@ IMERC MRIA Forum, 12th February 2016

Testbed • Gateway to the Atlantic – 10 times our land mass

• Cork Harbour - 2nd largest natural Harbour in the World

• Naval Testbed – unique support from Irish Naval Service

Aeolus EI Commercialisation Fund

Pipeline

Talent

National Maritime College of Ireland University College Cork Cork Institute of technology

Research

LIR - State of the art test tank facilities MaREI Science Foundation Ireland Centre of Excellence Halpin Centre for Research & Innovation – Maritime Operations Access to Horizon 2020 Over 145 marine scientists and engineers

World first maritime & energy

Touch Down & Incubator Space

Solo-Energy Ltd.

Launched October 2015 22 desks 10 new desks needed ESA BIC HEANet 4 HPSUs €1.1m private investment in three start-up companies since December Innovation Vouchers Ambitions for Maritime & Energy Accelerator Virtual Membership

MUX Marine User Experience

Enterprise Ireland, LEO, IMERC IdeaGen Event, LE Aislinn 2015

NMCI

The Entrepreneur Ship Beaufort

IMERC Master Plan, ABK 2013

Proposed Innovation Hub

Thank you