Interceltic Business Forum 2025 in Lorient

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Prenez part au rendez-vous business incontournable du monde celtique : l’Interceltic Business Forum, le 4 août à Lorient.
Rencontrez des dirigeants et des entrepreneurs venus de toute la sphère celtique, inspirez-vous de parcours d’excellence, échangez des idées novatrices et saisissez de nouvelles opportunités pour faire grandir votre entreprise.
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Participate in the must-attend business event of the Celtic world: the Interceltic Business Forum on August 4th in Lorient.
Meet business leaders and entrepreneurs from across the Celtic world, get inspired by outstanding success stories, exchange innovative ideas, and seize new opportunities to grow your business.
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Official Program

9am

Doors open

Coffee

9:30am

Welcome

Fabrice Loher, President, Lorient Agglomation

Philippe Rouault, President, CCI Morbihan

Jean Pierre Kihl, President, Festival Interceltique de Lorient

Rober Gauvin, Ministre, Nouveau-Brunswick

9:55am

Roundtable : Lorient Intelligence Embarquée

Gilles Poupard - Audelor

Fulup Le Fol - IOT bzh

Gael Daubert - MARPORT

10:20am

Charles Kergaravat, Founder, Interceltic Business Forum

Time to unleash the Cornish Celtic Tiger

Perran Moon

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom

10:35am

From Brittany to the Moon

Antoine Bocquier, Senior Space System Engineer

11:00am

Break & networking

11:25am

Energy – connecting the Celtic regions

Pádraig Slyne, Head of Public Affairs of Eirgrid

11:45am

Innovation from the Isle of Man

Moderated by Kirree Gooberman,

Chris Kissack, Acclaim Limited

Brendon Kenny, Ellanstone Ltd

Tim Sayer, Isle of Man Creamery

Chris Lee, Own Group

12:15pm

Lunch

1:15pm Interceltic connections, why they matter?

Patrick Torrekens - Enterprise Ireland

John O'Loughlin, Welsh government 

Russell Dalgleish - Scottish Business Network

Celine Jones - Partner at Capital Law

1:35pm, AI & Creativity

Rónán Mac Con Iomaire, Údarás na Gaeltachta

Jean-Marie Ollivier, Dizale

Abby Reka, University of Galway

1:55pm

Interceltic Startup Challenge

Who are the Celtic regional champs?

2:30pm

Roundtable : La transition énergétique maritime

Quentin Guyet - Pennavel 

 Eric Guygniec - APAK 

Bruno Paris - Lorient Agglomération

Peter Nass - CCI Morbihan

3pm

Interceltic Startup Challenge - Celtic Roulette with 6 winning startups

SQR - Shelley Langan-Newton
Alkimii - Ronan McAuley
Engineer a Career - Josh Robertson 
Cavefish AI - Jonathan Prescott
Hertzian - Christopher Weavill
Fendsea - Guillaume Labrot

3:45pm

Networking & Coffee break

4:15pm

The Business of Tourism in Louisiana

Ben Berthelot - President & CEO - Lafayette Travel

Kevin Naquin, member of the Lafayette Parish Council

Sami Parbhoo, International Trade and Culture Manager, Le Centre International de Lafayette

4:35pm

Emily Cintora, U.S. Consul for Western France

5pm

From shared roots to shared futures : Lessons from the Interceltic Business Forum

Allan Mulrooney, Western Development Commission

5:15pm

Closing remarks & Cocktail

Cheese tasting from Isle of Man Creamery