Tagged: Innovation & News
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#OI2Dublin – Inspiration and humour fuel organisations - Jasper Roos of ABN Amro (video) News
22.05.2013 ABN Amro’s chief inspiration officer Jasper Roos talks about the value of inspiration and humour in keeping organisations at the top of their game. -
#OI2Dublin - Encourage entrepreneurship for economy’s sake, Kumardev Chatterjee says (video) News
22.05.2013 The only way Europe can emerge from the economic doldrums is for society to encourage young people to be more entrepreneurial, Kumardev Chatterjee, founder of the European Young...Categories: Upskilling, Research, R&D, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Education, Economy, Digital Business -
#OI2Dublin - Interview with DG CONNECT’s Bror Salmelin (video) News
20.05.2013 Open innovation will lead to vast improvements in productivity out of research, said Bror Salmelin, an adviser at the European Commission’s Directorate General for...Categories: Science, Research, R&D, Investments, Digital Business, Development, Design, Consumer Tech -
#OI2Dublin – Interview with Dublin City Council’s Peter Finnegan (video) News
20.05.2013 Dublin City Council’s Peter Finnegan says the forthcoming Digital Dublin roadmap will position the city as a world leader in smart city technologies and could make the capital...Categories: R&D, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green Computing, Energy, Digital Business -
#OI2Dublin – Intel’s Martin Curley: we will need two Earths to support human life (video) News
20.05.2013 Intel vice-president and director of Intel Labs Europe Martin Curley warned that at the present rate of consumption we will soon need two Earths to sustain human life. For this... -
Europe must grow its manufacturing sector to stay competitive - study News
20.05.2013 Europe must increase the size of its manufacturing sector and lead in energy efficiency, technology innovation and addressing the changing consumption patterns of consumers if... -
Startup Dublin event to explore innovation and business opportunities News
15.05.2013 A two-day event is kicking off in Dublin tomorrow to help start-ups tap into insights from experts around innovation, leadership and growth. One of the main speakers will be the... -
Samsung eyes 5G wireless by 2020 News
13.05.2013 Samsung Electronics says it has developed the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology that forms the foundation of 5G mobile communications systems. -
Career memes of the week: scientist News
30.04.2013 “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.” That quote attributed to theoretical physicist Albert Einstein can... -
The five minute CIO: Ger O’Sullivan News
12.04.2013 Ger O’Sullivan, head of ICT policy with Ireland’s National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, outlines why the new junior cycle can be an opportunity to foster... -
HP to build 87,000 sq-foot cloud R&D operation in Galway for 700 workers News
08.04.2013 HP has applied for planning permission to build a new 87,000 sq-foot R&D and cloud facility in Galway that will house up to 700 workers. -
Pirate Party founder warns 10pc of private equity gets wasted in patent defence News
05.04.2013 A considerable portion of business angel and private equity investment in promising young technology companies – as much as 10pc – often gets wasted on defending against patent... -
Xanadu Consultancy teams up with CNGL, to create 5 jobs in Cork News
27.03.2013 A new partnership between the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) and Xanadu Consultancy will result in strategic innovation projects over the next 12-18 months and... -
Ireland is No 1 in Europe for enjoying economic effects of innovation News
26.03.2013 Ireland is the top of the EU league table for making knowledge and innovation work for the real economy. Despite this achievement, the EU’s Innovation Union Scoreboard placed... -
Social entrepreneur network Archipelago scoops Ben & Jerry’s award News
19.03.2013 For the first time an Irish company called Archipelago is to appear on tubs of Ben & Jerry’s new ice cream Clever Cookies after being one of four companies to win the Join Our...Tags: Innovation, Entrepreneurs, -
OPINION: Customer ruthlessness dominates innovation News
16.03.2013 Theo Levitt is right that creativity is thinking up new things while innovation is doing new things. However, Watts Humphrey is more right when he reminds us that innovation is... -
Govt invests in new €20m Highland Capital Partners fund News
08.03.2013 The Irish Government has supported the creation of US venture capital firm Highland Capital Partners’ first dedicated European fund. The €20m fund, which will be run from... -
€1m in funding pledged by Irish Govt to science pact with China News
07.03.2013 The Irish Government has committed to provide €1m in funding over the next 12 months to advance science and innovation co-operation between Ireland and China. A similar amount... -
Enterprising second-level students head to innovation bootcamp at UCD News
04.03.2013 Over the next four days, 30 secondary school students from across Ireland will be on a mission to come up with business ideas for new innovations ranging from solar-powered... -
Irish app firm listed as one of three finalists in SAP Innovation Challenge News
04.03.2013 SMART Visibility, a new manufacturing mobile software developed by an Irish start-up that aims to enable the factories of the future using augmented reality and GPS, is one of...