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 11th 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/

NDRC (National Digital Research Centre)@ The Digital Hub and  TCD  are  seeking 20 volunteers to try an exciting new mobile game!

An opportunity to take part in the development of an exciting new location aware mobile game. Based in Dublin city centre, a mystery adventure game where player will act as a paranormal investigator going around various Dublin city centre locations to investigate paranormal activities. The game is in development. So, NDRC is looking for volunteers to participate in a User Trial. details of the project are here.

Volunteers in 4 different age groups required are:

• 18 – 25 yrs: 5 volunteers
• 26 – 33 yrs: 5 volunteers
• 34 – 40 yrs: 5 volunteers
• 41 – 48 yrs: 5 volunteers

Trial dates & times: Each set of trial will take around 3 hrs including intro to the game, refreshments, feedback etc.

Volunteers will be paid €30 cash per person plus Breakfast/Lunch/Snacks/Drinks.

• Tuesday, March 9th: (9:30-12:30 PM) (1:00 – 3 PM)
• Wednesday, March 10th: (9:30 – 12:30 PM) (1:00 -3 PM)
• Thursday, March 11th: (9:30 – 12:30 PM)

Please email vikingghosthunt@ndrc.ie if you are interested with the following info ASAP as seats are filling up.

Name:

Age:

Mobile/land-line phone number:

Email address:

Availability (best days/times):

Are you familiar with using mobile devices?

Do you play PC/Console/Mobile games?

To follow up on John McKeon’s initiative to start the Trinity Enterprise Park Cluster group on Linkedin. A few of us are meeting up for coffee in KC Peaches on the 18th of February at 11am. Feel free to come along if you are available.

The idea is that we will organise events in the coming months. Sometimes these will just be a time to meet for a coffee and other times they will be more structured meetings and events. The room on the ground floor of the tower (which was Cafe di Napoli) will be available for meetings and events in future.

Please pass this message on to anyone who may also be interested in coming along.

Hope to see you on Thursday the 18th.

Regards,

Cronan

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Cronan McNamara
Creme

Tel:     +353 1 677 0071
Email: cmcnamara@cremeglobal.com
Fax:    +353 1 677 5883
Skype: cronanmcnamara
Web:   www.cremeglobal.com

The Tower, Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus
Grand Canal Quay
Dublin 2
Ireland