The Bottom Line Special - Amplitude 2019 - The Conference

The Bottom Line Special  - Amplitude 2019 - The ConferenceAmplitude is an annual conference led by the Technology Transfer Offices of Waterford Institute of Technology and Institute of Technology Carlow with the support of EI Technology Gateways and Research Centres.The goal of Amplitude is to support industry and help them understand the impact of research on their business/industries/sectors. Over the last number of weeks on The Bottom Line Special - Amplitude, we have heard what Amplitude and disruptive innovation is all about and about the exciting developments in the health and pharmaceutical sector as well as ground breaking developments in Smart Agriculture all taking place in the Innovation Centres in our local IT’s. In this episode, the third of our four part The Bottom Line Special, John Purcell attended the conference on Wednesday 6th November and while there he spoke with a number of guests who were in attendance. Throughout the podcast we will hear from Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, research & Development John Halligan who officially opened the conference, Dr. Richard Hayes, Vice President for Strategy at Waterford Institute of Technology, Fiona Deegan, Head Of Enterprise at Kilkenny Local Enterprise Office, Michael Lucey, Director & Patent Attorney at Purdy Lucey Intellectual Property, Brendan McDonald, South East Regional Manager, IDA Ireland and Dr. John Breen, Manager of Kinetic Labs.For full list of speakers on the day log onto  www.amplitude.ie