The U.S. – Ireland Forum is a rare opportunity for a cross-section of experts from both sides of the Atlantic to offer their perspectives on issues critical to our traditional international partnerships.

The mission is fourfold:

• To start a conversation about the exciting potential for a new generation of networking that the Irish-American connection offers to Ireland and America;
• To examine the present and future political, economic and community relationship between Ireland and the U.S.;
• To promote the economic development and cultural exchange between our countries;
• To strengthen efforts toward lasting peace, reconciliation and partnership between the North and the South in Ireland.

Panel discussions include:

• Social Capital and Philanthropy
Lessons for Ireland from American philanthropy

• Culture and Education
The new role for culture in fostering links between the Irish and the Irish abroad

• Irish America: Community in Transition

• The Future of the Celtic Tiger

• A Common Agenda
Where do we go from here?

• Ireland – U.S.: The Next Generation

• The New Paradigm
Why the Diaspora really matters