DCU team of researchers exhibit at international commercialisation conference
Wednesday 6 June 2007

Frank Ryan Chief Executive of Enterprise Ireland and Feargal O'Morain, Executive Director Applied Research and Commercialisation discussed DCU technology with Richard Stokes and Ron Immink from Invent

Ireland’s first commercialisation conference, Growth Through Technology, took place on Wednesday 23 May 2007. Eye catching innovations from Prof. Dermot Diamond's research team, exhibited at the conference highlighted DCU's capabilities in sensors with 'user friendly' demonstrations. Invent is working to commercialise technology developed in NCSR.

Over 250 delegates from three key technology areas; Lifesciences & Food, Informatics and Industrial Technologies, attended the event, organised by Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Team. Enterprise Ireland’s commercialisation experts act as the liaison between researchers in third level and industry and match suitable technologies with company ambitions.

Venture capitalists, private investors and entrepreneurs met with senior researchers at the conference with the aim of developing stronger links between industry and the research community to accelerate the commercialisation of research results.

Speaking at the conference, Enterprise Ireland Chief Executive Frank Ryan said “To enhance Ireland’s economic competitiveness and ensure continued growth, industry and the research community must collaborate to produce cutting-edge technologies that are innovative and useful and that can be brought to market in the shortest time-frame possible.