• Call 6 of Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund Launched
Call 6 of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) has been launched. The aim of the Fund is to encourage collaborations by the industry and research sector into the development and commercialisation of ground-breaking technologies.   The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is a €500m fund established under the National Development Plan (NDP) in 2018.

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  • Safer Internet Day 2023
February 7, 2023
Safer Internet Day 2023 is taking place today, 7th February.   Over the years, Safer Internet Day has become a landmark event in the online safety calendar. Starting as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004 and taken up by the Insafe network as one of its earliest actions in 2005, Safer Internet Day has

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  • New Frontiers and Tech Pioneer: Legal Tech Challenges and Opportunities
New Frontiers and Tech Pioneer: Legal Tech Challenges and Opportunities will take place on 10th January 2023 at Douglas Hyde Theatre, TUS Midlands Campus, Athlone, County Westmeath, N37HD68..   The event will engage in creative dialogue on the challenges and opportunities created by legal technology in the areas of access to justice, entrepreneurship and legal

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  • Women In Tech
Women in Tech is hosting a “Level Up” Women in Tech summit bringing together best practices for career progression. The summit will take place at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London on 06 December 2022 for over 400 in-person attendees, as well as through a live stream for thousands of participants. Women in Tech is

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  • €40m Invested in 11 Disruptive Technologies Projects
11 innovative projects have been approved funding of up to €40m in the first tranche of awards under the fourth round of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund.   The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, said: “I have approved funding under the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) for another 11

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  • Build Stuff 2022
October 17, 2022
Build Stuff 2022 is a software development conference that is taking place Wed, Nov 9, 2022, 8:00 AM – Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 4:00 PM at Saint Stephen’s Green, Dublin.   It’s 3-days filled with fun, value-packed ideas, and career opportunities that could potentially change this world – AND YOURS – for the better.   Build

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The Launching Future Disruptive Technologies Summit takes place on September 7th & 8th 2022 at Western Gateway Building, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.   This two-day summit brings the Irish and international spin out ecosystem together.   Launching Future Disruptive Technologies Summit   Day 1 September 7th, 2022   08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee/

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  • National Challenge Fund Launched to Drive Solutions to the Green Transition and to Digital Transformation.
A €65 million National Challenge Fund has been launched to drive solutions to the green transition and to digital transformation.   The fund consists of eight challenges, three in digital transformation and five in green transition.   The first two challenges are now open for applications with a closing date for submission of 1pm on

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  • Irish Companies Involved in European Space Agency Vega-C Rocket
Curtiss-Wright and Realtime Technologies, supported by Enterprise Ireland,  have contributed critical technology to the new European Space Agency Vega-C rocket, developed by Prime Contractor AVIO.   The rocket had a successful inaugural launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The Vega-C rocket is designed to deliver government, commercial, and science payloads with a mass of

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  • Learnovate Centre Funding
The Learnovate Centre, global experts in learning technology helping organisations navigate the complexity of the evolving future of work and learning, has secured €3m of Phase 3 funding.   Based at Trinity College Dublin, the industry-led technology centre is funded by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland and has led ten years of research in learning

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