International Conference
"Ireland, the Future! The West?"
14th & 15th May, 2001
Knock House Hotel
Mr John Hume was to be our guest speaker but was prevented from coming at the last minute. His message is that 'People are the Biggest Asset of a Country.'
The whole conference has been video recorded by a company from Alaska, Connections Film & Video. They have made an 18 minute film which is available for interested parties.
1st conference:
Mr Gerry Reynolds, T.D., Fine Gael spokesman on Rural Development: "
My Vision of Ireland in 2020."
2nd conference:
Father Michael McGreal S.J., Sociologist. "
The Future of the West of Ireland: Development or Gentrification?."
3rd conference:
Mr John Lonergan, Governor of Mountjoy prison.
"We should not replicate the mistakes of the past,
rather we should plan all future developments."
4th conference:
Minister Eamon O'Cuiv,T.D., Minister for Rural Development. "
Ireland - the Future."
5th conference:
Mr William A. Thomas, Proposer of the New City. "
New City vital to the survival of the West,
which now has a technological gap of 10 years with the East."
6th conference:
Mr. Francis Leydon, British Environmental Liaison Officer.
"What is crime prevention through environmental design?"
7th conference:
Mr. Francis Leydon, "The wider implications of crime prevention through environmental design."
8th conference:
Mr. John Cully, Architect.
"The New City could be to the Ireland of the future what Athens was to the Greeks or Florence to the Renaissance."
9th conference:
Mr. Brendan Kelly, E-commerce Specialist."
W.E.S.T.: Western E-Commerce Strategy Talk."