Each speaker on the day offers his or her unique wisdom and experience.

Karren Brady is Managing Director of Birmingham City Football Club. Known as ‘The First Woman in Football’ she was the youngest Managing Director of a PLC in the UK. In 2006 she won the Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year, in the category of Women Who Have Changed the World. Last year she was voted Business Woman of the Year.

Also, in the line up is adventurer, explorer and motivational speaker Pat Falvey. Pat is the only person in the world to have completed the Seven Summits challenge twice, including climbing Mount Everest from both Nepal and Tibet. He also trained and lead the first Irish team to complete the 1140km trek to the South Pole, in honour of Ernest Shackleton and Ireland’s unsung polar hero’s, across the coldest, loneliest, most barren, desolate and dangerous landscape on earth to reach the South Pole on the 8th January 2008.

Caroline Casey needs little introduction – she is the Founding CEO of the Aisling Foundation and O2 Ability Awards as well as founding trustee of the Elephant Family. Caroline has built a reputation locally in Ireland and internationally as an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, adventurer and radio and TV presenter.

Finally, Hilary O’Meara will introduce a research element to the day’s activities. Hilary is a Senior Executive with Accenture and leads the Accent on Women Programme in Ireland.