Research and development brochure 2016

2016 Conference & Exhibition 2015 AVIVA STADIUM 24th February

Conference & Exhibition

Conference & Exhibition 2016 C R O K E PA R K 3 r d M a r c h

Positioning Ireland as a Global Innovation Hub by 2020 Connecting Key Stakeholders Responsible for Developing Ireland’s Research & Innovation Sector from Government, Industry and Academia

#RICEIRE16

Research & Innovation Conference IRELAND 16

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Welcome

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Dear Delegate, The Research & Innovation Conference & Exhibition will gather leading decision makers from across multiple industries as both speakers and delegates. You will have the opportunity to connect with senior level executives from both major corporations, universities, government agencies and innovative small-to-medium size companies. By covering the hottest topics within open innovation, we hope to create a platform for attendees to obtain real action points and useful connections to better support their business goals.

Agenda 2020 is an ambitious plan to position Ireland as a global knowledge leader and a major hub of scientific and engineering research.

The inaugural Innovate Ireland 2015 Conference & Exhibition brought together over 600 senior management and technical experts from the most innovative Irish and global companies that are involved in cutting edge research and innovation as well as key influencers, decision markers and technical experts from government and academia. This gathering of the leaders in research and innovation from industries such as pharma, medtech, biotech, life sciences, energy & Environment, food & agri, health, transport, chemical, ICT etc is designed to advance the agenda of placing Ireland at the heart of research and innovation.

Our 2016 event will build upon the success of that event and will bring together over 1000 leaders in research and innovation from the leading industries in Ireland as well as key government bodies, research bodies and researchers that are instrumental in creating cutting edge research and bringing that research to market.

The 100+ speaker lineup over 8 stages includes industry leaders from sectors such as pharma, medtech, biotech, life sciences, energy & Environment, food & agri, health, transport, chemical, ICT etc. Key speakers will deliverer compelling case studies, technical presentations and highly topical presentations that can equip you with the knowledge needed to push forward your own research and innovation and be part of creating a more innovative Ireland.

Key Topics Include: • Understand the Latest Trends and Opportunities • Innovative R&D Processes from Concept to Launch • Consumer Engagement in NPD • Avoiding Regulatory Pitfalls • Food Science • Quality and Safety • Labtech • Clinical Trial Implementation • Data Analysis

• ICT Research • Medtech Research • Basic Research • Consumer Trends • Advanced Materials • Technology Transfer • IOT • Energy Research • Funding • Medical Research • Earth and Environmental Research • Jobs, Skills/Training

I hope you have an enjoyable and informative day at Croke Park. This event will continue to be held on an annual basis and is completely reliant on the generosity of time of the key speakers, the support of exhibitors and our corporate sponsors. If you wish to contribute or participate at next year’s event in any way please do not hesitate to contact me. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the supporting associations and government agencies who have made this day possible.

Regards Colin Murphy Managing Director Research & Innovation Conference

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• 3D Printing • Industry and Academia Collaboration • Policy and Regulations • Open Innovation • Bioscience • Informatics • Testing Methods • Lab Management • Life Science • Smart Cities • Biological Sciences • Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Supporting Associations

• Computer Sciences • Nanotechnology • Materials Science • Software • Webtech • Electronics • Computer Wearables • Chemistry • Lab IT • and much more.

Main Stage Timetable Main Stage Speaker Timetable Times

Name

Topic

8.55 – 9.05

Denis Hayes – Managing Director, IRDG – Chairman

Opening Remarks

9.05 – 9.25

Dr John McKeon – CEO, Allergy Standards

9.25 – 9.45

Maria Archer – IoT Global Business Lead, Ericsson

9.45 – 10.05

Dr Frank Devitt – Design Innovation, Maynooth University

Design Thinking

10.05 – 10.25

Manuel Saez – Senior Director, Mobile Innovation Center, SAP/ Dr. Paul Pallath – Chief Data Scientist and Director, SAP

Mobile-centric Digital Transformation powered by advanced data analytics.

10.25 – 10.55

Break

10.55 – 11.15

Ian Collins – Head of Research & Development Tax Services, EY

Ireland’s R&D tax credit regime and the new Knowledge Development Box (KDB)

11.15 – 11.35

Ben Schubert – Vice President, Nielsen Innovation Practice, Nielsen

What does breakthrough Innovation look like?

11.35 – 11.55

Marie McCarthy – Director of Product Innovation. Information Technology, Icon Dr. Michael Phillips – Director of Product Innovation, Icon

The Digital Patient- Innovation in Clinical Trial

11.55 – 12.15

Philip Moynagh - Vice President of Internet of Things Group (IOTG), Intel

IoT thru the lens of our high tech Manufacturing facility

12.15 –1.15

Lunch

1.15 – 1.35

Cera Slevin – Manager Solar Energy, ESB

1.35 – 1.55

Damian Costello – Managing Partner, Decode Innovation

High-performance Innovation - one simple secret that will change the way you view innovation forever

1.55 – 2.15

Dr. Liam Brown – Vice President Research, Enterprise and Innovation, LIT

Innovation through Collaboration

2.15 – 2.35

TBC

2.35 – 3.05

Break

3.05 – 3.30

Panel: Ian Collins - EY, Paul O’Connor – Accenture (tbc), Breda O’Toole – IDA (tbc), TJ McHugh – CBE, Patricia Cullen – Henkel (tbc)

3.30 – 3.50

Kevin MacSweeny – Director, Broadlake

3.50 - 4.10

Emmanuel Pouey – Former VP Global Innovation, Bacardi Global Brands

Cracking a breakthrough game changing innovation for the Chinese market.

4.10 – 4.25

Cianan Clancy – Global Innovation Strategy Manager, Paddy Power

Labs at PaddyPower

4.25 – 4.35

Denis Hayes – Managing Director, IRDG – Chairman

Closing Remarks

What are the strengths/weaknesses of the Irish innovation ecosystem and what do we have to do over the coming years to become the best.

All presentations/timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 1

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Seminar 1: Data & IT

Moderator: David Lynch

Times Name

Topic

9.15 - 9.30 Regina Reulbach – Commercial Development Manager, Insight Centre 9.30 - 10.00 Mark Carolan – Head of R&D, Espion Group 10.00 - 10.15 Ray Walshe – SFI Funded Researcher @ Insight DCU

Big Data - Where is the value?

Building Ireland’s first commercial Cyber Security Laboratory Big Data Standards: Architecture, Security and Privacy

10.20 - 10.50 Break 10.50 - 11.05 Garry Connolly – President and Founder, Host in Ireland

Ireland: Past, Present, & Opportunities in the Data Led Export Industries

11.05 - 11.20 Emma Hogan – Data Analyst, ICHEC

HPC enabled R&D

11.20 - 11.35 Dr Michael McAuliffe – Researcher, CAPPA

The added value of chemometrics for any industry through enhanced analysis of spectroscopic data.

11.35 - 11.50 Prof. Fionn Murtagh – Professor of Data Science, University of Derby, and Goldsmiths University of London

New Challenges and Opportunities in Data Analytics, including Evaluation of Research and Innovation

11.50 - 12.05 Joe Gibbs – Commercial Development Manager, Lero

Impact through Innovation

12.05 - 12.20 Sarah Westall – Consultant, Autoscribe Informatics

How to Buy a LIMS – The Definitive Guide

12.20 - 1.20 Lunch 1.20 - 1.35 Nikolas Pearmine – Partner, Insight & Innovation Director

Open Source Innovation. The data science of Innovation.

1.35 - 1.50 Theo Lynn – CEO, Rendicity

Appetite for Disruption: Rendicity

1.50 - 2.05 David Lynch – CEO, ELM Solutions 2.05 - 2.20 Richard Hamerton-Stove – Senior Principal, Digital Transformation, Financial services, Infosys Lodestone

Making sense of the increasingly complex digital enterprise

2.25 - 2.55 Break

Seminar 1: IOT Times Name

Topic

2.50 - 3.05 Christine O Meara – Commercialisation Specialist, TSSG

Wizeoni. The connected self.

3.05 - 3.20 David Goodstein – Connected Living Project Director, GSMA

Embedded SIM: Enabling the Internet of Things

3.20 - 3.35 Dennis Muldoon

Internet of Things - Convergence between MRP systems, ERP systems, Big Data Analytics and physical sensors.

ICT Forge

3.35 - 3.50 Brian Cahill – Programme Manager, Litmus Trialling Centre

Fail to Prepare, Prepare to Fail : Litmus – providing IoT testbeds to prepare new products for new markets.

3.50 - 4.05 Michael D’arcy – Hal Software

The use of prototyping to reduce time, cost and risk in Industrial Automation and MES projects

4.05 - 4.20 Oisin Boydell – Senior Researcher, CeADAR

New Frontiers in Data Analytics

Timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 2 Seminar 2: Academia, Industry and Government Times Name 9.15 - 9.30 Lorraine Byrne – Investigator, AMBER Research Centre

Topic Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre – (AMBER) – Partnering for Materials Impact

9.30 - 9.45 Richard Stokes – Director of Innovation, DCU 9.45 - 10.00 Raymond Wolfe – Researcher, CIT

Photonics: Enabling advancements in R&D through platform research

10.00 - 10.15 Julie Spillane – Director of the Centre for Innovation at Accenture 10.20 - 10.35 Break 10.35 - 10.50 Ciaran Doyle – Senior CX Solution Consultant, Oracle

What 2017 will look like for your customers?

10.50 - 11.05 Huw Geraint Watkins – Project Director Aberystwyth Innovation & Enterprise Campus

Stronger Together – Bridging the gap to commercial success

11.05 - 11.20 William Gallagher – Professor of Cancer Biology, UCD & Co-Founder/Chief Scientific Officer, OncoMark Limited

Attacking Breast Cancer Head On Via Industry-Academic Partnerships

11.20 - 11.35 Alistair Quinn – Innovation & Technology Specialist, Southern Regional College

Employer Engagement and Cross-Border Opportunities with i3 at SRC.

11.35 - 11.50 Christopher Keely – Senior Business Development Manager Office of Corporate Partnership & Knowledge Exchange, Trinity Research and Innovation TCD

How Industry can partner with Trinity College – easy access to our expertise and infrastructure

11.50 - 12.05 Tatiana Schofield – Head of Knowledge Exchange, Royal Open Innovation: trends, format, impact College of Art 12.20 - 1.20 Lunch 1.20 - 1.35 Barry Fennell – Knowledge Transfer Ireland

Inspiring Partnerships – the National IP Protocol 2016

1.35 - 1.50 Aoife Braiden – Research Manager, GSI

Geological Survey of Ireland Research Programme aims and opportunities towards 2020

1.50 - 2.05 Alfonso Blanco – Scientific Director of Core Technologies, UCD

UCD Core Technologies. Providing the support that you need.

2.05 - 2.20 Emanuele Ragnoli – Principal Investigator and Research Scientist in Analytics and Optimisation

The rise of anti-disciplinarity in R&D.

2.20 - 2.35 Break 2.35 - 2.50 David Brody – Technologist, LifeSciences Division, IDA

Technologies driving LifeScience R&D

2.50 - 3.05 José Pietri – Principal, MindShare Consulting – Paris.

SHIP Project

Alliances. The new paradigm in economic development.

3.05 - 3.20 Sinead Murnane – Research Fellow at Innovation Value Institute, Maynooth University

How do you make T?

3.20 - 3.35 Magdalena Wislocka – Manager of the Scientific Visa Scheme, IUA

EURAXESS for researchers and business

3.35 - 3.50 Michael Walsh – BeWiser Project Manager, IT@Cork

BeWiser – Connecting ICT clusters

3.50 - 4.05 Phil Hemminghamway – Programme Manager, Science Foundation Ireland

SFI – building partnerships between industry and academia

Timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 3

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Seminar 3: Design / IP

Sponsored by

Times Name 9.30 - 9.45 Alex Milton – Programme Director, Irish Design 2015 9.45 - 10.15 Dr. Fred Logue – Solicitor, FP Logue

Topic Turning Irish Design into Global Opportunity Top 5 things you need to know about technology law and Protecting Innovation with IP

10.20 - 10.50 Break 10.50 - 11.05 PJ White – Design Lecturer/ Research Principal Investigator, Institute of Technology Carlow 11.05 - 11.20 Paidi O Reilly – Adjunct Innovation Lecturer, UCC 11.20 - 11.35 Marianna Kane – Product Designer & Founder of DesignBurst, NUIM 11.35 - 11.50 Donal M Kelly – Partner, FRKelly 11.50 - 12.05 Barbara MacMahon – Corporate Sustainability Consultant, Life Cycle Solutions for Sustainable Business 12.05 - 12.20 John O Boyle – Director, Belbin Ireland 12.20 - 1.20 Lunch

Design Research for an Ageing Population.

Four steps to designing initiatives with real impact How to create products that people crave Managing intellectual property to achieve commercial success Design for Sustainability and Sustainability for Better Design - how sustainability principles make better products Innovation through People and Teams

Seminar 3: Communications, Marketing and Branding Times Name 1.20 - 1.35 Kevin Cosgrove – European Patent Attorney , Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited 1.35 - 1.50 Andrew Bradley – Director, Bradley Design 1.50 - 2.05 Gary Mullin – MD, ICON Connect 2.05 - 2.20 Paul McCann – CDG Brand 2.20 - 2.35 Break

Seminar 3: Innovation

Sponsored by

Topic Benefits of improved communication between R&D & IP Counsel Real innovation is brand led AIM High - Communicating your story to those who matter.

Sponsored by

Times Name 2.35 - 2.50 Colette Quinn & Roisin Bell – MDs & Owners, Real Insights and Knowledgeworks 2.50 - 3.05 Peter Gillis – Communications Lead / Researcher TEL, Learnovate 3.05 - 3.20 3.20 - 3.35 3.35 - 3.50 3.50 - 4.05 4.05 - 4.20 4.20 - 4.35

Topic Validating your concept / proposition Building a successful innovation ecosystem in Ireland – the EdTech story John Rainford – Chief Executive, Strawberry Fields and Inventor of the Darwin Matrix The “Startling Facts” that makes Innovation a walk in the park Una Parsons – Head of Department of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering, Precision Engineering & Manufacturing Institute of Technology Sligo Developments Lizbeth Goodman – Inclusive Design for Education and Chair of Creative Hippocatic Innovation: First do no harm. . .

Technology Innovation, UCD Gary Rainsford – Clinical & Innovation Program Manager, Biomedical Research Thinking Inside the Box – A disciplined Approach to Innovation Paul Yeomans – Business Development Manager, Nottingham University Is your business ready to innovate?

Arnaud D. Gaultier Swords – Senior Innovation Consultant - Serial Entrepreneur Innovation: is it more about money or integrity?

All presentations/timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 4 Seminar 4: Funding/Finance/Tax/ Legal Times Name 9.45 - 10.00 Mark Regan & Alison Gray – Managing Partner, Regan Solicitors & Associate Partner, BCK 10.00 - 10.15 Jennifer Brennan – Horizon 2020 National Contact Point, IUA

Moderator: Mark Regan, Regan Solicitors Topic Tax allowances, grants and assistance for R&D MSC Actions: Access key to European Research Funding

10.20 - 10.50 Break 10.50 - 11.05 Colm Beckett – Researcher, IT Carlow

The Financial Supply Chain: Collaborative Approaches to Working Capital Management

11.05 - 11.20 Dereck Henry – Partner, Head of R&D Tax Services, BDO

Life Cycle Funding for R&D Projects- From Inception to Exploitation

11.20 - 11.35 Jim Fitzsimons – Fusion Consultant, Intertrade Ireland

Research and Innovation programmes of Intertrade Ireland

11.35 - 11.50 Adrain Walker – R&D Tax Director, Deloitte

Innovation and the Incentives Landscape

11.50 - 12.05 Dan Maher – CEO, Nua Venture

New Venture Funding Dynamics

12.05 - 12.20 Justin Sinnott – Enterprise Programmes Manager, Irish Research Council

ENTERPRISE PROGRAMMES – Funding Support for early stage researchers

12.20 - 1.20 Lunch 1.20 - 1.35 James Kennedy – Chief Scientific Officer, Java Clinical Research Ltd

R&D Tax Manager, Mazars

1.35 - 1.50 Arran Dowling-Hussey – Editor Construction, Engineering & Energy Law Journal of Ireland

Horizon 2010: some thoughts on the legal framework

1.50 - 2.05 TBC 2.05 - 2.20 TBC 2.25 - 2.55 Break

Seminar 4: Product Development, Commercialisation Times Name

Topic

3.05 - 3.20 Patrick Hall – Product designer, Maddison

Accelerating Product Development

3.20 - 3.35 John Scanlan – Director of Commercialisation, Maynooth University

Knowledge Transfer in general

3.35 - 3.50 Alan Costello – Innovation Specialist

The Startup with/versus the Corporate?

3.50 - 4.05 Robert Dunne – CEO, Glyco Select

From spin out to success - GlycoSeLect travels through the “valley of death”

Timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 5

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Seminar 5: Sustainability Times

Name

Topic

Menelaos Ioannidis – Director, Lightsource Labs

Shaping the new energy space

Darragh Gaffney – R&D Manager, Monaghan Biosciences

Monaghan Biosciences – Investing in a sustainable future

10.00 - 10.15

Stephen Walsh – Planning & Research Consultant, Future Analytics

Enhancing Societal Resilience in European Urban Infrastructure

10.20 - 10.50

Break

10.50 - 11.05

Rodger O’Connor – Gas Networks

Innovation in the Irish Energy Sector

11.05 - 11.20

Hubert Henry – Head of Innovation and R&D, Bord na Mona Plc.

Building a market led approach to Innovation in businesses

11.20 - 11.35

Marc Buckley – Adaptive Nutrition

A New ERA of Sustainability in the Food and Beverage Industry.

11.35 - 11.50

Mark Heaton – Go Gas Renewables

Microsystems and Nanotechnology

11.50 - 12.05

Ronan Doorley – Doctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin

Pervasive urban pollution sensing with low-cost mobile sensors.

12.05 - 12.20

Ross Campbell – Cyber Colloids

From food waste to functional fibres and fat replacers

9.30 - 9.45 9.45 - 10.00

12.20 - 1.20

Lunch

1.20 - 1.35

Dr. Maria Hayes – Research Officer, Teagasc

Waste not, want not: By-product and resource utilisation in the food industry

1.35 - 1.50

John Breslin – General Manager, SmartBay Ireland Ltd

SmartBay the Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site – A marine test bed for research, innovation to underpin the blue economy

1.50 - 2.05

Kieran Nolan – Health & Human Performance, DCU

Novel Materials for Wastewater Treatment

2.05 - 2.20

Tony Ward – Head of Fundrasing, Fighting Blindness

My journey through sight loss

2.25 - 2.55

Break

3.05 - 3.20

Frances Lucy – Director of the Centre for Research Innovation and Sustainability (CERIS), IT Sligo

To the Waters and the Wild: Environmental Research at IT Sligo

3.20 - 3.35

Stepan Ivanov – Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Mining

Driving sustainable food production with Precision Agriculture

3.35 - 3.50

Liam McCarton & Dr. Sean O Hogain – Lecturers, DIT

Nature Based Solutions (NBS) within a post climate change environment.

3.50 - 4.05

William O Halloran – Chairperson, Leave No Trace Ireland

The relevance of research within Leave No Trace Ireland

Timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Seminar 6 Seminar 6: Materials Times Name 9.15 - 9.30 Findhan Strain – Composites Manufacturing Consultant, Belfast Metropolitan College 9.30 - 9.45 Adrian Kinkaid – CEO, MIP Diagnostics 9.45 - 10.00 Annaik Genson – R & D Consultancy Manager, Crest (DIT) 10.00 - 10.15 Declan Devine – Director, Materials Research, AIT 10.20 - 10.55 Break

Topic The Development of Composite Products in Ireland Introducing nanoMIPs or “Plastic Antibodies” Coating expertise, services and solutions for industry Polymer research and its importance to the Irish manufacturing industry

Seminar 6: Health/Pharma/Life Sciencs/Biotech Times Name 11.05 - 11.20 Dairin Dempsey – Vice President, Strategic Regulatory Affairs, ICON 11.20 - 11.35 Brian Harrison – Managing Director, Hi Tech Health 11.35 - 11.50 Paul Anglim – Programme Manager at BioInnovate Ireland, Part-time Lecturer, NUI Galway 11.50 - 12.05 Darren Cunningham – Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Inflection Biosciences 12.05 - 12.20 Robert O’Connor, PhD – Head of Research, Irish Cancer Society

Topic Innovations and regulations in clinical trials – constraints & challenges Technical Receipt – Streamlining Technical Transfer Needs Lead Innovation, a multi-disciplinary approach Inflection Biosciences: Innovative Cancer Biotech Start Up’ Our health is our wealth”-The relevance of health research to our future.

12.20 - 1.20 Lunch 1.20 - 1.35 Jess Walsh – Research Nurse, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin 1.35 - 1.50 James McRedmond – Chief Scientific Officer, Java Clinical Research Ltd 1.50 - 2.05 2.05 - 2.20 2.20-2.35 2.35 - 2.50 2.50-3.05 3.05 - 3.20

Monitoring Patients undergoing Chemotherapy Using Mobile Phone Technology Helping drug development with better data in early phase clinical trials.

Harriet Doig – Information, Advocacy & Research Officer, Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis research in Ireland in 2016 Joanna Griffin – ROTUNDA Hospital 270 years of Innovation at The Rotunda Hospital Brendan Cunniffe – Managing Director, Prelude Medical Ltd. Break Kieran Moran – Health & Human Performance, DCU Technology enabled behavioural change as a PATHway to better self-management of Cardiovascular Disease Stefan Gabriel Buzoianu – Business Development Manager Animal Health/ Encapsulation for ingredient optimisation in food, feed Nutrition at AnaBio Technologies Ltd. and pharma

Seminar 6: 3D Printing Times Name 3.20 - 3.35 Con Murphy – NPI/Applications Manager, Additive Business Unit Member , Stryker 3.35 - 3.50 Barry Aldwell – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, TCD 3.50 - 4.05 Tony Flanagan – SCHIVO 3D Sales Manager, Schivo Group 4.05 - 4.20 Ramesh Raghavendra – SEAM Centre Director, Waterford Institute of Technology 4.20- 4.35 Dermot Brabazon – Associate Professor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, DCU

Topic

The application of Cold Spray as an additive manufacturing process From rapid prototyping to additive manufacturing: the evolution of 3D printing Metal 3D Printing: How SEAM can assist Manufacturing Industries in Ireland?

Industrial applications of and developments in additive manufacturing technologies

Timetables are subject to change. Please check with onsite event timetable on the day.

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Speakers Denis Hayes Managing Director IRDG – Conference Chairman

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Damien English TD, Minister of State for Skills, Research & Innovation

Denis has been with the IRDG since July 2011, he became Managing Director in 2011. He has over 30 years experience in the fields of research, development and innovation.

Damien English TD is the Minister of State at the Departments of Education and Skills & the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with Special Responsibility for Skills, Research and Innovation.

During this time he has worked for leading brand companies and been involved in a variety of new market activity, product launches and product renovation. He has played a leading role in innovations associated with brands such as Cadbury, Yoplait, Avonmore, Kilmeaden, Heinz, Bulmers, Magners and Ballygowan.

Damien is a member of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party representing the constituency of Meath West.

Damien first stood for election in 1999 and was elected to Meath County Council for the Navan electoral area.

Jim Fitzsimons FUSION Consultant InterTradeIreland Jim Fitzsimons is a Consultant with InterTradeIreland’s FUSION Programme for 11 years. He is also current President of the Institute of Management Consultants and Advisors, the representative body for the consultancy sector in Ireland. Jim has worked in written and broadcast journalism, and held research, technical, marketing, sales and general management roles in agribusiness firms in Ireland, UK and overseas.

He runs an international consultancy, Riverwest Management based in Wicklow with an office in Winnipeg, Canada. For the past 17 years, he has worked primarily in enabling SME’s to do research in colleges across the Island and mentors food and agribusiness companies with Local Enterprise Offices as well as the FUSION, Elevate and Acumen Programs of InterTradeIreland. He develops funding proposals for firms in the start-up, agribusiness, bio-tech, food, regional development and energy sectors in the UK and Ireland. He has degrees in Agriculture and Animal Science from UCD and is a Certified Management Consultant.

Dr Barry Fennell KTI

Barry Fennell holds a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Limerick. He joined the ceramics research unit in Enterprise Ireland in 2000 where he worked with Industry and Academia on a wide range of glass and ceramic research-based projects. Three years later he managed the Proof of Concept Programme under the EI Commercialisation Fund. In 2007, he was nominated as National Contact Point for FP7 Space and National Delegate to the European Space Agency’s Earth Observation Programme Board.

More recently he has joined KTI (Knowledge Transfer Ireland) where his main focus is on supporting Industry engagement with Research Performing Organisations.

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In the 2002 general election, Damien was elected to the 29th Dáil as TD for the Meath constituency. At 24 years of age he was the youngest TD in the 29th Dáil.

Ian Collins Head of Research & Development Tax Services - EY Ian Collins leads the Research & Development (R&D) team within the tax practice of EY. He is responsible for the overall management and quality assurance of Irish R&D tax claims.

Ian has been making R&D tax claims for clients across a wide variety of industry sectors since the introduction of the regime in 2004. He has extensive knowledge of the Irish R&D tax regime and has also significant experience in dealing with the Irish Revenue both in agreeing claims in advance and on audit. He also secured the first Irish Revenue approval for a client in the software sector, encompassing a technical review by an industry expert engaged by Irish Revenue.

Ian conducts training seminars and workshops on R&D eligibility and claim process on a regular basis.

Ian is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and the Irish Taxation Institute.

Darragh Gaffney R&D Manager Monaghan Biosciences In his role as R&D Manager for Monaghan Biosciences, Dr Gaffney develops and implements the R&D strategy for the industrial enzyme development company. He manages a team of more than 20 multidisciplinary research and development scientists across Fermentation & Process Technology, Applications Development, Molecular Biology and Analytical Development groups. Prior to joining Monaghan Biosciences, Darragh worked for Analog Devices where he lead the installation and development of a number of new technologies. Darragh holds a PhD from the University of Limerick on the activity and immobilisation of enzymes.

Dr. Maria Hayes Research Officer Teagasc Maria is a natural products chemist and microbiologist based at Teagasc. She has an honours BSc degree in science (Industrial Microbiology and Chemistry) from UCD, a PhD in protein chemistry from UCC and a diploma in management from the IMI. Research interest include by-product utilization, extraction and characterization of health and functional ingredients from foods (marine, dairy, meat) and novel extraction, bioassay, processing and characterization methods as well as the development of ingredients for the prevention of diseases related to metabolic syndrome.

She has edited a book published by Springer, New York in 2012 and contributes regularly to scientific “popular science” articles. She has also authored over 60 scientific publications. She is the Irish MC member of COST actions EUALGAE and imPARAS which look at utilization of microalgae for high value products and allergenicity of novel proteins respectively.

Mark Carolan Head of R & D Espion Group Mark Carolan – Head of R&D, Espion Group.

Stephen Walsh Planning & Research Consultant Future Analytics Stephen Walsh BA(Hons) MPlan MSc MIPI AIED works as a Planning and Research Consultant with Future Analytics Consulting Ltd, based in Fitzwilliam Square.

Stephen’s role with Future Analytics Consulting encompasses a wide remit of areas including spatial planning, urban resilience, housing an older population and research on emerging paradigms of sustainable energy provision. Prior to his commencement with Future Analytics Consulting Ltd, Stephen worked as Planning Projects Officer with the Irish Planning Institute, the professional body representing the majority of town planners working in Ireland. Stephen project managed the Institute’s participation in the Intelligent Energy Europe funded “Spatial Planning and Energy for Communities in All Landscapes” (SPECIAL) project. Stephen is a qualified Town Planner and Corporate member of the Irish Planning Institute and is an Associate member of the Institute of Economic Development.

Marc Buckley Adaptive Nutrition

Marc Buckley is a sustainable futurist, exponential entrepreneur, Co-Founder of ANJA GmbH & Co. KG and speaker.

Speakers His drive is to bring about radical global change for the benefit of humanity and our world. As an exponential entrepreneur he knows how to harness the power of moon-shot thinking, creativity and design in order to achieve amazing solutions. The kind of solutions that will carry in a new Era of Sustainability. He will show you how to produce healthy food in a sustainable way.

On his search for these technologies he discovered some of the industry’s biggest problems. Showing some of the worst consequences, he calls for action.

Feeding so many people is a big responsibility, but by combining the existing processes and technologies it is possible to build green production facilities and start a sustainable food revolution. Big Hairy Audacious Goals are always Crazy Ideas until they are achieved because “the best way to predict the future is to invent it.” by Alan Kay.

Declan Devine Director, Materials Research AIT Dr Devine holds a PhD in Biopolymer Engineering (2006) from AIT, where he also completed undergraduate studies in polymer engineering.

Following his PhD studies he worked on an industry based post-doctoral fellowship which enabled the development, patenting and licencing of orientated polymeric films for use in the ophthalmic industry to Transitions Optical Ltd. He subsequently gained international research experience as a Senior Project Leader in the Preclinical Services Programme at the AO Research Institute in Switzerland, Institute where he was responsible for managing preclinical studies for a variety of industrial and academic collaborators.

Dr Devine was awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship in 2012 and was named an Irish champion of EU research (Sept 2012) and the Marie Curie Fellow of the week (Oct 2014). This work enabled Dr Devine to receive training in world leading research centres namely; Harvard Medical Schools Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies and the Mayo Clinic’s Rehabilitation Medicine Center in the field of bone tissue engineering.

Dr Devine’s current research interests centres on the development of materials for biomedical applications such as bone regenerations and biodegradable polymer stents, and structural thermoplastic composites. Dr Devine has published in the fields of controlled release from medical device coatings, 3D printing scaffolds and bone regeneration. He also currently supervises students in the area of material formulations and biodegradable stents. Dr Devine maintains several collaborations in these fields across the EU and at international centres located in the USA, Canada, Brazil and Switzerland.

Mark Regan Managing Partner Regan Solicitors Mark is the managing partner at Regan Solicitors. He

has practised as a commercial lawyer for the past 21 years and was the senior partner in the Commercial and Litigation Department of another commercial law firm for 15 of those years. He has since established his own firm and brand as Regan Solicitors with a view to providing and expanding his existing client base with a more bespoke and efficient service. He is highly regarded in the area of Company and Corporate Law and has a particular niche in advising Manufacturing Companies on Compliance, EU directives, Product Liability and Health and Safety . He has advised a number of large and small Manufacturing entities, many whom have grown exponentially during his time with them. He serves both the large and small with consummate ease and the strong ethos is to add value to clients business and not cost.

Regan are a firm without conflicts and strictly implement policies to avoid any conflicts arising.

Contact Mark at mark@regansolicitors.ie www.regansolicitors.ie.

Alistair Quinn Innovation & Technology Specialist Southern Regional College Alistair comes from a mechanical engineering background and holds an MEng honours degree in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast with experience in both the automotive and biomedical sectors. He has significant understanding of both knowledge transfer and project management having worked as an Associate within a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Wrightbus Ltd and Queen’s University Belfast, and is also PRINCE2 qualified. Furthermore, Alistair has carried out extensive biomedical engineering research at Ulster University as part of his PhD studies. Alistair holds a strong interest in new product/process development and is a keen advocate of innovation with respect to research and development.

Adrian Kinkaid CEO MIP Diagnostics Adrian has extensive experience in the life sciences sector, with particular expertise in affinity reagents, including antibodies, affimers and aptamers. He has developed a thorough understanding of the field and considers MIPs as a cost effective and high quality alternative to existing reagents due especially to their robustness and speed of development.

Prior to joining MIP Diagnostics, Adrian worked as Chief Commercial Officer for Promexus, a protein biotherapeutics company based on affimer technology from Avacta Life Sciences. Before this he was Head of Technology Access and then Strategic Market Development Leader for Abcam, the leading provider of research antibodies.

Adrian’s industrial experience started with agrochemical and pharmaceutical discovery where he developed a range of different biochemical and cell based assays mainly for high throughput screening applications. Adrian is also a Founding Member of ELRIG (European Laboratory Research and Innovation Group) a not-for-profit organisation that holds conferences and events for thought leadership in the life science and drug discovery communities. Adrian served two terms as Chairman, during which time he established the flagship Drug Discovery event, which is now the leading conference of its kind in Europe. www.mip-dx.com

Patrick Hall Product Designer Maddison Patrick has worked for over 20 years as a product designer, in areas such as medical devices, FMCG and business electronics.

Maddison solve complex usability and technical problems to deliver cost-effective device solutions and user interfaces. Developing products such as: Disposable diagnostics, wearable sensors, consumer products and electronic instruments.

Peter Gillis Communications Lead and Researcher Technology Enhanced Learning Peter has over two decades commercial experience in thPeter is a member of the research team at Learnovate, the TCD hosted research centre for technology enhanced learning. He holds a first class honors degree in Psychology, the focus of his research was cognitive theory of multimedia learning. Peter has also earned an MSc in Technology Enhanced Learning at TCD. His research interest is the interaction between motivation and technology enhanced learning.

Peter has over two decades commercial experience in the multimedia industry, he was Managing Director of one of the first multimedia agencies in Ireland working with clients in Ireland and the US.

James Kennedy Manager, Research and Development Tax Credit Group – Mazars Ireland Dr. James Kennedy has been appointed Manager in Mazars’ Research and Development Tax Credit Group. James previously worked at Athlone Institute of Technology, where he lectured in the school of Engineering and was Director and Senior Research Fellow of a R&D Centre specialising in MedTech, Pharma, Engineering and Additive Manufacturing. He has overseen the successful completion of over 1300 industry projects (500 MedTech), whilst securing over

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Speakers €5 million in funding from various sources i.e. SFI, EI, EU and private enterprise. A qualified Chartered Engineer (Polymer and Biomedical), James was also an IOTI policy advisor for UASnet and an IOTI representative for Research Prioritisation. He is also the European COST Irish representative for the improved protection of medical devices against infection. James is a member of the Board of the European Medical Polymers Division of the Society of Plastic Engineers and a founding member and steering and working group member of Metric Ireland. James is also a Science Foundation Ireland Principle Investigator.

James has graduated 5 PhD and 4 MSc students in the area of sterilisation, drug delivery, would healing, composites, biofilm and tissue engineering.

He has presented at national, international and world congress conferences and has published over 100 peer review journals and conference proceedings and has filed two patents. James is responsible for advising clients on Research and Development tax and scientific issues, analysing organisations and maximising their R&D potential and tax benefit.

Donal M Kelly European Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys FRkelly As a European Patent Attorney and a European Trade Mark and Design Attorney, Donal represents research scientists, brand managers, and designers in protection and enforcement proceedings at both European and National level. Donal also manages the global intellectual property interests of indigenous Irish innovators.

Donal serves as European counsel for academic institutes, start-up enterprises and emerging corporations – providing support through progressive and feasible guidance on how to strategically manage intellectual property to achieve commercial success.

But to achieve commercial success, you often need more than a good idea – whether your goal is to attract inward financing and investment, improve the capital value of your business, or secure an added revenue stream; you must capitalise on your intellectual property to give you a sustainable competitive advantage.

To this end, Donal has produced a Practical Guide to Managing Intellectual Property & Confidentiality with Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI), the national resource for the knowledge transfer system in Ireland.

The Practical Guide provides an overview of key issues relating to intellectual property, which are likely to arise for innovators, and is applicable to researchers in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), State research organisations, and in industry.

Donal will be delivering a workshop on “Managing intellectual property to achieve commercial success”, which will explain the nature of intellectual property

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– how you may create it, how to protect it, and how to commercialise it; and how to use third party intellectual property safely – all with a view to giving you a sustainable competitive advantage.

Andrew Bradley Director Bradley Brand & Design Andrew Bradley has been at the forefront of brand and design thinking in Ireland for over 20 years, proud to have created some household names. He is at his creative best when working with SMEs who want to disrupt or differentiate themselves. Not afraid to ask awkward questions, or roll his sleeves up, Andrew’s objective is always to do what is best for the brand, in order for it to realise its potential.

Fred Logue Solicitor FP Logue Fred Logue is a lawyer qualified to practice as a solicitor in Ireland and England & Wales. Fred specialises in Intellectual Property Law, Information Law and Commercial Law. He advises clients on a range of topics including software licensing, technology transfer, competition law, access to information and data protection law.

Recent matters he has acted in include • Acting for a multinational software company in the telecommunications sector where he advised on patenting strategy and commercial contracts.

• Advising a multinational software company in the travel sector on a contract to supply software to one of the world’s largest airlines.

• Advising an Irish advocacy group seeking access to its members’ personal data.

• Advising an Irish SME licensing designs to a Danish consumer products company.

• NAMA –v-Commissioner for Environmental Information where the Irish Supreme Court declared that NAMA, Ireland’s bad bank, must provide public access to environmental information.

• Minch –v- Commissioner for Environmental Information where the Irish High Court was asked to determine if information relating to broadband infrastructure can be considered to be environmental information.

• The Trichet Letters where he acted for the complainant to the European Ombudsman leading to the successful release of correspondence from the ECB to Ireland’s finance ministry concerning the bailout of the Irish economy.

• Radio Telefís Eireann, Ireland’s national broadcaster on access to information on the expenses claims of parliamentarians.

• The Law Society of Ireland to deliver training on intellectual property and information law topics to a range of lawyers and non-lawyers.

Fred is a member of the Intellectual Property Law Committee of the Law Society of Ireland and is ranked in the IAM 300 as one of the world’s top intellectual property strategists. Fred has a PhD in semiconductor physics from Trinity College Dublin, is a member of the Institute of Physics (London) and is a Chartered Physicist.

Phone: +353 1 531 3508 Email: flogue@fplogue.com

Ross Campbell Cyber Colloids

Ross Campbell has a joint honours degree in Chemistry and Management Science from Stirling University. Ross has worked for a number of different companies in various roles, including Dow Corning, 3M, Courtaulds all involving polymers for many industrial applications.

He then joined Unilever’s Quest food ingredient division to head up their hydrocolloids business unit which is now part of Kerry. Ross left Quest in 2001 and started up CyberColloids which has become a well recognized ‘contract research to business development’ company specializing in polysaccharide chemistry for food texture and nutrition.

PJ Moloney CEO EireChrom/EireBio Since being established in February 2013, EireChrom has gone about growing the business with considerable success.

Year-on-year increases in both turnover and profit have marked its progress over the past two years.

Further expansion into the UK and new markets such as the Nordics is on the cards in 2016.

EireChrom will compete on March 3rd in the SFA Awards for “Outstanding Small Business of the Year” in Ireland.

Earlier in 2016, where shortlisted for the Cork Emerging Company of the Year and winners of the “Little Island – R&D/Innovation Awards”.

Another goal the company, led by chief executive, PJ Moloney, is hoping to achieve is to be named among Enterprise Ireland high potential startups (HPSU).

HPSUs are start-up businesses with the potential to develop an innovative product or service for sale on international markets which could create as many as 10 jobs and deliver €1m in sales within three to four years of starting out.

Doing so would be the next step along the road for

Speakers Mahon-based company which in June 2014 was accepted onto the Cork Competitive Feasibility Fund through Enterprise Ireland.

In August of last year, EireChrom won a share of the IE Domain Registry’s €150,000 Optimise Fund as well receiving €25,000 from the Ryan Entrepreneurship Fund.

Prior to establishing EireChrom Ltd, PJ was the Irish Chromatography Manager for multinational Agilent Technologies.

Here he grew the Irish business to be the highest EMEAI growth country in FY’11 & FY’12, with over 40 Analytical methods developed with clients such as BMS; Novartis; MSD; Lilly: Pfizer.

At Teva Pharmaceuticals, PJ worked as a chemist for a number of years following his studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

John O Boyle Business and Team Coach Xenergie John’s background includes nearly 20 years in international telecommunications, consumer and leisure sales and marketing. Starting off as a Graduate Management Trainee for British Airways, a post for which nearly 7,000 people applied, John excelled to become EMEA Marketing Director of T-Motion (Mobile Internet for T-Mobile) and member of the European Senior Management team within 10 years. His approach to strategic sales and operational design advances on markets throughout Europe, Africa and Middle East, made him the perfect candidate to work for numerous MNC’s throughout his career.

His experience of applying cultural diversity and market demands to growth strategies makes him a transformational marketing coach. Some of his achievements include: • As a member of the management team for the British Airways, John played a huge role in spearheading the growth of AIR MILES, the loyalty programme for the airline which surpassed all expectations to become a multi-collection system.

This was groundbreaking at the time due to it being one of the first airlines to achieve this incredible success.

• As the head of the “Onephone” project, the world’s first Converged mobile and fixed service from British Telecommunications (BT), to the development of “Clubcall” for the Barclays Premier League, John revitalized customer satisfaction in line with consumer demands.

• As a Marketing Director at T-Mobile, with responsibility over the Pan European marketing strategy, John grew the number of active users of their portal from 0-650,000 in its first 18 months.

• As a co-founder and Director of a software start up “Fastmobile”, John co-led the organization from

a barn extension in rural Kent, to a partnership with a Chicago based VC firm and eventual sale to Blackberry maker RIM, who in turn used the groundbreaking innovations in their Blackberry software manufacturing.

access and closure device for structural heart procedures, which was acquired in 2014 for US$75m.

Brendan is a twice-winner of the National Innovation Award (2001 and 2013) and holder of multiple US and European patents.

John has also been a consultant in several industries including Membership Services with the GSMA, Sport Industry (Olympics) and international telecom advisor to Vodafone and T-Mobile.

Brendan has a Mechanical Engineering Degree (1996) and Ph. D. in Engineering (2000) from NUIG. He has an MBA from the Smurfit Business School, UCD (2014).

Dermot Brabazon Associate Professor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering – DCU Dermot Brabazon received his BEng (Mechanical Engineering) and PhD (Materials Science) from University College Dublin. From 1995 to 2000 he worked with Materials Ireland, a state materials science research centre. He was appointed as a lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Dublin City University (DCU) at the start of 2000, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006, Deputy Head of School in 2007, to Associate Dean for Research in 2009, and to Professor in 2014. In recognition of his academic achievements and contributions to development of engineering technologies, he was conferred with the President’s Award for Research in 2009 and he was appointed as Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering in 2015. He is currently Director for the Advanced Processing Technology Research Centre at DCU. He has published over 200 internationally peer reviewed papers. His research is focused in the areas of materials and processing technologies and based on the pillars of Additive Manufacturing, Near Net Shape Forming, Laser Processing and Separation Science.

These overlapping activities are focused toward the development of advanced processing technologies to enable the improved efficiency and quality of production technologies for the benefit of MNC and SME companies, and the broader society.

Brendan Cunniffe Managing Director Prelude Medical Ltd. Brendan is an engineering consultant with over 20 years’ experience in the medical device industry. He is currently Managing Director of Prelude Medical Ltd., a consultancy firm that specializes in innovation product design, project management, clinical trial management, commercial feasibility assessments and ramp-up from early stage design activities into scalable manufacturing. With a Ph.D. in Finite Element Analysis, Brendan has taken multiple Class III implants through the design phase into clinical trials and onto full manufacturing ramp-up. He has a particular expertise in the design and fa implantable Nitinol components. He was Director of R&D with APICA Cardiovascular Ltd., a Galway-based medical company that developed the first CE-approved transapical

Lisa White Founder and Managing Partner WHITEANDREETTO Technologist, Transformation Manager, Consultant, Innovator, Program Manager, Evangelist, Entrepreneur, Team Leader and Follower, Security Specialist, Privacy Guru, Corporate Stooge, Cultural Sponge, Talker. I am so many things, that I have decided to live them all at once, at WHITEANDREETTO. I am building a company that is changing the game.

I am bringing my passion to bear on the innovation struggles of large enterprises, guiding them through the ecosystems necessary to confront radical disruption, by leveraging a potent and agile mix of cutting edge skills in our network of like-minds. We are agile but tradition-friendly. We bring together cutting edge technological skills, like big data, agile software development, integration and security, blended with expertise in social science, organisational psychology and cultural transformation. I decode these skills, rendering them tradition-friendly and pragmatic for our clients. I, like my company, am characterized by breadth.

Brian Harrison Managing Director Hitech Health Brian Harrison has 25 years of extensive technical leadership experience in the pharmaceutical sector. As VP of Chemical Development with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Brian was responsible for the transfer, scale-up and registration of multiple new products in a range therapeutic of areas including oncology, virology and antibiotics. His achievements included undertaking the due diligence and successfully transferring an entire portfolio of drugs from a single manufacturing site and outsourcing the production to multiple different CMOs in a number of different countries. On returning to Ireland, Brian was appointed General Manager for BMS’ Cruisrath facility where he gained further operational expertise.

Brian established HiTech Health in 2013 to provide technical and operational consultancy to existing and new pharma/biopharmaceutical and medical device operations, including operations set-up and efficiency, supply chain management, technical transfer and due diligence. Based on his deep understanding of technical transfer of pharmaceutical products, Hitech

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Brian holds a BSc and PhD from University College Dublin, Ireland as well as Diplomas in Management, Finance and Corporate Governance. He currently lectures in UCD Smurfit Business School on Strategic Growth in the pharma and biopharma industry. Brian serves as Chairman of the Board of Debra Ireland, the charity that supports patients and their families with epidermolysis bullosa.

Findhan Strain Composites Manufacturing Consultant Belfast Metropolitan College Findhan has extensive experience in the development of composite products in a wide range of industries from aerospace to motorsport to sporting and industrial goods.

Dr Phil Hemmingway Programme Manager Science Foundation Ireland Dr Phil Hemmingway is a Programme Manager at Science Foundation Ireland, Ireland’s national science and engineering funding agency. Phil works on SFI’s preaward team, which is responsible for the development and delivery of SFI’s suite of funding programmes, and for managing the processes associated with investing SFI’s €160M annual budget. In addition to managing a number of SFI’s funding Programmes, he is also largely responsible for the management of activities relating to the energy, engineering and environment sectors within SFI. He represents SFI on two of Ireland’s twelve National Research Prioritisation Action Groups (Marine Renewable Energy and Smart Grids & Smart Cities); DCENR’s Energy Research Strategy Group; and on the Smart Grid Implementation Advisory Group (convened by SEAI).

He is a Chartered Engineer and has gained significant industry experience working in the energy & environment section of one of Ireland’s leading engineering companies in the areas of major energy infrastructure development, renewable energy technologies, policy development, project management and risk analysis. He is also a former member of academic staff at University College Dublin, a Guest Lecturer at Cork Institute of Technology and has acted as an expert reviewer for various European Commission Funding Programmes.

Philip Moynagh Vice President Internet of Things Group at Intel Corporation Philip Moynagh - Vice President, Internet of Things Group at Intel Corporation.

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Kieran Nolan Head of School, Chemical Sciences DCU Kieran Nolan completed his PhD at York University, Toronto, Canada in 1996 and then worked in Canada as a research chemist in both the pharmaceutical and packaging industry. In 1998 he joined the National Centre for Sensor Research at Dublin City University.

In 2001 Kieran became a Lecturer in the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU and then Senior Lecturer in 2012. In October 2014 Kieran became the Head of School of Chemical Sciences at DCU. The Nolan research group has been intensively involved in the area of environmental sciences since its inception in 2001. In the past, Dr Nolan’s group has specialised in the development of new chemoreceptors for application in environmental sensing and extraction of heavy metals from waste streams. More recently, the Nolan group has turned its attention to the design and preparation of new photocatalysts and integrated photocatalytic composites such as dye-TiO2, activated carbon-TiO2, Graphene-TiO2 and mineral-graphene composites for application in the removal of pollutants from industrial waste water streams. The Nolan group also specialises in new ‘Green’ synthetic technologies, with particular emphasis on the development of new energy and water efficient flow photochemical reactors.

Dr Nolan has supervised/co-supervisor 21 PhD students to completion since 2001.

Sinead Burke Research Manager MACSI (UL) Dr. Sinéad Burke is the Research Manager of MACSI (Mathematics Applications Consortium for Science and Industry). MACSI is Ireland’s foremost applied and industrial mathematics and statistics group.

MACSI has significant expertise in developing models using differential equations, stochastics, forecasting under uncertainty, complex networks, robustness, data analysis and missing data. MACSI works with research centres across Ireland including SSPC (Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical), Lero (software research), Insight (data analytics) PMTC (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Technology), Amber (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering) among others. MACSI models have been implemented by a wide range of companies including Pfizer, Vistakon, Dell, Analog Devices, Rusal Aughinish etc.”

Darren Cunningham Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Inflection Biosciences Darren Cunningham is co-founder and CEO of Inflection Biosciences Ltd, a cancer focused drug development company. Inflection Biosciences Ltd was named ‘Start-up Company of the Year’ at the 2014 Irish

Pharma Awards. He has 16 years senior management experience in life science companies. Darren spent 8 years at NASDAQ listed Amarin Corporation plc in a range of senior positions with responsibility covering business and corporate development, global intellectual property management and investor relations. Prior to Amarin, Darren was an Associate Director of Strategic Planning at publicly quoted drug company Elan Corporation plc. Darren holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the National University of Ireland Galway, and a Masters in Accountancy from the Michael Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin. He trained at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Colm Beckett Researcher IT Carlow Colm Beckett is a graduate of Institute of Technology Carlow. He is currently following a Masters in Supply Chain Management by research. His research broadly investigates the financial supply chain. More specifically, collaborative approaches to working capital management to strengthen supply chain performance.

Annaik Genson R & D Consultancy Manager Crest (DIT) Dr Annaik Genson manages consultancy services at CREST DIT as part of the Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway Network. CREST provides a range of professional technical services and expertise in corrosion control, materials surface characterisation and development of novel surface coating solutions for a range of industries from Irish SMEs to multinationals.

CREST is an ISO 9001:2008 accredited national approval laboratory for many Irish government bodies including the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, NSAI, OPW, NRA, several city and county council bodies.

Sarah Westall Consultant Autoscribe Informatics Sarah is a software solutions consultant for Autoscribe Informatics, working with clients throughout the UK and Ireland to define and buy information management solutions. Previous roles have included working with sample tracking solutions for laboratories at Pro-curo Software, and at Brady, where Sarah was focused on solutions for the Laboratory market. Currently living near Reading, Sarah is a keen sports woman with cycling and canoeing among her hobbies.

Speakers Alison Gray Associate Partner BCK Alison Gray ACA, ACCA is an associate Partner alongside Tony Kelly and Darren Connolly in BCK. With over 12 years’ experience in the areas of audit, accounts and tax, Alison works closely with clients, in providing valuable advice on corporate strategy and tax planning to support their business needs.

Tony Flanagan Business Development Manager SCHIVO 3D 24 years of professional experience: • Various Key Account and Business Development positions • Electronics Manufacturing and 3D printing sectors • Ireland, UK, Hungary, France, Belgium, China Current position: • Business Development Manager SCHIVO 3D • Responsible for SCHIVO 3D, the additive manufacturing arm of the SCHIVO Group: partners of Stratasys Direct Manufacturing • Overall responsibility for customer satisfaction, customer base and revenue growth in Ireland, UK and Europe.

Contact: tflanagan@schivogroup.com

Prof. Fionn Murtagh Professor of Data Science – University of Derby, and Goldsmiths University of London Prof. Fionn Murtagh’s degrees in Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematical Statistics are from Dublin and Paris. He served for 12 years with the European Space Agency, based at the European Southern Observatory in Garching bei München. For a number of years he directed ICT, Engineering, and many other fields at Science Foundation Ireland. He also managed Energy when the remit was obtained. He advised Government Ministers in related areas. Fionn is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a Member of Academia Europaea, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, a Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition, and of other professional bodies. He has been Professor of Computer Science, including Head of Department and Head of School in universities in Northern Ireland, England and France. He is now Professor of Data Science, undertaking scholarlship with impact in many domains. In Engineers Ireland (Cumann na nInnealtóirí), Fionn is Cathaoirleach ar An Roth.

Arno Gaultier – Innovation Consultant, Ireland & EU – fresh perspectives in Pharma, Agri/Agro, Food, Wine, Event & Legal sector Promoting integrity in Businesses & Public Bodies.

Industrial Property Portfolio: 2 Trademarks, 1 design, 5 web domain names.

Developed 5 businesses over the last 12 years: 2002 Loire Cellar: retail of wine 2005 Loire Valley Limited: wholesale of wine 2007 A Inno Info: Consulting in Innovation 2008 Zee Authentic: French Bakery, Food retail 2009 The French & Continental Market of Ireland: Event organiser, incorporated in 2014 From my business experiences, I have encountered many challenging times and situations which have strengthened my abilities: to solve problems (the bigger… the better!); to get overall picture of systems, large or small, for their improvement; to pay attention to relevant details; to manage limited resources and to work under massive pressure.

Believing in individual equality, acknowledging and welcoming others’ quality, experience and expertise, I am most suitable for leading interdisciplinary teams and taking part in negotiations with multiple stakeholders.

Enthusiastic, great interpersonal skills, organised.

Great emphasis for Concept and Strategy. Strong numerical & verbal analytical skill. High sense of integrity. Broad multidisciplinarity: Innovation, Industrial Property, ICT (Information & Communication Technologies), Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Wine & Spirit, Project Management, Risk Management, Crisis Management, Marketing differentiation, Business Development, Sales, Negotiations, Event Management, Urban Planning, Footfall Generation, Accounting, Loss Assessment, Legal.

Aoife Braiden Research Manager GSI Aoife completed her degree in Earth Science in NUI,Galway and a PhD in Palaeobiology in UCD. In 2006 she began coordinating research activities for the UCD Geophysics Research Group. Following 9 years’ experience managing national and international research projects (pre- and post-award), and a qualification in Business Studies, Aoife moved to the Geological Survey of Ireland where she is responsible for managing the Geoscience Research Programme.

Her roles includes building collaborations with industry, academia and other research partners, overseeing GSI involvement in large scale national and international research programmes and managing the GSI research funding calls.

David Goodstein Connected Living Project Director GSMA David is responsible for full life-cycle delivery of new industry solutions at GSMA, the industry body represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 250 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem. Prior to GSMA, David worked variously as a technical specialist and business consultant. For more information, please see https://ie.linkedin.com/in/dgoodstein.

Paul Yeomans Business Development Manager Nottingham University Before joining the university sector Paul spent 15 years working in the Engineering and Printing Industries in a variety of roles including research and development and sales and marketing running projects worldwide.

He currently manages the Knowledge Transfer Partnership portfolio at the University of Nottingham securing funding for innovative businesses across the UK and helping them achieve significant development and growth.

Joe Gibbs Commercial Development Manager Lero Joe is Commercial Development Manager for Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre with overall responsibility for fostering industrial partnerships between research and industry. Joe has over 20 years of experience in managing R&D groups across multiple sites and time-zones in both multinationals and small companies with prior experience of successful research/industry collaboration from both perspectives.

David Lynch CEO Elm Solutions David Lynch founded Elm Solutions in 2014 with the aim of providing sustainable IT solutions to tackle immediate environmental issues. Not content enough with this mission, he worked with his founding partners to expand Elm to include general IT solution delivery services in a sustainable fashion.

Serial traveller, environmentalist and IT lover, David has worked to reshape how regulators manage the protection of the environment in Ireland and Europe wide. He is a mechanical engineering graduate, although don’t hold that against him. He worked as an IT consultant for over five years before starting his own consultancy and recruitment company prior to founding Elm Solutions with his business partners.

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Speakers He has worked intently as a strategy lead and represented Ireland at European Commission level culminating in the support of a new pilot programme by Ireland for environmental reporting. He has expanded his role and advises some of Ireland’s biggest state and private organisations on both Environmental and IT strategy. At Elm, David works with the management team to create as well as implement the strategy and vision of the company. In 2016, David’s priority will shift to establishing Innovate@Elm, the R&D arm of Elm Solutions.

David also has a keen interest in supporting the startup ecosystem in Ireland. He actively mentors budding entrepreneurs as well as advising VC’s and small scale investors on tech ventures.

Follow David on twitter @thedavidlynch or read some of his blogs on elmsolutions.ie/blogs.

John Breslin General Manager SmartBay Ireland Ltd John Breslin is the General Manager of Smart Bay Ireland Ltd. John holds an M.Sc (Research) from UCD, a B.Sc. in Marine and Fisheries Biology from the University of Aberdeen and has other qualifications in Applied Chemistry, Laboratory Practices and Aquaculture. Previously John has held management and directorships and has over 20 years’ experience in marine survey, vessel operations & commercial management. John worked as the commercial manager for Europe at P&O Maritime and was responsible for developing and implementing the European regions growth strategy within the offshore wind and government shipping sectors. While employed at the Marine Institute John was responsible for the Management of Irelands Research Vessels and Deepwater ROV. John was a Co-owner and Director at Seabed Surveys International a specialist hydroacoustic survey company.

Ray Walshe Funded Investigator – Insight National Centre for Data Analytics, SFI Research interests are Hybrid Cloud Computing, Cloud Architecture, High Performance Computing, Exascale Cloud and Grid Computing.

Applied Areas are Data Anlaytics (Big Data), Modelling and Scientific Computing, Cloud Computing,High Performance Computing Lecturer in the School of Computing.

Derek Henry Partner – Head of R&D Tax Services BDO Derek is a tax partner in our tax planning group. He has over 14 years experience in corporation tax and

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specialises in corporate tax planning in particular advising on the R&D tax credit regime.

Derek leads the BDO Ireland R&D practice. Derek’s team of experts, include engineers and accountants, who are dedicated to maximising the benefit to clients of their R&D activity. Derek has written and presented on the topic in both industry specific and national forums and is one of the leading experts in the area in Ireland.

The BDO R&D practice is one of the leading R&D practices in Ireland with a very impressive list of over 100 clients including large multinationals, PLC’s and indigenous Irish businesses from all of Ireland’s growth focused sectors including Technology, Telecoms, MedTec & Pharma, Manufacturing and Food & Agri.

Dennis Muldoon ICT Forge

Dennis Muldoon has contributed to excellence of business processes in high-tech and financial organisations in Switzerland, France, Ireland and the USA, for over 25 years, and led departments and teams in Service Delivery & IT Project Management in Mobile, Telco & IT, as well as Business Process Management and off-shoring transformations. He has worked at Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Alcatel-Lucent, Lombard-Odier, The Global Fund and BNP-Paribas (Geneva).

Dennis’s education includes engineering qualifications and a Master in Business Administration (University of Wales), and he is bilingual English/French. Dennis recently returned to Ireland and lives with his wife and sons in Avoca, Co. Wicklow, from where he provides professional expertise and services as an Independent Management Consultant in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Service Delivery, IT Projects, Technology & Operations.

Dennis Muldoon +353 89 449 8517 dmuldoon@ictforge.com

Dr. Ramesh Raghavendra SEAM Centre Director Waterford Institute of Technology Dr Ramesh Raghavendra holds a Ph.D from University of Twente, The Netherlands and three Master degrees (M.Sc in Materials Sciences, M.S in Metallurgical Engineering and an MBA). He worked as Senior Research Fellow in University of Limerick for five years, then worked as Senior Materials Technologist for a multinational company (Littelfuse) in Dundalk for over 10 years prior to joining SEAM Technology Gateway Centre in WIT in May 2008.

His research background is in the areas of functional ceramics, glass and glass-ceramics, sintering of

powder materials and possesses significant exposure in the field of X-ray Micro-tomography, 3D Metal printing and nano technologies. He holds patents in microwave processing of ceramic materials and in cofiring of ceramics. He has also authored/co-authored more than 60 refereed journal publications.

In his present role as Centre Director, Ramesh is responsible for overall operational aspects of SEAM including promoting and generating targeted levels of industrial collaboration, securing funding for SEAM activities, budget and human resources management, project management, strategy development, etc. Within six years of launching of SEAM, Ramesh has been instrumental in establishing collaborations with over 110 Irish based industries and successfully managed to deliver over 875 directly funded Industrial projects (short, medium and long term). In recognition of this, Ramesh won the Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) Award 2015 under Industrial Consultancy Impact Category.

Ms. Emma Hogan Data Analyst ICHEC Emma graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Business and Economics in 2004 and has since been awarded an MA in Economic Policy from NUIG, and a H.dip in Statistics from NUIM. Since completing university, she has worked as an analyst in the market research sector. She has a variety of analytic experience in industries spanning FMCG, pharmaceuticals, QSR and financial services, across North America and Ireland.

Emma was delighted to join the data analytics team at ICHEC, as a research associate in August 2012.

Úna Parsons – Head of Department of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering – Institute of Technology Sligo Úna Parsons joined IT Sligo as Head of Department of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering in 2012. She is a chartered engineer and fellow of Engineers Ireland. Úna holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and a MSc in Advanced Manufacturing Systems as well as a Junior Trades Certificate in Toolmaking.

Her previous roles include Chief Executive Officer of the Crafts Council of Ireland, Industry Director of Engineers Ireland, Global Strategy Implementation Manager of Bausch & Lomb RayBan and other senior management positions in the multinational manufacturing sector as well as having her own company – uPsolutions, offering consultancy services to the manufacturing, engineering and creative industry sectors.

In her role at IT Sligo Úna is responsible for the

Speakers mechanical, mechatronic, electronic, polymer, precision, toolmaking, electrical and quality programmes primarily developed to satisfy skill needs for the manufacturing sector. Thirty level 6 to level 10 programmes and apprenticeships are delivered to over 1,200 fulltime and online students by a team of over 60 academic staff in the department.

James A Cunningham Business Administration Northumbria University James is the Director of the Whitaker Institute and is a senior lecturer in Strategic Management at the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics. The Whitaker Institute is the largest scale critical mass business and social sciences research institute on the island of Ireland. He previously held the positions as the Director of the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, Executive MBA Programme Director and the Head of the Strategy Group at the J.E. School of Business & Economics at NUI Galway. Prior to joining NUI, Galway James held a lecturing position in the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business at University College Dublin. Prior to this James worked as a strategy consultant.

His main research interests focus on strategy issues with respect to university technology transfer commercialisation, academic and technology entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial universities and principal investigators as scientific entrepreneurs and market shapers as well as strategy as practice.

He has papers published in leading international journals such as Long Range Planning, Journal of Technology Transfer, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, and the International Journal of Technology Management. James has published seven books with Oxford University Press, Palgrave MacMillian Oak Tree Press and Blackhall Publishers.

His research on technology transfer has been cited in the Irish Government’s major science strategy, Strategy for Science Innovation and Technology published in 2006. His co-authored book entitled the Strategic Management of Technology Transfer: A New Challenge on Campus was described in a Business and Finance review as: “This book should be part of the policy library our entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and top manager in ICT and R&D oriented sectors.”

Awards for his research include three best paper awards at the British Academy of Management Annual Conferences (2002, 2005 and 2010), a best paper award at Technology Transfer Society Annual Conference 2011, a best paper award at the Irish Academy of Management Conference (2003) and his co-authored case studies have won national and international competitions. From 2009 to 2012 he was co-editor of the Irish Journal of Management a 1* ranked Associated Business School journal. He has also completed commissioned reports, acted as mentor for start-up businesses and in 2002 held a visiting Professorship at the Department of Management

and Organization at Penn State University. James has delivered keynote nationally and internationally presentations, acted as session chair and facilitator at national and international academic and practitioner conferences, as well as delivering executive master classes on strategy development and crafting and implementing your research strategy.

James was invited to join the Editorial Board of the Journal of Technology Transfer in June 2013 and is currently he is co-editor of a special issue of Technovation on the Micro Foundations of the Triple Helix with Professor Henry Etzkowitx, Standford University, Professor Vincent Mangematin Grenoble Ecole de Management and Dr. Conor O’Kane, University of Otago.

Maria Archer IoTaas Global Business Lead Ericsson Maria has worked with a range of companies from blue chip to start-ups.

Maria has specialized in growth and innovation in telecoms, media and communications, with a focus on increasing both revenue and shareholder value. She has led and delivered diverse projects in the cyberphysical world such as big data, e-commerce, media, cyber security, IOT and connected devices.

She is an international executive having worked and lived in the UK, France, Middle East, Russia and the US. Maria is passionate about the opportunities of the networked society brings and enabling this through building ecosystems.

Sinead Proos Commercialisation Development Manager Food for Health Ireland (FHI) Leading cross-functional teams to develop an innovation pipeline by transforming scientific breakthroughs into sustainable and commercially relevant products.

Brian Quinn Director of European Innovation Intel Labs Europe Brian is Director of European Innovation at Intel Labs Europe. In this role Brian oversees an innovation strategy that incorporates engagement with a broad European ecosystem, from academia to startups, industry fellow travelers to government. He works across an extensive technology agenda with a particular focus on Internet of Things (IOT) and Cloud Computing. Brian’s teams are based in Ireland, Germany and Turkey.

This innovation strategy includes leading Intel’s collaborative research strategy and agenda in Europe, and his team, for example, has driven Intel to be a leading player in FP7 and Horizon 2020 (European Commission Programmes). With industry Brian has lead bi-lateral industry collaborative programmes with companies such as Nokia, SAP and BT, and at a startup level, he has lead for Intel in its inaugural EMEA start-up accelerator programme ChallengeUP. At a technical level Brian has participated on a number of research advisory groups for the European Commission, is has been member of the Faste Lab Advisory Board (University of Lulea, Sweden), member of Croke Park Stadium / GAA technology advisory board and has acted as a formal FP7 reviewer.

Brian graduated from Dublin City University, Ireland with an honours degree in Computer Science, Brian also hold post-graduate Diplomas in Accounting and Finance from ACCA, and in Innovation Management from the National University of Ireland.

David Brody Technologist, LifeSciences Division IDA David joined IDA Ireland as a Technologist in the LifeSciences Division in June ’15 having worked in the MedTech industry for the previous 10 years. Graduating from NUI Galway with a degree in Biomedical Engineering David took up a position as a product & process development engineer with Creganna Medical.

Working both in Ireland and internationally, he led teams to develop novel minimally invasive medical devices. In 2010 David joined HeartSine Technologies, where he worked on the clinical and preclinical evaluation of their products. In 2012 he completed the yearlong BioInnovate Ireland Fellowship, a programme created to enable innovators and innovations focussed on medical technologies. Following this programme David joined the MedTech start up Incereb as a Product Development Manager where he was responsible for product definition, regulatory approval and pipeline development.

Damian Costello Managing Partner Decode Innovation Damian has more than 20 years’ consulting experience, having delivered successful strategy, product, process and service breakthroughs in Ireland, Europe, North America and Asia. For the last 12 years Damian has specialised in Disruptive Innovation – helping incumbents resist attacks or helping insurgents take the maximum market share.

Damian has worked with leaders and executive teams across the full spectrum from global multi-nationals to local start-ups. His background in Industrial Design has seen him operate primarily in the Manufacturing Supply Chain in the Energy, Medical Device,

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A natural storyteller, he is passionate about the Ireland’s potential to become a leader in the next wave of global economic prosperity.

Garry Connolly President and Founder Host in Ireland Garry Connolly has over 20 years of both entrepreneurial and executive experience in assisting foreign direct investment companies to achieve global success. Garry currently serves as President and Founder of Host in Ireland, where he oversees the direction and promotion of the industry-led and sponsored initiative to further promote Ireland as an optimum location to host digital assets. He is also responsible for the recruitment and support of the initiative’s sponsors and partners.

Garry is also the Founding Partner of GconnTec, where he provides various companies seeking to get established and expand their footprint within the EMEA region with recruitment, voice/data infrastructure sourcing, IT, hosting and other core business support.

Prior to GconnTec, Garry served as Co-founder of 4front International Group, a company that supports customers looking to relocate, expand or invest in Ireland. He also co-founded Engage Technologies, Ltd., where, after a successful acquisition of Bellscan in 2000, he successfully redesigned and re-mastered the company’s portfolio of products for the Web and in 2004, changed the platform from a closed operating environment to an open standards-based platform.

In 1994, Garry co-founded BridgeCom, the leading voice and data systems integration company in Ireland, prior to its acquisition by Esat Telecom (BT Ireland) in 1998. His professional tenure also includes various management, sales and sales engineering positions in the telecommunications industry, including British Telecom Professional Services, ICL Fujitsu and BA Systems.

Dr. P.J. White Design Lecturer/ Research Principal Investigator – Institute of Technology Carlow Dr. P.J. White is a qualified Product Designer and has extensive design industry experience innovating for small to multi-national businesses. P.J. holds a PhD in Product Design, specifically in the areas of Design Ethnography and product design for older adults.

Academic interests include user centric research by way of understanding human behaviours and cultures.

Areas of expertise are within Product/Industrial Design, Design Research, and Design Ethnography/ Anthropology, Qualitative research methods for design, Design Processes, User Centric Design, and Design for Older People. Together with these interests, he believes that a crucial aspect of future Design research

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lies in cross fertilisation with other disciplines with the intent of developing novel and specific design research methodologies. He was Co-Chair of the first Irish design Research Conference hosted in Carlow June 2015. Furthermore, he is a council member of the Institute of Designers of Ireland and a lead editor of Iterations Design Research Journal.

Rodger O’Connor Gas Networks

Rodger has worked with GNI since January 2011. He joined the Innovation team in 2014. As Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland and with a Masters in Sustainable and Renewable Energy and experience as a consultant engineer, an energy consultant, BER assessor and in innovation commercialisation. Rodger plays a leading role in promoting innovation in the Irish gas energy sector through his role in Gas Networks Ireland and his involvement with the Gas Innovation Group. In addition to promoting sustainable energy Rodger enjoys long distance running, DIY and repairing classic cars.

Professor Lizbeth Goodman Inclusive Design for Education and Chair of Creative Technology Innovation – UCD Professor of Inclusive Design & Chair of Creative Technology Innovation at UCD, she directs SMARTlab & the Inclusive Design Research Centre of Ireland.

She is a Leonardo Advisor for the Science Gallery & served as Chair of Judges for the Sci-Art and Science on Stage and Screen panels of the Wellcome Trust and for the HERA awards of the EC. She was Director of Research for Futurelab, & won the top industry prizes for Best Woman in the Academic and Public Sectors, and Outstanding Woman in Technology (Blackberry Rim- 2008) & CSR Global Top 50 Most Talented Social Innovators (2015).

Tony Ward Head of Fundraising

Tony had a fairly mainstream upbringing, attended school and college and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1989.

In 1994, having had some eyesight problems he was diagnosed with a degenerative condition called retinitis pigmentosa (RP). This came as quite a shock with no prospect of treatment. At the time Tony came across Irish charity Fighting Blindness which is leading the way both nationally and internationally investing in medical research while also supporting the estimated 224,000 people in Ireland affected by severe vision loss and Tony has been involved in the charity in various capacities for over 20 years.

Having been involved in sport before his sight loss, in 1999 Tony took up athletics and began to participate again. Since then he has devoted a lot of time to training and competition. The rewards have been enormous, having represented Ireland at European and World level in middle distances and has completed 6 marathons, most recently in New York (November 2015). Highlights have included winning a bronze medal at the world cross championships in 2001 and gaining an A qualification standard in the marathon for the Athens Paralympics in 2004.

As Fighting Blindness is over 90% funded through fundraising Tony often uses his athletic challenges to raise much needed funds and raised an amazing €30,000 as part of his New York marathon fundraising campaign.

Since 1983 Fighting Blindness has invested over €15 million in 70 research projects based in Ireland. The progress has been fantastic with much international collaboration and the prospect, recently announced

by Spark Therapeutics in Philadelphia that the first gene therapy for any medical condition could be in the area of restoring sight as one of its projects advances through clinical trials.

Adrian Walker R&D Tax Director Deloitte Adrian leads a very specialist team in Deloitte Ireland that deal specifically with the areas of R&D and innovation. With a focus on the R&D Tax Credit and grants for Innovation, and more recently the Knowledge Development Box, this market leading team advise hundreds of clients with regard to these complex topics. Adrian is a qualified engineer and has more than 14 years of industrial experience in the Automotive and Aerospace industries.

Paidi O Reilly Adjunct Innovation Lecturer UCC Dr Paidi O’Reilly is a plain talking innovation workshop facilitator, trainer and speaker. He is a Research Fellow at the SFI funded Infant Centre in University College Cork (UCC). He is on the global lecturing panel at the Irish Management Institute and is an adjunct innovation lecturer at UCC. In the past he has been Director of Innovation & Research with a UK headquartered technology company. For more see: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/paidioreilly

Ronan Doorley Doctoral Researcher Trinity College Dublin Ronan is a Doctoral Candidate in the School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin where he is currently

Speakers finishing his PhD research. Prior to beginning his PhD, he graduated from Trinity as a mechanical engineer and also gained experience working in the IT and construction sectors. His research investigates the interactions between urban transportation, environmental pollution and public health. More specifically, he uses a combination of statistical modelling and environmental sensing to estimate and predict the health and environmental impacts resulting from increased adoption of sustainable modes of transport.

Dr. Chris Keely – Snr Bus Development Manager Office of Corporate Partnership & Knowledge Exchange, Trinity Research & Innovation, TCD

Chris Keely brings 20 years of experience working in and with, technology-focused multinational and indigenous Irish companies in the areas of new business generation and industry/academic engagement. In his current positon as the Senior Business Development Manager at the Office of Corporate Partnership and Knowledge Exchange (OCPKE) at Trinity College Dublin, he champions and is responsible for the successful delivery of the college’s industry strategy; enabling and supporting the linking and commercial exploitation of academic research with industry. Whilst working in industry, Chris has led large-scale international programmes in product development, advanced materials engineering, manufacturing technologies integration and reliability engineering. Chris graduated with a first class joint honours degree in Physics and Mathematics from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He continued his professional education at Trinity College and was awarded a PhD in Experimental Physics in 1996. Chris is a passionate advocate of the use of technology in society and of lifelong learning.

Rory MacHale Chief Technology Officer Iricent Rory MacHale has more than thirty years of international experience in the telecommunications industry, working with companies as varied as Eigensolve, Ammeon, Logica/Aldiscon, Softech Telecom and Siemens AG in Munich. Initially a software developer, Rory transitioned quickly into design and software architecture roles in public telecommunications, progressing to product and presales management. Rory held the post of Chief Technology Officer in his last two engagements, including ten years at Ammeon. Rory has also held a number of senior industry positions both as a director and technical committee chairperson of the Open Mobile Alliance and steering committee member of the Multimedia Messaging Interoperability Group. Rory has a BE(Hons) / Electronic Engineering from University College, Dublin.

Alan Costello Innovation Specialist

Alan Costello is an innovation specialist, working with high growth companies, established R&D active multinationals and third level research institutes, in Ireland/UK and throughout the EU on the Horizon and EBRD programmes. His core focus is on establishing consumer/customer led innovation practices and in developing open innovation networks.

Derek J. Collins Director of Customer Engagement & Innovation – Huawei Technologies Passionate senior manager with broad international experience gained with leading organisations in the ICT/Mobile/Telecom and multi-national communications sectors. A conscientious and positive thinking leader with business development attributes and seeks out Innovation.

Alfonso organizes the UCD Summer School, as well as the ExCyte courses in Europe. He is the co-organiser of several courses such as the Karolisnka Institute Flow Cytometry course or the ESCCA Summer Schools.

Involved in the development of CYTOUniversity material and acts as member of the ISAC Educational and ISAC Share Resource Lab Task Forces, as well as member of the European Society of Clinical Cytometry Analysis Website & Communication Committee and ESCCA Membership Committee and Facebook administrator of ISAC, ESCCA and CSI Facebook sites.

Alfonso Blanco has won the Accuri´s Creativity Awards 2009 “Innovative Applications of Flow Cytometry”, the Irish Laboratory Awards 2013 “Laboratory Staff Member of the Year” and was finalist of the Irish Laboratory Awards 2013 “Educational Laboratory of the Year” and has been selected by ISAC as 1 of the 5 ISAC Scholars 2010-2015.

Robert O’Connor Head of Research Irish Cancer Society

A proven track record of effective sales, budget planning, P&L management, financial management, project management and decision making skills. Key relationships with International contacts and senior manager hands-on capabilities. Decisive with a broad skill-set & seasoned business judgement.

Dr. Robert O’Connor is the Head of Research and Acting Head of Communications for the Irish Cancer Society, Ireland’s largest cancer charity. The Irish Cancer Society is also the largest charitable funder of cancer research in the state with over 85 funded researchers currently funded across its various schemes.

Board of The Irish Chamber of Commerce – Hong Kong, to drive Irish Business interests in Asia. I like to surround myself with creative positive thinkers.

Robert has 20 years of experience in pharmacology, biosafety and translational cancer research.

Specialties: Cloud Computing, Video & TelePresence Solutions, Networking, Unified Communications, 3G/4G/LTE, Connected Transport Technologies, Mobile Advertising, M2M, IoT, OSS/BSS, NFV, SDN, Smart Grid, SMB XaaS Propositions, Telco OS, OpenCloud Strategies, Smart Retail, Team Management, Event Management, Social Media Strategy, Digital Marketing, C-Level Engagement, Smart Cities.

Barry Aldwell Postdoctoral Research Fellow TCD Barry Aldwell – Postdoctoral Research Fellow , TCD.

Alfonso Blanco Scientific Director of Core Technologies UCD Alfonso Blanco is the Scientific Director of the Core Technologies and Director of the Flow Cytometry Core Technologies in the University College Dublin, European distributor and Instructor of ExCyte. Expert Cytometry, Co-Director and founder of the Cytometry Society of Ireland and Councilor of ISAC (International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry).

Robert graduated from UCD with an honours degree in Pharmacology in 1991. Moving to the School of Biotechnology in DCU, he completed his Ph.D. in 1995 and took up a postdoc in cancer drug resistance in the NCTCC/NICB, a specialist biomedical research facility.

Collaborating with other scientists and clinicians he became involved in translational and cancer clinical trial research. In 2007 he assumed the chairmanship of the translational subgroup of ICORG, Ireland’s national cancer clinical trials network, helping this organisation to a milestone of enrolment of 7% of all cancer patients into translational research studies by the time of his departure in 2015. In 2010 he became a lecturer in Biological Science in the School of Nursing in DCU and moved to take up his current role leading the research effort of the Irish Cancer Society in February of 2015.

Robert is passionate about providing the evidencebase to help manage our emerging cancer crisis; focussing on prevention, early detection, increased efficacy of diagnostics and therapeutics and supporting the 170,000 (and growing) Irish cancer survivors to thrive after their treatment.

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Speakers Marianna Kane Product Designer & Founder of DesignBurst NUIM Marianna Kane is a product designer with a passion for all elements of the design process. She has a wealth of experience in designing new consumer goods and founded DesignBurst Ltd in 2012 to close the gap between ideas and the market. She took a position in Maynooth University in 2013 as the Department Technician for Design Innovation to share her knowledge and skills with third level students and has since conducted a number of workshops and events to boost creativity across the entire campus. Her professionalism combined with her quirky personality has lead to her building a strong network of businesses and organisations with whom she collaborates to bring ideas to fruition.

Dr Hubert (Hugh) Henry Head of Innovation and R&D Bord na Mona Plc Hugh joined the semi-state company, Bord na Mona, in 1990, to work on a range of development projects focusing on wastewater treatment. He was asked to take on the new position of Director of Innovation and R&D in 2008. His remit in this role is to consolidate Innovation management, with the primary objective of developing and embedding a co-ordinated R&D and business Innovation approach across the company. The organisation‘s strategic vision signifies an innovative transition from traditional businesses, heavily dependent on peat and fossil fuels, to a new, more sustainable businesses focused on better resource recovery, renewable energy, biomass and sustainable space heating. Market led Innovation management is a key enabler in BnM becoming this new responsible company for the betterment of all its stakeholders.

Dr Henry holds a B.Sc. (Hons) primary degree, a Ph.D post graduate degree, a post graduate Diploma in Business Finance and is a chartered scientist. He is a professional member of many technical bodies. In addition, he is currently an active member of numerous national and international technical and commercial groups which are engaged in promoting the application of innovation management in enterprise. He is also a published author having recently published a text book, ‘Everyday Innovation’, on the subject.

Paul Anglim Programme Manager at BioInnovate Ireland, Part-time Lecturer – NUI Galway Paul’s background is in the life sciences, with a BSc in Biotechnology from NUI Galway, and a PhD in Molecular Biology from University of Southern California, where his work focused on biomarker discovery for early detection of cancer. With a preference for writing over experiments, he went on to work in medical

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communications in both academic and pharmaceutical settings, and also spent some time in consulting.

Upon returning home, Paul joined BioInnovate Ireland, and has been involved with the programme since its inception. In addition to BioInnovate, Paul lectures in Biomedical Science, Molecular Biology and Biology at NUI Galway.

Dan Maher CEO Nua Venture Dan has spent over 15 years in venture capital investment at ACT Venture Capital and PolyTechnos Venture Partners. Currently Chairman of the advisory board of the European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment, Germany, and adjunct lecturer at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD.

Emanuele Ragnoli Principal Investigator and Research Scientist in Analytics and Optimisation Emanuele Ragnoli is a Research Staff Member and a Technical Leader in IBM Research – Ireland. For the last few years he has been designing an implementing real time large scale systems that are at the intersection of Big Data, IOT (Internet of Things), analytics and HPC (High Performance Computing). Prior to joining IBM Research Emanuele did two indutrial postodcs with NUIM, UCD, Intel Ireland and a cluster of manufacturing multinationals under the umbrella of the ICMR (Irish Centre for Manufacturing Research).

His work was in the implementation of analytics and control systems for manufacturing processes, with semiconductors, pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

Robert Dunne CEO GlycoSelect Robert Dunne is a pharmaceutical industry executive with experience in multinational and SME companies.

He has broad experience across many technical functions Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, Operations and Product Development using this experience in a Business Development role. Among his corporate roles, he set up a program management function and has run successful project teams.

While General Manager for Ireland, he set up a manufacturing plant and integrated an acquired R&D company into the corporate structure.

Robert was a management team member of another university spin out, Alimentary Health, prior to joining GlycoSeLect, having identified its commercial potential from Enterprise Ireland’s Business Partner programme.

Gary Rainsford Clinical & Innovation Program Manager Biomedical Research Gary is the clinical and innovation program manager at BMR, a global SME medical device company who specialise in electrical muscle stimulation therapy.

He is responsible for delivering and managing clinical projects for regulatory submissions and marketing purposes as well as coordinating innovation projects and pre NPD concepts prior to their entry into the product portfolio. Gary holds a degree in Sports Science (University of Limerick) and also trained as a Physiotherapist at Kings College London before entering the medical device sector in 2008. Since moving into industry he has completed an MBA from the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Paul McCann CDG Brand

27 years of working in the brand and graphic design industry, with a Masters in Professional Design Practice and currently researching a PhD in Design Innovation in NUIM Paul Mc Cann embraces the brand design industry with gusto and fervor. He has demonstrated that brand design has come of age and that digital brand design is now part of mainstream business in Ireland with the ability to thrive and innovate.

With Paul at the helm, CDG has grown to be one of Ireland’s leading full service design agencies with an enviable portfolio of clients across the world including University of Toronto, Canon, Microsoft, Pan Asia Group, Airsynergy, RTE and Vodafone Group. Shortlisted for the Ernst & Young entrepreneur of the year and many other design accolades he shows that determination, innovation and persistence brings reward. Paul is a well-respected designer in his own right and has lectured and talked at seminars on branding and entrepreneurship in Europe, USA, Canada and Asia for his company and university. Paul has shown that you can be both a top class designer and a successful business man and survive recessions as well as thrive on opportunities when presented.

James McRedmond Chief Scientific Officer Java Clinical Research Ltd James McRedmond is the Chief Scientific Officer with Java Clinical Research, a Contract Research Organisation that manages clinical trials in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology, with 8 years postdoctoral research experience, and 8 years in clinical research leading Java’s scientific team.

Java Clinical Research develops and implements customised lab procedures for use in clinical trials, with particular expertise in platelet testing, biomarkers, proteomics and monocytes. Java’s customised

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Dr. Joanna Griffin Rotunda Hospital

Joanna Griffin holds a Ph.D in Biochemistry from University College Dublin where she developed expertise in the domain of protein engineering. She was appointed Director of Research and Academic Affairs at The Rotunda Hospital in 2013 where she manages a diverse research portfolio including Maternal, Fetal, neonatal, and infectious disease. The Rotunda is actively involved in recruitment and coordination of a number of national and international clinical drug and device trials. The hospital has an ongoing interest to grow and diversify our research partnerships with industry collaborators.

Sinead Murnane Research Fellow at Innovation Value Institute – Maynooth University Sinéad Murnane is a Research Fellow at the Innovation Value Institute and an Associate Lecturer in Innovation Management at Maynooth University School of Business. She is a former Fulbright Scholar and recipient of the JFK Memorial Scholarship. Her research is concerned with exploring collaboration and knowledge sharing in multi-disciplinary and knowledge-intensive environments.

Sinéad has presented her research internationally and been an invited speaker at the Irish Computer Society, Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland, and UCD School of Health Sciences. Prior to working in academia, she was an IS Project Manager, group leader, and trainer.

Mike Allen Director of Advocacy, Communication and Research – Focus Ireland Mike Allen- Director of Advocacy, Communication and Research, Focus Ireland.

Dr John Scanlan Director of Commercialisation Maynooth University John Scanlan is currently the Director of Commercialisation at Maynooth University, leading a technology transfer consortium exploiting university developed technologies. He has broad experience and skills in innovation and commercialisation, IP development and exploitation, strategy, leadership and management. Previously, he was CTO of Straatum

a software / hardware supplier to the semiconductor industry, sold to Lam Research in California. He is inventor on 7 granted patents and author of 10 publications. He was a member of the Innovation Taskforce intellectual property group put in place to develop a National IP Policy.

Jennifer Brennan Management and Administration IUA Dr. Jennifer Brennan is the National Contact Point for the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), and is based at the Irish Universities Association. As NCP, Jennifer is responsible for promoting the MSCA to researchers and researchactive organisations, and advising applicants. In her role as National Delegate to the MSCA Programme Committee she ensures that Ireland’s priorities are embedded in the MSCA. In addition, she engages in sectoral research policy work for the Irish universities, including projects on research integrity, gender equality, researcher careers and community-engaged research.

Justin Sinnott Enterprise Programmes Manager Irish Research Council I am the Enterprise Programmes Manager with the Irish Research Council. Previous to this role I was a Programme Manager on a number of European and Humanities based research programmes. Before joining the Irish Research Council I worked with the Higher Education Authority, firstly in the Industrial Relations Unit before moving to Institutes of Technology Funding. Between 2009 and 2013 I worked as a project manager on various Labour Market Activation initiatives including the national Springboard initiative.

I also Project Managed the European Globalisation Fund and delivering on five different EGF projects.

I am a graduate of UCD and the Institute of Public Administration.

William Gallagher – Professor of Cancer Biology, UCD and Co-Founder/Chief Scientific Officer, OncoMark Limited Professor Gallagher is currently Director of BREASTPREDICT, which is the first Irish Cancer Society Collaborative Cancer Research Centre (CCRC) to be funded (www.breastpredict.com). This country-wide CCRC, which is supported to the level of 7.5 million euro, runs from 2013 to 2018 and involves 6 academic institutions (UCD, TCD, RCSI, DCU, NUIG and UCC), as well as the not-for-profit clinical trials organisation, the All-Ireland Co-Operative Oncology Research Group (ICORG). Prof. Gallagher also co-ordinates and participates in multiple FP7 and Horizon 2020 research programmes, including RATHER (www.ratherproject. com), FAST-PATH (www.fastpathproject.com) and SYS-

MEL (www.sysmel.com). He also co-founded and is currently acting as Chief Scientific Officer for OncoMark Limited (www.oncomark.com), a molecular diagnostics company focused on the development of novel tissuebased biomarker panels that offer prognostic and predictive utility for patients with common solid tumours.

Brian Cahill Programme Manager Litmus Trialling Centre Brian joined Nimbus in July 2013 as programme manager for the Mallow Systems Innovation Centre.

This sees Brian working closely with Mallow, North Cork and Blackwater Valley based Industry, educational institutions and academia. The Innovation Centre has become pivotal to rolling out Internet of Things – Small Smart City demonstrators and pilots in Mallow Town and beyond, while also affording companies in this hub location an opportunity to engage with a research and innovation centre to bring their ideas to reality.

Recently Brian has become the programme manager for Litmus, a technology trialling centre that tests, trials and demonstrates IoT applications, products and services. Litmus encompasses three test-bed areas: Energy; Water; Community.

Harriet Doig Information, Advocacy & Research Officer Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland Harriet graduated from King’s College London in 2005 and has worked in a variety of information provision and advocacy roles in the voluntary sector since, in the UK and Ireland. She has worked at MS Ireland since 27th October 2015. Her role includes promoting and supporting the MS Ireland research agenda and disseminating information on research to our stakeholders. Harriet is also currently studying a Social Science degree at Dublin Business School.

Dr Magdalena Wislocka Manager of the Scientific Visa Scheme IUA Dr Magdalena Wislocka (Irish Universities Association, EURAXESS) has been managing the Scientific Visa Scheme (Hosting Agreement) since its introduction in 2007 in Ireland. She is also responsible for responding to helpdesk queries at the EURAXESS office based in the IUA. Magda has been particularly successful in building links and collaboration with various key institutions in Ireland such as: the Office of Science &Technology and the Work Permit Section in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Irish Naturalisation Immigration Service in particular. Magda promoted the Irish Hosting Agreement Scheme as an invited speaker on numerous international conferences in Ireland and abroad. She has participated in various European Commission

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Magda is a biologist by training with MSc and PhD in plant ecology. During her research and academic career she has been internationally mobile having done her post-doctoral research in Ireland and has worked for both academia and industry in Ireland (NUIG, EPA) and her native Poland. In addition to her EURAXESS role Magda has been a dedicated teacher at Dublin City University since 2004.

John Rainford Chief Executive – Strawberry Fields and Inventor of the Darwin Matrix John is currently working with the likes of Sony, Hitachi and CISCO and many other companies to integrate innovation into their culture and processes.

Working as an innovation consultant for Royal Dutch Shell, John developed creative programmes and creative tools such as the “Darwin Matrix” that helped Shell turn out many new patents and services. His innovation techniques helped with new and radical business models. Shell were so impressed they sent him to deliver his workshops all over the world to help with business development and business engagement.

They asked him to help launch a brand new company called Shell Global Solutions (SGS). John acknowledges that the success of Shell Global Solutions was due to the management style and the distinctive darwinian culture of the organisation.

Director at Birmingham Business School. John is a Visiting Fellow at Birmingham Business School. He has taught “how to innovate” at the London Business school and teaches business innovation techniques for business people at the University of Hong Kong and at the National University of Singapore and closer to home at the Ryan (Air) Academy for Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Dublin. He runs creative workshops for the Chartered Institute of Marketing as part of their accreditation process. He has joined the executive committee for the Lunar Society, leading on innovation, see www.lunarsociety.org.uk and John is also Chairman of the North American Scholarship Association (NASA).

John is also Director of Rapid Innovation for Business Development at Birmingham City University and helps to develop fast track enabling methods for business growth.

He is a partner in the CISCO Network Academy email john.rainford@bcu.ac.uk or john.rainford@ strawberryfields.com.

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Professor Theo Lynn CEO Rendicity Professor Theo Lynn is Chief Executive Officer of Rendicity. Rendicity develops and markets solutions for provisioning and processing compute-intensive workloads in the cloud. A serial entrepreneur, Theo has over two decades of experience in the ICT sector.

He is Associate Dean of Industry Engagement at DCU Business School where he is also the Principal Investigator of the Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce.

Mark Heaton Go Gas Renewables

Mark Heaton obtained his doctorate from Imperial College London in 2013, part completing it at The Budapest Neuron Centre, TNI-Cork and Carlow IT, where he obtained four of his nineteen publications.

In this research he fabricated the first nanoscale Axial gas-flow turbines for measuring flow/generating power in confined/remote locations. Prior to this he obtained his Masters in optics and holography from Salford/ Manchester after graduating from Carlow IT. Aside from a variety of technician positions he was a researcher in corrosion research for Corus Steel. His engineering and research in environmental monitoring was put to use in his new go-gas-renewables business. Here he has international relationships with key players in the evolving nanotech sector. This allowed his biogas business to partner with key players for producing usable autogas.

Dr. Frances Lucy – Director of the Centre for Research Innovation and Sustainability (CERIS), IT Sligo Dr. Frances Lucy is Director of the Centre for Research Innovation and Sustainability (CERIS) at Institute of Technology, Sligo. She is a freshwater biologist, with main research and teaching areas in invasive species, fisheries science, and water quality. Frances is a board member of Inland Fisheries Ireland. She is former Editor-in-Chief for two open access on-line journals, Aquatic Invasions and BioInvasions Records (www. aquaticinvasions.net) and is involved in a wide range of international scientific collaborations https://www. researchgate.net/profile/Frances_Lucy/?ev=hdr_xprf.

Gary Mullin Director ION Connect Gary is the Managing Director of ION Connect, an innovative Galway based company who work across the spectrum of state organisations, research consortia

and SMEs. ION Connect provides an integrated, creative and original approach to bringing your research and innovation to those who matter. We deliver high-impact strategies for dissemination using cost-effective communication tools and methodologies.

Dr Liam Brown Vice President Research, Enterprise and Development – LIT Dr Brown’s expertise is in strategic development and operational management in research and enterprise engagement. His previous role was programme manager for Enterprise Ireland’s largest collaborative R&D programme: Technology Centres. He also represented Ireland at the European Commission as a national delegate for Horizon 2020. He now leads the Research, Enterprise & Development team at LIT, a multi-campus institute, with a reputation for agility, responsiveness, creativity, inclusiveness and collaboration. LIT’s commitment to the mid-west region and beyond is unrivalled and Dr Brown intends to deliver on the further development of LIT through world leading impactful research, enterprise engagement and development.

Ciaran Coakley Marketing & Sales Executive Griffith College Dublin As a marketing and sales executive at Griffith my personal goal is to help students find the education that best suits them. I am currently the primary account manager over the design, computing and graduate business faculties. My primary goal is customer acquisition. To achieve this my responsibilities include planning, organising and carrying out the overall marketing strategies for these faculties. I am directly involved in the lead generation and nurturing process via both traditional and digital channels. Traditional channels not only include planning, organising and running events, it also involves pitching to further education institutions and also creating and maintaining relationships with related parties. Digital channels include Email marketing, PPC, social media, multimedia marketing such as course marketing videos. I also carry out SEO, keyword research and PPC activities to further increase website traffic. I am also heavily involved in content marketing for these faculties which includes website content, print content and other various forms of marketing material. Regular reports are carried out in order to keep track of traffic and acquisition that lead to future decisions to improve overall marketing strategy.

Liam McCarton Lecturer, (WIRC) & (ESHI) DIT Liam McCarton is a Chartered Engineer, with over

Speakers 20 years’ experience in International Development, Environmental Engineering & Project Management of water, sanitation, education & health infrastructure projects. Liam has project managed major infrastructure projects in Ireland, Asia and Africa. Liam leads the Development Technology Research Group within the Water Innovation Research Centre (WIRC) at DIT (www.dit.ie/dtc). Liam is also a director of Engineers Without Borders – Ireland.

Colette Quinn Founder & MD Real Insights Colette set up Real Insights in 2004 and has over 20 years’ experience as a market researcher gleaned here and abroad.

She has worked for the biggest research agency in the world in London and Germany working with global brands managing multi-country quant and qual studies for the likes of Coca Cola, Unilever, Boots and Gillette as well as managed big research budgets when she was Head of Consumer Insight at Vodafone Ireland and Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland Ltd. Colette has a no-nonsense commercially focused attitude to research and how it should be used to drive growth and inform decision making within a business.

She is also an experienced business mentor, mentoring for Enterprise Ireland as well as lecturing at many innovation hubs & start-up programmes around the country.

Eugene Burns Creative Director Brandlogik I’m the Creative Director of Brandlogik the number one ranked Irish design agency on Google. I’m an experienced international creative director who has delivered successful design and branding projects for blue chip companies like Visa, BT and MTV Europe.

I’m the founder of Brangento.com the tech startup that means everyone can build a great brand. See Brangento.com for more.

I created the brand identity for Zurich Financial Services, led the team that helped build a travel website into a £10 million company, was head of design for PKF one of the top consulting firms in the City of London.

Tatiana Schofield Head of Knowledge Exchange Royal College of Art Tatiana holds an MBA from Warwick Business School, UK, where she focused on innovation strategy and

entrepreneurship. She is a Chartered Marketer and Chair of the Greater London Regional Board at the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. Tatiana has over 20 years’ experience in research commercialisation, business development and professional training. Throughout her career Tatiana has held senior management roles at leading universities and professional training institutions including Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Kaplan Professional (part of Washington Post Group), London Business School and Imperial College London. Most recently Tatiana worked as Managing Director at Synergy lab, an innovation management consultancy specialising in technology commercialisation, start-ups, open innovation and skills development.

Tatiana’s research interests include universityindustry collaboration, open innovation, technology and knowledge transfer. In 2012 she took Best Paper Award at SRA International for her research in the field of knowledge transfer and cooperation between universities and business. In 2014 Tatiana was involved in the development of the Triple Helix conference working as a member of the Scientific Committee.

Alice Redmond Vice President Commissioning Agents, Inc. Alice Redmond is an experienced Regulatory Compliance commissioning, qualification, and validation subject matter expert with 20+ years of experience in providing technical services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Member of the task team that authored ASTM E2500 and contributing author to ISPE guidance documents on implementing science and risk based qualification. Significant experience with project planning and coordination. Deep understanding of aseptic processing, oral solid dosage, powder inhaler, pen injector, packaging, labeling, and warehousing operations. Past experience and understanding of biotech, API, medical device operations. Understands FDA regulations, regulatory guidance documents, and ICH guidelines and applies knowledge to develop risk based approaches for several applications. Skilled risk assessment facilitator. Familiar with Lean principles and tools, Kaizen events, root cause analysis, visual workplace, Standardised work and process mapping.

Dairine Dempsey Vice President, Strategic Regulatory Affairs – ICON Dr. Dairine Dempsey is a PhD pharmacist with over 15 years’ experience as a pharmaceutical regulator.

She has held a number of senior positions in the Irish national competent authority for medicines, the Health Products Regulatory Agency (HPRA), where she

represented Ireland at the European Medicines Agency, the European Commission and internationally. She later provided pharmaceutical consultancy services to pharmaceutical companies & governments in the EU, US & globally, during which time she also led the establishment of Bahrain’s national regulatory agency for pharmaceutical products regulation. Dr. Dempsey is currently Vice President, Strategic Regulatory Affairs at ICON plc, a global clinical research organisation.

Jess Walsh – Research Nurse, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems – University College Dublin Jess began her career within UCD in 2015 after moving to Ireland from the UK. After obtaining her nursing degree, her interest in research was encouraged in the five years practicing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Liver and Pancreas Cancer at the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. She was awarded a Scholarship from the National Institute for Health Research to undertake a MA in Research Methods (Health) in the University of Nottingham. Her thesis was focussed on trying to ease the physical and psychological hardships that patients with a cancer diagnosis have to endure.

She is enthusiastic about improving patient experience, particularly during the challenging stages of cancer diagnosis, treatment and into survivorship. The eSMART project is an intuitive and patient centred approach to a clinical trial, which is central to her motivation for being part of the Irish team within UCD.

Nikolas Pearmine Partner, Insight & Innovation Director Black Swan Innovation 9 years experience working across FMCG, Consumer Electronics and Financial Insight & Innovation. Clients include, Unilever, Mondelez, P&G, Vodafone, Pepsi and Nike to name a few. A founding Partner of Black Swan Innovation, a subsidiary of the Black Swan Group, combining the power of data and people to deliver demand driven innovations for clients, globally.

Ben Schubert Vice President, Innovation Practice Nielsen Dr. Ben Schubert is Vice President at Nielsen where heads up the Nielsen innovation business in the UK and Ireland. Ben got his PhD from the University of Berlin where he researched the psychological foundations of behavioral economics. He has over a decade of experience researching innovations and is passionate about how new products and services come into the world and how we can make sure they are here to stay.

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Speakers Marie McCarthy Director of Product Innovation ICON plc Marie McCarthy – Director of Product Innovation, ICON plc

Declan Slemon Director Research and Development Aerogen Declan Slemon – Director Research and Development, Aerogen.

Arran Dowling-Hussey Editor – Construction, Engineering & Energy Law Journal of Ireland Arran Dowling-Hussey is a practising Barrister, Arbitrator and Mediator. He edits the Construction, Engineering and Energy Law Journal of Ireland. Arran is a former full time member of the School of Law of Dublin City University.

Huw Watkins Project Director – Aberystwyth Innovation & Enterprise Campus Huw spent the first half of his career in technical and managerial roles within the regulated and commercial businesses of a major water utility group. He then went on to co-establish BIC Innovation, an Innovation management consultancy delivering projects for private and public sector clients for over 10 years.

He currently leads a £40M investment to develop and build a dedicated Innovation Campus on behalf of Aberystwyth University and its partners.

Michael Phillips Director Product Innovation ICON I am a product manager and eClinical innovation specialist with 12 years IT experience and a biochemistry training. After graduating with a PhD, I spent 10 years working in science and medicine publishing, before moving into IT within the same industry. I combined my background as an editor with my IT skills to help advance business objectives through the development of excellent reporting systems and production tools and processes. Although initially employed as a business analyst at ICON, my clinical informatics skills were soon recognised and I was deployed as the principal technical architect of the company’s innovative clinical informatics platform ICONIK. Recently, I moved up to the position of product manager within ICON’s core innovation team. I am a very creative analyst with excellent communication and critical thinking skills. I am an effective team

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player, and my well developed client relationship skills and management experience help me to collaborate effectively with diverse networks, including developers, technical architects, business managers and science and clinical professionals. I am very committed and passionate about everything I do.

Stefan Buzoianu Business Development Manager Animal Health/Nutrition – AnaBio Technologies Ltd Stefan Buzoianu graduated with 1st Class Honours from Veterinary Faculty in Romania in 2007, earned a PhD in animal health/nutrition and animal models with Waterford Institute of Technology/Teagasc in 2012 and went on to work as a researcher for Teagasc, investigating link between intestinal microbiota and pig health. Dr, Buzoianu joined AnaBio Technologies LTD in 2015 as the Animal Health/Nutrition Business Development Manager and is currently responsible for optimisation of animal feed and pharma ingredients using encapsulation and intestinal delivery technologies.

Dr Liam Lewis – Centre Manager, Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis – Cork Institute of Technology Dr Liam Lewis Completed his PhD in 2007 in UCC in the area of Semiconductor materials for light sources.

After a one year post doc he joined the CAPPA centre in CIT with the aim of bridging the gap between research and industry and in particular to show how the use of photonics and advanced imaging techniques can add value to the industrial cycle. He is currently manager of the CAPPA centre gateway, with an annual turnover of ~ €2M per year.

Dr Michael McAuliffe Researcher CAPPA Centre Dr. Michael McAuliffe is a postdoctoral research in the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis in Cork Institute of Technology and Tyndall National Institute. He obtained his PhD from University College Cork in 2013 before joining CAPPA. His main interests lie in the spectroscopic techniques applied to industrial applications.

Roisin Bell MD & Owner KnowledgeWorks Roisin Bell has fifteen years’ experience as a consultant and as a successful entrepreneur and has been collaborating with Real Insights on projects for almost a decade.

Roisin set up KnowledgeWorks, her own market analysis consultancy, in 2001, and won the Mallin

Invent Start-Up of the Year Award in 2003.

Roisin’s experience is across a wide range of business sectors: from software and technology to manufacturing, the arts and financial services: from start-ups to growing businesses, always bringing an objective perspective to the client’s business and market.

KnowledgeWorks uses what it calls the three pillars of secondary research: market sizing and valuation, trends and external environment, and competitive analysis as the basis of most projects. The goal is to deliver high-impact market intelligence and to work with the client to strategise in full an understanding of the market in which they are operating.

Dr. Sean O’Hogain Lecturer, (WIRC) & (ESHI) Dublin Institute of Technology Dr. O’Hogain has been lecturing on the Engineering degree course for 30 years, specialising in water and wastewater analysis. Recent teaching innovations have included courses in sustainability and climate change.

Research topics have included Reed beds, design construction and monitoring and Rainwater Harvesting, design construction and monitoring. Research projects included TECSPAR, an EU funded collaboration between three European Institutions and three Latin American Institutions.

Barry Dowling Co-Founder TransferMate Global Payments Barry Dowling is one of the co-founders of TransferMate Global Payments, one of the world’s fastest growing payment specialists.

Over 15,000 companies in Ireland and worldwide use Transfermate’s service. By using its own global network of bank accounts, businesses in Ireland can send or receive payments in any currency, eliminating international bank fees and speeding up payments.

TransferMate have won numerous awards including The eirSpider Best in Financial Services Award 2015.

William O’Halloran Chairperson Leave No Trace Ireland William O Halloran started teaching Leave No Trace skills and ethics throughout Ireland in 2007 and has been a Leave No Trace advanced trainer since 2008.

As a Leave No Trace volunteer, he has been an active member of the Leave No Trace Education and Advisory Group (EAG) since 2012, a member of the board of directors since 2013 and chairperson of the Leave No Trace Research Group since its establishment in 2014.

Speakers William’s academic qualifications include an MSc in Ecological Assessment, a BA in Outdoor Education and a degree in Business Studies in Outdoor Education and Leisure. William embarked on a career in Ireland’s outdoor education industry in 2001, operating in various outdoor education and adventure centres, before eventually setting up his own company in 2009 called ‘Will and Away’, with a focus on ‘developing people through nature’ by providing top quality activities in beautiful natural settings that inspire an appreciation, respect and understanding of our natural environment. He’s a qualified and experienced instructor and guide in bush craft and survival skills, climbing and mountaineering and water sports such as canoeing, kayaking and surfing.

Since 2012, William has been working with South and East Cork Area Development (SECAD) in assisting communities to develop outdoor recreation projects such as walking trails and water based trails. From 2014, Williams’s role with the company evolved into working on projects related to local biodiversity enhancement and this work involves working closely with a team of Tús Scheme participants. Some examples of SECAD biodiversity projects include habitat restoration, wildflower meadow creation, invasive species management and monitoring of pollinator species. William represents SECAD as a current board member of Leave No Trace Ireland and he does so as part of a partnership agreement between both organisations. In an additional role, William works for the Community-Academic Research Links (CARL) Initiative in University College Cork (UCC). CARL uses the Community Based Research approach, also known as the ‘Science Shop’ model, to provide independent research support to Civil Society Organisations. William has previously worked with the National Parks and Wildlife service and with youth work organisations such as Foióige and YAP Ireland.

Richard Hamerton-Stove Senior Principal, Digital Transformation Infosys Consulting Richard has worked as a consultant for a number of years on both sides of the Atlantic. He experienced the first dot.com boom in 2000 while in San Francisco working for what became LBi Digitas and now works mainly in financial services sector for the consulting unit of the giant Indian IT company, Infosys.

Michael Walsh BeWiser Project Manager IT@Cork Following experience in sales and marketing roles in SMEs and CBF, (forerunner of Bord Bia) Michael Walsh taught marketing and management in Cork Institute of Technology as a senior lecturer, and as a visiting lecturer in UCC. A Fellow of Marketing Institute of Ireland (FMII),

Michael received a Lifetime Award for Marketing Education from MII in 2011. He supervised students’ research to Master and PhD. Michael has worked with European partners on BeWiser (Building Enterprises, Wireless and Internet Security in European Regions) project since 2013 for IT@Cork. He has published prize winning case studies on new ventures and SMEs.

Ciaran Doyle Senior CX Solution Consultant Oracle I spend my working week on the coal face of Digital Transformation projects within the Sales and Marketing departments of innovative UK and Irish companies.

I take a consultative approach to all stages of this cycle, and am happiest when solving challenges faced

by Marketing, Sales, Service and Social departments.

I take a data and analytics first approach, allowing business stake holders to utilize complex Business Intelligence to make key decisions, in a language they can understand.

Kevin Cosgrave European Patent Attorney Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited I have been a member of the IP Group of Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited (and previously Elan Pharma International Limited) for almost 10 years. Over that time, I have been closely involved with a wide variety of IP related matters. My current role includes a number of activities, principally managing the prosecution of a number of patent families, liaising with R&D on the development of new IP, trademark activities, litigation support, licensing and providing support to the business and commercial functions in respect on IP issues.

Michael Darcy CEO Hal Software Michael has been CEO of Hal Software (www.halsoftware.com) for the last three years. An Irish company, Hal Software’s “Spike Prototype” product enables customers design how they would like their Industrial Control and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to work, and how they would interact with other systems, (including those of third parties), using a standards based, non-proprietary framework.

Previous to Hal Software, Michael held senior financial and commercial roles in several technology companies, including Cable & Wireless and The Now Factory.

Michael has a BComm., an MSc. (Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Process Control) and is a Chartered Accountant.

Emmanuel Pouey Former VP Global Innovation Bacardi Global Brands Emmanuel Pouey is a veteran of the Spirits industry with a career spanning over 25+ years in Marketing, Innovation and General Management roles. He was tasked by Bacardi’s CEO in 2010 to set up a high performance Global Innovation capability in order to step up Bacardi’s game in Spirits Innovation. He created and launched with his team, across all regions, 20+ new products which have been multi awarded in international competitions and have led the Bacardi company to double its Innovation value in 3 years.

Emmanuel holds an MBA from EDHEC Business School in France.

Dr. Stepan Invanov Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Mining TSSG Stepan Ivanov received his Diploma with honours in applied mathematics and informatics from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia in 2007.

Following on from completing his Diploma, Stepan joined Telecommunication Software & Systems Group (TSSG) in Waterford Institute of Technology, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 2014. Stepan has more than 5 years of experience in basic and applied research in the area of Computer Science. Stepan is the lead author of several peer-reviewed conference and journal publications in the areas of bio-inspired network management, wireless sensor networking and performance modelling.

Christine O’Meara Commercialisation Specialist TSSG A sales, operations & marketing veteran, Christine wears many hats, with product ownership, account management, strategy, sales and marketing among her responsibilities. After several years earning her stripes at American Airlines in their London offices, where Christine had strategic and operational responsibility for European online sales, she moved to Waterford’s Telecommunication Systems and Software Group (TSSG) and has been providing commercialization support to high tech innovative research projects and start-ups with Wizeoni being the latest.

José Pietri Principal – MindShare Consulting – Paris.

SHIP Project José is an acknowledged Innovation Expert (as witnessed by his time with INSEAD), and an experienced provider of innovation training to start-up and existing businesses. In his role of Chief Executive

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Speakers of Mindshare he is also co- author of the original IIME (Introducing Innovation in Micro Enterprises) innovation materials and also contributed to a number of other EC projects.

MindShare Consulting was founded by José Pietri in 1994. At the time Mr. Pietri was transitioning from a 17-year career at IBM (USA) that had been focused on mid-range systems and SMEs. The original focus of MindShare was advanced facilitation and meeting services using innovative tools (he was an early proponent, user and champion of the innovative ThinkTank applications). In Europe this quickly expanded to focused consulting, especially related to education and training concerned with change and innovation management and leadership. A multi-year collaboration with INSEAD (at CALT – The Centre for Advanced Learning Technologies) has led to his involvement in the European-wide deployment of the EIS Change and Innovation Management Workshop.

His work is conducted in English, French and Spanish.

Most current clients are in Europe, although some activities have also taken place in Puerto Rico (his birthplace). He is currently working with European partners including Louth and Meath Local Enterprise office on a number of Erasmus + projects.

Barbara MacMahon – Corporate Sustainability Consultant – Life Cycle Solutions for Sustainable Business With a BSc. Industrial Design Engineering from Brunel University and an MSc. Technology Management from UL, Barbara specialises in Product Design for Sustainability Throughout her career she has sought not just design better products but to use sustainability to add value to the product design process and throughout the product life cycle. Her talk, “Design for Sustainability and Sustainability for Design – how sustainability principles make better products” explores how eco-design methodologies such as Life Cycle Assessment and Circular Economy can help designers not only design products of better environmental performance but also to better serve the needs of customers, communities and circular business models.

Dr. Lorraine Byrne Executive Director – CRANN Institute & AMBER National Centre Dr. Lorraine Byrne is the Executive Director of the CRANN Institute and AMBER National Centre. Lorraine has a PhD. In Analytical Chemistry and a B.Sc in Analytical Science both from Dublin City University.

Prior to joining AMBER she spent 18 years with Hewlett Packard in the InkJet printing division where she held a number of technical roles in the areas of Ink Chemistry, Failure Analysis and Research and Development. She was the lead technologist with the Emerging Technologies research team focusing on printed electronics and flexible displays. As part of

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her role she led a significant research program in the area of flexible transparent electronics which involved a significant collaboration with the CRANN institute as well as participation in a number of EU Framework 6 programs. Lorraine has filed 5 patents in the area of flexible electronics of which 3 have been granted.

Alex Milton Programme Director for Irish Design 2015

As a designer, educator, curator and author I have promoted an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial approach to design.

I am currently the Programme Director for Irish Design 2015, a major government initiative. I am also a Visiting Professor at Manchester School of Art, Aston University and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, and an external examiner at a number of institutions.

Previous roles have included Head of Design at the National College of Art and Design, and Deputy Head of School at the School of Textiles & Design and Head of Design Research at Heriot-Watt University. A former Head of Design & Applied Arts at Edinburgh College of Art, I have taught and examined at institutions across the globe including Central Saint Martins, University of Dundee and the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing, with my students winning dozens of international awards. I have a proven track record of developing and managing projects; including curating national touring exhibitions and events for the Six Cities Design Festival, curating and designing ‘Remodelling Home’ an interactive exhibition commissioned by Architecture + Design Scotland, and creating a recently commissioned piece for ‘The Everyday Experience’ Irish Architecture Foundation at IMMA show. I co-founded the Claystation design collective, and my creative work has been exhibited at numerous international venues including Designers Block Milan, ICFF New York, 100% Design London, IMM Cologne, London Architecture Biennale, MUDAC Lausanne and INDEX Copenhagen.

Regina Reulbach Commercial Development Manager INSIGHT Regina Reulbach is the Commercial Development Manager in Insight Centre for Data Analytics, Ireland’s best funded research centre creating a data driven society. Working in the crossover of industry and research, she is supporting industry partners to leverage innovative technology from research, to make better informed decisions based on data.

Formely, she was profit and loss responsible for consumer products in ICT and Healthcare. In various roles she was leading products across the complete lifecycle, from road map planning to product definition to phase-out.

Richard Stokes Director of Innovation DCU Electronics engineer with international experience in building and managing innovative technology based businesses. Significant achievements in international sales and marketing for new ventures in telecommunications and software sector. Co-founder of four technology based companies. CEO of two successful start-ups. Currently in a leadership role in research commercialisation and academic-industry linkages at Dublin City University.

Specialties:International sales & marketing, technology commercialisation, Intellectual property management, new venture start up. Technology licensing.

Oisin Boydell Senior Researcher CeADAR Dr Oisín Boydell is lead researcher in advanced analytics at the Centre for Applied Data Analytics (CeADAR) based at University College Dublin. His interests lie real-time analytics, data mining, machine learning and related techniques for extracting useful information and insights from massive datasets.

Julie Spillane Director of the Centre for Innovation Accenture Julie Spillane is Director of the Centre for Innovation in Dublin – a living, breathing innovation hub acting as an accelerator for Accenture and our clients to unlock value.

Julie has held numerous senior leadership roles in Accenture and is expert at leading large-scale multidisciplinary global teams. With deep skills in strategy development, innovation and finance, her recent leadership responsibilities have ranged from the design, setup and scaling of new operations to the design and implementation of major global transformation change programmes. A member of the Accenture Ireland Leadership Team, Julie previously worked in several technology companies including Microsoft and Epicor.

Passionate about education and skills, Julie was recently appointed to the Department of Education and Skills’ Steering Group to develop a new national skills strategy. She is also a member of the working group advising the Irish government on ICT skills. An advocate of the need to encourage more women into careers in STEM, Julie is a member of the Advisory Council of An Cosán’s Virtual Community College – a social innovation programme that provides a pathway to learning, leadership and enterprise.

Speakers With a long standing commitment to driving growth and innovation in Ireland, Julie is founder and chair of the Multinational Technology Forum and has worked closely with the IDA and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) to develop a national strategy for the Global Business Services industry.

A graduate in Electronic Engineering from the National University of Ireland, Galway, Julie has completed a postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies and the Chartered Director Programme at the Institute of Directors. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA).

Paul Pallath Chief Data Scientist and Director SAP Paul Pallath is the Chief Data Scientist & Director with the Advanced Analytics Organisation at SAP. With over 20 years of experience in Advanced Analytics, Paul has several research publications in the field of Machine Learning & Data Mining in International Journals and conferences and has also invented several patentable ideas. In his current role, Paul works closely with the Expert Analytics, Embedded Analytics, Automated Analytics and Product Management teams. He has a Master’s Degree in Computer Applications with Gold Medal, and PhD in Machine Learning, both from Indian Institute of Technology.

Manuel Saez – Senior Director of the Products & Innovation Industry Cloud Mobility team – SAP in Dublin Manuel is Senior Director of the Products & Innovation Industry Cloud Mobility team at SAP in Dublin. He joined SAP in 2011 to setup the Mobile Innovation Center and has since worked on hundreds of innovative mobile prototypes which address the needs of SAP’s customers. The team regularly pioneers the use of new technologies like Augmented reality, 3D visualisation, geo-location services, integrated mobile payments and interactive analytics across a myriad of mobile and wearable devices. Prior to SAP, Manuel worked for Microsoft where he led teams working on web, e-commerce and Windows mobile software.

Menelaos Ioannidis Director Lightsource Labs Lightsource Labs is the innovation arm of Lightsource Renewables. We are developing cutting edge technology for the upcoming transformation of the energy markets.

The combination of procumers based distributed generation with smarter grids along with innovative financing tools create new disruptive business models.

Utilities will face competition from many side markets to keep their customers in the residential, commercial and industrial segments of the market. Technologies

like solar, storage, EVs, IoT, big data, fast analytics and artificial intelligence are shaping an impressive, fast moving but complex energy ecosystem. Lightsource Labs is acting as an accelerator for players who are willing to thrive in the new energy space.

Con Murphy New Product Innovation Manager Stryker Orthopaedics Con Murphy- New Product Innovation Manager at Stryker Orthopaedics.

Cera Selvin Manager, Solar Energy ESB With 15 years experience in the energy sector, working in projects in Ireland, UK, Middle East, Australia and Africa.

Most interested in low carbon future, energy effiency, renewable technology and the systems needed to support these. Excited by new opportunities for consumers in this “once in a generation chance” to transform how energy is delivered and consumed.

Technical and commercial roles are very diverse varying across functions and asset classes. (operations and maintenance engineer, Mechanical consultant, Energy efficiency, commissioning manager for new plant, Front office trader, Middle office analyst, Business development manager for renewables, Manager solar energy projects)

Dr John McKeon CEO Allergy Standards Dr McKeon is responsible for corporate strategy and all operational activities at Allergy Standards Ltd including expanding related services and developing client relationships. John is a medical doctor and holds a Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Since 2000, in addition to working in Emergency Medicine, Dr McKeon became joint founder and CEO of the Company.

Cianan Clancy Global Innovation Strategy Manager Paddy Power With over 10 years of global strategy and innovation experience, Cianan is a successful senior executive dedicated to cultivating and executing disruptive innovation and empowering large and small companies to embrace a culture of innovation by thinking and acting like start-ups. He is a Lean Start Up evangelist and an advocate of customer-centric innovation strategies that focus on rapid ideation, prototyping, and customer testing to bring new products to market. Cianan helps to build 10x teams focused on high impact growth and disruptive product solutions that deliver superior revenue and profitability for companies. He applies a global mind-set to everything, having worked extensively in Europe and China.

Technologies covered in this time include: Gas Turbine, boiler, steam turbine, solar PV, SCR, battery storage, onshore wind, offshore wind, wave energy, tidal stream, tidal lagoon, rainwater harvesting, off-grid solutions, demand side management

Kevin MacSweeny Director, Broadlake

Kevin MacSweeny – Director, Broadlake.

Dr Frank Devitt Design Innovation Maynooth University I’ve been Founder, CEO, Manager, Designer and Engineer in many businesses over 25 years, mostly in technology industries serving global markets.

Currently I research, teach, train, coach in all aspects of building innovation capability, design innovation, design thinking and lean approaches to scaling entrepreneurial projects.

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IRDG is a non-profit, business-led, Innovation Network of member companies and colleges, working together to drive excellence in Innovation within Ireland’s industry to create growth, jobs and prosperity.

At EY, we are committed to building a better working world – with increased trust and confidence in business, sustainable growth, development of talent in all its forms, and greater collaboration.

Comprising over 200 companies and colleges across Ireland, IRDG members come from all sectors and sizes of industry, and have Research & Innovation as a core element of their business. IRDG provides support to these members under 5 pillars: Representation, Funding & Support, Innovation Networking, Collaboration & Learning. This short video provides a useful overview of the 5 pillars, and the benefits to members. https://vimeo.com/ irdginnovationnetwork/irdgoverview

We want to build a better working world through our own actions and by engaging with likeminded organisations and individuals. This is our purpose – and why we exist as an organization.

As an independent organisation, IRDG has a very active and vibrant network, and membership is growing all of the time.

IRDG provides a wide variety of occasions during the year to bring members together, sharing information and knowledge on key topics with a high relevance to the Research & Innovation space. Check out the IRDG Calendar of Events for 2016 on this link. http://www.irdg.ie/irdg-calendar-of-events2016/ Once a business joins IRDG, all employees who have an interest in and responsibility for R&I related activities are eligible to participate – across a wide variety of subjects including R&D Tax Credits, R&D Grant Funding, Design Thinking, Innovation Capability, Lean Product Development, Collaboration with the third level research sector, Innovation Practice Groups and lots more. One to one support is also available to members as required depending upon a business needs at any point in time.

If you would like further information about IRDG, please contact Denis Hayes, MD or Mary Byrne, Membership Development & Communications Manager, on 01-2374671. www.irdg.ie

Running through our organisation is a strong sense of obligation to serve a number of different stakeholders who count on us to deliver quality and excellence in everything we do.

We want to use our global reach and scale to convene the conversation about the challenges facing economies and the capital markets.

Murgitroyd is a European patent and trade mark attorney firm with a total of 225 staff and 15 offices worldwide – located in Ireland, the UK, the US, Germany, France, Italy and Finland.

Based in Dublin, the firm’s Irish office has seven staff representing clients before the Irish Patents Office in all intellectual property areas, including patents, trade marks and designs.

They can also represent clients before the European Patent Office and the UK Intellectual Property Office.

To find out how Murgitroyd’s Dublin team can assist you, please contact Eimear Sampson by email at eimear.sampson@murgitroyd.com or by telephone on 01 882 9400. www.murgitroyd.com

When business works better, the world works better.

Learn more about our commitment to building a better working world. www.ey.com/IE

NIELSEN WWW.NIELSEN.COM

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At Nielsen we measure what consumers watch and buy and that’s our passion and the very heart of our business. We study consumers in 47 European markets, and across more than 100 countries around the world, to give you the most complete view of buying trends and media habits.We also believe innovation is the key to success, in both what you create and how you market your products and ideas.

That’s why we continue to develop better solutions to help you meet the needs of today’s consumers, and find out where they’re headed next.

So let’s put our heads together. We’ll bring our insight to your business and help you grow. www.nielsen.com

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Stand MURGITROYD & 25 COMPANY LIMITED WWW.MURGITROYD.COM

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the smarter networking & conference app

FUSEAMI WWW.FUSEAMI.COM

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fuseami is the official app of this event. We are an Irish start-up, working with conference organisers to transform delegate networking at events.

We help delegates make a connection with those most relevant to their business, using our patent pending relevance technology. We are the first company to bring advanced networking to a conference environment. fuseami originates from pioneering EU research conducted by TSSG and to date the app has been adopted by over 85 conferences from around the World, including prestigious events such as ICT2015 and IEEE GLOBECOM2015.

For more information and to see how we can help transform any event with more than 40 delegates, where networking is an essential element, visit: fuseami.com Company Telephone: 051 – 347321 www.fuseami.com

Exhibitors BRADLEY DESIGN WWW.BRADLEYBRAND.IE

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We are Ireland’s only brand and design consultancy that has dedicated itself to building successful indigenous brands, many of which are family businesses. We assist owner-managers, most of whom are entrepreneurs in a hurry, to understand what their brand stands for and how best to communicate this point-of-difference to their target audience.

We harness the power of branding to build an emotional connection with customers which, in turn, delivers significant engagement and business loyalty for our clients. Furthermore, we have consistently demonstrated that strong brands have strong price margins, and that brands that communicate effectively make selection easier for customers www.bradleybrand.ie

CYBER COLLOIDS WWW.CYBERCOLLOIDS.NET

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CyberColloids is a unique organisation devoted to bringing hydrocolloid innovation to industry with a view to enable companies to cost effectively add value through research and development.

Who we are CyberColloids was formed by a group of individuals who have all had many years experience in the industry and have brought their expertise together to be able to offer a unique service to the hydrocolloids end user and producer. Founded in 2002, CyberColloids has grown to employ eleven staff and has its own dedicated laboratory facilities.

CyberColloids is based in Ireland (Cork) but with some members based in the UK and providing services worldwide. CyberColloids has a global client base that reaches across Europe, USA, South America, India and South East Asia.

What we provide

CyberColloids offers a range of services covering research, innovation, manufacturing excellence, process and product development as well as business and technical marketing support. www.cybercolloids.net

AUTOSCRIBE INFORMATICS

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a more informed society in a healthier, more productive world.

Insight’s expertise ranges from the integration of multiple data sources, to discovering patterns and trends in data and making sense of it, to predictive and prescriptive analytics and making better informed decisions. www.insight-centre.org

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Autoscribe Informatics provides industry leading configurable Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Quality Management Systems that are configured to match user requirements. Whether cloud or enterprise, browser or desktop, Matrix Gemini LIMS easily adapts to fit your exact needs as they evolve. Pop-by our stand for a chat and demo!

For over 30 years Autoscribe has provided LIMS and other information management software that is specifically designed to meet each organisation’s requirements. Matrix Gemini is an Out-of-the-Box software that does not box you into a hard-coded process for the way data moves through your system. Our unique Configuration Tools allow each system to be tailor-fitted, easily supported, and flexible to ongoing changes – no worries over upgrades or custom programming. Intuitive design drives successful user adoption and reduces training.

Robust features support regulatory compliance and quality standards. Come discover a LIMS as unique as your lab. www.autoscribeinformatics.com

INSIGHT WWW.INSIGHT-CENTRE.ORG

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Insight is Ireland’s research centre for the study of Data Analytics.

Insight brings together more than 350 researchers from DCU, NUIGalway, UCC and UCD, with over 40 industry partners, to apply novel technologies to industry challenges. Supported by SFI and industry partners, Insight focuses on new ways to capture and understand data, make better decisions for people and industry, and create

GPE SCIENTIFIC WWW.GPESCIENTIFIC.CO.UK

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GPE Scientific Ltd are a leading distributor and manufacturer of Chemistry and Life Science laboratory equipment. We pride ourselves in stocking thousands of products from leading suppliers providing you with the best selection of laboratory equipment on the market. This includes being the exclusive distributors for Scilogex Benchtop Equipment, Chemglass Life Sciences and Chemical Reactors and Norell NMR Tubes and accessories, a range of these products will be shown at the exhibition.

We will also be exhibiting our Schlenk Lines created with the official J Young Taps as a complete set up with Vacuubrand Pumps and Controllers. www.gpescientific.co.uk

FRKELLY FRKELLY.COM

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FRKelly is a leading specialist in intellectual property law, with offices in both Ireland and the UK. Working with world-class institutions, corporate clients, academic and research institutes and SMEs, we offer a range of patent, trade mark, design and copyright services; always with a professional and client-focused approach.

As globally recognised patent and trade mark attorneys, we represent the European intellectual property interests of a number of “Top 50’ US corporations and the worldwide intellectual property interests of many large Irish multinational companies. With our expert knowledge we can deliver practical and responsive answers and add real and significant value to our clients. www.frkelly.com

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Exhibitors EIRECHROM WWW.EIRECHROM.IE

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innovative scientific solutions

Grants and R&D consultancy services now including Knowledge Development Box. www.deloitte.com/ie

EireChrom has grown rapidly to become Ireland’s recognised market leader in the highly specialised field of Mass Spectrometry – an advanced separation science technique that has both quantitative and qualitative uses within the chemical analysis and life sciences sector.

As dedicated mass spectrometry specialists, we provide bespoke client solutions, delivered by highly qualified industry experts. Over the years we’ve built a reputation for empowering our clients through access to cuttingedge technologies and through a proven commitment to long term support & training.

It’s for this reason that the EireChrom brand, our employees and partners are synonymous with the highest standards of integrity, service and quality. www.eirechrom.ie

DELOITTE WWW.DELOITTE.COM/IE

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At Deloitte, we make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, our profession, and in the wider society by delivering the solutions and insights they need to address their most complex business challenges.

As one of the largest global professional services and consulting networks, with over 220,000 professionals in more than 150 countries, we bring world-class capabilities and high-quality services to our clients in the markets that matter most to them.

In Ireland, Deloitte has almost 2,000 people providing audit, tax, consulting, and corporate finance services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. Our people have the leadership capabilities, experience, and insight to collaborate with clients so they can move forward with confidence. Our specialist team of RD&I tax professionals as well as scientists and engineers from a number of disciplines, assist hundreds of clients in Ireland annually with R&D tax credits, RD&I

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SOLID SOLUTIONS WWW.SOLIDSOLUTIONS.IE

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Solid Solutions Ireland is Ireland’s Premier SOLID WORKS Reseller. With a wealth of experience in the CAD and Engineering industries Solid Solutions Ireland prides itself on the high level of service it offers to all its customers. We have a broad range of customers, ranging from the Educational market to small entrepreneurs with one or two CAD systems to multinationals with complex installations. With these customers we have helped them in their implementation of mechanical and electromechanical design, finite element analysis, computer aided manufacturing, complex modelling, sheet metal and product data management solutions.

A measure of Solid Solutions Ireland and SOLIDWORKS success in the Irish Market was recently highlighted when the Department of Education purchased 25,000 licenses of SOLIDWORKS Education Edition software to expand technology education in second level schools and grow the pool of skilled local engineers. Students between 12- and 18-years old in 550 schools will learn SOLIDWORKS in four technology subjects. “The use of SOLIDWORKS represents a very significant advance in the provision of information and communications technology (ICT) in Irish schools and will ensure that students of technology subjects and their teachers have access to resources and facilities on a par with any world-leading education systems” said t 4 National Coordinator Paddy Keays. www.solidsolutions.ie

SMARTBAY IRELAND LTD WWW.SMARTBAY.IE

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services for the global maritime sector. This includes the trial and validation of novel marine sensors, prototype equipment and the collection and dissemination of marine data to national and international user of the facility.

The test site is ideal for developers wishing to undertake low-cost sea trials and validation of devices and components at various technology readiness levels (TRL 5-6). The facilities on site include a Sub-sea cabled observatory and surface platforms located 1.5km offshore in off the coast of Spiddal in Galway Bay. www.smartbay.ie Stand LOUET WOODS PRODUCTS 13 WWW.SOURCINGPRODUCTDESIGN.COM

We can take a product from Concept to production and introduce your product to over 3000 worldwide buyers. We can introduce your invention to Homedepot, B&Q, Leroy Merlin, Target, RadioShack, Parts Master, Bunnings, Dexter, ACE, Advanced Auto Parts, Brico Fort, Homebase, Argos, Lidder, Sainsburys, JML, Tesco, Gardman Gardening, Boots, Wayfair, Overstock and Petco.. How many design consultancies can do that ! www.sourcingproductdesign.com

MAZARS IRELAND WWW.MAZARS.IE

With over 30 years’ experience, Mazars is one of the fastest growing professional services firms in Ireland. Services include audit, assurance, tax, consulting, insolvency, corporate finance and financial outsourcing. With over 300 staff based in Dublin and Galway, Mazars Ireland is part an integrated partnership with over 17,000 professionals in 77 countries. We have a broad client base spanning the corporate, governmental and institutional sectors along with owner-managed businesses and private wealth. www.mazars.ie

SmartBay Ireland supports the national Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site for the development of innovative products and

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Exhibitors SARTORIUS WWW.SARTORIUS.IE

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Sartorius Ireland Limited is a leading international pharmaceutical and laboratory equipment supplier. With our innovative products and services, we are helping our customers across the entire globe to implement their complex and quality-critical bio manufacturing and laboratory processes reliably and economically.

The Lab Products and Services Division helps lab personnel excel because its products, such as laboratory balances, water purification systems, centrifuges, pipettes and lab consumables, minimize human error, simplify workflows and reduce physical workloads.

business is our only priority. It is this approach that allows our clients to have full confidence in our commitment to their business. enprova.ie

STERIPACK LABORATORY STERIPACKGROUP.COM

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SteriPack Laboratory, which is part of the SteriPack Group, is an independent ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, located in Clara, Co. Offaly.

Founded in 2010, SteriPack Laboratory was set up as a commercially independent laboratory to provide testing services on packaging systems and materials.

The testing services that SteriPack Laboratory provides are:

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ENPROVA ENPROVA.IE

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Who We Are Aiding and Incentivising Organisations to Achieve Energy Savings.

As part of the Better Energy Programme the Irish Government has placed an obligation on key energy utilities, fuel importers and named market players to meet specified energy saving targets as part of a multi-annual programme. ENPROVA has been set up by the Irish Petroleum Industry Association (IPIA) to achieve these targets.

In order to meet these obligations we are required to become actively involved in aiding and incentivising organisations to achieve energy savings, and maximise their effect.

Independent Private Company As a private company that do not sell energy products to their clients, we are unique amongst obligated parties in this regard.

Therefore we are best placed to progress the relationship between the industry and the obligated party to achieve the best result for both sides. As we are not conflicted in any manner, our input and commitment to your

• Accelerated Aging • Transportation / Distribution Simulation • Package / Seal Integrity Testing • Material Testing • Analytical Testing This comprehensive range of services, supports package testing requirements which are necessary for product validation. It is also extremely useful in preventing potential quality issues with products.

All testing is performed to International Standards.

Customer requirements are met with fast turnaround, accurate and professional reports.

We can advise customers on the testing that is suitable for their application.

We would be delighted if you can drop by to discuss your package / material testing requirements. steripackgroup.com

INVENT (DCU) WWW.DCU.IE/INVENT

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Invent is DCU’s Innovation and Enterprise Centre based on the main DCU campus.

Our mission is to work with both external companies and our researchers to promote

innovation, knowledge transfer and commercialisation of DCU innovations through licensing and start-up companies. The team at Invent provide the critical link between the university and business and help entrepreneurs to identify suitable translational research opportunities, consultancy expertise and contract research options.

A vital part of our work is to identify opportunities for partnership between DCU and industry through state funded innovation partnerships.Invent promotes and encourages industry sponsored PhD programmes, student placements and industry sponsored postdoctoral fellowships availing of financial incentives from Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council. Invent also provides business incubation facilities, entrepreneurship training programmes and a range of supports for start-up technology businesses. www.dcu.ie/invent

AMBER RESEARCH CENTRE AMBERCENTRE.IE

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AMBER (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research) is a Science Foundation Ireland funded centre which provides a partnership between leading researchers in materials science and industry to develop new materials and devices for a range of sectors, particularly the ICT, medical devices and industrial technology sectors.

The centre is hosted in Trinity College Dublin and other academic partners are University College Cork and the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. AMBER links industry to research programmes and the aim of the centre is to develop products that directly impact the Irish economy and society, such as the development of the next generation computer chips and new medical implants and pharmaceuticals. ambercentre.ie TELECOMMUNICATIONS Stand SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS GROUP 41 (TSSG) WWW.TSSG.ORG

Since TSSG’s foundation in 1996, it has become an important catalyst for driving economic

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change in the South East Region of Ireland, transforming brilliant research ideas into startup companies. TSSG, ICT centre of excellence, currently consists of over 100 research scientists and engineers, and manages an active international network in excess of 450 partners from industry, academic and research institutes spread across 35 countries worldwide.

TSSG’s four key prioritised technical research areas include Mobile Platforms and Services, Security Privacy and Identity, Data Analytics and Social Computing, and Adaptive Networks and Services. Over the past five years TSSG has delivered innovative solutions to over 110 Irish companies, and has created 16 spin out companies in Ireland including the award winning FeedHenry, a ground breaking mobile cloud platform company and ZolkC, a leading provider of mobile technology for international visitor attractions and KodaCall, a new ‘Click to Call’ Technology www.tssg.org

CeADAR WWW.CEADAR.IE

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The primary outputs of the CeADAR centre are industry prototypes and demonstrators along with state of the art reviews of data analytics technology, tools, best practice methodologies and processes.

The Centre has an extensive catalogue of technology demonstrators, IP and big data analytics technology reviews, which are all immediately available for evaluation by members.

The Centre is also the focal point of a thriving data analytics ecosystem delivering seminars, conferences, and members’ networking events throughout the year. www.ceadar.ie Stand AQUILANT ANALYTICAL 10 SCIENCES WWW.AQUILANTANALYTICALSCIENCES.IE

Aquilant Analytical Sciences is a major supplier of Analytical Instrumentation,

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servicing Analytical, Environmental, Pharmaceutical, Educational and Research Laboratories. We work with world leading instrument manufacturers to deliver and support the highest performance products. We pride ourselves on having knowledgeable & efficient staff, backed up by highly experienced engineering and support specialists. In 2007 we became part of the United Drug Group.

UDG is a diversified Public Company providing services to Pharmaceutical manufacturers, Healthcare and Laboratory professionals.

Our customers now benefit from working with a group with the responsiveness of a small company, but the security of an Irish multinational partner. www.aquilantanalyticalsciences.ie TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN WWW.TCD.IE

These books are ideal for traceability and accountability as well as for protecting your Intellectual Property and recording research work for the purposes of obtaining patents.

Tel: 01 6795844 or 021 4883370 www.lettertec.com

VISKA SYSTEMS WWW.VISKA.IE

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Trinity Research & Innovation (TR&I) interfaces externally with industry, funding agencies and government bodies and internally with Trinity College academics and administration. units. TR&I provides supports and advice along the continuum from research funding application, through contract signature, through intellectual property management to exploitation by licensing to campus companies or established industry www.tcd.ie

LETTERTEC IRELAND LTD WWW.LETTERTEC.COM

Due to our unique technology, we can create fully customised books and logbooks based on your own particular individual templates. Our hard back casebound books feature complete lay-flat technology for ease of use. Laboratory notebooks and log books in particular, can be individually numbered and titled in gold leaf, and a company logo can be embossed in gold or silver on the cover.

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Lettertec Ireland Ltd is one of Ireland’s leading Print, Publishing and Design companies. The company, which was founded in 1983 employs 20 people in its purpose built facility in Cork and is dedicated to the production of quality books. Since its early days, the company has focussed on providing print solutions to the following markets: pharmaceutical, medical device, education, book publishing and general print.

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Viska Systems provides complete systems solutions for customised CE complaint manufacturing and inspection systems for the medical, electronics, and research industries.

We pride ourselves on our ability to apply scientific level know-how to engineer next-generation manufacturing and metrology solutions for industry and research. We strive to add value to our clients’ projects by combining our expertise in the industrial and scientific fields.

Our core capabilities: • Full CE compliant system design and automation • High-accuracy motion control and CNC • Machine vision guided CNC and motion • High-magnification vision and inspection systems • Customised image processing algorithms • Optics and Opto-mechanics • Spectral Analysis • NI LabVIEW programming www.viska.ie

ASH TECHNOLOGIES LTD. WWW.ASH-VISION.COM

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Ash Technologies is an Irish company established in 1994 specialising in digital

Exhibitors magnification and imaging solutions designed for industry. Our award winning, internationally recognised product design has affirmed Ash Technologies as an innovation leader in product design, development and image quality. Our Inspection solutions can improve production process quality and fault detection, provide better cost efficiencies, increase operator performance and productivity, aid training and offer a cost effective alternative to traditional methods.

Over the last few years we have brought a host of award winning patented products to market and provide these through our growing international distribution partner network in over 35 countries. www.ash-vision.com CENTRE FOR Stand ADVANCED PHOTONICS & 44 PROCESS ANALYSIS (CAPPA) WWW.CAPPA.IE

The Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) is an Enterprise Ireland funded Technology Gateway aimed at delivering experienced R&D solutions for industry. The Centre’s core skills revolve around using Photonics (light and light based) and Optics platforms to add value to areas such as process analysis and control, product design and development and sensing and measurement. Photonics technologies are applicable across a wide range of industries and the centre has projects in diverse areas such as • Medical and Biomedical • Food and Beverage • Dairy and Agriculture The centre also assists industry in accessing national and EU funding from a variety of sources. www.cappa.ie

LABQUIP WWW.LABQUIP.IE

Established: 1982

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It is our philosophy at Labquip (Ireland) Ltd to satisfy our customers, by consistently meeting their requirements in terms of product range, quality, delivery and cost.

Support: All products sold are supported by our Technical Department and Sales Engineers who are fully trained

We strive to continuously improve our service and our partnership relationship with our customers by going that extra mile to satisfy their needs and build confidence. In addition we strive to provide a positive working environment, which will produce a customer orientated, success focused staff.

www.labquip.ie

Our staff are focused on meeting customer needs in an increasingly competitive environment and we choose our product range and our principals on that basis. Labquip supply the Irish Scientific market with a range of equipment in the following areas: Materials Inspection & Analysis Microscopes for materials science and industry Scientific Instruments for Elemental Analysis Sample Preparation & Cryo Preparation for Electron Microscopy Metallographic Preparation & Consumables Metallographic Equipment Materials testing machines, polymer test equipment & texture analysers Non Destructive Testing Remote Visual Inspection Non Destructive Testing Flourescent Penetrant Inspection/ Magnetic Particle Inspection Computed Tomography X-Ray Systems 3D and 2D Chromatography Chromatography with full range of vials, columns, filters etc Flash Chromatography Process Manufacturing Solutions Laboratory Supplies Laboratory Electronic Balances Engineering Teaching Equipment Furnaces, Ovens & incubators Ultrasonic cleaners & baths Rapid Test Kits – Water Analysis Milling Laboratory Pellet Press – Kanton Fusion Fluxer & XRF Accessories Certified Standards Fume Hoods & Cabinets

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Monmouth Scientific Limited is a leading UK manufacturer and supplier of clean air equipment and fume containment systems.

Monmouth Scientific offer a wide range of Ducted and Non-Ducted Fume Cupboards, Laminar Flow Cabinets, Biological Safety Cabinets, PCR Workstations, Clean Rooms, and Chemical Storage Cabinets. Many of the Monmouth cabinets feature the ground breaking Visionaire® Touch Screen Controller with one of the lowest noise and energy ratings of their type currently on the market.

In addition to a comprehensive website, on-line purchasing system and experienced in house designers, Monmouth Scientific are pleased to offer an industry leading 5 year warranty on all standard products. monmouthscientific.co.uk

ALLIED AUTOMATION WWW.ALLIED-AUTO.COM

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Allied Automation is dedicated to the development, design and Precision Engineering of custom automated equipment for many of the world’s leading Medical Device and Life Science companies.

Founded in 1998, the company was built on a foundation of expertise in high Precision Engineering, and we now partner with many of the world’s most progressive manufacturing companies.

Our objective is to provide innovative solutions to our customers, from initial consultation all the way through to expert delivery and commissioning of high precision engineering solutions.

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Exhibitors We help our customers to become successful through leading edge efficient production techniques. To make this possible, we invest time and expertise in developing a clear understanding of their requirements. www.allied-auto.com Stand DECODE INNOVATION 39 WWW.DECODEINNOVATION.COM

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brands in Chromatography, Spectroscopy, Microscopy, Biotechnology, Vacuum Systems and Laboratory and Industrial Weighing equipment.

Our well-established network of highly trained specialists help scientists daily to meet and overcome the challenges they face in the scientific Laboratory and Industrial arena. www.masontechnology.ie

Decode is an innovation performance consultancy based in Galway, Ireland Decode helps organisations to improve the consistency and impact of their innovation resources by taking their ability to manage and execute innovation initiatives to the next level: Proficient level • Shares common language and performs innovation tasks as part of broader initiatives Professional level • Plans and delivers projects to achieve consistent results aligned to company strategy Expert level • Informs strategy, devises programs and delivers exceptional results every time www.decodeinnovation.com Stand MASON TECHNOLOGY 45 WWW.MASONTECHNOLOGY.IE

Established in 1780, Mason Technology has over 230 years of expert industry and consulting experience both in the Laboratory and the Industrial sectors. As a leading supplier of scientific solutions, we specialise in providing specific equipment for research and development, life sciences, quality control and more.

Mason Technology has developed solid partnerships with some of the world’s leading

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DIT HOTHOUSE WWW.DIT.IE/HOTHOUSE

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DIT Hothouse is the award-winning Innovation and Technology Transfer Office at Dublin Institute of Technology, committed to helping industry access experienced researchers and excellent research facilities in a professional, customer-orientated manner. Companies often know exactly what technologies would help improve their business, or what technical innovations would help them compete in a new market but often lack the technical capability, resources and time to develop them. By collaborating with DIT Hothouse, companies can improve cash-flow, free up staff, access world-class facilities, and create cuttingedge technology that will help their business to grow. For more information, visit www. hothouse.ie, email hothouse@dit.ie or call 01 402 7179. www.dit.ie/hothouse Stand MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY 35 WWW.MAYNOOTHUNIVERSITY.IE

Maynooth University was formally established as an autonomous university in 1997, and traces its origins to the foundation of the Royal College of St. Patrick in 1795, drawing inspiration from a heritage that includes over 200 years of education and scholarship. The University is a place of lively contrasts. It is a modern institution, dynamic, rapidly-growing, research-led and engaged, yet grounded in historic academic strengths and scholarly traditions.

The humanities, social sciences and natural

sciences form the academic and intellectual core of the University, complemented by strong departments and programmes in teacher education, computer science and electronic engineering, business and law. Maynooth University has an international reputation for research in humanities; social and spatial sciences; mathematics, communication and computation; and human health. This research connects directly with our teaching, and with wider societal needs through a very successful knowledge transfer office. Maynooth University is very much an engaged university, making significant contributions to social, cultural and economic development at local, regional and national levels.

The institution has grown rapidly in recent years, but retains a student-centred and deeply collegial ethos. Maynooth University is currently implementing a strategic plan to 2017 designed to focus on and enhance its contribution to education and research. www.maynoothuniversity.ie

GROW SALES WWW.GROWSALES.NET

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We do things a little differently in Grow in that we take an integrated and scientific approach to developing your sales team into winners.

Having identified clear reasons for underperformance, we will then detail the actions needed to improve your sales results. www.growsales.net

CASHBOOK WWW.CASHBOOK.COM

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Whatever your ERP, you can now enjoy unprecedented levels of Cash Application, AP, AR & Bank Reconciliation automation, functionality and control with Cashbook Software’s cash management solutions.

Cashbook enables a seamless integration between banks and ERP’s, making straight through processing a reality. Our clients are typically medium to large companies such

Exhibitors as Royal & Sun Alliance, Greencore, Cessna Aircraft, Formica, Bridgestone, Schulman, Nicepak & Howmedica, many of whom use our solutions in Shared Service Centre Operations or multiple locations. Cashbook Software has been implementing financial software solutions in excess of 20 years. www.cashbook.com

ACCENTURE WWW.ACCENTURE.COM

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Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. www.accenture.com

APEX SCIENTIFIC WWW.APEXSCIENTIFIC.IE

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Apex Scientific is a specialised company which was set-up to focus on chromatography, sample preparation, liquid handling and all related areas. We offer high quality products, applications services, customer training and support along with excellent after sales service. We service the specialised industries in Ireland such as the pharmaceutical, healthcare and biotechnology application areas along with the academic and state sectors. Apex Scientific has many years’ experience and is dedicated to providing innovative solutions to their customers, through highly trained staff who understand the need for efficiency and service.

Today the company operates out of offices in Maynooth, County Kildare and holds suitable stock for immediate delivery. All sales, technical support and customer services will operate from this facility.

With relationships that we have developed with many international suppliers our people, and their expertise, will deliver a new level of highly focused customer service that will be unmatched in the Irish market place. Product sourcing and correct first time offerings will lead to ultimate customer satisfaction.

Some of the key companies we represent include, Agilent Technologies, Hichrom, ACE, YMC, Gilson, Tosoh Bioscience, Grace, Hamilton, La-Pha-Pack, Machery Nagel, BioWorks, Essential Life, SCAT Europe to name just a few.

accounting organisations recognised by capital markets, regulators and international standards setting bodies. In 2012 and 2013, we were the fastest growing large accounting organisation and we are constantly evolving and developing alongside our clients.

Address: Unit F12 Maynooth Business Campus Maynooth Co. Kildare, Ireland

Global scale and agility

Phone: +353 (0)1 6854686 Email: info@apexscientific.ie www.apexscientific.ie

PLAYERTEK WWW. PLAYERTEK.COM

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PLAYERTEK is an Irish start up that provides a revolutionary GPS Tracking System for Football, Rugby & GAA. Is the only professional-grade system available to all aspiring players from consumers to professional teams, and it allows players to accurately measure and improve their training and game performance, and to compare themselves with team mates and professional players.

PLAYERTEK was established in April 2014

by Ronan Mac Ruairi & Kevin McDaid and launched its first product in autumn 2015.

PLAYERTEK is now used by amateurs and professionals, individuals and teams –across ten different countries including the Premier League, La Liga and the USL, and is the dominant provider to GAA teams across Ireland including Kerry, Meath and Tyrone. playertek.com Stand GRANT THORNTON 64 WWW.GRANTTHORNTON.IE

We are Grant Thornton Grant Thornton is a leading business advisor and one of the fastest growing firms in Ireland.

The firm comprises over 800 people operating from offices in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway, Kildare, Limerick and Longford. Our brand is respected globally, as one of the major global

As a member of Grant Thornton International, a $4.7bn global organisation of member firms with 40,000 people in over 135 countries, we have the scale to meet your changing needs, but with the insight and agility that helps you to stay one step ahead.

Privately owned, publicly listed and public sector clients come to us for our technical skills and industry capabilities but also for our different way of working. Our partners and teams invest the time to truly understand your business, giving real insight and a fresh perspective to keep you moving.

Whether a business has domestic or international aspirations, Grant Thornton can help you to unlock your potential for growth www.grantthornton.ie Stand THINK EVOLVE SOLVE 48 WWW.GRANTTHORNTON.IE

Think Evolve Solve brings intelligence to how data is used in transforming how businesses and people live and work. We provide clients with data solutions that integrate data from multiple sources, analyse this data using advanced techniques and return value using visualisations, alerts and automated process control. The solutions we provide are typically custom built and delivered as a subscription service via our TES cloud infrastructure.

In the manufacturing and supply chain sector our data science team have extensive experience in building real time data solutions which increase the accuracy, quality and yield of production. www.grantthornton.ie

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Exhibitors BDO WWW.BDO.IE

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At BDO Ireland we help clients generate, protect and enhance their wealth. Established by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, we are Ireland’s leading advisers to entrepreneurial and growing owner-managed businesses and the people behind them.

Through our own professional expertise and by working directly with businesses, we’ve developed a unique insight into what makes a business successful. It’s this insight that makes us true business advisers, rather than mere financial consultants.

We operate a partner-led approach in all our client dealings which ensures our partners and directors are highly accessible to clients. Each client is appointed a client liaison partner to oversee operations and communicate with you directly.

BDO Ireland is a member of the international BDO network* the world’s fifth largest accounting network. We have an excellent partner to staff ratio, with almost 64,303 people working with our clients and offering challenging, ethical and practical advice from 1,408 offices in 154 territories.

Our core values are: commitment, professionalism, community, pride in and enjoyment of our work.

In terms of legal structure we are a company limited by guarantee, having charitable status. Our board of Directors and Council is comprised of the Presidents and Provost of the Universities (and our Chief Executive, ex officio).

Under the governance of our Council, we operate through a network of standing committees, sub committees and working groups, sharing information, approaches to problems and issues in addition to collaborating on projects designed to maximise the efficiency of resources across the sector.

Our core funding is supplied on an annual subscription basis by our members, with the individual subscriptions being varied by the scale of enrolments in each institution. We are also in receipt of project funding from the European Commission, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Higher Education Authority. www.iua.ie

STRYKER WWW.STRYKER.COM

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www.bdo.ie IRISH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION WWW.IUA.IE

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We are the Irish universities’ representation, support and advocacy organisation for matters of shared sectoral concern.

On representation, we are the collective interface between the universities and the state. We support the universities in developing sectoral policies and strategies and we provide some shared services in researcher mobility and internationalisation. We advocate on behalf of the universities to maximise the contribution of higher education in all its dimensions to society and the economy. In all these respects we complement the individual, autonomous efforts of our members.

www.innovateireland.ie

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. Stryker is active in over 100 countries around the world. www.stryker.com

POLYPICO WWW.POLYPICO.COM

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PolyPico Technologies Ltd. offers off-theshelf and custom solutions to meet your precision ultra low volume dispensing needs.

Conventional pneumatic, piston, syringe, or

valve based dispensing systems may not meet your specifications for precision low volume dispensing. The PolyPico technology changes this, the user friendly, cost effective innovative technology offers the many benefits associated with using disposable fluid cartridges. The PolyPico Spotter fulfils all the demands made on ultra-low volume dispensing for research and laboratory use: at an affordable price, easy installation, compact size and user friendly software interface. www.polypico.com

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Construction Summit 2016

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SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT 2016 Securing Ireland’s Future www.sustainabilitysummit.ie

Conference & Exhibition CityWest 14th September 2016

• 7 Events • 700 Exhibitors • 10,000 • 200 Associations Delegates • 1,000 Speakers

Address: 51 Park West Enterprise Centre, Nangor Road, Dublin 12 Telephone: +353 1 6120880 | Website: www.prempub.com

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