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TECHNOLOGY CENTRES
Above (L–R): Conor Collins, GSK; Donal Coveney, Topchem Pharma; Prof Gavin Walker, University of Limerick, PMTC; and Siobhan Camplisson, Allergan Pharmaceuticals
Below right: Norah Patten, Icomp with Paul Killeen, AIT Bottom right: Sinead O’Mahon, ARCH with Martin Wallace from GSK
‘The programme taps into the percentage of PhDs who want to work with industry. These principle investigators are key. Companies open their factories to them and teams go in to work on specific problems’
says Kerrigan. The centres’ research focus came from other activity
among the research community, as well as a prioritisation exercise that defined 14 areas matched to dynamic parts of the economy that would act as a compass. “A lot of what the centres do is aligned with what Science
Foundation Ireland does in terms of research areas. Some areas are a natural choice for a technology centre, whereas others mightn’t have the scale or level of industry here to support them,” Kerrigan explains. “Because the programme is co-designed and executed by
Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, we can bring the best international companies and the best Irish companies and start-ups into one room to work with each other and get to know each other. The programme is as much about business networking as it is about research development. “The outcome of the research is really driven by the top-
class members from the foreign direct investment community, but it is hugely important to indigenous Irish industry as it gives them access to the best way of doing things in the world. “Part of the magic will be establishing how we take some of
the very sophisticated results out and strip them back so that an average SME in Ireland could deploy the know-how in its own production line. That’s when the whole thing will come full circle so that it becomes a conjoined collaborative project for industry in Ireland.”
14 INNOVATION IRELAND REVIEW Issue 7 Autumn/Winter 2013
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