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The Irish Times and InterTradeIreland Inovation Awards 2012
The Irish Times and InterTradeIreland invite indigenous and international companies, small, medium or large, and who are operating throughout the island of Ireland, to promote their service, product or operational innovations by entering The Irish Times InterTradeIreland Innovation Awards, which will be held in March 2012.
Winners in each category will be chosen by an independent panel of judges from a shortlist of 3 finalists. Special recognition will be given to the company with the best North/South collaboration project. In addition, an overall ‘Innovation of the Year’ winner will be drawn from the category winners.
Category Winners will receive:
- A €10,000 communications package in Innovation Magazine
- An iPad with a one year subscription to The Irish Times
The ‘Innovation of the Year’ will win a unique and high profile communications package worth in excess of €150,000 comprising of advertising promotion in the Innovation Magazine and The Irish Times, plus:
• UCD Smurfit School will provide a scholarship for an Executive Education programme commencing in 2012*
• Business legal advice from Byrne Wallace
• A state of the art laptop with a one year subscription to The Irish Times ePaper
(*T&Cs apply – visit www.irishtimes.com/innovation)
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“Serious Games Potential & Opportunities” seminar
“Serious Games Potential & Opportunities” seminar.
Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Time: 10:00-12:15
Venue: Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylor’s Lane, Dublin 8
To book your place, e-mail events@dbic.ie or phone 6713111.
This event is part of Innovation Dublin 2011.
10:00 Intro – Tim Luft, The Serious Games Institute, Coventry University
– Background to The Serious Games Institute
Tim is the Operations Director for the Serious Games Institute
(Coventry University)
– The Potential and Opportunities for Serious Games
– Potential Partnerships and Collaborations with SGI
10.45 Case Study – Front Square, Geoff Beggs
– Creating Serious Games
– The Value Proposition
11.15 V-Rising, Gary Leyden
– Creating Virtual Experiences
– Business in Virtual Worlds
11.45 A Programmer’s Perspective
– James Whelton, Coder dojo
12.00-12.15 Q&A and Wrap-up
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Press Release: Jerry Kennelly announced as Overall Net Visionary 2011 by Irish Internet Association
Friday, 30th of September, 2011: The Irish Internet Association (“IIA”) this evening announced Jerry Kennelly of Tweak.com as the Overall Net Visionary Winner in the Dot ie Net Visionary Awards. Also announced this evening were the winners in 14 individual categories, all of whom were decided by public vote. The Awards, now in their 13th year took place in the prestigious Wintergarden at the National Gallery of Ireland – perfectly befitting a celebration of the creativity and genius of the industry.
Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the Irish Internet Association commented: “This has been a great year for the IIA’s Dot ie Net Visionary Awards. Five new award categories allowed us to showcase fantastic new businesses and fresh talent in the industry. All of the winning businesses have proven their commitment to excellence in this fast-paced and dynamic sector. Unlike any other awards, all those shortlisted were voted winners by their peers showing the best spirit of competition, community and collaboration.”
She added:“In choosing The National Gallery we found the perfect backdrop to showcase the kind of creativity and ingenuity that our industry inspires. And of course it was the ideal place to award Jerry Kennelly of Tweak.com the Overall Net Visionary title. I’m sure the artists behind the masterpieces hanging here would be happy that the title has gone to a man who has anchored his career to the marriage of the visual arts and technology."
David Curtin, CEO of IE Domain Registry Limited commented: “The IE Domain Registry is delighted to be the headline sponsor for this year’s Dot ie Net Visionary Awards. Now in its 13th year, the standard of the shortlisted websites for the Awards continues to increase year-on-year. The level of innovation, originality and creativity, not to mention the power and functionality of the underlying website applications, continues to impress. For the winners, it is a wonderful accolade to be recognised by their peers in the Internet community, as being the ‘best of the best’. These websites will provide a quality benchmark for others to rank and improve their own online offerings.”
Maeve Kneafsey, Chair of the Irish Internet Association commented: “A NetVisionary has to have had a record of business success, vision and the belief to see it through. Jerry Kennelly is set to realise his vision for the second time.”
The IIA have been setting the agenda all year – addressing the digital skills issue, opening the OpenData debate and launching our own policies. The IIA have carefully reflected these issues in the new categories which include Best Open Data Initiative and Best Rookie. New also to the line-up is best recognition of all those non-techies who have made their brave steps to a business life online with Breakthrough Brick to Click. With headline sponsor in IE Domain Registry Limited (“IEDR”), new categories, a stunning and original venue and a record number of entries, these awards are annually the ones to watch.
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Dot ie Net Visionary Winners 2011
Overall Net Visionary Winner sponsored by IEDR
2011 winner: Jerry Kennelly, Tweak.com
Best Breakthrough Brick to Click, sponsored by PayPal
2011 winner: McCabes Pharmacy
Best Cloud Service, sponsored by TelecityGroup
2011 winner: SortMyBooks Online Accounting Software
Best in Digital Marketing, sponsored by Go Ireland
2011 winner: Bua Marketing
Best Mobile App Developer, sponsored by NOKIA
2011 winner: Furious Tribe
Best Online Trader, sponsored by Realex Payments
2011 winner: Rainbusters
Best Rookie, sponsored by accreate
2011 winner: Coder Dojo/Disruptive Developments Limited
Best Open Data Initiative, MICROSOFT
2011 winner: NDRC, Inventorium
Best Use of Social Media, sponsored by Blacknight
2011 winner SocialMedia.ie
Best Web Design, Sponsored by Elucidate
2011 winner: Arekibo Digital
Best Web Developer, Grant Thornton
2011 winner: Dovetail
eGovernment Award, sponsored by Mason Hayes+Curran
2011 winner: The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Innovation Award, sponsored by RSM Farrell Grant Sparks
2011 winner: FEXCO Tax Free Limited
Internet Start-up, sponsored by The Digital Hub
2011 winner: Learnpipe
Social Contribution, sponsored by Matheson Ormsby Prentice
2011 winner: ReachOut.com
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