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&lt;P&gt;IT @ Cork's&amp;nbsp;annual &lt;A class="" href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/conference" mce_href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/conference"&gt;Technology in Business Conference&lt;/A&gt; continues&amp;nbsp;to be one of my favourite events in Ireland's IT calendar. At last year's event I heard the&amp;nbsp;brilliant Charles Handy speak - and he remains one of the most inspriational speakers I have ever heard. This year the line up looks just as good - so I am very much looking forward to attending. You can check out the &lt;A class="" href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/conferencefullschedule" mce_href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/conferencefullschedule"&gt;full conference&amp;nbsp;details&lt;/A&gt; here. We here in MS Ireland&amp;nbsp;are absolutely&amp;nbsp;delighted to be able to support such a high-quality local conference.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Some of the speakers are included below - quite a line-up! The theme is all about Innovation this year - and with topics like&amp;nbsp;"Innovate or Die: the choice is yours" to "Deafeating the Orthodoxy: Birthing Innovation in Companies" - I'm expecting to be rivetted to my seat! Hopefully we'll see you there!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Speakers:&lt;A title="Graham Whitehead, " href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/index.cfm?page=viewspeakerprofile&amp;amp;speakerId=122&amp;amp;eventId=97"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Graham Whitehead&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;EM&gt;BT Futurologist (UK)&lt;/EM&gt; &lt;/A&gt;; &lt;A title="Dr.  Tony Murphy, " href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/index.cfm?page=viewspeakerprofile&amp;amp;speakerId=123&amp;amp;eventId=97"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dr. Tony Murphy&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Gartner Consulting, Vice President (IRL)&lt;/EM&gt; ; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;A title="Neil Holloway, " href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/index.cfm?page=viewspeakerprofile&amp;amp;speakerId=124&amp;amp;eventId=97"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Neil Holloway&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Microsoft, Vice President Bus Strategy. (UK)&lt;/EM&gt; ; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;A title="Prof. Hans Rosling, " href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/index.cfm?page=viewspeakerprofile&amp;amp;speakerId=125&amp;amp;eventId=97"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Prof. Hans Rosling&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Karolinska Institutet. (SWE)&lt;/EM&gt; ; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;A title="David Hemler, " href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/index.cfm?page=viewspeakerprofile&amp;amp;speakerId=126&amp;amp;eventId=97"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;David Hemler&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Best Buy for Business, President. (USA)&lt;/EM&gt; ; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;A title="Charles Garvey, " href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/index.cfm?page=viewspeakerprofile&amp;amp;speakerId=127&amp;amp;eventId=97"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Charles Garvey&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;EM&gt;CEO, NitroSell (IRL)&lt;/EM&gt; ; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;A title="Jennifer Mowat, " href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/index.cfm?page=viewspeakerprofile&amp;amp;speakerId=128&amp;amp;eventId=97"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Jennifer Mowat&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;EM&gt;BT Online, Director. (UK)&lt;/EM&gt; ; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;A title="Anthony Williams, " href="http://www.itcork.ie/index.cfm/page/index.cfm?page=viewspeakerprofile&amp;amp;speakerId=129&amp;amp;eventId=97"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Anthony Williams&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;EM&gt;Co-author Wikinomics (CAN)&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5507249" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/clare_dillon/archive/tags/event/default.aspx">event</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/clare_dillon/archive/tags/News/default.aspx">News</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/clare_dillon/archive/tags/MSDN/default.aspx">MSDN</category></item></channel></rss>