First Tuesday – Ireland

Gearoid Mooney, Director of Informatics Research & Commercialisation, Enterprise Ireland, had this to say about the upcoming Informatics Technology Commercialisation Showcase:

Last year an invited audience heard from the promoters of 13 research projects seeking partners to help them bring their projects to commercial fruition. Since then 3 of those went the distance and are now companies, 1 has recast their plans and will be a new spin out before the end of 2006, 1 has optioned their technology to a large global company, 2 are in similar negotiations, one has cancelled their plans completely and the remainder are redeveloping their strategy based on your feedback.

We consider this no more than a reasonable start, the start of a sustained effort to mine the growing Irish research resource for every possible scrap of commercial opportunity that could provide a return to the Irish economy.

This time we bring you 9 fresh opportunities emanating from Irish Informatics research projects. As with last years event the focus of the showcase is to link like-minded people from business, finance and the Irish Informatics research communities with the aim of creating mutually profitable relationships.

These opportunities are at the forefront of a full pipeline that currently stretches out into the foreseeable future. Enterprise Ireland is committed to helping commercial potential tap into that pipeline at the optimum time. We therefore see this as the first of many engagements with you and offer an open invitation to those determined to seek out profitable technology opportunities.

If you are interested in:

• University ‘Spin-out’ activity
• Making a seed or first round investment in a technology
• Becoming a joint venture partner for the technology
• Becoming a channel partner for the technology
• Becoming a key reference client for the technology
• A current or forthcoming requirement to license and/or Package technology R&D.
• An interest in bringing a partnership approach to a strong proven technology competency with an third level institution or a series of same.

Call Niamh on +353(1) 7008506 for further details.

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