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Event Start date: 13 Dec 2007

Lifescience & Food Commercialisation Showcase 2007 VIEW FULL DETAILS IN PDF>> Date: Thursday, 13th December, 2007 Venue: Global Irish Institute, University College Dublin PROGRAMME 13.30 Registration (Tea/Coffee) 14.00 Opening Remarks: Frank Ryan, CEO Enterprise Ireland 14.15 PART 1: The Unseen Wave Inventor, author and creativity expert, Anne Miller, outlines the challenge of fostering, spotting and selling innovation Anne Miller is an authority on creativity and innovation. She is director of The Creativity Partnership, www.tcp-uk.co.uk providing consulting, workshops and management training in creativity and innovation for some of Europe's most successful organisations. These include Bayer, Ernst and Young, Johnson and Johnson, Rolls-Royce, Smith and Nephew, Sainsbury's and Saab. She also lectures at Cambridge University (UK) and Chalmers University (Sweden). She is almost certainly one of the world's most successful female inventors with 39 patents. Her inventions include tools for Bosch and Braun, medical products for Bayer and Sulzer and the manufacturing system for the female condom (the Femidom). In 1988, she was one of the founders of the UK's leading independent technology innovation organisation, TTP Group www.ttpgroup.com before setting up The Creativity Partnership in 2000. She is an inspiring public speaker and has written numerous articles on Creativity and Innovation. She also advises various charities and is currently a Board Member of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition of leading NGOs. Her book The Myth of the Mousetrap: how to get your ideas adopted (and change the world), is published by Cyan- Marshall Cavendish in October 2007. 15.15 PART 2: The Next Wave A showcase of the practical and commercial applications of six innovative technologies developed in Irish research institutions. Dr. Gerry Mouzakitis, National University of Ireland, Cork Gourmet Marine: Innovation in Aquaculture Triskel Therapeutics Ltd. National University of Ireland, Galway Cancer Drug Discovery (TBC) Professor William Gallagher, University College Dublin OncoMark: Helping to Bring Cancer Biomarkers to Clinical Reality Professor Abhay Pandit, NCBES, National University of Ireland, Galway Therapeutic applications of a natural biomaterial for tissue repair Dr. Tony Killard, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University Low cost, mass producible ammonia sensor Professor Tim McGloughlin, Centre for Applied Biomedical Engineering Research, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Enginering, University of Limerick Innovations in Vascular Technologies 16.15 Questions & Answers 16.30 Networking Reception 18.00 Close EARLY BIRD BONUS The first 10 people to register for the event will each receive a copy of Anne Miller's new book RRP ~ €25 which Anne will sign during the networking reception. FIND OUT ABOUT TOMORROW'S TECHNOLOGIES BY REGISTERING ONLINE FOR THIS EVENT   Forename:       Surname:       Job Title:       Organisation:       Mobile:       Email:           Please press the submit button to register       Note:Required fields are indicated by

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