This conference will assess priorities for Research and Innovation, 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.
The keynote contribution will be from Peter Clifford, Head of Strategy, Science Foundation Ireland.
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, which include:
- using research and innovation to tackle societal and economic challenges in the context of COVID-19
- developing the research system and base, growing capacity and capability, and supporting the workforce
- increasing public engagement
- driving all-island collaboration, as well as collaboration with the EU and more widely, and growing Ireland’s global presence in R&I
The discussion is bringing together stakeholders with key policy officials who are due to attend from the Department for Communities, NI; the Department for the Economy, NI; the Department of Finance, NI; BEIS; the Department for Education; and the US Ireland Research Programme
Keynote Speaker
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Peter CliffordHead of Strategy, Science Foundation Ireland |
Keynote Speaker
Peter Clifford
Head of Strategy, Science Foundation Ireland
Chairs
Senator Eileen Flynn
Member, Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Senator Aisling Dolan
Member, Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Speakers
Dr David O’Connell
Director of Research Support & Policy, University College Cork
Triona McCormack
Director of Research, University College Dublin
Dr Neasa McNabola
Senior Manager, R&D Incentives Group, PwC
Dr Liam Brown
Vice-President for Research, Enterprise and Development, Technological University of the Shannon
Dr Andy Johnston
Ireland Director, Local Government Information Unit
Professor Fergal O’Brien
Director of 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
David Murphy
Director of Technology Transfer and Innovation, National University of Ireland, Galway
Allan Rogers
Chief Executive Officer, NVP Energy
Professor Bryan Scotney
Principle 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
Signe Ratso
Deputy Director General, Research and Innovation, European Commission
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