Breakfast Briefing: “How Well Do You Know Russia?”
This seminar provides a unique opportunity to learn about Russia – the largest country in the world geographically, the ninth largest by population and eleventh by GDP. Key international stores have opened in major cities and retail growth has been phenomenal over the last ten years. Like the rest of the world, there have been recent economic challenges, but with its vast energy resources Russia is well placed now to continue its remarkable growth. It takes determination, flexibility, stamina and hard work, but success in Russia is achievable.
DATE: Thursday, 9th June 2011, 8am to 10am (Continental Breakfast)
VENUE: Grant Thornton, 24-26 City Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland
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As a part of the Dublin Festival of Russian Culture 2011, Dublin City Council and IRBA are hosting a business breakfast and networking event for the business leaders.
Guests from the St. Peterborough City Government will speak on the economic opportunities in the region, and Enterprise Ireland on the related developments. Discussion will be chaired by Constantin Gurdgiev.
VENUE: The Morgan Hotel, Fleet Street, Dublin 2
DATE: Friday, 4 March, 8.00 am
REGISTRATION: Attendance by invitation only.

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Sponsor of Festival’s business agenda

Embassy Reception: The Dublin Festival Of Russian Culture 2011
The reception will present an opportunity to network with Irish business colleagues, visiting officials from the government of Russia, and delegates of the World Association of Russian Press conference held in Dublin, who represent Russian press media from around the world and are in the ranks of the editors or owners.
VENUE: Embassy of Russia, 184-186 Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 14.
DATE: Monday, 7 March, 2011. 6.00 p.m.
REGISTRATION: Attendance by invitation only.
Irish-Russian Cross-cultural Negotiations
A morning seminar with Stephen Boyle
Cross-cultural misinterpretations can lead to losses or impasse at the negotiating table. Irish business negotiators need to understand the decision-making processes and negotiation tactics used by their Russian counterparts if they are to get beyond nyet and ensure lasting, profitable relationships. In this seminar, Stephen Boyle will explore some of the differences and similarities between Irish and Russian negotiators and provide recommendations for cross-cultural negotiation.
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Please indicate your interest in going to Ireland vs Russia match on October 8th. IRBA will try to facilitate tickets for our members and guests.
Euro 2012 Qualifying: Ireland vs. Russia
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Networking Event
The Day of Russia – IRBA Informal Drinks
Date: 17 June 2010, 6.30 p.m.
Venue: The Alexander Hotel, Merrion Square.
Fees: Members – free, guests – €20 payable at the doors. To RSVP e-mail to info@irba.ie.
A national Russia’s holiday, The Day of Russia, is upcoming and it is proposed to mark it with informal drinks.
Evening Briefing Event
Intellectual Property for Businesses: Relevance of Intellectual Property to SME’s and Protecting Intellectual Property in Ireland and Overseas
Date: 24th June 2010, 6.00 – 7.00 pm
Venue: MacLachlan & Donaldson, 47 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Speaker: Kate Syrtsova , Patent Attorney at MacLachlan & Donaldson, Intellectual Property law specialists
An opportunity for small and medium businesses to learn how to identify, protect and exploit the value of company’s Intellectual Property in Ireland and abroad.
Maclachlan & Donaldson, established 1967, are a firm of Intellectual Property Attorneys. Kate Syrtsova is a European and Irish patent Attorney. She specialises in patents for inventions in the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering, medical devices, telecommunications, consumer products, foodstuffs. Read more…
Breakfast Briefing Event
Cross-Cultural Management: Frameworks for Understanding and Successfully Managing Irish-Russian Business
Date: 29th April 2010, Thursday, 7.30 – 9.30am
Venue: Byrne Wallace (formerly BCM Hanby Wallace), 88 Harcourt St, Dublin 2.
Speaker: Dr. Jacob Eisenberg, UCD Smurfit Graduate School of Business.
This is a unique opportunity to learn about work-related dimensions of cultures, how to approach the Irish-Russian cultural differences and to make your management in this context more successful. The talk will cover wide range of management activities from communication and day-to-day staff management to negotiations with Russian partners.
Our guest speaker, Dr. Jacob Eisenberg, an expert in Cross-Cultural Management and a Senior Lecturer at the UCD Smurfit b-school, will introduce the cultural management frameworks, talk about cultural values and differences explaining how managers and executives could make inter-cultural encounters more effective and successful.
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As a part of the Festival of Russian Culture, Dublin City Council, Enterprise Ireland, and IRBA are hosting a business breakfast and networking event for the business leaders.
Mike Hogan, Enterprise Ireland Moscow, will speak on the realities of the Russian economic developments, following response will be from Brian Moran, Treasury Holdings, and Brian Donohoe, Mercury Engineering. Discussion will be chaired by Constantin Gurdgiev.
The event will take place on February 19 at the Alexander Hotel. Attendance by invitation.
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