Great business and social events coming up for AmCham members
Paul Sweetman, AmCham CEO, Liz Cunningham, AmCham 2025 President, Elaine Murphy, AmCham 2024 President and Colm O’Callaghan, AmCham Director of Public Affairs and Advocacy at AmCham’s 2024 Global Business Conference in Croke Park.
The American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (AmCham) will host its annual Southern Region Conference and Dinner on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at the Maryborough Hotel in Cork.
The Southern Conference is complementary for AmCham members. This Conference will be a fantastic opportunity to hear thought leadership and industry insights on key regional challenges and opportunities for AmCham members in the Southern region and for discussion among the attendees.
In the evening, the Southern Dinner will serve as an exclusive opportunity for AmCham members to meet and connect with their industry colleagues in the Southern region.
We look forward to seeing you at our 2025 Southern Region Conference and Dinner, which are kindly sponsored by Zurich.
The American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (AmCham) will be announcing the shortlisted candidates for its 2024 US-Ireland Business Awards over the next four weeks.
These prestigious Awards will recognise and honour the inspiring individuals, teams, and organisations, who have strengthened the US-Ireland business, trade, and investment relationship. AmCham will present these awards at its Annual Dinner on Thursday, May 29, 2025, in the Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, Dublin.
Candidates will be recognised under three categories on the evening, Global Leadership, Global Impact, and Global Community.
The areas of recognition under the three categories may range from business development, education, research and innovation, and arts and culture, along with a special focus on those who are committed to sustainable business, inclusion, and giving back to the community.
The US-Ireland Business Awards are kindly sponsored by IDA Ireland and EY Ireland, with The Irish Times as the official media partner.
The Global Impact Award is presented to a team or organisation for a project that has had a significant positive, global or international impact on markets or society. This impact could be in areas such as research, development and innovation, talent development, advanced manufacturing/industry 4.0-5.0, Digitisation/artificial intelligence, sustainability, and supply chain innovation.
The 2024 AmCham Global Impact award was presented to Intel Ireland for FAB 34. Officially opened in September 2023, Intel's Fab 34 manufacturing facility has redefined the frontiers of innovation, producing the world's most sophisticated technology with unparalleled complexity in tools and systems.
Fab 34 is a key player in bolstering Europe's competitive edge in the global semiconductor manufacturing sector. The state-of-the-art facility located in Leixlip, Co. Kildare, is the first in Europe to harness extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) for high-volume manufacturing, a significant leap forward in semiconductor production.
The shortlisted projects for AmCham’s 2025 Global Impact Award will be announced on March 6th, 2025.
The Global Community Award is presented to an individual, team or organisation, including US MNCs, that has had a positive societal or community impact in an area that is aligned with the values of AmCham and our membership. Areas for recognition include advancing gender equality, championing inclusion, reducing social discrimination/disadvantage and enabling education attainment.
The 2024 Global Community Award was won by Bank of America for its Mná na hÉireann, Women of Ireland Fund. This was a €2.2 million, four-year fund, created by Bank of America and Rethink Ireland, in partnership with the Department of Rural and Community Development, which supported a network of charitable and social enterprise organisations focused on providing training, upskilling, work experience, education and other services to disadvantaged women in Ireland, including single-parent women, refugees and women experiencing socio-economic disadvantage. The shortlist for The Global Community Award 2025 will be announced on March 13th 2025.
The Global Leadership Award is presented to an individual who has had a significant, positive impact on US-Ireland business relations.
The recipient is recognised as someone who is committed to inclusion and gender equality and the impact honoured by the Award is one that is independently and verifiably recognised — beyond the individual’s own organisation.
Last year's winner was Gerry Kilcommins, former Vice President, Manufacturing Vascular, and Ireland Country Director, Medtronic. Through Gerry’s innovative and strategic leadership in the medical technology industry and his contribution to business associations and policy issues, he has strengthened the economic and diplomatic ties between the United States and Ireland.
In previous roles at Medtronic, Gerry has led teams of over 15,000 people globally including more than 4,000 Irish-based employees and 5,000 US-based employees across seven states.
Collaboration across Gerry’s network of sites has led to significant advancements in manufacturing and in the use of technologies that have improved patient care and treatment outcomes. These advancements have not only benefited healthcare systems in both the US and Ireland, but under Gerry’s leadership, Medtronic has also demonstrated the ease of cooperation and the complementary innovative strengths of the two countries.
The shortlist for the Global Leadership Award 2024 will be announced on March 13th 2025.
