North America
Ireland at MIT: showcasing the next generation (July 2011)
Pictured at the Irish Network Boston/Consul of Ireland co-hosted “Ireland at MIT: showcasing the next generation” at the Museum of Science, Boston on 21 July 2011 was the panel of speakers including Dr Ruth Freeman, Director, International Affairs, Science Foundation Ireland
On July 21st 2011 Michael Lonergan, Consul General of Ireland and David Greaney, Chairman of Irish Network Boston hosted a summer reception and presentation entitled “Ireland at MIT: showcasing the next generation” at the Museum of Science, Boston. The event was moderated by Kevin Cullen of the Boston Globe and was attended by approximately 150 representatives from industry and academia. This event was supported by Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland with Dr Ruth Freeman, Director, Enterprise and International Affairs, Science Foundation Ireland and Mr Eddie Goodwin, Manager, Boston Office, Enterprise Ireland presenting on the day.
AAAS 2011 (February 2011)
The American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting will take place between the 17-21 February 2011 in Washington D.C.
The theme will be “Science without Borders” and integrates the practice of science, both in research and teaching, that utilises multidisciplinary approaches. It also takes into consideration the diversity of investigators and students. Further information can be found on http://www.aaas.org/meetings/
As part of the programme Science Foundation Ireland, in conjunction with the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Government, Prof. Patrick Cunningham, will be hosting a reception in Washington on Saturday 19th February.
Prof. Christopher Dainty, NUIG, will be organising a discussion on Adaptive Optics (AO) on Friday, February 18th. Further information is available here.
Prof. Cunningham will be presenting at the meeting on Saturday, February 19th on “Growing the Knowledge Economy: An Irish Perspective”. Further information is available here.
Further information on the event is available by clicking here:
Ireland R&D Showcase: Stanford University (November 2010)
The Government of Ireland through the enterprise agencies Science Foundation Ireland & IDA Ireland held a showcase of Irish Research & Development at Stanford University on November 4th, 2010. This invitation-only event provided a high level overview of cutting edge research at Irish universities emphasizing investment and collaboration opportunities. The agenda featured 20 speakers from both academia and industry who described their research in key domains including nanotechnology, optical and wireless communications research, sensor web technologies, cloud and internet-scale computing, and converging technologies across a variety of applications. Speakers representing Irish Universities as well as Intel, IBM, Cisco, and Hewlett-Packard also participated. The academic speakers outlined their current research focus, and highlighted key results in addition to describing opportunities for partnerships. Industry guest speakers highlighted their experiences of operating R&D activities in Ireland, and also shared their opinions of key research challenges for the next decade and beyond. Information on key funding mechanisms and incentives to facilitate both direct and collaborative R&D investments was provided. The audience was predominantly Silicon Valley based companies in the ICT space.
To view Programme and Agenda please click here
BIO 2010 Chicago (May 2010)
The BIO International Convention represents the world's largest gathering of the biotech community, showcasing and connecting the people, companies and biotech-based innovations that help to improve life for the future.
Team Ireland attended BIO 2010 and to showcase Ireland's world class research landscape, its cluster of biopharma, pharma and medical technology companies, and its business friendly environment.
For more information on the event please click here
Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Centre Visit (February 2010)
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) is the largest comprehensive cancer centre in the world, bringing together the cancer research efforts of seven member institutions: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Massachusetts General Hospital.
In February 2010, SFI arranged a delegation of approximately 13 SFI funded researchers to visit Dana-Farber and meet with senior administrative staff and researchers there. The primary objective of the visit was for Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Centre investigators to explore areas of possible mutual collaboration with the visiting SFI-funded investigators.
It is anticipated that a reciprocal visit will take place later in 2010
President McAleese visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (May 2009)
In May 2009, SFI ran a research showcase in the Whitehead Institute of Boston. This forum, which highlighted the quality of Irish research, took place on the occasion of President Mary McAleese’s visit to Massachusetts
A large gathering comprising researchers, industry representatives, Irish researchers and students from the Massachusetts region were in attendance at the Whitehead Institute to highlight the critical role of science, engineering and innovation in shaping Ireland’s economic and societal fortunes. The seminar, which was also broadcast as a live webcast to an international audience, showcased a sample of the leading-edge research currently being carried out by SFI researchers in collaboration with industry, spanning ICT, life sciences and energy.
The President highlighted the crucial role being played by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and its innovative researchers in enhancing Ireland’s reputation in the international scientific sphere.
“Through Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), our small but dynamic country has been blazing a trail for innovation and scientific research. We have a great natural resource in the brain-power, creativity and adaptability of our people. We have seen the emigrating Irish flourish in the great human mix on every continent and SFI is particularly proud of the increasingly large percentage of teams based in its Irish laboratories that are coming from abroad, evidence of the great strides that Ireland’s research community has made in attracting leading scientific talent from around the world.”
US-Ireland R&D Partnership
The U.S.-Ireland R&D Partnership is the outcome of discussions following the September 2002 U.S-Ireland Business Summit in Washington D.C. and was officially launched by the then U.S. Ambassador, James Kenny, at his residence on 5th July 2006. The overall goal for the Partnership is to increase the level of collaborative R&D among researchers across the three jurisdictions in the areas of Nanotechnology, Sensor technology, Diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis, Telecommunications and Energy & Security. The key principles of the Partnership are significant participation by researchers from the three jurisdictions in each initiative supported, competitive peer review and joint funding with each jurisdiction supporting the research carried out in their own jurisdiction. On 15 October 2009 four tri-partite US-Ireland R&D partnerships valued at €7m were announced at an event hosted by the US Ambassador to Ireland in Dublin.
