How does Tech Gateway goals align with EI strategy for 2021?
- 2. About Walton Applying basic ICT concepts to health, agriculture, transport, cybersecurity, brain and energy. Pioneers in many fields such as molecular communications and data science. Expertise Formerly known as the Telecommunications Software & Systems Group (TSSG), Walton Institute has been a cornerstone of ICT research and development activity in Ireland since 1996. Internationally recognised as leaders in fundamental and commercial multidisciplinary research. Partners in 4 Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) research centres: CONNECT Centre, VistaMilk, Lero and FutureNeuro. Science One of Ireland’s leading ICT research bodies in the EU’s R&D programmes; FP7,Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. Core network of over 750 partners worldwide Reputation Technology Gateway funded by Enterprise Ireland is the commercial arm of Walton Institute. Completed over 250 + direct industry projects in Ireland over the past 5 years and has spun out a number of leading international start-ups such as FeedHenry Ltd. (now RedHat, owned by IBM) Industry Based in the idyllic setting of WIT’s West Campus at Carriganore, Walton Institute investigates futuristic next-generation technologies to verify their capabilities in today’s society and to work in collaboration with industry to ensure their commercialisation.
- 3. Walton • Communications networks and wireless systems • Machine Learning and AI • Emerging Communication Technologies • Pervasive Environments and Computing Fundamental Expertise Institute for Information and Communication Systems Science • International Research Institute hosted by WIT. • Founded in 1996. • Led by (co-directors) Director of Innovation Kevin Doolin and Director of Research Dr. Sasitharan Balasubramaniam • 80+ staff and is 100% self-funded. 80 PEOPLE OVER 25 PhDS GRADUATED OVER 750 PARTNERS & CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE OVER 750 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED PROJECTS OVER €120m FUNDING RAISED OVER 15 NATIONALITIES 150+ PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS IN PAST 5 YEARS
- 5. Post Covid and Brexit Empowerment • Maximise Innovative funding through on going supports through various state collaborations. Communicating the right avenue for businesses whether its through EI, SFI, Udáras. • Adapt and succeed in a post Brexit by enabling clients to identify UK market opportunities to strengthen their competitive advantage. • Promote digitisation of industries to the Irish advantage in areas such as Ag tech, Future health. Campaigns that enable Irish tech. Aiding companies to digitise and branch out in ag tech space such as Grasstec Mapping technologies whereby farm management can be controlled in an efficient manner through digital innovations. • Utilising Walton’s network and expertise to match clients to domestic and EU projects/Funding for post COVID & Brexit innovative technologies/services. Putting assets to use such as focus groups arising from H2020/Horizon Europe for Innovation Partnership program. • Enabling Chambers across the Island such as Northern Ireland Chamber thus ensuring collaborative approach in a post Brexit Island and Europe.
- 6. Post Covid and Brexit Empowerment Drive transformational change by empowering digital disruptors to engage in next generation innovation. Ensuring a smooth transition from legacy platforms into modern SAAS platforms such as FinTech and Regtech. Continued support of South East FinTech cluster Accelerate the pace of innovation and digitisation by increasing customer awareness & capability in fields of R&DI. Increasing the number of projects with The Innovation Voucher Program (22 Projects in 2021 to date) Leverage both Enterprise Ireland funding and EU funding such as Horizon Europe and beyond. Incorporate companies into healthcare project such as FAITH. Support clients on their green journey in maximising their contribution to a low carbon high reward economy. Identifying Green projects such as circular economy . Enabling R&D on sustainable farming methods such as carbon emission measurement vs input. Continue to collaborate on Smart Energy projects such as Edgeflex, SONGO, REGenergy.
- 7. Growing our start ups • Continued support of program through panel interaction. • Consultation with leaders of program and development of relationship • Identifying early stage entrepreneurships in house through the bootcamps. • Interaction with PHD employees and grow number of researchers. • Ensure smooth transition with academic partnership from IT to Technological university • Engage with companies identified in as HPSU • Grow start up base by enabling research on market focused ideas in line with strategic goals • Enabling smooth relationship on Innovation Program with target to
- 8. Focus Next Gen R&D Innovation Mobile & IoT • Heavily engaged in DEMETER which is a large-scale deployment of farmer centric interoperable smart farming-IoT based platforms • Empower the farmer, as a prosumer, to gain control in the data-food-chain by identifying and demonstrating a series of new IoT-based, data-driven, business models for profit, collaboration and co-production for farmers and across the value chain, leading to disruptive new value creation models. • Enabling and partnering with Agri centred projects such as NIVA and agROBO. • Utilising local established companies who are engaged in tech gateways such as Walton to work on projects that enable sustainable farming and accountable carbon emissions. • Collaborating with SME’s to enhance workflow within healthcare through Feasibility studies and onwards towards Innovation Partnership Program. Cloud Platforms (PaaS) and advanced mobile / IoT applications
- 10. 1) Ambition to create 220,000 direct jobs. • Integrating high level researchers through the career fit program. • Strengthen Research Division numbers with market focused projects like STTeMM (Student Stress Training e-mobile Management) • Continue to grow industry partnerships by guiding those through digital transformation & grow their offering. • Working closely with emerging technologies such as AR/VR that contribute to big pharma/education/healthcare/manufacturing & gaming. • Increased engagement with start ups from commercialiasiaiton fund and HPSU (High potential start ups) such as; BeHelathy, Kids speech lab and club spot app.
- 11. 2) Exports of €25.6 billion- Eurozone of €5.8 billion Near Form smart energy
- 12. 3) R&D Spend of €1.25 Billion • Collaboration of projects from small start ups into High Potential Start ups right through to established companies and corporates • Developing road maps for adaptive industries such as financial services into FinTech and their needs such as Know Your Customer platforms (KYC)/Regtech and further digitization. • Establishing and grow relationships with companies through the Innovation Voucher program right through to Innovation Partnership Program. • Transitioning from TSSG to Walton Institute to allow for more collective and focused research enabling further research co encoding with academic partnership with WIT.
- 13. 4) Spend in the Economy Sure Sitter
- 14. Thank you for your time. Any questions? Jim Prendergast Jim.Prendergast@waltoninstitute.ie