Date: Thursday April 22nd 2010  at 7.30pm

Venue: Courtyard Marriott, Headford Road, Galway.

Guest Speaker: Declan Ganley, Irish Entrepreneur, founder Chairman and CEO of Rivada Networks designing and deploying broadband public safety communications networks for government customers.

The topic: 'Competing in Global Markets'

Declan has founded wireless broadband and cable TV businesses, in Western, Central and Eastern Europe, including Broadnet and operating broadband wireless networks in ten EU countries, and Cabletel, with a cable multimedia network in Eastern Europe. With extensive experience in emerging markets, from 1991 he built what became the largest private forestry company in the Former Soviet Union, which he divested in 1997.

Declan is Chairman of the Forum on Public Safety in Europe & North America, where senior leaders confer to provide policy and implementation recommendations to governments, legislators, public safety and defence entities in Europe and North America. He was an advisor on "technology and terrorism" to the Club De Madrid group of former heads of government and has served as a member of Futures Group of the Irish Government's Information Society Commission.

This talk is the first in a series which looks at how Ireland can compete in global markets and potentially gain a competitive advantage from its US and EU network.

RSVP: There is no charge for MBAAI members and guests to attend this event. To confirm your attendance, contact Christine Lewis at Tel.: 051-354301.