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URL:https://londonderrychamber.co.uk/events/innovation-for-growth-its-role
 -in-the-recovery-03-june/
SUMMARY:Innovation for Growth: its role in the recovery 03 June
DESCRIPTION:With the recent publication of the Department for the Economy
 ’s 10X Economy paper\, NI is about to embark on a Decade of Innovation.\
 n\nInnovation is a high priority on the societal agenda both in the immedi
 ate and longer-term.\n\nAs companies prepare to build back after COVID-19a
 nd to prepare for Industry 4.0\, where can the innovation journey begin?Ho
 w ambitious should companies be? What supports exist in terms of research 
 and advice?\n\nLet’s start by showcasing the great innovation that isalr
 eady happening so as to inspire more.\n\nUlster University and Derry City 
 and Strabane District Council\, the strategic partners behind the Derry & 
 Strabane City Deal Innovation Pillar\, invite Londonderry Chambermembers a
 nd NI businesses and to consider these questions together.\n\nBoth members
  and non-members are welcome to join - please register below.\n\nInnovatio
 n for Growth is the first webinar in a new series of accessible and discus
 sion-based webinars about innovation and digitalisation.\n\nSpeakers: \n\n
  	Meet Justin Quinn who is behind the CIDRA City Deal project.\n	Meet his 
 collaborator Timothy Patterson of Heysense Ltd.\n 	Justin and Timothy coll
 aborated together on a Knowledge Transfer Project with the award-winning C
 DE\, a world-leading company based out of Cookstown.\n 	Meet Rosalind Youn
 g\, Investment Manager at Invest Derry Strabane who works with companies e
 very day to attract inward investment and cultivate a thriving business en
 vironment in the city and region.\n 	\n 	Rosalind Young\, Investment Manag
 erDerry City & Strabane District CouncilRosalind leads theDerry City and S
 trabane District Council’s Investment team with an outcomes-driven focus
  attracting new investment to the City and Region\, supporting businesses 
 to operate and grow as well as building international networks and diaspor
 a connections.  Rosalind has worked for over 20 years within local govern
 ment with experience in FDI\, trade and economic development\, internation
 al relations and relationship building with key stakeholders across indust
 ry\, academia and public sector.Derry City and Strabane District Council i
 s leading on the Derry-Londonderry & Strabane City Region City Deal.  Alo
 ng with project delivery partners the aim of the City Deal and Inclusive F
 uture Fund is to increase and realise the economic potential of the City R
 egion.  Innovation\, Digital and Health sits at thevery heart of the Inve
 stment Plan which will transform the City Region’s innovation and digita
 l capability and capacity.\n 	\n 	Dr Timothy Patterson\, Founder\, Heysens
 e LtdDr Timothy Patterson is Founder of Heysense Ltd which helps UK and Ir
 ish SMEs achieve their digital strategy through innovative and affordable 
 software development.\n\nFounded in 2019 heysense.io builds upon +10 years
  of professional experience developing bespoke Applications\, Sensor deplo
 yment / integration\, Machine Learning / Data Science and Cloud-based comp
 uting. Our one aim is to develop high-quality software that provides clear
  return on investment for our customers. We are based in Cookstown\, North
 ern Ireland\, home of sausages\, the Cookstown 100 and one of the longest\
 , widest streets in Ireland.\n\nDr Patterson was the Knowledge Transfer Pr
 oject Associate on the CDE Global and Ulster University project which will
  be presented today. The team developed the CDE CORE: SmartTech (Industria
 l Internet of Things product).\n\nSmartTech allows live monitoring and rec
 ording of machine performance giving insights into outputs of the machine 
 ad par performance. This can be used for many things from redesign and mac
 hine development to predicting maintenance and providing customers with a 
 window to the performance of their plant.\n\n\n\nDrJustin Quinn\, Director
  of the Centre for Engineering and Renewable Energy and Senior Lecturer at
  the School of Computing\, Engineering and Intelligent Systems at the Ulst
 er University Magee campus.\n\nJustin will play a key role in the establis
 hment of the Centre for Industrial Digitalisation\, Robotics and Automatio
 n (CIDRA) as part of the Derry & Strabane City Deal.\n\n 
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