Irish Business and Tourism Leaders Convene at Babson College Golden Bridges Conference on Friday, November 15

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The 16th annual Golden Bridges Conference is taking place at Babson College in Wellesley, MA on November 15, 2024. The annual event connects business, community, tourism and education leaders from Ireland's NorthWest with their counterparts in Boston and Massachusetts.

Purchase tickets to the conference here.

The conference showcases the best of Ireland's Northwest to an audience of influential Irish American business and political leaders as a way of strengthening the connections between Ireland and New England.

Several people from Massachusetts are being honored at this year's conference for their leadership, including State Representative John Lawn, Worcester State University President Barry Malone, Harvard Professor of Landscape Architecture Gareth Doherty, immigration lawyer John Foley and Plymouth County Register of Deeds John Buckley.  

Ray O'Hanlon, editor of the Irish Echo in NYC, is the master of ceremonies. The breakout panels include:

On Common Ground: Collaboration that Empowers across Ireland’s North West City Region
Chair: Martina Curtin, Chair Irish Cultural Centre Greater Boston; Co-Founder Mná Mheiriceá Panel: Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council: Cllr Lilian Seenoi-Barr, Mayor of Donegal: Cllr Niamh Kennedy, John Kelpie, Chief Executive Derry City and Strabane District Council, John G. McLaughlin, Chief Executive Donegal County Council

Video Message from Economy Minister of Northern Ireland, Conor Murphy MLA

Building an Innovation Driven Economy with National and International Reach Chair: Malachy Ó Néill, Director of Regional Engagement, Ulster University
Panel: Anne Marie Conlon, Head of Economic Development, Donegal County Council John Healy, Chair, Invest Northern Ireland, Siobhán Ní Ghadhra, Cathaoirleach Údarás na Gaeltachta, Dr Joanne Gallagher, Head of Faculty of Science and Health, ATU Donegal

Fireside Chat: Beyond Belfast and Dublin: Attracting Tourists to the Northwest by Expanding the Wild Atlantic Way
Alison Metcalfe, Executive VP – North America, Tourism Ireland
A representative of Bushmills Distillery

Healing the Wounds of the Past
Chair: David Leonard, President Boston Public Library
Panel: Michael Patrick MacDonald, Author ‘All Souls’
Maeve McLaughlin, Director Visit Derry, Director Bloody Sunday Trust and Museum of Free Derry

Bushmills Whiskey Tasting

Here is the full schedule of events and list of speakers. 

Golden Bridges is sponsored by Tourism Ireland and a number of agencies in Ireland. See full list of sponsors.

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