![]() The vouchers are made available to small to medium sized companies to investigate a business opportunity or a problem, with the assistance of a higher education institution. Innovation Vouchers are funded by Enterprise Ireland and are worth €5,000. Up from 58 Innovation Voucher projects in 2017, CIT is an ever-growing support for local business and the voucher programme is an ideal mechanism for growing links with enterprise in the region. This positions CIT as one of the leading knowledge providers in the country in this particular programme. In 2018, Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) carried out a whopping 85 Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher projects. Speakers include Teagasc’s Associate Director of Research, Declan Troy, outlining Teagasc’s AgTech capabilities followed by speakers on investment trends in AgTech (Aidan Connolly, CEO at Cainthus), why Ireland is becoming a centre of AgTech innovation (Michael Stapleton from IDA Ireland), Future Scenarios for Smart Farming (Simone van der Burg, Wageningen University) and the current AgTech research landscape in Ireland (Donagh Berry, Director of VistaMilk – an SFI/DAFM Research Centre).ġ – 3 Lunch and exhibits and the opportunity to network and speak with Teagasc researchers in each of our AgTech areas. The linkages forged in our Gateways often develop into future R&D collaborations and technology licences.ġ1 – 1 The event will be opened by Teagasc’s Chairperson, Liam Herlihy. The format is one of short talks from international experts in innovation and R&D followed by lunch, networking and demos/exhibits. The focus is on outreach and engagement with Irish-based industry to showcase the AgriFood and AgTech R&D capability and licencable technologies Teagasc has available. ![]() Hear from international experts about emerging trends in AgTech, new market opportunities and investment strategies.īackground: Teagasc hosts two Gateways events a year alternating between our Dublin (Ashtown) and Cork (Moorepark) sites. Come see our showcase of AgTech capabilities and platform technologies in areas such as crops, pasture-based farming, dairy, remote sensing and sustainability. Teagasc is delighted to showcase our AgTech capability to industry through the AgTech Gateways event in our Ashtown Conferencing Facility in Dublin. ![]() Teagasc is leading Ireland’s large scale efforts in the area of collaborative innovation in partnership with industry in the AgTech sector. Through accurate measurement of a wide variety of parameters and data management, we are now better able to account for the variability that nature brings to agriculture leading to more sustainable, environmentally friendly and profitable farms and the creation of the nutritious foods consumers are demanding. The application of ICT and precision technologies is transforming not just agriculture but the development of supplies and services supporting agriculture and therefore the production of food globally. ![]()
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