Virtual CPD Update

Michael McGrath will share his insights about The Irish Economy – next steps in an uncertain world.

Dillon Eustace event sponsor will host a panel discussion on the legal considerations for companies and their advisors as we continue to work through Covid-19. The panel will discuss  areas such as company law updates, employment obligations, property issues, restructuring options and considerations including terms and conditions around financial obligations. The panel speakers are Mark Thorne partner and Head of Banking and Capital Markets, Kelly O’Hara partner and Head of Property, Jamie Ensor partner Insolvency and Corporate Recovery and John Doyle partner Employment and Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution.

After flattening the curve (and large parts of the economy), where do we go now?

Many of Ireland’s longstanding practices in wholesale, retail, manufacturing and services are predicated on behaving as part of the UK internal market.  When this stops on 31 December next, the change will hurt, but it will also create a new landscape in which opportunities will arise for those ready and willing to take them

Brian Keegan will outline some of the changes to the role and work of the profession forced by Coronavirus and Brexit, many of which will be permanent

Join us as we look to the pressing topics for members in industry right now. What can we do to get extra funding? How can we work better as teams remotely and is that end of year audit or statutory reporting having to happen virtually? We will help answer these questions for you and guide you and your peers to work better in the current situation.

• The New Ways of Working: Practical Considerations for Statutory Audits in a COVID World – with Lorna Ryan, Audit Senior Manager Deloitte
• Conor McCarthy Director with KPMG will discuss High Performing Teams; some constants in a very changed environment
• Gary Bogue, Process and Improvement Manager in Heineken will highlight a Case Study on Agile Performance
• Ray Egan from PwC who will discuss Funding in Ireland and the UK

Topics discussed will include Directors responsibilities particularly for businesses experiencing liquidity difficulties. This talk will also look at the lifestyle of financial planning and cashflow modelling / evaluating and managing risk. It will close with a discussion on GDPR – post COVID-19, and managing your remote working from a GDPR point of view

• Directors Responsibilities (David Hegarty, Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement)
• Lifestyle Financial Planning and Cashflow Modelling (Greg McGreal, Gilroy Gannon)
• GDPR – Post COVID (Michelle McLaughlin, Michelle McLaughlin & Co)

Are you fast, lean & future ready? Topics discussed will include systems and connectivity, cyber security and business supports and restructuring options

• The Brave New World – Staying Secure and Productive in the Hybrid Workplace (Finian Nally, ActionPoint)
• Covid-19 Business Supports and restructuring Options (Aengus Burns and Dara Kelly, Grant Thornton)

The amount of sleep required to feel rested varies from individual to individual. However, it is important to understand how this rhythm can adapt unintentionally in response to external cues, such as the presence of light exposure and eating times. Understanding how this rhythm works and how to maximise your sleep for recovery purposes for a greater level of functioning is important: Avril Ivory in this session will include the importance of sleep and recovery and how it can affect your day to day living as well as looking at how much sleep is enough, how sleep repairs the body, the impact of stress on sleep and moving towards good sleep hygiene. Tim France will subsequently focus on Diet and Nutrition by myth-busting the healthy diet, explaining the gut-brain relationship, providing five strategies for optimising your wellbeing through healthy food habits and finishing with Q&A.

• Sleep and Recovery (Avril Ivory, Psychologist)
• Optimising your wellbeing through healthy food habits (Tim France, Transformative)