"Towards a Sustainable and Professional Farm Machinery Industry"
Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association
National Conference: November 24th 2011
Location: The Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
FTMTA is pleased to announce that the Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Food, Mr. Simon Coveney TD, has accepted an invitation to address the FTMTA National Conference "Towards a Sustainable and Professional Farm Machinery Industry" on November 24th in Portlaoise.
The Association has also confirmed another speaker for this year’s FTMTA Annual Conference for the farm machinery industry.Liam Barton of Insight HR in Kilkenny will cover the onus of responsibility on an employer to be compliant with various aspects of employment law and regulation. He will be joined be the following confirmed speakers:
- Mr. Edward Stephenson, Agricultural Division Sales Manager, North England, Scotland & Ireland, John Deere Ltd, will speak on “Precision farming and its impact on supporting a professional and sustainable farm machinery business”.
- Mr. Bobby Kerr, Chairman of Insomnia Coffee, is well known from RTE’s Dragons’ Den and also presents ‘Down to Business’ a Sunday breakfast business show on Newstalk Radio.
- Mr. Eamonn Dillon, Solicitor, will speak in relation to contractual and warranty obligations in the sale of farm machinery.
- Jack Murray, Managing Director of Mediacontact.ie, one of Ireland's leading social media training companies, will address how the use of social media tools can enhance the performance of a business; help to communicate more clearly with customers, and increase turnover and profits.
- Mr. Jim O'Hara, O'Hara Dolan & Co, Taxation Consultants, will speak on the importance of succession planning and managing the tax implications that arise.
- Mr. Matt Dempsey, Editor of the Irish Farmers Journal, will speak on the progress towards the Food Harvest 2020 goals and the new CAP proposals
The conference is a daylong event and is open to both member and non member firms of the FTMTA active within the farm machinery industry. Registration on the day will begin at 8am and the conference will run from 9.00am to 5.30pm.
The FTMTA "Towards a Sustainable and Professional Farm Machinery Industry" 2011 national conference is made possible thanks to the support of Genfitt.