Liz Donnelly, marketing manager, Lismullin Hospitality Services Centre, and Kevin Stewart, director of economic development and innovation with Meath County Council, officially launching the 'Motivation and Empowerment' seminar.

Motivation seminar in Trim this Saturday

A seminar and exhibition aimed primarily at guidance counsellors, those within the education sector and interested members of the public will take place this Saturday from 9.30am to 5pm in the Trim Castle Hotel. The keynote speaker will be Prof Brian MacCraith, director of the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) at DCU. He is the president-designate of DCU and will take up his position as president in mid-July 2010. Prof Gerard Casey, associate professor at the School of Philosophy at UCD and adjunct professor at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, and personal coach Eoin McDonnell, MBA, will also give presentations There will be a number of exhibitors, including Outside the Box, Meath County Council, Lismullin Hospitality Training Centre, Meath VEC, Boyne Community School and Oaktree Coaching. The cost of participation is €50 or concessions €20.