Innovation CHEF

Monday Tuesday morning round up of innovation related stories from Ireland from the past week.

2.  Trinity and UCD step up links
Irish Times, 06 March 2009
In an unprecedented move, UCD and Trinity have been holding secret talks on much closer co- operation on major research projects.

3.  Difficult Times Do Not Deter Irish Entrepreneurs
DETE, 09 March 2009
71 New ‘High Potential Start Up Companies’ pursue Growth Opportunities across Global Markets

4.  Innovation & Standards Supporting Enterprise Seminar announced
NSAI
This half day seminar will focus on the role of standardization in innovation and will feature figures from the world of management, technology and innovation.

5.  Need to accelerate quest for Ireland Inc
techCentral.ie, 09 March 2009
We must turn indigenous Irish firms into global brands. So says John Hartnett, chairman of the Irish Technology Leadership Group (ITLG)

Monday morning round up of innovation related stories from Ireland from the past week. If you see anything worth talking about let me know..

1. We need to nurture the innovation economy, says Microsoft Ireland boss

Silicon Republic 26.02.2009

The future of Ireland lies well beyond manufacturing, says Microsoft MD Paul Rellis.

2. Plans for Cork science park to go on public display

People have been invited to comment on and help shape the development of the country’s first science park which has the potential to create up to 6,000 jobs

3. Ready for the Breakthrough

Irish Times, Monday, March 2, 2009

Dr Rory O’Shea has identified a number of strategies of action that can be employed by business schools to help stimulate academic entrepreneurship.

4. The Bottleneck

Irish Times, Monday, March 2, 2009

Good ideas have long abounded in Ireland, but the route from notes on a napkin to products on the market has not always been so straightforward.

5. Intel creates 134 jobs in Shannon as part of €50m expansion

Silicon Republic, 27.02.2009

Global chip giant Intel is to create 134 R&D jobs in a major expansion of its operation facility in the Shannon Free Zone, bringing total employment at the facility to 300 over the next four years.

6. Financial software player sets up R&D facility in Dublin

Silicon Republic, 02.03.2009

A UK-based insurance premium tax (IPT) consultancy has located its R&D office in Dublin to take advantage of the high availability of software development expertise in the city

7. New SFI Research Clusters
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan T.D., announces the establishment of 5 new Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Strategic Research Clusters.

8. Irish Patent Office Announce the Launch of the Junior Inventor Competiton. This competition is aimed at Irish primary school children and encourages young students to be innovative thinkers.

9. Vision of Ireland as the “Innovation Island” is ambitious

Speech at FF conference, 28/02/09

Taoiseach talks smart economy..

10. Seanad Debate on Protection of Intellectual Property

DETE, 25 February 2009

… are fortunate to have in this country a well developed IP Protection system…

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Top ten Innovation headlines from Ireland 23 Feb 2009.

This is the roundup of the 10 top headlines regarding innovation in Ireland

1. Research and Markets: Switching to Natural Food and Drinks Ingredients – Emerging Opportunities in Wellbeing, Functional and Specialty Ingredients
   Business Wire, 23 February 2009
   …This report also presents and evaluates key players in the area of natural ingredients and their innovation strategies. Discover the areas of opportunity in natural ingredients and understand how these opportunities fit into larger ingredients…

2. IP Conference opens in Cork BIC
   Irish Times, 23 February 2009
   2nd International Intellectual Property Conference for Ireland
3. Clare firm signs lucrative Esso deal
   The Irish Examiner, 23 February 2009 ,
   …Kevin Sherry, head of Internationally Traded Services with Enterprise Ireland, said the success of the business reflected the company’s commitment to innovation and high quality in the area in which it competes….
4. Tech WEEK
   Sunday Business Post, 22 February 2009
   …week. The Microsoft Bizspark Programme provides support for Irish entrepreneurs and start-ups. On Tuesday it will host an ‘innovation accelerator’ event to help entrepreneurs find out how they can accelerate the establishment, development and expansion of…
5. New Research Centre opens in Waterford
   DETE
   The doors were officially opened today on the new SEAM centre: the South Eastern Applied Materials Research Centre at Waterford Institute of Technology.
6. International experts to advise on higher education
   Sunday Business Post, 22 February 2009
   …relationships of institutions in the higher education system, so that it can deliver the levels of efficiency, performance, innovation and growth that will optimise Ireland’s economic recovery and social development in the coming years,” the minister said. The…
7. Hard times take a toll on US multinationals
   Sunday Business Post, 22 February 2009
   …financial services firms to come to Ireland,s etting up in 1965. Headed byAidan Brady, it has continued to expand and invest here in recent years, even announcing a €35 million research, development and innovation initiative last year….
   
   
8. Cut the red tape for small businesses to beat recession, State told
   The Sunday Independent (Ireland)
   …Several of those who attended the discussion are based in the Dublin Docklands Innovation Park and have tied up with Enterprise Ireland (EI), which they say should drastically expand its role to help foster small struggling companies….
9. Would-be dragons in Cabinet have been paralysed by fear
   Irish Independent, 21 February 2009
   …minister responsible for industrial development — which means, responsible for bringing us to the next stage in research and innovation . They got a sympathetic hearing and an offer of a couple of million in government investment

Irish Independent, 23 February 2009
The critical role of workplace and lifelong learning at a time of unprecedented economic change was the subject of the seminar in Dublin.