I received an invitation recently from the Lord Mayor of Dublin to attend two workshops which are to be held in the Dublin City Council offices on wood quay on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th Jan.
I am honored by this invitation and have of course will be delighted to go. The reason that I have been invited to this event is my idea submission in response to an email from the Lord Mayors office regarding the Dublin city strategy development plan draft 2008-2013 and the Lord Mayors employment Commission plan.
The two workshops that I have been invited to are titled 'Lord Mayors Commission on Employment: Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries and Innovation' and ' Promoting Dublin as an International Student City'. .
This is my second major invite after the IDA Ireland invited to an entrepreneurial workshop (should I say closed discussion) about promoting an entrepreneurial culture in Dublin. I had to say it was funny that not one entrepreneur was present that day apart from the numerous representatives from Fingal county council, Dublin chamber of Commerce and Dublin city Enterprise Board. It is a good chance to meet and make some useful contacts even if the event was not entrepreneur friendly.
I will report on the workshop presentations in due course.
