Sponsorships: Ireland

Accenture Sponsors the 15th Anniversary Event of the Washington Ireland Programme for Service and Leadership (WIP)
Accenture sponsored the Washington Ireland programme for Service and Leadership as it celebrated its 15th anniversary of developing leaders with a true commitment to the principles of leadership and service.

Accenture Sponsors the Insurance Institute’s Industry Leaders’ Summit 2009
Accenture sponsored the Insurance Institute’s annual Industry Leaders’ Summit in Dublin in 2009. Offering business people a unique opportunity to stay in touch with developments within the economy, the business world and the profession, this year’s summit “Aiding the Recovery: Practical Strategies to Insure Success,” addressed all the key areas that affect Irish insurance businesses on domestic, European and global contexts.

Accenture Sponsors Transforming Public Services Conference
Accenture sponsored the Transforming Public Services Conference, which covered a range of issues including sectoral views on health, local government and criminal justice; exploring the role of technology and shared services; and challenges to government.

Accenture was proud to be silver sponsor of the years 2nd Renewable Energy Summit on 24th and 25th of March 2009, in Croke Park. The two-day conference was run in conjunction with the Sunday Business Post and iQuest. This conference provided delegates with the opportunity for discussion and debate on a wide range of issues that face the Irish energy sector and offered a useful pointer of the direction the industry is likely to take.

As part of this sponsorship, Accenture had one of the main speaking slots on Day 1 of the conference. Simon Giles, Accenture’s global lead for Smart Cities, spoke on his work at Accenture with government and utility leaders to demonstrate how "smart" utility infrastructure, distributed renewables and low carbon transport technologies are converging to offer possibilities for a more sustainable set of municipal services. As Accenture’s Utilities Strategy lead for UK and Ireland, he has been working with clients to define the strategic opportunities and threats presented by smart metering, smart grids, renewables, electric vehicles and carbon sequestration and storage.

Accenture is proud to be a Platinum Friend of the National Concert Hall.

The National Concert Hall, Dublin, is rated by performing artists as one of the finest concert halls in Europe and is one of Ireland's premier centres for the performance of live music.

With weekly performances by the resident orchestra, the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, as well as an array of Irish and international artists and groups, Accenture is proud to be associated with the National Concert Hall as a Platinum Friend. Orchestras sponsored to date include: London Philharmonic, 2005; St. Petersburg Philharmonic, 2006; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, 2007, and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 2008.

Belfast born flautist John Brown has been crowned the Accenture/Camerata Ireland Young Musician of the Year 2009. The presentation, made on March 9, 2009, at a special ceremony in the National Concert Hall, was followed by a master-class by the award winner with children from a south inner-city homework club who were invited along as part of the "Music 4 Me" programme–a unique collaboration between professional musicians and local children.

The master class took place after John received his award and in advance of John’s debut performance with the Camerata Ireland orchestra. The Accenture/Camerata Ireland Young Musician of the Year award, now in its fifth year, aims to encourage established orchestras and artists to take talented young musicians under their wing, helping to ease them into public performance.

The 10 children who took part in the musical master class are members of the Dolphin House Homework Club and hail from the Dolphins Barn, Inchicore and Rialto areas of Dublin 8. The Music 4 Me programme allows children who would not normally get the opportunity to do so to play, listen, participate and experience the type of music that appeals to them. The programme was developed by arts development agency Common Ground in partnership with local homework clubs.

Speaking at the event, Mark Ryan, country managing director for Accenture in Ireland, said: “Today’s event presented Accenture with a unique opportunity to combine two projects we feel very passionate about–the Accenture/Camerata Ireland ‘Young Musician of the Year’ award and also our work with the inner-city based, arts development agency, Common Ground. This is the fifth year Accenture has sponsored the ‘Young Musician of the Year’ award and I want to congratulate John Brown on his tremendous achievement. The award is testament to the obvious talent and potential of this young and up-and-coming flautist.

“We are also delighted that John could take the time today to conduct a master-class for those children partaking in the ‘Music 4 Me’ program," Ryan continued. "Accenture has been supporting the great work of the Common Ground organisation for a number of years now and their ‘Music 4 Me’ initiative has undoubtedly a very positive impact on the children’s artistic and creative development.”

Brown is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London, became the Clandeboye Young Musician during the Clandeboye Festival in Co Down in August 2008, where he competed with nine other young musicians from around the country for the title. While studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Brown won the annual Academy Flute Prize each year. He has participated in master classes with Sir James Galway, William Bennett and Ian Clarke, and has performed with Sir Colin Davies and Sir Elton John.

For the last five years Accenture has been a sponsor of Camerata Ireland, the all-Ireland chamber orchestra founded by Barry Douglas in 1999. Camerata Ireland is the only organisation to have the joint patronage of Mary McAleese, president of Ireland, and Her Majesty The Queen.

Barry Douglas and Camerata Ireland have established a worldwide reputation for excellence. The Accenture sponsorship allowed Camerata Ireland to get the message about its work to a very wide and knowledgeable audience in Dublin and to a very powerful audience in Belfast.

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