IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL All Island Sports Development Conference - Two day schedule

06 Oct 2005

Osprey Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare
Thursday, October 20
10.00  a.m.  Registration Desk Opens
11.00 a.m.  Session One Official Opening
12.00 p.m.  Session Two
1.00 p.m.   Lunch
2.15 p.m.  Seminars
3.30 p.m.  Seminars 
4.30 pm   Session Three  
7.30 p.m. –9.30 p.m. Reception

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS; Thursday, October 20

Chairman: John Bowman

Session One: Raising the Stakes, The Governments’ Vision for the Future of Sport in Ireland  
Welcome by Chairman of the Irish Sports Council, Mr Ossie Kilkenny and the Sports Council for Northern Ireland, Prof Eric Saunders OBE
Keynote address by the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Mr John O’Donoghue T.D.
Response by Northern Ireland representative

Session Two: Launch of the ESRI Study into Childrens’ Participation in Sport in Ireland
Launch by Minister O’Donoghue
Prof Tony Fahey, Economic and Social Research Institute
Mr Nick Rowe, Sport England, the Value of Sport Monitor

Lunch

Session Three
*Sport for Life: Evaluation of the Irish Sports Council’s strategy: Jane Williams, The SIA Group
*SCNI Corporate Plan: Strategy Process, Dr Shaun Ogle, Sports Council Northern Ireland
*RTE Sport, Broadcast Opportunities for Sports, Glen Killane, RTE, and Ryle Nugent, RTE
*Realising the Value of Outdoor Recreation in Ireland, Craig Bulloch

Session Four
*The role of women in sport: Women in Sport: Mary Davis, Special Olympics Ireland, Prof Ian Henry, Loughborough University
*How to Get More from Sponsorship: Gary Rice, Beuachamps, John Trainor, Onside Sponsorship
*Investing in the Sports Infrastructure: Sports Capital Programme, Con Haugh, Department  of Arts, Sport and Tourism,  and Nick Harkness, Sports Council for Northern Ireland
*Volunteering: Ken Nixon, Northern Ireland Sport Forum, Nickey Brennan, GAA,  and Derek Brennan, Federation of Irish Sports
*Children in Sport: Detailed Analysis Research Liam Delaney, ESRI & Putting the Physical into Literacy, Brian Delaney (SCNI)

Session Five

Lifelong Involvement in Sport and Physical Activity: A New Model
Niall Quinn, Irish Sports Council, Anne Marie Hughes, Irish Sport Council, & Ann McPhail, University of Limerick

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS: October 21

Chair: Mr John Bowman

Session One: Opening: Setting the Scene

Mr Eamonn McCartan, Chief Executive, Sports council Northern Ireland 
 Mr John Treacy, Chief Executive, Irish Sports Council

Session Two: High Performance Sport
Introduced by Finbarr Kirwan, Irish Sports Council
Keynote: Mr Liam Brady, Head of Youth Development Arsenal F.C
How Professional Sports Organisations Develop Elite Talent 

Session Three: Sport and Health;
Introduced by Marie Murphy, Jordanstown
Keynote: Ms Melissa Johnson, USA, Executive Director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Experience in the USA of using sport and physical activity to combat obesity

Lunch

Session Four: Sport and Social Change
Introduced by Eamonn McCartan, Sports Council Northern Ireland
Keynote: Mr Mark Touhy, Chairman, Sport Commission, Washington DC
Sport as the Engine of Social Regeneration in Urban Areas.

Session Five: Influencing Decision Makers, Raising the Stakes for Sport
  Introduced by Tracy Piggott, Irish Sports Council
Keynote: EU Commissioner  Charlie McCreevy

Closing Addresses by
Professor Eric Saunders and Mr Ossie Kilkenny