Workshop Presentations

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In collaboration with the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at NUI Galway, the Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (ICSTI ) and Forfas are bringing together policy makers, researchers and professional evaluators to:

Speakers at this one-day conference include:

• Professor Luke Georghiou, PREST, University of Manchester
• Dr Ken Guy Founding director of the consultancy companies Technopolis and Wise Guys Ltd and innovation policy specialist, UK
• Professor Anita Jones Professor of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
• Professor Stefan Kuhlmann Director of the Department of Technology Analysis and Innovation Strategies, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Dr Wolfgang Polt Head of the Institute of Technology and Regional Policy (INTEREG) Vienna and Joanneum Research, Austria
• Dr Jari Romanainen Executive Director (Strategy), Tekes, the National Technology Agency, Finland
• Dr Don Thornhill Chairman of the Higher Education Authority in Ireland
• Dr Bill Harris, Director General, Science Foundation Ireland

Conference Website

The development of a new business school at NUI Galway has been made possible through a combination of PRTLI, EU and private funding, led by a �4.5 million donation by Atlantic Philanthropies. Additional funding is anticipated through further donations and expansion of the overseas visiting student programme, with increased numbers of students from the US and Europe.

The HEA PRTLI funding, as part of the overall funding package for the building to is that assigned to CISC under Cycle 3 of the Programme for Research in Third Level Insitutions, part of the National Development Plan 2002-2006. CISC's personnel will relocate to the new building on completion, as part of the overall project.

The sod-turning ceremony, in addition to the Taoiseach's launch of NUI Galway's new webcasting facilities, is available, (via webcast) at

http://www.nuigalway.ie/webcast/

See also the official press release at:

http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/main_press.php?p_id=158

In collaboration with the Computer Integrated Manufacturing Research Unit (CIMRU) and the Information technology Department (ITD), the Centre for Innovation and Structural Change (CISC) at NUI Galway, is co-hosting a workshop, which is the culmination of a research project sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, to encourage and facilitate Irish organisations in the area of innovation, technology and eBusiness. This project comprises an internationally recognised team of researchers all based at NUI, Galway. The total research project, entitled eNable SMEs, consists of three interrelated components:

The total research project, entitled eNable SMEs, consists of three interrelated components:

• Human Resource Information Systems led by CISC;
• Cost effective internet based solutions for project portfolio management led by CIMRU; and
• Low cost digital virtual supply chain solutions led by ITD.

It wil be held on:

Wednesday 19th May 2004

at NUI Galway

Follow the link below for more details

This project, begining March 2004, will be seeking to recruit a full-time researcher for three months. Further details from ().

See also the link below for further details on this project.

REGINA is a project funded by the European Union under the INTERREG dedicated to:the setting up of a lasting partnership for REGional scientific, technological and Innovation kNowledge management in the Atlantic area.

The project involves the construction of the REGINA partnership, formed by eight regions from the five countries of the Atlantic Area (Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Spain and Portugal).