Newsletter September 2019

Dear NetworkIrlande Members,

Autumn is officially upon us and our schedule for the new season got off to a tremendous start last Thursday evening at our rentrée reception. A summary of the event and photos can be found below and on our website.

For the next event on the agenda we have teamed up with Arbitration Ireland and the International Chamber of Commerce Ireland for 'Brexit – Challenges and Opportunities for Ireland' at the Embassy of Ireland this coming Thursday, September 26th. Two very illustrious speakers will be presenting on the evening, further details below.

In this edition you can also learn more about the recently published government strategy paper outlining Ireland's relationship with France. You will find news from your fellow members and any activities of interest organised by our affiliate associations. We also announce the lucky member survey respondent who will be receiving a case of champagne!

Lastly, please make sure to join NetworkIrlande on TWITTER and LINKEDIN if you have not already done so. Our social media following is continually growing and far outreaches the NetworkIrlande community both in sheer numbers and in scope. We would love to share your updates and are always happy to promote member's business news and initiatives.

Your NetworkIrlande Team

Latest News

NetworkIrlande Rentrée Event, September 19th, 2019

NetworkIrlande members and guests were enthralled by Colonel Colm Doyle's presentation at our rentrée event on September 19^th. Nobody could be left unimpressed by Colonel Doyle's recounting of his pivotal role in brokering peace in former Yugoslavia as special envoy to Lord Carrington, the former British foreign secretary. His thorough knowledge of what was happening on the ground and the respect and trust he very obviously instilled in the most brutal leaders and warlords were invaluable in mediating peace and saving his own life on more than one occasion!

Colonel Doyle, both with modesty and extreme clarity, took us through his experience in the Balkans and shared his insights on mediation and negotiation strategies that can be put into play in both business and personal circumstances today. His presentation sparked many varied and thoughtful questions from a very attentive audience.

The evening concluded with a lively cocktail reception in the sumptuous surroundings of the Intercontinental Le Grand. Truly a great evening of learning and networking!

Ireland's Strategy for France 2019–2025: 'Together in Spirit and Action'

We are honoured and very excited to see NetworkIrlande and the Ireland France Business Awards feature prominently in the Irish Government's newly published strategy for Ireland's relationship with France : Global Ireland – Ireland's Strategy for France 2019-2025, "Together in Spirit and Action". The full document can be viewed here http://bit.ly/2LeRECm .

Member Feedback Survey

Many thanks to all who responded to our Member Feedback Survey. We have received input from over 50 of our members which gives us great insight and direction for the future of the association. We have begun assessing the results in detail and will follow up on all suggestions. Colonel Doyle kindly acted as independent emissary last Thursday evening and picked the winner of a case of champagne out of all the survey respondents. Congratulations therefore to NetworkIrlande member Dara O'Connor who we hope will toast us when he receives his prize!

Upcoming Events

Brexit: Challenges and Opportunities for Ireland

NetworkIrlande, in association with Arbitration Ireland and the International Chamber of Commerce Ireland, will present 'Brexit : Challenges and Opportunities for Ireland' at the Irish Embassy in Paris on Thursday, September 26^th.

This informative and highly topical event will see the Hon. Mr. Justice David Barniville, designated arbitration Judge in the High Court of Ireland, speak of the opportunities Brexit may generate in Ireland, particularly in the field of arbitration, alongside RTE Europe Editor and Brexit authority, Mr. Tony Connelly who will give his latest, very keen insights on Brexit from the Irish perspective. Please note that this event has now reached capacity.

Irish In France Quiz Night, October 17th, 2019

This October Networkirlande members will have the possibility to show off their prowess on all things trivia! Our friends at Irish In France are organising a sociable quiz night at 8pm on Thursday October 17^th in Patrick's Le Ballon Vert. All members interested in joining the NetworkIrlande team please send an email to admin@networkirlande.com. More details will follow but for the moment Save The Date and start brushing down those encyclopaedias!

Business Awards, November 28th, 2019

We are delighted to announce that we have recieved a great number of highly commendable candidates for the Ireland France Business Awards 2019, organised in partnership with the France Ireland Chamber of Commerce. The jury will have a difficult job to select the winning companies!

The awards ceremony, a highlight of the Franco Irish business calendar, will be held this year in Paris on November 28th, at the Cercle National des Armées so please Save The Date!

Feel free to contact us at business-awards@networkirlande.com for any further information.

New Members

We welcome new NetworkIrlande member Anne Cleary who, in partnership with Denis Connolly, has created The School of Looking, an organisation which is committed to promoting exchange between art and science as a means to spark creativity. Anne is organising an event here in Paris on October 8th, at Theatre de la Reine Blanche, a meeting of Arts and Science on the theme of perception, with a brilliant young researcher, Guillaume Dumas from Fondation Pasteur. The performance will be followed by a drinks reception and is a really nice opportunity for Irish enterprises in Paris to meet and mingle with the research community…

"Art and science clash to explore the myriad worlds of perception including: AI and how to teach poetry to machines; strange interactions between colour and motion perception; neuro-diversity, hyper-sensibility, and different ways of perceiving the world…brought to you by School of  Looking artists Cleary & Connolly and Neuroscientist Guillaume Dumas. A surprising and informative evening opening your eyes to the extraordinary complexities of perception, including compelling perceptual experiences, illusions and wearable sculptures to experience animal vision; and finishing with a glass of good wine to remind us that taste is part of the perceptual universe too."

Anne has very kindly offered a reduced entry (€15 instead of €25) to fellow members who apply the code NETWORKIRLANDE at checkout here.

Latest Member News

EY announces new innovative digital solutions for the energy industry built on Microsoft Azure

EY announces the launch of two digital solutions built on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform — EY Digital Energy Enablement Platform (DEEP) and EY UtilityWave — designed to help energy companies improve performance, gain efficiencies and support better decision making.

EY DEEP provides tools that help define the future of oil and gas exploration. By digitally integrating key processes across the value chain — including complex well engineering, production and maintenance optimization, supply chain management and financial modeling — and using a common data model, the platform can be fully extended across the oil and gas organization, breaking down silos and reducing cycle time and overall costs.

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Brexit has cost one in ten Irish exporters over €100k to date - Enterprise Ireland

A survey of Enterprise Ireland client companies attending International Markets Week finds that 53% of companies say that Brexit has had an impact to their business with one in ten companies citing that Brexit has cost their business over €100K. Close to five percent of companies say that Brexit has cost their business over a quarter of a million euro to date.

Enterprise Ireland's International Markets Week (IMW), which opens today at the RDS, will host 650 client companies over three days. More than 140 international Market Advisors from Enterprise Ireland's 34 overseas offices will participate in over 2,000 client company one-to-one meetings, advising Irish businesses on global export opportunities in new markets in direct response to Brexit.

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Observatoire de la vie du chef d'entreprise

Grant Thornton, groupe d'audit et de conseil en France et dans le monde, annonce les dernières tendances de son Observatoire réalisé par OpinionWay, entre le 23 avril et le 17 mai dernier, auprès d'un panel de 300 chefs d'entreprise (PDG, DG, DAF…) d'au moins 50 salariés dont le chiffre d'affaires est supérieur ou égal à 50 millions d'euros.

Cette mise en perspective, qui croise plusieurs aspects de l'équilibre de vie (activités sportives ou culturelles, bénévolat, congés, temps partiel…), indique que près de sept dirigeants sur dix estiment avoir assez de temps libre pour leurs loisirs. Un sentiment qui se renforce encore plus auprès des chefs d'entreprise qui n'ont pas d'enfants (79%).

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Le Groupe Adéquat parmi les 'Ones to Watch' des European Business Awards

Après avoir remporté le prix d'argent pour la 'Meilleure Stratégie d'Internationalisation' au G20 Strategy & Management Summit, le Groupe Adéquat s'est également fait remarquer par les European Business Awards qui le classent parmi les entreprises à suivre.

Un résultat au niveau de l'implication de toutes nos équipes tant au siège que sur le terrain et une grande fierté pour le Groupe qui ne compte pas s'arrêter là !

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Interested in working from home: eBay and IDA Ireland partner to bring further job creation to the North East with remote working information roadshow

27 August 2019: eBay is set to bring jobs directly to Ireland's North East as it seeks out new talent for its eBay@Home programme. The global market site has partnered with IDA Ireland to bring further employment to the region and will visit the Cavan Digital Hub on September 4th for an information roadshow.

The eBay@Home roadshow will provide an opportunity for interested applicants in Cavan and the surrounding counties to find out more about working remotely for eBay as part of the company's dedicated customer support team for UK and Irish sellers and buyers.

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Sodexo appoints Margot Slattery to global role

Margot Slattery, the current country president for Sodexo in Ireland, becomes its global chief diversity officer from 1st September 2019. Julie Ennis takes over as country president, which she will combine with her current role as managing director of corporate services in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

As the incoming country president, Julie Ennis now has corporate governance and directorial responsibility for growing the various business segments - corporate, government, education, healthcare and homecare that operate in the Republic and Northern Ireland. Sodexo Ireland has recently been successful in winning high-profile services contracts, the new clients include Mason Hayes & Curran, named 2019 Law Firm of the Year for the Republic of Ireland at The Lawyer European Awards.

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Centre Culturel Irlandais : Autumn Calendar

The rentrée programme will strat with an exhibition by Ursula Burke on Fri 20th Sept that includes fresco-style wall painting, embroidery and porcelain sculpture. She reinterprets Classical and Baroque motifs by inserting them into a contemporary context, to speak to us about abuses of power in a truly original manner.

Concerts for music lovers of all tastes, debate on "Reinventing Ireland" and celebrating 50 years since Beckett's Nobel award… just some of the events in store between now and December.

Do take a look at their programme here

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