InterTradeIreland 2012 All-island Innovation Conference

 

 The InterTradeIreland 2012 All-island Innovation Conference

 entitled

Exploiting Industry and University Research, Development and Innovation: Why it Matters?

takes place in

NUI Galway

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  Dates: Tuesday & Wednesday 12 & 13 June 2012

Location: JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics and Aras Moyola, NUI Galway

Keynote Speaker : Professor Donald Siegel, Dean of the School of Business and Professor of Management at the University at Albany, State University of New York, USA

Overview: During the two-day conference  a number of business leaders and academic experts from both sides of the border will explore why the exploitation of industry and university-based research, development and innovation (RDI) is crucial to the development of a sustainable economy.

Delegates will also hear the results of cutting-edge research into innovation and entrepreneurship that is being undertaken in our third-level institutions on the island of Ireland.

 Audience: The conference will be of interest to business leaders and senior managers in all industry sectors including SMEs, senior managers in the public and third level sector and anyone with a responsibility for the strategic development of a business or organisation.

The first day of the conference (12 June) will be of particular interest to academic researchers with an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship.

Charge: There is no charge to attend this innovation conference.

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This innovation conference is  is being organised by the Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy (formally Centre for Innovation and Structural Change) at National University of Ireland, Galway and is being delivered as part of the InterTradeIreland All-island Innovation Programme.

The InterTradeIreland All-Island Innovation Programme aims to promote and encourage innovation across the island of Ireland. It brings international expertise in innovation to Queen’s University Belfast, University College Dublin, NUI Galway and University College Cork. Best international practice is shared with business leaders, students, academics, knowledge transfer professionals and policy makers in each region via innovation lectures, seminars, master classes and an annual innovation conference.