Invest Ireland 2010 - is an exciting new conference which aims to connect Venture and Angel Investors with Ireland’s most promising Entrepreneurial ventures. The event will be held in the Ryan Academy in Citywest from 8th to 10th September 2010.

Overview of Event:

Through Invest Ireland, The Ryan Academy together with Arizona State University will bring a number of carefully selected US Investors to Ireland to sit alongside their Irish counterparts and engage with entrepreneurs from all parts of Ireland. The event will link leading sources of investment capital with emerging growth businesses, start ups and university technologies, all seeking a variety of funding options. To investors, the conference will offer qualified ventures in which to invest. To entrepreneurs, it will present an efficient way to reach those investors.

Entrepreneurs - will be invited to apply for an opportunity to present their companies to investors. If selected, they will participate in our Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs Programme designed to assist them in presenting their business plans to professional investors.

In addition to the company presentations, the event will include presentations by two of Ireland’s best known entrepreneurs - a closed door forum for US and Irish Investors – well known keynote speakers – and a golf outing at the K Club; one of Ireland’s premier golf courses and the venue for the Ryder Cup 2006.

Further details on this event will be available @ www.investireland.ie

For more information please call: (01) 7006786

Lecture Series:

From January to June 2009, a series of successful lunchtime lectures were hosted at the DCU Ryan Academy which included presentations from, Ciarán Dyar, Brody Sweeney, Tony Foley, Pat Brazel and the final lecture in the series was with Maurice Mason and Declan Ryan. The Mid-Summer Networking Event was presented by Mr Eamon Gilmore, TD and Leader of the Labour Party. To view photographs and video clips of the presentations, please visit our Recent Events Page. The Lectures Programme commenced again in September 2009, if you wish to be included on the ‘invitation list’ for these lectures, please register your interest at: info@ryanacademy.dcu.ie