BOARDROOM APPRENTICE
:: Boardroom Apprentice is set to return this year as applications for this year’s programme are open on June 5.
A UK first, the Boardroom Apprentice is a 12-month unique board learning, development and placement programme which enables those who would like to serve on a public or third sector board to learn and gain experience through in-depth training and support.
Founded by Eileen Mullan in 2017, the programme is now entering its seventh year and has helped 277 candidates across Northern Ireland to begin their Boardroom journey thanks to its support from the Department of Finance.
Open to those aged 16 or over from all backgrounds and all abilities, the programme seeks to enable a wider diversity of individuals to play their part within boardrooms and helps move the board member role from aspiration to reality.
Over a 12-month window Boardroom Apprentices will get practical board experience, a suite of learning days and support to fully equip them to serve on a board in the public or third sector in the future.
The new programme will run from September 1 this year until August 31 2024. For more information go to www.boardroomapprentice.com
SING! EUROPE CONFERENCE
:: Internationally renowned speaker, author and Oxford University mathematics professor John Lennox will address the Sing! Europe Conference at the SSE Arena in Belfast on Friday June 16.
Hosted by Grammy-nominated hymn-writers Keith and Kristyn Getty ahead of their Sing! World Tour which will kick start at the SSE Arena on Saturday June 17, the special four-hour conference will feature teaching, creative artistry and singing from classical and gospel musicians.
Armagh born John Lennox will join the line-up of performers and guest speakers as one of the most well-known speakers and authors on the interface of science, philosophy, and religion.
He has written a wealth of prominent books including Can Science Explain Everything?, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity and God and Stephen Hawkings and has also debated leading scientists and authors including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Peter Singer.
As a young man studying at Cambridge University, Professor Lennox also struck up a friendship with the late Belfast-born CS Lewis who he described as a “mentor” and as one who encouraged him to reject the demands of scientists who wanted him to give up his belief in God.
Keith and Kristyn Getty founded the Sing! Conference in 2017 which welcomes over 10,000 people to Nashville each September along with a global online audience and translations into 13 languages.
The hymn-writing duo will now bring the conference to Belfast before embarking on their first world tour that will take them to the Sydney Opera House, and the Star Theatre in Singapore before leading music at the Fourth Lausanne Congress in South Korea in 2024.
Tickets to the conference and the concert, which has limited tickets remaining, can be purchased here: https://www.gettymusic.com/tour
ENERGY SUMMIT
:: The Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy (CASE) has launched the inaugural Northern Ireland Energy Summit, a one-day conference that will see global experts, government and energy industry leaders gather in in the ICC Belfast on Wednesday June 21.
Keynote speakers at the summit - which is supported by corporate law firm A&L Goodbody, NIE Networks, SONI and Transmission Investment - will be a senior US government official; NI Civil Service head Jayne Brady; and Kersti Berge, director of energy climate change at the Scottish Executive,
Other speakers include Dr Xavier Garcia Casals, senior expert on energy transition atInternational Renewable Energy Agency; Professor Mark Ferguson, chair of the European Innovation Council (EIC) board and former chief scientific adviser to the Irish Government; and Professor David Rooney, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast.
Chaired by BBC economics and business editor John Campbell, the event will focus on building an informed consensus on how best to take Northern Ireland forward in meeting its renewable energy targets and net-zero ambitions, whilst driving 10X economic growth across innovation, sustainability and inclusion.
Trevor Haslett, chair of CASE, said: “The aim of this important event is to showcase the potential which Northern Ireland has to lead the world in energy transformation, creating economic growth opportunities in net zero technologies, helping to make society healthier and more prosperous.”
Delegate passes for the event are now on sale. For more information and to register, visit: www.nienergysummit.com.
