Blue Tech Ideas Lab 2021 is a wrap!
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On Wednesday November 24th, 11 participants pitched their ideas to an expert panel representing Enterprise Ireland, Marine Ireland Industry Network (MIIN), The Irish Maritime Development Office, Atlantic Smart Ports Blue Acceleration Network, Gael Offshore Network, the Marine Innovation Development Centre, Údarás na Gaeltachta and the University College Cork LIR National Ocean Test Facility.
Congratulations to all participants on the progress made to date.
This MaREI Centre programme supported by Enterprise Ireland was about putting some structure and methodology to Blue Tech startup idea development, to help participants understand idea viability and to communicate ideas as opportunities to a knowledgeable audience positioned to help projects progress.
A big thank you to all who got involved - Kate Dempsey (CEO Aqualicense), Myriam Cronin (Head of Gateway UCC), Karen McCarthy (IP Commercialisation Manager UCC), Michelle Dorgan (IGNITE Programme Manager UCC), Cliodhna Ní Ghriofa (Business Development Manager MIDC), Edward Fagan (Engineer Ampyx Power) , Raymond Alcorn (CEO Exceedence), Liam Curran (Senior Technologist Enterprise Ireland, MIIN, Gael Offshore Network), Daithí Power (Commercialisation Specialist Enterprise Ireland), Paul Brewster (Irish Maritime Development Office, Atlantic Smart Ports Blue Acceleration Network) and Milad Zabihi (LIR National Ocean Test Facility, University College Cork)
If you have a Blue Tech Idea you would like to discuss, feel free to contact liam.fitzgerald@ucc.ie