Irish Sailing Zoomposium 2020
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About this event
19.00 ~ Live Panel Discussion
The night will kick off with a live panel discussion facilitated by Gail MacAllister of Irish Sailing and will discuss the panel's goals, adventures, scary moments and more with four incredible Irish sailors
- Round Ireland World Record Holder - Pamela Lee
- Volvo Ocean Racer Winner & Olympic Coach - Jamie Boag
- Atlantic Adventurer and Marine Scientist - Vera Quinlan
- Volvo Ocean On-Board Reporter Manager - Brian Carlin
The evening will be hosted by our very own leading facilitator Noel Davidson from Entrepreneur Academy.
19.45 ~ Facilitated Break Out Rooms
Then join a facilitated breakout room of your own interest group and share your experiences and challenges from 2020 and learn from each other, ways to prepare for next year's sailing season.
Room 1 - High Performance Racing: Escape from Lockdown! join 49er sailors Ryan Seaton and Seafra Guilfoyle in conversation from Portugal training camp with Performance Director James O'Callaghan
Room 2 - Race Management and Support: Following a roller coaster year for event organisers as a result of COVID-19, Sarah Louise and Alex Barry will share in some of the good news stories such as the successful launch of eSailing and 1720 Southerns plus they will share their top tips to ensure your events are safe for 2021
Room 3 - Training: Join Dave Garvey our Training Officer and James Lyons of "Sailing into Wellness" who will be discussing running courses in the COVID environment and capturing the stay at home holiday market
Room 4 - Cruising: Gail and her crew will be there sharing old shanty tails about who sailed where and when and looking to new horizons for next year
Room 5 - Club & Participation Nikki Curran from Sligo YC and Ciarán Murphy will focus in on the shared experiences from different clubs and give a quick update on funding and new participation programmes for 2021
20.30 ~ Live Interactive "Idea Generation" Session
We shall conclude the night with an interactive polling session facilitated by Noel to generate a common set of ideas that could reinvigorate our current members and identify possible new initiatives that we could implement to increase participation in 2021.