Interceltic Business Forum - Lorient 2026

​Rendez-vous à Lorient le 3 août pour la 10e édition de l’Interceltic Business Forum à la CCI Morbihan — un événement de référence réunissant entrepreneurs, investisseurs, dirigeants et élus des nations celtiques pour échanger, collaborer et faire émerger de nouvelles opportunités ensemble.
En partenariat avec Lorient Agglomération et la CCI Morbihan.

www.intercelticforum.com

The 10th edition of the Interceltic Business Forum will take place in Lorient on August 3rd at CCI Morbihan. Bringing together entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, and elected officials from across the Celtic nations, the forum is a key moment for networking, cross-border collaboration, and innovation.

Program of the Interceltic Business Forum 2026

​8:30am

​Doors open -Coffee

​9:00am

​Welcome

​Philippe Rouault, President, CCI Morbihan
Fabrice Loher, President, Lorient Agglomation

​9:15am

​Industrie lorientaise : attirer, transformer, préserver – construire la performance par la double transition

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​9:40am

​Charles Kergaravat, Founder, Interceltic Business Forum

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​Frank Feighan, Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

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​How the West of Ireland is leading on AI

​Allan Mulrooney CEO at Western Development Commission,

​Frank Feighan, Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

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​10:25am

​Keynote : Leigh Frost, Leader of Cornwall Council

​10:35am

​Networking Break
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10:55am

​Distinctive by Design – the Isle of Man’s innovation story

​Peter Tylee, Principal Solutions Architect, Plainstep Ltd

​Sarah Mercer, Biosphere Isle of Man Board Member

​Kirree Gooberman, CEO, Business Isle of Man

​11:20am

​AI adoption in a multilingual world

​Tomás Ó Síocháin, CEO at Údarás na Gaeltachta

11:35am
What is the Irish Sea Rim?
Brandon Kenny, Commercial and Partnerships Director
Phil Leigh, CEO Irish Sea Rim

​11:55pm

​3 Reason why Cornish devolution make sense!
Perran Moon, MP for Camborne and Redruth

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​12:15pm
Lunch

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​1:15pm
Cornwall at the Heart of the Celtic Sea : Roundtable Floating Offshore Wind

​Phil Mason, Strategic Director for Sustainable Growth and Place, Cornwall Council
Joanie Willett, Associate Professor in Regional Development, Co Dir. Institute of Cornish Studies, University of Exeter Penryn

​1:45pm

​Interceltic Startup Challenge winners : Where are they now?
Engineer a Career update
Fendsea update

​2pm

​Interceltic Startup Challenge

​Who are the Celtic regional champs?

​Startup pitch sessions

​Memory Lane Games — Isle of Man

​Dimply — Ireland

​weeteq — Scotland

​Voxmar — Cornwall

​emwillcare — Wales

​SailToo — Brittany

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​3:30pm

​How culture drives business in Louisiana

​Michael D. Soileau, Director of LFT Fiber

​3:45pm

​Quels sont les liens entre Cork et la Bretagne ?

​Josselin LeGall, Consul honoraire de France à Cork

​4pm

​From the Wild Geese to the Wine Geese.

​A pictorial history of Ireland's greatest contribution to the world of wine

​Gerard Corcoran, Innovation at DigiSapiens

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​4:15pm

​Closing remarks & Cocktail

​5:30pm

​Interceltic Startup Challenge Winners announcement