A major conference will take place at the end of this month to help the diaspora in the United States and Canada better connect with their roots.
The third annual Laurentic Conference and Business Beyond Borders seminar will be held on Friday, January 27 at the Inishowen Gateway Hotel in Buncrana, County Donegal.
Guest of honor and speaking at the conference will be the Canadian ambassador to Ireland Loyola Hearn but organizers, the Ulster Newfoundland Initiative have also put together a strong line-up of other speakers who will address attendees.
Among them will be John McCarter, chairman of the Inishowen Development Partnership; Meghan Drover, economic development officer with the Irish Business Partnership; Michael Graham, director of corporate real estate at the Titanic Quarter in Belfast; Gareth Gallagher, managing director of Atlanfish Ltd; Suzanne Cormie, senior trade commissioner at the Canadian Embassy; Sinclair Stockman, lead consultant with the Digital NI 2020 collaborative network and Mark Nagurski, champion of Digital Derry.
A number of local businesses will take part in the event with various stalls and displays at the conference.
All funds raised from the event will go towards the Ulster Newfoundland Initiative's peace and reconciliation program. Following the conference, the ambassador, attendees and local people will participate in a wreath laying ceremony in memory of the 343 people who died when the SS Laurentic struck two mines off the coast of Donegal in January 1917.
To register for the conference, email j.odonnell @visitinishowen.com or ring Jennifer on +353 7493 62600.
