2012 Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Awards Now Open
Entries have now opened for the 2012 Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Awards. The awards, now in their thirteenth year, recognise and rank Ireland’s indigenous technology companies with exceptional growth in turnover over the last five years. Closing date is Friday 14th September 2012.
Design For Learning 2012 Competition…. share in €10,000 investment
NDRC Inventorium and The Science Gallery Dublin have just launched “Designs for Learning 2012” Open Competition. The aim is to find and develop projects that break new ground outside the traditional classroom setting.
Silicon Valley Bank Set Sights on Ireland
Having forged a partnership with the National Pensions Reserve Fund, Silicon Valley Bank will now complete two independent transactions.
In the first of these Silicon Valley Bank expects to deploy US$100 million of new lending commitments to fast-growing Irish technology, life science, clean tech, private equity and venture capital businesses over five years, subject to its usual lending criteria.
Leancamp Event - June 23rd 2012
Entrepreneurs are the key to economic growth in Ireland. Diversity will result in Innovation and ThousandSeeds in partnership with the Innovation Academy at UCD are bringing Leancamp to Dublin on Saturday June 23. Leancamp is a ‘not-for-profit’ venture and is setup to stimulate the use of Lean, Agile and systematic methodologies. We’re connecting ‘thought-leaders’, entrepreneurs & businesses in Lean Startup, Business Model Innovation and Design.
Showcase Your Innovation - ESOF2012 Competition
An exciting new element has been added to the Science to Business programme at ESOF2012. A competition for creative minds, titled “The Invention Convention”, will take place on the 12th July. This is a competition in which 15 successful applicants will have the opportunity to pitch their innovation in 3 minutes to a panel of distinguished judges and an audience. Get your pitch in by 5pm on June 7th, by completing the application form. (http://ow.ly/b6jlz)
Open Innovation Event, 13th June
Jointly Dublinked, Dublin City Council & Innovation Dublin are hosting an event to explore the area of ‘Starting Up with Open Innovation’. This event will give attendees the opportunity to hear from industry experts in the field of Open Innovation, to hear about the current trends, barriers and future challenges to developing & implementing Open Innovation strategies. The format of the event will enable participants to network and explore the Business Model Canvas technique.
Lord Mayor’s International Student Prize Winner
Sami Backley is the winner of the first Lord Mayor’s International Student Prize. Lord Mayor of Dublin, Andrew Montague, made a presentation to him at a reception at the Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2, yesterday evening.
6th Annual AAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, 6th June
The 6th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM) will take place in Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday 6th June 2012. This year in addition to the usual program of contributed technical talks, posters and invited presentations, the main conference will include a selection of keynote talks from prominent social scientists and technologists. Submissions describing research that blends social science and computational approaches are especially encouraged