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The year ahead is packed with exciting events for members and supporters of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland. Below are some highlights from the calendar of events on offer.
The American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (AmCham) will host its annual Southern Region Conference and Dinner on September 26, 2024, at the Maryborough Hotel in Cork.
The Southern Conference is complementary for AmCham members. This Conference will be a fantastic opportunity to hear thought leadership and industry insights on key regional challenges and opportunities for AmCham members in the Southern region and for discussion among the attendees.
In the evening, the Southern Dinner will serve as an exclusive opportunity for AmCham members to meet and connect with their industry colleagues in the Southern region.
We look forward to seeing you at our 2024 Southern Region Conference and Dinner, which are kindly sponsored by Zurich.
The American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (AmCham) will be announcing the shortlisted candidates for its 2024 US-Ireland Business Awards over the next two weeks.
These prestigious Awards will recognise and honour the inspiring individuals, teams, and organisations, who have strengthened the US-Ireland business, trade, and investment relationship. AmCham will present these awards at its Annual Dinner on 24 May 2024, in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin.
Candidates will be recognised under three categories on the evening, Global Leadership, Global Impact, and Global Community.
The areas of recognition under the three categories may range from business development, education, research and innovation, and arts and culture, along with a special focus on those who are committed to sustainable business, inclusion, and giving back to the community.
The US-Ireland Business Awards are kindly sponsored by BT Ireland and EY Ireland, with The Irish Times as official media partner.
The Global Impact Award is presented to a team or organisation for a project that has had a significant positive, global or international impact on markets or society. This impact could be in areas such as research, development and innovation, talent development, advanced manufacturing/industry 4.0-5.0, Digitisation/artificial intelligence, sustainability, and supply chain innovation.
The 2023 winner of the AmCham Global Impact award went to, ICON, for the significant role it played in the search for vaccines and treatments for Covid-19. ICON has extensive experience in vaccine clinical development for commercial businesses, governments and NGOs, and has participated in over 160 vaccine studies in the past five years. This experience led to ICON conducting or being involved in over 130 COVID-19 related trials.
The shortlist for the category of Global Impact Award 2024 will be announced on February 23rd, 2024.
The Global Community Award is presented to an individual, team or organisation, including US MNCs, that has had a positive societal or community impact in an area that is aligned with the values of AmCham and our membership. Areas for recognition include advancing gender equality, championing inclusion, reducing social discrimination/disadvantage and enabling education attainment.
The Global Community Award was won by Qualtrics in 2023 for their work founding ‘5 For The Fight EMEA’, a cancer crowdfunding nonprofit to increase the number of scientists working in cancer research. ‘5 for the Fight EMEA’, was founded by Qualtrics in December of 2016 as a public charity in the US aimed at fighting cancer and began work in earnest in 2017. The aim of ‘5 For The Fight’ is to make more survivors and over the past 5-years the EMEA program has raised over €1.15 million.
The shortlist for The Global Community Award 2024 will be announced on March 1st.
The Global Leadership Award is presented to an individual who has had a significant, positive impact on US-Ireland business relations.
The recipient is recognised as someone who is committed to inclusion and gender equality and the impact honoured by the Award is one that is independently and verifiably recognised — beyond the individual’s own organisation.
Last year's winner was Lorna Martyn at Fidelity Investments. Lorna was instrumental in the evolution of Fidelity Ireland developing a technological hub that is vital to the ongoing growth and success of Fidelity’s wider business. She also led the development and delivery of a multi-faceted program which is focused on affecting sustainable change for women in STEM within Fidelity, local communities, and industry.
The shortlist for the Global Leadership Award 2024 will be announced on March 1st.
Outside of Fidelity, Lorna Martyn is actively involved in developing the technology ecosystem in Ireland. She is also a board member of the Irish American Partnership, which supports education and community programmes across Ireland.