National Women's Enterprise Day 2022 – Midlands Region Event
(Westmeath, Longford, Laois & Offaly)
Hear inspiring journeys and work out your own route to success over lunch at the Lakehouse Hotel, Glasson.
Date: Thursday October 13th 2022
Venue: Glasson Lakehouse Hotel, Glasson, Athlone
Time: 10:30am-2.00pm (Lunch included).
This event, hosted by the Local Enterprise Offices in the Midlands region, offers an exciting opportunity for participants to learn key tips from the experiences and journeys of all the speakers to apply to the running of their own businesses and the serenic location on the shores of Lough Ree will afford attendees the opportunity to step back from the day to day of running their own businesses and network, learn and share in the experience of other business women from the region.
Theme: Our Future, Our Way
This is event will showcase female entrepreneurs from a spectrum of business sectors and stages of their business journey from each County in the Midlands.
This ‘On the Couch’ style event will be in informal interview/chatshow format with MC, Sarah Jane Foster in conversation with all our entrepreneurs. The event will hear from Suzanne Jackson, award-winning blogger and influencer turned businesswoman. Our Regional Ambassador Patricia Gibney will talk us through her entrepreneurial journey and how she became a successful fiction author.
MC Sarah Jane Foster - Sarah Jane Foster is an Irish Entrepreneur. She is the proud the owner of Ireland's top-rated video production company SJF Productions, she is also a Midlands Correspondent on the Jen Zamparelli show with 2fm.
Guest Speakers:
Suzanne Jackson, SoSueMe - The event will hear from Suzanne Jackson (@sosueme_ie) who is is an award-winning blogger and influencer turned businesswoman. Suzanne is the founder of SOSU Cosmetics & Dripping Gold Luxury Tan and co-founder of Mantra Official.
Patricia Gibney, Fiction Author - Patricia Gibney worked for many years as a public servant and hails from Mullingar and through a series of events, some traumatic, some fortunate, and with focus and dedication, has become a successful crime fiction author selling 11 books in the Detective Lottie Parker Series with over two million sales. The series is also available in audio format, and paperback editions are published by Sphere UK and Hachette Ireland and foreign translations have sold to Italy, Spain, Norway, France, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Taiwan, and audio to Sweden and Finland.
FREE GOODY BAG FOR ALL ATTENDEES
Running Order - subject to change
TIME:
09:45: Registration -Tea & Coffee
10:30: Welcome - MC, Sarah Jane Foster. SJF Productions and RTE 2FM Correspondent.
10:45: Opening address - Christine Charlton Head of Enterprise LEO Westmeath.
10:55: Event Leading Light - Patricia Gibney Crime fiction Author.
11:10: Fashion Showcase -
Zobi Fashion Design Consultancy.
Boutique Ladybelle.
Áines Boutique.
Claire Guinan- Jeweller and Artist.
11:50: Keynote Speaker - Suzanne Jackson. Entrepreneur / influencer / TV presenter.
12.15: Panel Discussion - Facilitated by Sarah Jane Foster-
Christine Charlton Head of Enterprise LEO Westmeath.
Suzanne Jackson. Entrepreneur / influencer / TV presenter.
Patricia Gibney Crime fiction Author.
Rachel Duffy- Rose of Tralee 2022.
Q&A
12:55: Closing Comments - Christine Charlton Head of Enterprise LEO Westmeath.
13:00: Lunch.