The Next Steps for the Research and Innovation Strategy in Ireland conference takes place on Tuesday, 8th March 2022.
This conference will assess priorities for R&I, including measures outlined in the consultation on a National Research and Innovation Strategy.
It comes as the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science continues to develop the new strategy, which will run to 2027.
Delegates will discuss the development of the final strategy, priorities for its implementation, implications for policy and stakeholders - and what will be needed to achieve its key aims in the areas of tackling societal and economic challenges in the wake of COVID-19, growing capacity and capability, the workforce, public engagement and all-island and wider international collaboration and profile.
Sessions in the agenda focus on:
Keynote sessions with:
Peter Clifford, Head of Strategy, Science Foundation Ireland; and Signe Ratso, Deputy Director General, Research and Innovation, European Commission.
This conference will be chaired by Senator Aisling Dolan Member, Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Dr David O’Connell
Director of Research Support & Policy, University College Cork
Triona McCormack
Director of Research, University College Dublin
Neasa McNabola
Senior Manager, R&D Incentives Group, PwC
Dr Andrew Walker
Head of Research, Local Government Information Unit
Dr Liam Brown
Vice President Research, Development & Innovation, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
Professor Fergal O’Brien
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
Leonard Hobbs
Director of Research & Innovation, Trinity College Dublin
Dr Steven Davy
Head of Division, Walton Institute for Information and Communication Systems Science
Philip Mudge
Head, Research Technology and Innovation Unit, Department of Defence
David Murphy
Director of Technology Transfer and Innovation, National University of Ireland, Galway
Allan Rogers
Chief Executive Officer, NVP Energy
Professor Bryan Scotney
Principal Investigator of the BT Ireland Innovation Centre Project; and Professor of Informatics, Ulster University
Dr Chantelle Kiernan
Senior Scientific Advisor, IDA Ireland
Peter Brown
Director, Irish Research Council
