Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD oversees the creation of “innobot”, the live Innovation Showcase logo, at NCAD. 

The ultimate goal of the Innovation Showcase is to achieve significant economic impacts through increased engagement between the public research system and industry.

Three keynote industry speakers from Ceramicx, Accenture and IBM will discuss how their use of supports for research and innovation has improved their businesses. Experts from Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland will also be on hand to give advice on accessing funding and opportunities for engagement with the public research system. 

Organised on behalf of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation by Enterprise Ireland and supported by IDA Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, the aim of the Showcase is to achieve significant economic impacts through increased engagement between the public research system and industry.

Running in parallel to the networking event is the “Big Ideas” session, facilitated by Enterprise Ireland, which will feature 12 Start Up companies pitching their ideas to investors.

Minister for Skills, Research & Innovation, Damien English TD who will open the event said: “Driving innovation and research within enterprise is a national priority. Building on the success of last year’s Innovation Showcase, Innovation Showcase 2015 will bring together all of the State funded R&D supports available to industry to help them build their own R&D capacity either through collaboration with the higher education sector or through direct support to the company. Companies who are new to research collaboration can find out all they need to know at the Innovation Showcase and I would encourage people to register to attend. It’s also a chance for those who already have association with our public research system to engage further and access new supports”.

For more information and to register please go to the Showcase website:
http://www.innovationshowcase.ie/