The main speakers at the Ibec conference Future to Work, Ireland to the Forefront in association with media sponsors the Irish Examiner at the Aula Maxima, UCC, Cork. Included were on the front row, Sobhie Crosbie, acting regional director of Ibec, Gráinne Bagnall, Steam Education, UCC, Patrick O’Shea, President of UCC, Maeve McElwee, director of employer relations, Ibec and Ger McDonough, people and organisation director, PWC. Picture Dan Linehan