur since in the University,
develop the first local Social Networking site called FUPEI (Friends Uniting
Program Especially Indonesian) and have 187.000 local member. From that
experience he partnering with some people and build several social
networking sites, such as a Social Networking for Moms called
BundaGaul.com and a Social Networking for Sport Enthusiast called
SixReps.com. He also have a website in America as a result from mentoring
program on Founder Institute 1st season called AutoSally.com a marketplace
between car owner and mechanic (soon to be launch).
Very active in #StartupLokal community as one of the Initiator of the
community, also taking part on the mentoring program on SWAStartup.
Aulia Halimatussadiah – Writer & Entrepreneur
Aulia Halimatussadiah a.k.a Ollie is a writerpreneur – writer & entrepreneur.
She wrote 17 novels & how-to books in 5 years. Some of the how-to books
are about building websites & online store that she‟s been doing since 2006.
Her first online business is online book store Kutukutubuku.com, now the top
3 online bookstore in Indonesia. She has Web Consultant Company
TukuSolution.com and Game Studio Tempalabs.com in service industry.
TukuSolution.com & Tempalabs.com have served many Indonesia‟s notable
companies. Tuku Solution focusing on ecommerce solution and Tempa Labs
on flash, social and mobile games. Last but not least, she just launched
NulisBuku.com, the first online self publishing – print on demand in Indonesia
(even in South East Asia). NulisBuku.com won the best ecommerce website
on Sparxup award 2010 only a month after launched and now growing rapidly.
She will soon launch her online writing class website and more startup
projects to come. She has concern to grow technology communities & better
startup environment in Indonesia, that‟s why she actively taking part as
committee of #StartupLokal, Fresh Forum & Girls in Tech Indonesia. She‟s
also an active blogger, blogging about business, writing, gadgets & traveling
at her personal blog http://salsabeela.com. On twitter @salsabeela , she‟s
been recognized as one of Indonesia‟s opinion influencers with more than
5,500 followers.
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12. Enterprise Ireland Profile
About Enterprise Ireland
Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the
development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. We work in
partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win
export sales on global markets. In this way, we support sustainable economic
growth, regional development and secure employment.
Enterprise Ireland's priority is the achievement of export sales growth from
Irish-owned companies. Export sales growth leads to an increase in demand
for Irish goods and services, and increases the flow of income into the Irish
economy. This is fundamental to job creation and maintenance in Ireland.
All our services are geared toward helping Irish companies win international
sales.
Our range of services is extensive, from funding, to making introductions in
key international markets. Many of our clients tell us that while the funding
they received from Enterprise Ireland was helpful, the non-financial
assistance, like introductions to experts, buyers and potential customers, was
most valuable.
Enterprise Ireland works with entrepreneurs and business people across the
full business development spectrum - from early-stage entrepreneurs, to
established business owners and Irish multinational companies.
Enterprise Ireland is a national and global organisation. We have a national
network of nine regional offices throughout Ireland and over 30 international
locations, facilitating access to more than 60 countries worldwide.
Enterprise Ireland has a team of business and specialist advisers based in
Ireland, who work with colleagues located in our international office network,
to help Irish companies compete for and win international sales.
Enterprise Ireland clients are assigned a Development Adviser according to
stage of development (e.g. start-up, established or high growth) and sector
(e.g. food, pharmaceuticals, international services).
Other specialists work with clients to help them achieve global success, for
example: Technology Advisers work with companies and research institutions
to develop innovation capability and to commercialise research. Market
Advisers work directly with client companies to help them to win export sales
in international markets.
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13. Pat O’Riordan Kevin Sherry
Overseas Manager, Singapore Manager, International Sales and
Enterprise Ireland Partnering
Enterprise Ireland
John Convery Philip Watson
Senior Development Advisor, Marketing Executive
HPSU Financial & Enterprise High Growth Markets
Software Enterprise Ireland
Enterprise Ireland
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14. Appointment Profiles
Dublin Web Summit
The Dublin Web Summit is Ireland‟s largest web & tech event. In 2010, over
2,500 people attended our five events, which have been covered in the Wall
Street Journal, New York Times, Telegraph, The Irish Times and elsewhere.
It brings some of the most world‟s most renowned entrepreneurs, investors
and business leaders to Ireland to speak not just to the Irish web and tech
community, but to the broader business community.
The next event is March 8 at Chartered Accountants House, 47-49 Pearse
Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Career Decisions
Founded by Miriam Magner Flynn in 1994, Career Decision‟s, is and will
always be passionate about and committed to helping people realise their full
potential. Delivering career life cycle management services through state-of-
the-art technology, tools and training, Career Decisions addresses the needs
of organisations and their individual employees, wherever they may be in their
career life cycle.
Over 18,000 individuals have benefited from Career Decisions customised
Career Support Programmes. Our success is directly related to the quality of
our people and our unrivalled Career Support Programmes – a combination
which has consistently achieved successful outcomes for both the individuals
and organisations.
Newbay
NewBay Software is the leader in digital lifestyle solutions for operators,
enabling subscribers to create, store, view and share user content. NewBay
LifeCache product suite empowers operators to deliver an integrated set of
converged rich-media services including photo and video albums/blogs, social
networking, digital vault, handset and desktop clients, messaging and
contacts synchronisation services.
NewBay enables operators to increase ARPU, drive messaging and data
traffic, strengthen customer loyalty and build mobile communities and social
networks based on user generated content.
Customers include T-Mobile USA, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica O2, France
Telecom Orange, U.S. Cellular, AT&T, Telstra, Verizon, and LG Electronics.
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15. Saongroup.com
Saongroup.com is one of the fastest growing online companies in the world,
with offices in 19 countries across 4 continents.
Saongroup.com operates online recruitment websites for recruiters and career
seekers in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, China,
India, the Middle East, South Africa, Central America and the Caribbean.
The group also includes Candidate Manager, a leading provider of recruitment
management software, the career development website myhorizon.ie and the
premium online dating website maybefriends.com.
Founded in 1995, saongroup.com has its head office in Dublin, Ireland.
Their recruitment websites deliver a high quality platform to enable recruiters
to advertise vacancies and to empower jobseekers to find their dream job. By
delivering user friendly tools and relevant information, their online solutions
help jobseekers take control of their careers and enable recruiters to identify
the right candidates, easily and cost effectively.
Candidate Manager is a user friendly web-enabled Applicant Tracking
System/ Talent Management System and is used by industry leaders such as
Merrill Lynch, American Power Conversion, Hibernian Insurance (Aviva
Group), Cianbro, Siemens and Vodafone.
Other
Myhorizon.ie, Ireland's leading careers website, gives jobseekers all the tools
they need to get the job they want.
Institute of Technology Tallaght
The mission of Institute of Technology Tallaght is to be the centre of higher
education and knowledge creation within South Dublin County and its
environs, to broaden participation in higher education in the region, to be
recognised as a leader in supporting research and commercial innovation,
and to assist in the advancement of the economic, social and cultural life of
the region.
The Institute was opened in 1992 as a European Demonstration College for
Technological Education. In that time the Institute has expanded from an
initial cohort of seven hundred students to a current complement, full and part-
time, of almost four thousand undergraduates and over 60 postgraduates.
The last twelve months have seen quite a few developments in the Institute.
The business incubation centre „Synergy‟ continues to attract people with a
wide range of ideas to start or expand their own businesses.
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16. Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College builds on its four-hundred-year-old tradition of scholarship to
confirm its position as one of the great universities of the world, providing a
liberal environment where independence of thought is highly valued and
where staff and students are nurtured as individuals and are encouraged to
achieve their full potential.
The College is committed to excellence in both research and teaching, to the
enhancement of the learning experience of each of its students and to an
inclusive College community with equality of access for all. The College will
continue to disseminate its knowledge and expertise to the benefit of the City
of Dublin, the country and the international community.
Trinity College Dublin is recognised internationally as Ireland's premier
university and is ranked in 52nd position in the top 100 world universities and
14th position in the top 200 European universities by the QS World University
Rankings 2010. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for
2010 TCD is ranked 76th in the top 200 world universities and 15th in the top
European universities.
The Digital Hub
The Digital Hub Development Agency is the state agency established by the
Irish Government with responsibility for the management of The Digital Hub.
Established in 2003 to manage The Digital Hub project, the task of Digital Hub
Development Agency is to implement some of the most radical enterprise and
social development strategies so far attempted by the Irish Government.
Digital Hub Development Agency actively manages the project environment
by implementing physical and support initiatives to ensure that the creators
and innovators of next generation digital media products and services have an
opportunity to grow. Uniquely, the Agency is leveraging the growth of the
project to provide a framework for social and educational developments and
reform. The sense of community and ownership among those involved in the
project sets it apart from all that have gone before.
The Agency is also the first to establish board level integration with the key
government bodies responsible for the city and national enterprise
development, namely: Dublin City Council, Enterprise Ireland and the
Industrial Development Authority.
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17. The Guinness Storehouse
Located in the heart of the St James's Gate Brewery, GUINNESS
STOREHOUSE® is Ireland's No. 1 Dublin tourist attraction. It was built in
1904 and it was used for fermenting beer until 1988.
The building is now open to the public for tours, during which one can learn
the brewing process of Guinness, discover the history of the company and be
taught how to pull the perfect pint of stout.
The tour concludes with a trip to the gravity bar – set on the roof of the
building, with a chance to take in a panoramic view of the city, as well as
some of it‟s best served pints.
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