February 17, 2011
By Staff Reporter
The conference, which features high-profile speakers from Boston and northwest Ireland, including State Senate President Therese Murray of Massachusetts and Minister Conor Murphy of the power sharing executive in the North, will build on the work of the recent Global Economic Forum held in Dublin last month, and on last year’s Investment Conference in Belfast.
While focusing on economic, academic and cultural linkages, the conference will also hear from IAUC President Kate McCabe and General James Cullen, founding president of the Brehon Law Society, who will speak on the lessons of the Irish peace process.
Mary Louise Mallick, First Deputy Comptroller of New York State, which has invested $30 million in a new fund targeting underserved areas of the north of Ireland, will also address the gathering.
Among the organizations sponsoring the conference are the University of Ulster, Magee, Derry City Council, Donegal Council, the Derry regeneration body ILEX, and the Northern Ireland Bureau in Washington D.C. U.S. political figures addressing the conference include Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill and Rep. Gene O’Flaherty, while Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray will be chief honoree at the Golden Bridges luncheon finale to the conference.
To register, go to www.irishecho.com/conference.
“With this conference, Irish America is leading the way in underpinning the peace process and helping Ireland’s economy while reaping real benefits for the U.S. I have no doubt that this unique gathering is the most important initiative linking northwest Ireland and Boston in a generation, and will provide a template for a new win-win relationship between the U.S. and Ireland,” said Irish Echo publsher, M_irt