Join us virtually on the 13th & 14th October for one of our key events of the year.

Highlights from IRDG’s Unleashing the Power of Innovation Conference, Oct 2016
Our annual conference, ‘Unleashing the Power of Innovation’ was held on October 27th at the Helix DCU and was a great success! We had a diverse group of international speakers as well as an array of companies represented, both as exhibitors and attendees, to collaborate on the power of practically applying innovation for a better tomorrow.
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The Minister for Training, Skills and Innovation, John Halligan TD, opened the conference and shared his …

Presentations & Links: Collaborate to Innovate, Cork April 2016
As usual, the topic of funding and incentives for business Research & Innovation is always a popular one. It was great to be able to bring all the key players to the one room and explain their programmes. There’s a myriad of options out there, and being able to hear them explained and presented was really useful. …

So you want to Innovate? Here’s how…
Learn the rules like a pro…
It used to be that the most innovative and successful companies – those that made the biggest impact on society- were those with the financial resources and internal drive to fuel research and development.
Under the old rules, internal research and development gave a competitive edge and created a natural barrier for competition. Only those corporations big enough to fund a Research and Development Department had the upper hand to success. They were able …
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