Presenter: Kevin McCarthy Big Idea:Aficionado

21 Pages·2013·0.55 MB·English

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Presenter: Kevin McCarthy
Big Idea:Aficionado

Kevin is co-founder and CEO of
Aficionado – an expertise
discovery and management
solution for large organisations.
Kevin has a PhD in Computer
Science from UCD and is an
expert in personalization
technologies and recommender
systems. Over the last 5 years, as a researcher in the
CLARITY centre for sensor web technologies, Kevin
has been working on various commercialisation
activities with the completion of several innovation
vouchers and an innovation partnership with
SkillPages. In tandem, he has completed the
NovaUCD Campus Company Development
Programme and successfully attained both
Commercial Case Feasibility Support Fund and
Commercialisation Fund grants from Enterprise
Ireland. The Aficionado technology is initially aimed
at the research market but has applications in a
number of enterprise sectors including recruitment,
pharmaceutical and on-demand media.
Presenter: Ken Byrne
Big Idea: Grasp

Grasp is a start-up company focused on the
development of smart wearable products
and systems for branded consumer markets
in sports, health, medical and consumer
electronics. Ken, CEO, is leading the
company's vision and product development.
Ken has a passion for creating value
through technology and innovation, is a
former partner at Accenture and has significant
experience in technology development and
commercialisation. He works closely with CTO Mike
Walsh. Mike is leading the technology delivery of
products including software development. Mike is a
research fellow at the
Tyndall National Institute where he has led the
development of applications for wearable and
location technology Grasp aim to create
breakthrough movement sensing and location based
products and systems that implement novel
consumer applicants and deliver helpful, insightful
and engaging products for global retail markets.
Presenter: Garrett Ryan
Big Idea: cRDN

Garrett Ryan is a Research Fellow at
the Trinity Centre for Bioengineering
at Trinity College Dublin. He
graduated from National University of
Ireland, Galway in 2003 with a degree
in Biomedical Engineering. He
remained in Galway to pursue a PhD
under Prof. Abhay Pandit and
completed his thesis in 2008; ‘The
development of a bioactive titanium
scaffold for orthopaedic applications’.
He worked at Crospon Ltd in Galway on development
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of the EndoFlip technology before travelling to
Sydney, Australia, where over a 3½ year period he
held senior engineering positions at Resmed Inc,
CathRx Ltd and the Waterfall Commercialisation
Group Ltd. After returning to Ireland, his role at Trinity
College Dublin is that of lead engineer in the
development of a catheter based technology for the
treatment of resistant hypertension. Garrett’s primary
expertise is in the design, development and
commercialisation of medical devices.
Presenter: Wayne Byrne
Big Idea: OxyMem Bubble-less Aeration

Experienced senior manager and
managing director, with experience in
private and public sectors. Brought
multiple start-ups and multi-national
companies through various phases of
international growth. An enthusiastic
leader and team builder who is highly
analytical and financially aware and has
an impressive track record of developing
and implementing operational and
business strategies.

Wastewater treatment is a remarkably energy
intensive process but aerobic biological processes
have been the key to Wastewater treatment for the
last 100 years. They are most commonly deployed in
the Activated Sludge treatment process, the most
prevalent treatment technique worldwide. The AS
has process dates back to 1914 and involves the
treatment by micro-organisms in the presence of
oxygen. This aerobic environment in the conventional
AS process is achieved by the introduction of oxygen
through diffused or mechanical aeration.

OxyMem bubble-less aeration technology
dramatically reduces the operating costs for
wastewater aeration. OxyMem does not rely on a
bubble to transfer oxygen which results in a minimum
of a four fold saving on energy costs when compared
to forced aeration. OxyMem uses gas permeable
membranes, which allow oxygen to be transferred
directly to the wastewater treating bacteria. OxyMem
is capable of achieving up to 100% oxygen transfer
efficiency, as no oxygen is lost to atmosphere.
Presenter:Xuemei Germaine

Big Idea: MicroGen Biotech Ltd

MicroGen Biotech Limited is an early-
stage Cleantech company with expertise
having 25 years of research and
application in microbial and plant
mediated bioremediation technologies for
cleaning up environmental pollutants.
From our years of high-tech research and
innovation we have developed a range of
results-proven low cost, environmental
friendly but highly effective sustainable
bioremediation products and platform
technologies. Our site-specific products and platform
technologies are designed to effectively clean up the
environmental contaminants, immediately help
restore the damaged eco-systems, protect the health
of the local communities/environment and provide
economic benefits to the local community. Our ready-
for-the-market product and platform technologies
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include site-specific microbial products, EcoPile
technology, site specific Plant-Microbe technology
and Bioremediation-Biofuel technology.
Presenter: Kevin Doherty
Big Idea: Gazel

Gazel is a design focused homewares
company that will sell luxury lifestyle
products for the home. Innovation is
core to what we do. We want to help
people create and enjoy new everyday
experiences. For us, luxury in the
home is about rethinking a richer
experience where comfort and
creativity combine to give a true sense
of joy.
We invite a new way to look at life, where the
ordinary feels extraordinary. We ‘Rethink The
Everyday’. This idea is core to our product offering.
From our ingeniously easy to use clothes hanger to
our multi-purpose kitchen knife, innovation and
design is key. This focus gives us first mover
advantage with a number of products.
The company, based in Dublin, will design its unique
home products in-house, with manufacturing being
outsourced to key partners. The company will have
an international focus supplying to individual retailers,
distributors and agents.
Presenter: Julia O’Rourke
Big Idea: REMPAD

Julia is the lead business promoter and
clinician behind the REMPAD product.
REMPAD is a web-based solution
designed to streamline the process of
delivering group reminiscence therapy in
nursing homes. As a Senior Speech
and Language Therapist Julia has
worked with older persons living with
communication and memory difficulties for over ten
years. Julia has seen first-hand the beneficial effects
that reminiscence therapy has on improving health
and wellbeing amongst people with dementia living in
residential care. She has published her work
academically from using YouTube and now REMPAD
to enable effective group reminiscence therapy.
Julia collaborated with CLARITY, Dublin City
University to develop the REMPAD technology and is
currently founding the REMPAD start up.
Presenter: Paul Leonard
Big Idea: DiCAST

Paul is an entrepreneurial
scientist and co-inventor of
DiCAST, a disruptive new
antibody drug discovery
platform. He lectures in
Immunology at the School of
Biotechnology and is a Principal
Investigator at the Biomedical
Diagnostic Institute, Dublin City
University, Ireland. He was joint
winner of the EI/SFI TIDA 2012 Tech Venture
Programme, the BDI Inventor of the year 2011 and a
DCU Invent Industry engagement award recipient
2011. Paul is the head of the Translational Diagnostic
Group (TDG, www.dcu.ie/~leonarp) at DCU and an
expert assessor for the Agency for Science,
Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore and
the Technology Strategy Board in the UK. He has a
proven publication, patent and grant application
record and has received substantial support from
both Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise
Ireland for DCU’s Direct Clone Analysis and
Selection Technology (DiCAST). A new spinout
company, Innovamab, with a management team
including John Lynch, previously CEO of Merrion
Pharmaceuticals plc, and Paul Leonard is aiming to
commercialise the DiCAST technology. We aim to
discover, in partnership with Biopharma industry
partners, new therapeutics and diagnostics to
improve human healthcare.
Presenter: Edward Grant
Big Idea: CipherDocs

Ed is on the advisory board at
CipherDocs which provides a unique
proxy-based software solution that
resolves the biggest issue around the
use of data in the cloud today. Through
the seamless encryption of user data
on cloud collaboration services such as
Microsoft Office 365, CipherDocs
enables corporates to secure and
retain complete control of all
documents created, stored and shared in the cloud.

Ed is the CFO and co-founder of Solgari, a SaaS
vendor providing Cloud Integrated Communication
Services including modules such as Cloud Contact
Centre, PBX, IVR, Call Logging and Data Analytics to
business customers globally. Ed spent 10 years
working in corporate finance at Citigroup in Dublin,
London and Paris, mainly covering the Technology,
Media and Telecoms sector. Ed also did a stint in
private equity and venture capital, focusing on the
SaaS space.
Presenter: Ronan Clarke
Big Idea: Smart Wall Paint

After a background in
construction when he
employed fifty people,
Ronan Clarke founded
Smart Wall Paint in 2011.
Smart Wall Paint, which
turns any surface into a
whiteboard, is available to
buy online or through leading
stationary and wall covering companies. Business
customers include google, SAP, Tesco, Marks &
Spencer, BT, Vodafone and Virgin as well as small
businesses. Education customers include
universities, colleges and schools all over the world
such as the University of Tasmania, Bristol
University, the Royal College of Surgeons, London
School of Music, the Deaf Society and many more.
In July 2013, Smart Wall Paint launched a clear
version of its whiteboard paint. It also offers a wide
range of whiteboard accessories. With R&D focus,
the company’s product range will continue to expand.

Since inception, Ronan has won several awards
including the 2013 David Manley Business Category
and the 2013 PwC Docklands Innovation Awards.
Ronan is a native of Arklow.
www.smartwallpaint.com