Businesses, the public service and the media now have unprecedented
access to the experts and researchers across the island of Ireland
thanks to a dynamic portal expertiseireland.com. This searchable
database now contains detailed profiles of over 5000 Irish experts as
well as information on funding, technology transfer and commercial
expertise. The site provides a fast and effective gateway to Ireland's
knowledge base strengthening our international profile as a premier
location for carrying out world class research and development.
Businesses interested in collaborative opportunities can find valuable
information on experts in universities, institutes of technology and
industry specialising in a variety of fields from biotechnology to
zoology. According to Dr Celia Gallagher, Project Manager of
expertiseireland.com, "by providing a single access point the portal helps the
business and academic communities to avail of the world-class expertise
and intellectual capital on the island."
Access to information of this kind will be an important tool in
implementing the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation
2007-2013 (SSTI). As economic success is increasingly based on
knowledge creation and exploitation expertiseireland.com has a key role
to play by facilitating the identification of expertise and to serve as
the first point of contact between those who create new ideas and those
who can exploit them. According to Danny McCoy, Director of Policy at
IBEC, "With access to more than 5000 experts the portal is an important
business tool and is helping to promote and provide the innovative
environment that is vital to improving Ireland's economic productivity
and prosperity levels.”
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