Some Trinity Enterprise Network associated events for your diary this Autumn:

September 15th 2010: Showcase of Computer Science Projects, O’Reilly Institute , Trinity College, Dublin

October 14th 2010: Open Demo of TCD Technologies available for Commercialistation: up to 30 new commercial opportunities on display in the  O’Reilly Institute , Trinity College,  Dublin.

October 20th 2010: EI Big Ideas Showcase, Croke Park : Enterprise Ireland will host the second BIG IDEAS Showcase which will take place on Wednesday 20th October, 2010 at Croke Park Stadium, Dublin. The event is being organised by Enterprise Ireland’s Research & Innovation Business Unit and will showcase the commercial opportunities emerging from Ireland’s Third Level Institutions in the areas of: Life Science & Food, ICT and Industrial Technologies.

October 28th/29th 2010 : Dublin Web Summit 50 speakers with a final session in Edmund Burke Theatre , Trinity College, Dublin

Nov. 10 – 21 2010: There will also be TCD event during Dublin Innovation Week .  Focus on new campus companies s as well as some key new commercial opportunities.

When:  Thursday, 24^th June 2010

Where: O’Reilly Foyer

Time:   12.30 – 14.00

Cost: Free

Some of the key participants in the Dublin Web Summit to be held the same evening are eager to meet and  provide advice to aspiring academic entrepreneurs.

Michael Birch who founded  Bebo and sold to AOL for 850m will attend amongst others from the event.

Lunch will be served so please  register so that we can get  an indication of numbers.

THIS INVENT IS STRICTLY FOR INTERNAL RESEARCHERS ONLY

Well Established Companies can attend the full Dublin Web Summit that evening

Register to attend by emailing : john dot whelan at tcd dot ie

The 2nd Irish Software Show – epicenter 2010
an International Conference on Your Doorstep!

Come see World-Class Evangelists like….
Scott Davis, Eugene Ciurana, Matt Raible, Jeff Genender, Shay Friedman, Ronald Lemmen
Heath Kesler, Werner Keil, Alan Dean, Jon Skeet , Mark Needham, Andrew Lombardi…and many more!
June 8 – 11th 2010

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The second annual Irish Software Show is to take place in Trinity College Dublin between  June 8th and 11th….and there’s a subsidised ticket offer for companies employing less than 30 people, which has been made possible by the support of the Software Skillnet.

The 4-Day conference ( http://epicenter.ie ) caters for software enthusiasts, whatever their interest. Tuesday starts with the Business of Best Practice which explores traditional and new concepts for producing software excellence. Wednesday discusses traditional client-server technologies and Thursday and Friday sees software moving online with web, cloud and mobile zones. In all, around 100 sessions.

epicenter 2010 is an ideal place to visit. Not only will developers hear and learn about a vast array of technology, they’ll also have  an opportunity to meet top spec technology evangelists from across the globe, and with their industry peers, giving them many avenues to increase competitive knowledge and collaborate with similarly situated companies.

With the Software Skillnet subsidy* tickets are available priced at €84 (one), €123 (two), €149 (three) and €155 (four day) which includes lunch and refreshments.
email susan@isa-skillnet.com or epicenter@IrishDev.com or call 01 443 4131.

Following the success of the previous Dublin Web Summit Trinity Research & Innovation and proud to be associated with the  non-profit Third Dublin Web Summit to be held on Thursday June 24th.

Speakers include the founder of Bebo Bobby Chang, Founder of Incase and  Bill Liao, Founder of XING.

Trinity Research & Innovation and Trinity Enterprise Network have a number of complimentary tickets available so if interested please email stating your involvment with innovation in TCD

Opening of CRANN’s Advanced Microscopy Laboratory

When: TUESDAY 27th APRIL 2010

Where: AML
Unit 27-29
Trinity Enterprise Centre
Grand Canal Quay
Dublin 2, Ireland

The CRANN Advanced Microscopy Laboratory (AML) houses a critical mass of high end electron and ion beam
microscopes, for sample imaging, material characterisation and nanofabrication, in a custom built facility. This world
class operation is managed by a dedicated team of highly trained scientists and engineers with a wide range of scientific
and industrial experience. By engaging with this facility, commercial users can achieve a competitive advantage by
supplementing their own in-house capability with this first class microscopy facility.

MORNING SESSION: INDUSTRY WORKSHOP

9:30–10:15 Tours of CRANN Research Facility available to

industry representatives. RSVP as below

10:30 Arrival of Industry Guests

10:45–11:30 Introduction

Overview of CRANN – Dr. Diarmuid O’Brien,

Executive Director.

Carl Zeiss Presentation – TBD.

AML Facility Presentation – Mr. Fergal Keating,

Microscopy Facility Manager.

11:30–12:30 Industry Case Studies: Increased

competitiveness through partnership

Intel – Mr. Leonard Hobbs,

Research Programmes Manager.

Cellix – Dr. Vivienne Williams, CEO.

Hewlett Packard – Dr. Lorraine Byrne,

Engineering Program Manager.

SolarPrint – Dr. Mazhar Bari, CEO.

Boston Scientific – Dr. Fergal Horgan,

R&D Engineer.

Eblana – Dr. Brian Kelly,

Director of Manufacturing.

Millipore – Dr. Thomas Fitzgerald,

Research Scientist.

12:30–1:00 Concluding Remarks with Questions & Answers

Industry Engagement funding models –

Dr. Diarmuid O’Brien

1:00 Lunch & Networking

1:30–2:00 Tour of the AML Facilities

AFTERNOON SESSION: FORMAL OPENING OF THE AML

2:15 Arrival of guests for formal opening

2:30–3:00 Opening of AML Facilities

Opening remarks by:

The Provost – Dr. John Hegarty

Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation –

Mr. Batt O’Keeffe, TD

Director General of SFI – Prof. Frank Gannon

CEO of the HEA – Mr. Tom Boland

R&D Director, Boston Scientific – Mr. Rob Eyers

CRANN Director – Prof. John Boland

3:00–3:30 Reception

Tours of the AML Facilities

3:30 Tour of CRANN Research Facility

Please RSVP your availability for the morning and/or afternoon sessions and morning tours of CRANN to Lia Beveridge, email: lia.beveridge@tcd.ie, tel: 01 896 3027 by the 20th April, 2010

The TCD Technology Transfer Office

in association with

The School of Biochemistry and Immunology TCD

presents a seminar by

Professor Andrew Porter

“Commercialising Biotechnology”

Joly Lecture Theatre, Hamilton Building (map), TCD
4PM, Friday April 23rd, 2010

RSVP: gordon elliott at tcd.ie

Andrew Porter is Professor of Biotechnology and Deputy Director of the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. He was founder and CSO of University spin-out Haptogen Ltd. which was acquired by Wyeth in October 2007.
Haptogen developed a proprietary human therapeutic antibody platform designed for discovery and optimization of protein therapeutics with improved profiles. The benefits include the potential for more convenient routes of administration as well as cell and organ penetration, addressing diseases that are not treatable with first generation protein therapeutics.
Prior to Haptogen, Prof. Porter was one of the founding academics and Research Director of Remedios Ltd, Aberdeen. Remedios, a biosensor company, was Scottish biotech of the year in 2000.
In 2005 Prof. Porter was Ernst and Young Plc, Scottish & UK Science and Technology Entrepreneur of the Year and in 2006 be became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Since the sale of Haptogen, Prof. Porter has remained active within the biotechnology sector and together with his Haptogen co-founders he has established a venture fund, Grampian Bio-partners, that recently made its first investment in an anti-infectives company based in Scotland.
Prof. Porter was recently appointed to the BioIndustries Association (BIA) Scotland Committee)

The Campus Company Celebration held on evening of Thursday 11th March was a great success. The ten Trinity campus  companies approved in 2010 all received an award. Images from the evening below.

James Callaghan Associate Director of TR&I presents an award to Paul Kavanagh from Surewash

Anthony Davies from BioCroi demonstrates his Technology

CAMPUS COMPANY CELEBRATION

B e s t  y e a r   e v e r

Invitation to meet and congratulate the promoters of TCD’s 10 newest campus companies,

all approved in 2009:

O’Reilly Institute, 5.30-7.30, Thursday 11^th March,

Beer , Wine and Snacks

Please reply to olwellp@tcd.ie

Trinity Research & Innovation: Associate Director, Dr James Callaghan james.callaghan@tcd.ie

TTO (technology transfer office) team:

Dr John Whelan, TT Case Manager-ICT john.whelan@tcd.ie; Dr Gordon Elliott, TT Case Manager-Translational Science gordon.elliott@tcd.ie; Dr Emily Vereker, TT Case Manager-Life Sciences verekee@tcd.ie; Dr Graham McMullin, TT Case Manager-Physical Sciences graham.mcmullin@tcd.ie;  Dr Peter Olwell, TT Patents Administrator olwellp@tcd.ie; Audrey Crosbie, Industry Liaison Manager acrosbie@tcd.ie; Dr Margaret Woods, TT Manager mjwoods@tcd.ie

About The Competition
Dragons’ Den 2010 is a fantastic opportunity for students across all faculties to test out their ideas for a new business venture. Entrants will compete against the best students in Trinity for a chance to seize some of the €3,000 prize fund kindly sponsored by Tata Consultancy Services.

The Prizes
1. €2,000 for the winning entry
2. €750 for the first runner up
3. €250 & a Bike, worth €200 from Comhar, for the best green/environmental/sustainable submission

The Live Final
Our hosts, Tom Kelly and Jennifer Geraghty, will announce the finalists of the competition and those who will present their business pitch to our dragons.

The audience and dragons will then watch as entrants sink or swim when they present their 3 minute business pitch, using slides, drawings, product prototypes and any other prop they can think of.

After each pitch the dragons test the entrants wits by drilling down into the particulars of their business plan and pitch.

Once all of the finalists have presented their ideas the dragons will retire to make their final decision. We will have Dragons’ Den winner, Tim Rooney MD of Surf Seeds talk of his experience on the television show and working with the dragons.

Then the dragons will return to announce the winners of the TES Dragons’ Den 2010. The prizes will be presented and the event will be followed with a free drinks reception in the Atrium.

The TES Dragons
* Peter Sheridan – Enterprise Ireland
* Dr.Mary Keating – School of Business, TCD
* Alan Foy – CEO of Blueface
* Martin Byrne – Tata Consultancy Services
* Mark Bennett – Dublin City Council Green Business Officer
* Dylan Collins – CEO of Jolt Online Gaming

Wednesday 24th February, 7pm – Synge Theatre, Arts Block, Trinity College Dublin.

More information available online at: http://www.trinityentrepreneurial.com/2010/01/19/dragons-den-2010/