Together we innovate
The “crazy professor” or “inventor-in-the-shed” image of innovation is well recognised and pretty compelling.
But is this really the best way to get new innovations into the marketplace today?
Typically fewer than 1 in 100 new technologies or ideas that receive investment ever makes any money. The risk: reward ratio for developing new technologies, products and services is clearly out of whack.
With these odds, sharing the risks is just plain good sense, and new models are emerging to make this possible – across people; companies; and organisations.
Amy Neale and Gary Leyden from NDRC will lead the “Together we innovate” conversation to focus on ways to share risk and reward, and to innovate together.
(Please note: Walter Bishop will not be in attendance. Alas.)
Amy Neale
 | Amy Neale is based at NDRC where her role focuses on building collaborations that will commercialise research-led ideas. NDRC is a unique enterprise, dedicated to accelerating research from idea to income and positioned as a nexus between research, industry and venture investment. Amy moved to Ireland in 2008 to work as part of NDRC’s start-up team, and has worked with the organisation to develop from green field to over 200 people working with NDRC on a day-to-day basis. Prior to joining NDRC, Amy led the research and business development team at Queen Mary, University of London, developing collaborative projects between academic, business and public sector partners, across a broad discipline base. Amy holds a PhD in Linguistics from Cardiff University, and is passionate about new models for innovation. |
