IRDG (Industry Research & Development Group)
IRDG is a non-profit, business-led Innovation Network of member companies and colleges, working together to drive excellence in Innovation within Ireland’s industry to create growth, jobs and prosperity.
The Clayton Hotel recently hosted an IRDG event on Funds & Expertise for R&D that drew huge interest from businesses around the country. There were more than 100 people from companies of all sectors and sizes across the region turning up at the seminar in the Clayton.
Before this event, not many of the companies knew that they could get up to 80% of their research costs supported by the Innovation Partnership programme. Nor did they know that SME’s could …
Thanks to Microsoft for hosting a very insightful Innovation Practice Group on the 11th September last. It was a most informative evening with presentations from Fabien Petitcolas, Director for Innovation Europe and Brian Donnellan of the Innovation Value Institute in Maynooth.
We had a great mix of companies present, including Food & Drink, Medical Devices, Financial Services, Software, Engineering, Utilities and Pharmaceutical. Some interesting discussion ensued, with a sense that it could have continued for much much longer if time …
Clayton Hotel, Galway – 21st September – 8am to 10.30am
Featuring: Medtronic, Digital Optics, Chipright, NUI Galway, GMIT and Enterprise Ireland.
Join our free IRDG breakfast event to learn how to
Receive up to 80% Funding for your R&D…
Finance your innovation – each €1 of funding invested by these Enterprise Ireland funds has delivered €7.71 Net Turnover impact at company side (independent evaluation) – worth thinking about!
…whilst getting Expertise & Skills to boost your in-house R&D capability
Learn …
“Sharing thoughts, best practice, tips and techniques in the areas of Research, Development and Innovation”
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Innovation Practice Groups are hosted by member companies, who generously share their experiences of Research, Development and Innovation. In many instances they will also be joined by external, expert, guest speakers. Combined, this input provides a real practical learning environment, where the practices being discussed have …
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