1. Ideagen
at
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
24th November 2010
Liam Sweeney

2. Industrial Development in Ireland
IDA - Attract foreign companies to Ireland.
Enterprise Ireland - Develop indigenous companies.
The aim is to create employment and generate exports

3. Enterprise Ireland’s services for client companies
•Management strategy and advice
•Productivity improvement building competitiveness
•Export information and advice
•Funding supports and programmes
•R&D Research and innovate

4. R&D Research and Innovate
•Supports for Companies
•R&D and Innovation funding
•Source / license new technology
•Access EU and ESA research supports
•Collaboration between companies and research institutes
•Researchers in Higher Education institutes
•Collaborate with industry
•Research Commercialisation
•Technology Transfer support
•EU programmes and networks

5. Industry Led Research Schemes
Competence Centres
(~€1 million per annum over 5 years)
Industry Led Research Programmes
(~€2-3 million over 2 years)
Innovation Partnerships
(~€250k over 1-2 years)
Innovation Vouchers
(Once off payment of €5K) Size of Number of Collaboration
budget Ind. Partners Complexity
What Industry wants

6. ILRP’s in existence
WiSen: Wireless Sensor Networks
PEIG: Power Electronics Industry Group
IMS ARCS: IP Multimedia Subsystem Advanced
Research Cluster for Services
ELITE: E-Learning Ireland Technology Platform
BioPAT: The Biopharmaceutical Process Analytical
Technology Network
BIOMON: Bioprocess Monitoring
POCit: Point-of-Care Immunotechnology

7. Competence Centres in existence
Applied Two ICT Themes (interconnects, Lasers);
Nanotechnology Biosensors Theme ; Convergence Theme
Bioenergy / Algae and Grasses as feedstocks ; Conversion
Biorefinery processes to biofuels and co-products ; Refining
Energy Efficiency Clean Rooms, Compressed Air, Low grade Heat
in Manufacturing Conversion, Monitoring ; (ECO energy parks)
Manufacturing Training of operators, Overall equipment efficiency,
Productivity Simulation, Metrology, Process Control
IT Innovation (IVI) Capability Maturity Frameworks ; IT and Innovation
CMFs, Green Computing ; Services innovation
Composites Joining of Composites ; Moulding High Tg Polymers ;
Nanotechnology in composites
CMOS Circuit High Speed Serial communications ; Smart nanoscale
Design circuits ; High performance smart circuits ;

8. Wireless Business Opportunities
Proliferation of sensors and actuators
Wiring is disruptive to the user
Opportunities
Machine to Machine
Health monitoring
Energy
Many others

9. Wireless Opportunities in Energy
Reducing energy bills
Energy monitoring – human intervention
Automated energy management

10. Wireless Opportunities
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure
ESB going to tender in early 2011
1500 public charging points
IT system for payment
Wireless communications

11. Wireless Opportunities in Energy
Automated metering
Electricity
Gas
Water
Single communications channel ?

12. Wireless Opportunities in Energy
New electricity business models
Demand Management
Time of use tariffs
National solutions
Local solutions