Today the HIRANI team are at a morning of networking and discussion on how Queen's University Belfast is working with partners and funders to lead an ambitious £230m programme of innovation bringing economic and societal benefits.
Queen's Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stuart Elborn CBE welcomed everyone, followed by a session with all the Innovation Centre Directors, Judy Bradley, Sam Turner and Stephen McCabe to hear their vision for innovation and talk about the impact of the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), Momentum One Zero, and iREACH Health.
Looking back, panel discussions looked at 180 years of innovation, impact, and inclusive partnership and looking forward to Northern Ireland & Queen's strategy for driving innovation for the next generation with Suzanne Wylie, CEO of NI Chamber, Robert D. Ladner, Ph.D. CEO of CV6 Therapeutics, (NI) Ltd., Professor Ian Bruce, Pro Vice Chancellor of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Queen's University Belfast, Ashleen Feeney, Partner at KPMG Frances Burns, Lead for the NI Trusted Research Environment (NITRE), Professor Judith Williams, Pro Vice Chancellor of Education and Students, Gerry Hanna, Chair of Clinical Oncology at Trinity College Dublin, Christina O'Neill, CEO of VascVersa Ltd, Mark Goldstone, Partner at Eckuity Capital and Andrew Woods, CEO and founder at CATAGEN LIMITED - a Net Zero Technologies company.
Minister for the Department for the Economy NI, Conor Murphy spoke about the importance of innovation and Donna Traynor was Master of Ceremonies for the event.
David Quinn, MIoD, Executive Director of Belfast Region City Deal at Queen's University Belfast closed the mornings discussions.
